Spock does hold back rather well in volunteering opinions, but when Kirk's driving elicits this much reaction from him, imagine how Bones would have been riding with Kirk driving.
@@Glisten456 Very few complaints from "Cdr. T'Pol about Cpt. Archer's driving others than telling him he needed to put on his lights. She did seemed alarmed he didn't notice the boot on a car or that big dog in another. I didn't even see him put on his seat belt though she did.
@@samsonguy10k Cpt. Archer only had to be reminded to turn on the light of the truck by his First Officer T'Pol, also a Vulcan. Otherwise, no complaints from her.
My mother HATED this show but LOVED this episode. Every time this scene would be on, she'd have to stop everything to see this part, laugh uncontrollably, and get us all laughing. Mom died three years ago, and every year on the anniversary of her passing, I watch this episode to stay as upbeat as possible.
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Voyager jumped the shark and crashed into it, when they found a pickup truck that had been floating in the interstellar void for centuries...and it started right up. I quite literally never watched another episode after that.
"Commander Spock to Captain James Tiberius Kirk. "Captain You are an Excellent Starship Commander; But as a taxi driver you leaves much to be desired".
@Pete's Racing Gaming Videos that's in an alternate timeline though where his dad died when he was born so safe to say that kirk had a very different childhood
But that's a hell of a way to treat a 1931 Cadillac V-12 Fleetwood roadster! Do you guys have any idea what that car is worth? Or, during the time period in the episode how much it cost? It made me cringe!
My mother laughed uncontrollably the first time she saw this, which was my twelfth birthday, and every time since. Mom died last summer, and every year on her anniversary of her passing I will watch this episode as a memorial to her.
Would be nice if guys wore suits more often(and the ladies wore dresses) rather than what's commonly worn today, though i guess it wouldn't be practical. Sure looked sharp ladies go crazy for a sharp dresssed man as the song goes.
I like how there are two guys just pointing automatic weapons all over the place with concern and confusion on their faces but the couple walking down the street just calmly step around them like "Scuse' me, what a lovely day to be American right?"
Unironically, most people in the Western World didn't really care about people open carrying firearms until roughly the 1990s. Heck, I even saw a Australian news program: How easy was it to buy a gun in Victoria 1977? The reporter openly carries his rifle on his shoulder in the middle of a busy city street and most people didn't seem to mind. It reminded them of their fathers, uncles and such out on the ranch.
@@jakesoros2376 open carry ordinances have existed in the USA since at least the 1800's. Havent you ever heard of the shootout at the OK Corral? Wyatt Earp?
@@Nathan_H1gg3rz Unfortunately CZcams censored your comment. I can only see it in my notification feed, but not the comment thread itself. In regards to your comment, most cities had banned open carry of firearms by the 1930s, even though it still continued to a degree depending on the area and activity. For example, school children in New York City still openly carried their rifles to rifle competitions as late as 1965 when the practice was banned entirely. But by then, New York City was no longer a truly American city, but a city ruled by greed, materialism, vanity, and a rootless clique of people, as I'm sure you know.
The episode mentions that there were other books left behind which included detailed blueprints for a bunch of early 20th century hardware. Though it strains credulity that enough reference material could be "accidentally" left behind to create a complete tech base.
@@insignificantgnat9334 The natives of the planet are described as being both imitative and highly intelligent, toward the point that at the end of the episode, Kirk and Spock are convinced they could reverse-engineer most Federation technology just from the communicator McCoy left behind. I believe in one of the novels, they actually do, and eventually become full-fledged members of the Federation, along with a planet that is a ripoff of the Roman Empire IN SPACE that initially starts off hostile but eventually softens toward the Federation when they realize they're actually benevolent.
I think it had more to do with Desilu Studios having access to lots of old cars and gangster uniforms and Tommy Gun props so that they could make an episode without having to make custom vehicles, costumes, and props. Same with the Roman episode, the Western episode, the Nazi episode, etc.
