For instance, in one notable outtake from 'Dead Drop,' in which Blair and others are trapped in a sabotaged elevator, Richard Burgi abandons his script to ask, 'Blair, honey? Is that you? I don't care about the others, let them all die, crushed like little ants, but are 'you' okay?' The two main actors near-kissed and flirted a lot, often breaking up laughing during the show's homoerotic scenes or making the show's subtext into text. These bloopers featured not only many hilarious outtakes by all cast members, but was particularly known for its slashy vibe. The Sentinel has a particularly famous blooper reel, which was also distributed via fannish tape circle.They also had the B7 and Red Dwarf blooper reels.” I showed Megan's Starsky and Hutch blooper tape to a few people, who then showed it to a few more.It must have been played 20 times during the weekend. Sandy Herrold remembers Escapade 1995: “The vid room went to Open Video this year, and got a real work out.a 1988 zine has a con report for Closet Con and a fan writes of watching 'a showing of Starsky & Hutch bloopers' Ī copy of the fan distributed slashy The Sentinel blooper tape.According to an article in Southern Enclave in 1984, there was a Raiders of the Lost Ark blooper reel shown at the 42nd WorldCon.Much later, fans created gif sets of some of the Star Trek blooper reels and posted them on Tumblr. It's asking $25,000 damages for 'embarrassing the actors'.' It is unknown the results of this suit. Ī 1978 lawsuit: According to the March 1978 issue of A Piece of the Action, there was a lawsuit regarding the Star Trek Bloopers: ''The Screen Actors Guild' has filed suit against Gene Roddenberry, Paramount, and Norway Productions to prevent the showing of the ST Bloopers. Some fans remember:įeel like reliving those golden days when con was synonymous with NYC, when we learned to swear from the bloopers, and the ST movies were only a gleam in the Great Bird's eye? Or do you just wish you were there? Well, journey on back with LIAPITA through a collection of fan fiction as old as Trek itself and as new as today.

The blooper reels were a hot commodity, and often one of the highlights of a convention. In this case by Gene Roddenberry, and he brought them to conventions and shared the footage with fans. They were rescued from dumpsters outside the Paramount facilities and therefore became the property of the finder. Like the clips, the blooper reels were made from rejected footage and for that reason did not ever appear to be the property of Desilu or Paramount Pictures. Eventually, they were released professionally in 199721 in order to stop the underground economy in illegally made and distributed video tapes. Fans would attend showings of the Blooper Reels and film them (in pre-video recorder days), later making them into video tapes. These Blooper Reels became black market commodities and highly prized collectibles. The Blooper Reels were originally made each season with the outtakes of the filming process and shared in an airing to the staff and actors of the show at the Wrap-Up Party20 of each season.

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