We now go live to the ceremony honoring newly promoted Russian generals.

[tblue37]

Link to tweet

[pecosbob]

1. Uh, oh...red-shirted.

With a cameo by Lurch...

[TheBlackAdder]

2. Someone researched the Original Star Trek. Gold/Green shirt officiers died at higher percentages.

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As a nerd update: The original shirts were Green, Blue & Red to highlight Desilu & NBC's RGB color.

The reason for the retcon was that the Command uniforms had never actually been gold at all in The Original Series thanks to a trick of light and early color television. Star Trek premiered in 1966, just after the color television transition of ’65, when most networks began switching their broadcasts to at least 50% color. Desilu Productions, the studio producing Trek for NBC, wanted to capitalize on this and demanded a color palette of bright, primary colors. In accordance with this directive, William Ware Theiss, the designer of the original Starfleet uniform, chose a distinctive palette for the crew: a bright cherry-red, a steel-toned blue, and lime green. The red and blues of the on-set fabrics maintained their color on the film stock of the day. But the green uniforms appeared gold on screen through a combination of studio lighting, velour material, and the film stock used.
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-kirk-uniform-tos-original-series-green-yellow/

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[pecosbob]

5. Ricky and Lucy...a major force in the early days of television

[sop]

3. From conscripts to generals in less than a week.

These generals have the life expectancy of a twelve-point buck on opening day of deer season.

[lpbk2713]

4. "And of course you know ...

Dear Leader expects you to report to the front lines tomorrow morning."

[relayerbob]

6. Perfect

[keithbvadu2]

7. Sometimes a promotion means 'you're next'.

[Bev54]

8. LOL, saw William Shatner on Thursday evening at an event in

Calgary, I was doing the security where he was signing autographs. John DeLancie as well, and others that I really don't know because I am not a Trekkie.