@@Swindle1984 I think it was one of the Peter David novels. Star Fleet was shocked to come across a fully-functioning, if out-dated, Star Base that they hadn't built.
I quite agree. The Original Star Trek series is still the very BEST Star Trek series out there. I never liked nor cared for, or about that silly, cheesy next generation stuff or any of the spin off's that came afterward. HEY! The Original Star Trek series RULES man it RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@danbasta3677 The original Star Trekk can never be bested. It will always remain epic and the pinnacle of excellence putting to shame snowflake spin-offs and woke new remake films.
@@lynnpoint6395 His contributions to the show were varied and numerous, and it is a shame he died at only 49 and never really got the credit he deserved.
He answers ' Fliver'. I saw this word in an early '30's Western novel, but the guy was not a 'cowboy' but did have an old car he had to baby along. Actually, 'Fliver' is American slang for an automobile, frequently used for a poor quality or poorly maintained car. "Flivver", a nickname for the Ford Model T, at a time that model was already old. The car they are in is not by any stretch of imagination a 'Fliver', being neither old nor poorly maintained.
Sulu flew a Huey helicopter in 1986 (Star Trek IV). I find it funny that he was able to master one of the hardest aircraft to fly and Kirk can barely drive a stickshift.
He mentions in the movie that the academy had one, and that he took a course to train on it. (right before demonstrating he forgot some of that course by accidentally turning the wipers on)
@@toomanyaccounts Kirk actually collected antique weapons as shown in Wrath of khan. Not just ancient earth weapons either because I believe you can spot a Bat’leth among the collection.
Love this great episode of Star Trek… when watching the original series it dawns on me what high quality actors the cast were. The superbly nuanced, often powerful performances they were capable of wasn’t that common in TV series of the era.
That was pretty much me when my mother tried to teach me how to drive her standard transmission car ... after one or two lurching around-the-block attempts, she decided to call it quits while her car still worked.
When my grandma was trying to teach my mom and my aunt how to drive standard, after a week of trying she finally gave up and told them, "Yknow, theres this fantastic new thing called the automatic transmission"
I taught myself to drive stick, and my only real problem was getting moving without stalling it. And when I say "stalling" I don't mean jerking, I mean "the engine died".
I've always loved this episode! I've always been an old car nut since I was a little boy.My first antique car was also my first car period. It was a 1948 Plymouth sedan that bought in 1986 for $500 dollars. My mom had to drive it home for me as I didn't know how to drive a manual transmission, let alone a "three on the tree". My dad took me out and taught me. It was easier to learn seeing as I knew how to drive and so I could concentrate on shifting, but I sure did look like Captain Kirk in this episode for awhile! Years later I ran into the former chief of police for the city I live in and he asked me if I still had old cars, which I do. He told me all the officers in town were talking about me and keeping an eye on my progress at driving that car! Funny thing is here it is 36 years later and I just bought my first antique car, a 1951 Buick, that doesn't have a manual transmission, it has a Dynaflow automatic. The first time I drove it i kept looking for the clutch with my foot and reaching for the shift lever! I have to keep telling myself it's an automatic. I've come full circle!
That is one sweet vintage ride... If Captain Kirk and Spock drove that beauty down the main drag one Saturday night, the hot alien babes would be all over them... Lol.
I always laughed at the inconsistency of Star Trek when talking about old technology. Some episodes people have perfect understanding of history and others they are baffled by it. I remember an episode of Voyager when Paris had to explain what a car was as if they were living 7000 years in the future and it was some incomprehensible thing. Here they do it right. They know its a car and how it works, they are all mechanical geniuses after all, it just takes them a minute to figure out the controls.
I suppose you know the intricacies of driving a horse drawn carriage then, or sailing a full rigged ship? Do remember it was 400 years out of date for the crew of the voyager. That's old as Shakespeare is to you and me. It's not crazy for them not to be familiar.
@@oldtwinsna8347 Tiresome, especially in the city. Out in the countryside or short to medium drives, however, manual transmissions are king. Not to mention, manual transmissions are simpler and easier to fix than automatics.
