Sketch o’the Week: DeForest Kelley!

I was never much of a “Trekkie” back in the day, but I did appreciate Star Trek and loved the original series as well as “The Next Generation” TV shows. I recognized how much of an impact Star Trek had on Science Fiction as a genre, and the shows were entertaining as well as thought provoking. My favorite character was always Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy, played in the OS by DeForest Kelley.

As an aside, most people know the often-repeated Captain Kirk line “Beam me up, Scotty!” Was never actually uttered in the series. Just a common misused “quote”. Well, the “Dammit, Jim… I’m a doctor not a (insert other occupation here)” was also never spoken in the series. Oh, McCoy lamented about his being a doctor and not a whatever a number of times. It was kind of his signature line. But he never said “dammit”. In fact, the word “damn” and its derivatives where unofficially censored on 60’s television, and very seldom heard. The quote just fits McCoy’s character so well it is part of pop culture lexicon even though it’s not a real quote.