They did, by coincidence, pick the easiest car in 1930 to master with only a vague understanding. Electric start, Synchromesh manual gears (rare till the 1960s), A hydraulic assist release clutch Four wheel brakes hydraulic brakes Beautiful steering geometry The V12 and V16 Caddy was way ahead of its time. Cadillac was the first car to be arranged like a modern car...three pedals and simple gearshifts. Ford, Dodge and Austin eventually followed.
Having just watched a CZcams video showing how to start a 1930 Cadillac, I doubt that many people in 2022 could do it successfully without any assistance. Capt. Kirk won't be born for more than 200 years, so there's no way he could possibly have figured this out.
Lover of antiques and with a great deal of engineering knowledge and he saw one operated earlier in the episode if memory serves I wouldn't bet again him
I just love this episode. One of the three great comedy-to-farcical episodes of ST: TOS (the other two being I, Mudd and The Trouble with Tribbles--all season 2. Shore Leave from season has a few comedic moments but tragic ones too, the seeming death of Dr. McCoy). One of the reasons why I still love TOS the best of all the Star Trek series given the wider performative range of the show fro thrilling action-adventure to poinant drama to hilarious comedy (but without camp) and all keeping to its sci-fi premises.
In any TV show or movie, when someone steals clothes, I always laugh when they fit perfectly. The person they stole from could be taller/shorter, thinner/fatter, it just never matters.
Going to get one himself lol , meanwhile in real life Shatner's daily driver was a 1963 Corvette Stingray with a fuel injected 327 the coolest car ever made for the coolest actor ever
My mother has relayed her first experience to me several times. :) I got my own taste of the difference during college, when, as part of my weekly commute home, I would put the car in neutral as I crested the mountain into town, and turn the engine off, coasting down the hill. :) (It's a northeast "mountain" so nothing like the Rockies, or even the Appalachians). Manual brakes are a workout!! Manual steering was kinda fun, though, and the whole experience helped wake me up for the last leg into town. :)
Back in 1973, when I was buying a Volkswagen from the girlfriend of a friend, it had a manual transmission as well. My initial attempts at driving the car was much like this.
My parents told me, "here's the keys, figure it out." Fast forward 15 years, and I had to teach my best friend how to drive stick. Didn't hurt my feelings, I needed to replace the clutch anyway. And I knew how to drive without a clutch. Nothing like learning how to play "find-'em and grind 'em" on the fly.
@@TammoKorsai neat, I know when I was a teenager you did not want to be the guy who had to tell the cute girl you couldn't drive a stick shift, no chance she was going out with you
16 years' with my Ford Ranger clutch. Could drive any vehicle with one given a few moments to get the feel for the particular design. Count myself VERY lucky to have had this experience. Ack! Had to edit. Drove a flatbed truck once. Had to start in second gear. First gear was for times when the vehicle was REALLY stuck. Like icebound.
This is me, every time I try to drive a car from the 50s or older. (60s too, but I didn’t have to worry about the starter). It’s getting to where even cars I grew up with are starting to feel like this. “How do you start the car?” “You insert a key, and turn it, then let go.”
Watched Enterprise episode when Xindi came to 2004 Detroit the other day. Lucky for Archer, the Xindi didn't choose Europe because I doubt T'Pol versed in gears and the clutch as well as good old Spock :D
My Grandfather tried to teach me to drive his old Ford 3 - on - the - tree pick up when I was a kid, I imagine it looked something like that to him. That's why I now drive automatics.
I doubt many people could drive that car today. It's a 1930 Cadillac V16 Roadster and would have had separate controls for the ignition timing, a pre-selector gearbox and magnetos which would need to be activated on starting.
00:41 Spock starts talking funny saying Oh, I believe. and straining for the word "clutch" rather than say the gears are regulated apparently...I believe a clutch is utilized. further he repeats himself and nods his head in assurance like Stan Laurel
1:05 Kirk is making a left turn from Leonard Nimoy Drive on the Paramount back lot onto the same street where the car was originally parked at the start of the scene. The apartment front where the car is parked at 0:09 is just out of camera shot on the right at 1:05.
"Are you afraid of cars Mr. Spock?"
"Not at all, Captain. It's your *driving* that alarms me!"
Kirk was a female driver.
Uh oh, here it comes. Ladies?
At least he’s an honest friend
There was a funnier scene later when Kirk had to drive again and Spock said “...must we, Captain?”
"It's faster than walking."
"But not as safe."
"Are you afraid of cars?"
"Not at all, Captain. It's your *driving* that alarms me."
Spock does hold back rather well in volunteering opinions, but when Kirk's driving elicits this much reaction from him, imagine how Bones would have been riding with Kirk driving.
@@samsonguy10k "Dammit, Jim! I thought we were driving down the street, not giving me a heart attack!"
@@Glisten456 Very few complaints from "Cdr. T'Pol about Cpt. Archer's driving others than telling him he needed to put on his lights. She did seemed alarmed he didn't notice the boot on a car or that big dog in another. I didn't even see him put on his seat belt though she did.
@@samsonguy10k Cpt. Archer only had to be reminded to turn on the light of the truck by his First Officer T'Pol, also a Vulcan. Otherwise, no complaints from her.
My mother HATED this show but LOVED this episode. Every time this scene would be on, she'd have to stop everything to see this part, laugh uncontrollably, and get us all laughing. Mom died three years ago, and every year on the anniversary of her passing, I watch this episode to stay as upbeat as possible.
I love that you keep us updated, these comments are very uplifting. Cheers man, hope some day you leave another comment!
God bless you man. Keep coming back here.
@ She would also walk around the house after and talk like KIrk, "All right, Scotty! We made a deal with Kracko!"
@@williamnone Thank you. I will.
Great!😃
im so glad they included them not understanding 20th/21st century technology its such a nice detail that seems easy for a sci-fi show to overlook
I bet Tom Paris would've loved to drive one of those cars :)
@@Anthyrion And probably still have trouble driving them
@@applesandgrapesfordinner4626 Possible. But i think, Tom would figure out how to drive them after a while. He is at least interested in those things
I guess the writers were old enough to see young people not knowing how to use a popular device in their time.
Voyager jumped the shark and crashed into it, when they found a pickup truck that had been floating in the interstellar void for centuries...and it started right up. I quite literally never watched another episode after that.
"Captain, you are an excellent starship commander, but as a taxi driver you leave much to be desired."
"Commander Spock to Captain James Tiberius Kirk. "Captain You are an Excellent Starship Commander; But as a taxi driver you leaves much to be desired".
Kirk was driving just fine, considering he had never driven (and barely ever seen) a car before, let alone one with a manual transmission
@Pete's Racing Gaming Videos that's in an alternate timeline though where his dad died when he was born so safe to say that kirk had a very different childhood
Iowa farm boys can drive anything.
Better than I would do on that car today.
But that's a hell of a way to treat a 1931 Cadillac V-12 Fleetwood roadster! Do you guys have any idea what that car is worth? Or, during the time period in the episode how much it cost? It made me cringe!
@@retroguy9494 assuming it's not a fiberglass-bodied replica 🙃
My mother laughed uncontrollably the first time she saw this, which was my twelfth birthday, and every time since. Mom died last summer, and every year on her anniversary of her passing I will watch this episode as a memorial to her.
Thumbs up!
God bless her soul👍❤️
Spock looks nice in that suit. Even more than usual.
So does Captain Kirk. He should have worn blue more often!!
Damn, Spock looks so fine!!!
Thank you
Would be nice if guys wore suits more often(and the ladies wore dresses) rather than what's commonly worn today, though i guess it wouldn't be practical. Sure looked sharp ladies go crazy for a sharp dresssed man as the song goes.
Quite dapper.
I like how there are two guys just pointing automatic weapons all over the place with concern and confusion on their faces but the couple walking down the street just calmly step around them like "Scuse' me, what a lovely day to be American right?"
No barrel or trigger discipline either. They could go off at any second.
Isnt this the "gangster planet" episode? I'm pretty sure they're used to it
Unironically, most people in the Western World didn't really care about people open carrying firearms until roughly the 1990s. Heck, I even saw a Australian news program: How easy was it to buy a gun in Victoria 1977? The reporter openly carries his rifle on his shoulder in the middle of a busy city street and most people didn't seem to mind. It reminded them of their fathers, uncles and such out on the ranch.
@@jakesoros2376 open carry ordinances have existed in the USA since at least the 1800's. Havent you ever heard of the shootout at the OK Corral? Wyatt Earp?
@@Nathan_H1gg3rz Unfortunately CZcams censored your comment. I can only see it in my notification feed, but not the comment thread itself.
In regards to your comment, most cities had banned open carry of firearms by the 1930s, even though it still continued to a degree depending on the area and activity. For example, school children in New York City still openly carried their rifles to rifle competitions as late as 1965 when the practice was banned entirely.
But by then, New York City was no longer a truly American city, but a city ruled by greed, materialism, vanity, and a rootless clique of people, as I'm sure you know.
Amazing that they figured out how to build an exact replica of a 1930s V12 Cadillac based on nothing more than that book about old Chicago gangs.
The episode mentions that there were other books left behind which included detailed blueprints for a bunch of early 20th century hardware. Though it strains credulity that enough reference material could be "accidentally" left behind to create a complete tech base.
@@insignificantgnat9334 The natives of the planet are described as being both imitative and highly intelligent, toward the point that at the end of the episode, Kirk and Spock are convinced they could reverse-engineer most Federation technology just from the communicator McCoy left behind. I believe in one of the novels, they actually do, and eventually become full-fledged members of the Federation, along with a planet that is a ripoff of the Roman Empire IN SPACE that initially starts off hostile but eventually softens toward the Federation when they realize they're actually benevolent.
I think it had more to do with Desilu Studios having access to lots of old cars and gangster uniforms and Tommy Gun props so that they could make an episode without having to make custom vehicles, costumes, and props.
Same with the Roman episode, the Western episode, the Nazi episode, etc.
It's not so amazing when you consider that everyone in outer space seems to speak English.
@@Swindle1984 I think it was one of the Peter David novels. Star Fleet was shocked to come across a fully-functioning, if out-dated, Star Base that they hadn't built.
The first Star Trek had more humor than most of later versions. IMO
I quite agree. The Original Star Trek series is still the very BEST Star Trek series out there. I never liked nor cared for, or about that silly, cheesy next generation stuff or any of the spin off's that came afterward. HEY! The Original Star Trek series RULES man it RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@danbasta3677 The original Star Trekk can never be bested. It will always remain epic and the pinnacle of excellence putting to shame snowflake spin-offs and woke new remake films.
TNG had plenty of humor, it was usually just more subtle.
"The Trouble With Tribbles" is often cited as the funniest TOS episode, but personally I think "A Piece of the Action," is more amusing.
Both were written by Gene Coon, who really did a lot to add humor and fun to Star Trek TOS.
@@trwent I understand he also did a lot to organize the fictional background of Star Trek.
@@lynnpoint6395 His contributions to the show were varied and numerous, and it is a shame he died at only 49 and never really got the credit he deserved.
"Wheels, Mr. Spock". lol. Great dialogue.
He answers ' Fliver'. I saw this word in an early '30's Western novel, but the guy was not a 'cowboy' but did have an old car he had to baby along. Actually, 'Fliver' is American slang for an automobile, frequently used for a poor quality or poorly maintained car. "Flivver", a nickname for the Ford Model T, at a time that model was already old. The car they are in is not by any stretch of imagination a 'Fliver', being neither old nor poorly maintained.
The car is a 1931 Cadillac V-12 Model 370-A Fleetwood Roadster.
And definitely NOT a "flivver!!"
The emblem with the V and number 12 on it between the two headlights tells what type engine is in it Ford did that with their cars as well .
Thank you!
Glad to know it.
Awesome!
Sulu flew a Huey helicopter in 1986 (Star Trek IV). I find it funny that he was able to master one of the hardest aircraft to fly and Kirk can barely drive a stickshift.
Sulu was a fan of old earth weapons. why not have him read through the manual and get some hands on from that pilot he was talking to?
He mentions in the movie that the academy had one, and that he took a course to train on it. (right before demonstrating he forgot some of that course by accidentally turning the wipers on)
That is why Lt Sulu (George Takei) was promoted to senior helmsman from physicist (Star Trek [TOS], "Where No Man Has Gone Before", second pilot).
@@toomanyaccounts Kirk actually collected antique weapons as shown in Wrath of khan. Not just ancient earth weapons either because I believe you can spot a Bat’leth among the collection.
He drives the enterprize. Kirk just points.
Love this great episode of Star Trek… when watching the original series it dawns on me what high quality actors the cast were. The superbly nuanced, often powerful performances they were capable of wasn’t that common in TV series of the era.
Yes…… SO….. nuanced…..
WTF?
That was pretty much me when my mother tried to teach me how to drive her standard transmission car ... after one or two lurching around-the-block attempts, she decided to call it quits while her car still worked.
Took me awhile to learn how you got to start on a b e a t e r
When my grandma was trying to teach my mom and my aunt how to drive standard, after a week of trying she finally gave up and told them, "Yknow, theres this fantastic new thing called the automatic transmission"
That’s about how well I did when learning to drive a stick. “If you can’t find ‘em, grind ‘em”.
I taught myself to drive stick, and my only real problem was getting moving without stalling it. And when I say "stalling" I don't mean jerking, I mean "the engine died".
I've always loved this episode! I've always been an old car nut since I was a little boy.My first antique car was also my first car period. It was a 1948 Plymouth sedan that bought in 1986 for $500 dollars. My mom had to drive it home for me as I didn't know how to drive a manual transmission, let alone a "three on the tree". My dad took me out and taught me. It was easier to learn seeing as I knew how to drive and so I could concentrate on shifting, but I sure did look like Captain Kirk in this episode for awhile! Years later I ran into the former chief of police for the city I live in and he asked me if I still had old cars, which I do. He told me all the officers in town were talking about me and keeping an eye on my progress at driving that car! Funny thing is here it is 36 years later and I just bought my first antique car, a 1951 Buick, that doesn't have a manual transmission, it has a Dynaflow automatic. The first time I drove it i kept looking for the clutch with my foot and reaching for the shift lever! I have to keep telling myself it's an automatic. I've come full circle!
i cannot express how much I love this episode
Dr. McCoy would probably say Dammit Jim Are You Trying to get us killed? Then he would say remind me never to go driving with you ever again.
That is one sweet vintage ride... If Captain Kirk and Spock drove that beauty down the main drag one Saturday night, the hot alien babes would be all over them... Lol.
I always laughed at the inconsistency of Star Trek when talking about old technology. Some episodes people have perfect understanding of history and others they are baffled by it. I remember an episode of Voyager when Paris had to explain what a car was as if they were living 7000 years in the future and it was some incomprehensible thing. Here they do it right. They know its a car and how it works, they are all mechanical geniuses after all, it just takes them a minute to figure out the controls.
Technology that was - at that point in time - nearly four centuries out of date.
I suppose you know the intricacies of driving a horse drawn carriage then, or sailing a full rigged ship? Do remember it was 400 years out of date for the crew of the voyager. That's old as Shakespeare is to you and me. It's not crazy for them not to be familiar.
Manual row your own gears would be quite something for someone to figure out way ahead. Even today most of your average drivers cannot drive a manual.
@@oldtwinsna8347 Tiresome, especially in the city. Out in the countryside or short to medium drives, however, manual transmissions are king. Not to mention, manual transmissions are simpler and easier to fix than automatics.
They did, by coincidence, pick the easiest car in 1930 to master with only a vague understanding.
Electric start,
Synchromesh manual gears (rare till the 1960s),
A hydraulic assist release clutch
Four wheel brakes hydraulic brakes
Beautiful steering geometry
The V12 and V16 Caddy was way ahead of its time. Cadillac was the first car to be arranged like a modern car...three pedals and simple gearshifts. Ford, Dodge and Austin eventually followed.
Meanwhile in the Kelvin Timeline:
“IM READY! HOW BOUT YOU!?”
-Kid kirk about to drive a 1965 corvette off a cliff
That poor car rip and in mint condition too
This is by far my all time favorite Trek episode. The comedies were consistently the best no matter the series.
"You are an excellent star ship captain. But, as a taxi driver, you leave much to be desired."
"And this, Mr. Spock, must be the CD player. I'm rather fond of a song called 'Sabotage'."
"Recorded, I believe, by the 'Beastie Boys'."
I heard that in my head as Shatner/Nimoy
Kirk: “I’m an Actor, not a Driver!”
"a flivver " captain.
As someone who had to learn stick after driving automatic, this is uncomfortably familiar
I need to learn stick…but, uh, have yet to *understand* how the shifting process works, lol
I know what you mean, people laughing at me while I try to drive around in the parking lot at the park.
Kirk still drives better than half the people I see on the road.
Love the passerbys reactions.
Walking around with Tommy guns, meh, who cares.
Doesn't know how to drive stick, THIS MAN IS A MENACE.
Merica! :P
A guy beeped his born at a man carrying a Tommy Gun!
Who knows how Spock's parents would've felt seen him wearing 20th Century Earth Style clothing?
As a boy this was my favorite scene! Captain Kirk driving a car!!!
Having just watched a CZcams video showing how to start a 1930 Cadillac, I doubt that many people in 2022 could do it successfully without any assistance. Capt. Kirk won't be born for more than 200 years, so there's no way he could possibly have figured this out.
He did better with the '65 Corvette Stingray...if you don't count the parking.
Lover of antiques and with a great deal of engineering knowledge and he saw one operated earlier in the episode if memory serves I wouldn't bet again him
Kirk's first spaceship had a Manuel transmission.
I just love this episode. One of the three great comedy-to-farcical episodes of ST: TOS (the other two being I, Mudd and The Trouble with Tribbles--all season 2. Shore Leave from season has a few comedic moments but tragic ones too, the seeming death of Dr. McCoy).
One of the reasons why I still love TOS the best of all the Star Trek series given the wider performative range of the show fro thrilling action-adventure to poinant drama to hilarious comedy (but without camp) and all keeping to its sci-fi premises.
kirk could drive in the reboot
Yeah, alternate timeline.
Kelvin timeline
He was so perfect in the reboot he was boring. 🥱
Well, he wasn't perfect. He was cute♥️, but wasn't the greatest captain of all times, and had a lot to learn
With self-driving cars coming, the kids that are being born right now may sympathize more with Kirk and Spock than us today.
Never honk your horn at a pedestrian with a tommy gun.
The only thing missing from the universal “learning to drive stick” experience is stalling the engine the second he takes his foot off the clutch
The Untouchable set.My favorite show.
Spock and Kirk looks really cool with those suits.
In any TV show or movie, when someone steals clothes, I always laugh when they fit perfectly. The person they stole from could be taller/shorter, thinner/fatter, it just never matters.
i'd probably be the same trying to drive a horse carriage
This was how I was on the first day of my driver training course. 🙃
Watta Hoot !!! It cracks me up everytime I see it.
I love the tone of classic Trek.
I venture that when Kirk was driving and almost hit somebody, that person did NOT respond with "Well, Double Dumbass on you!"
Cpt. Kirk is a better starship captain than an old maffia Cadillac driver. I always laugh myself a hernia with this scene!🤣🤣🤣
One of my favorite episode from The Original Star Trek
At least Captain Kirk didnt open the car door to let the clutch out.
Going to get one himself lol , meanwhile in real life Shatner's daily driver was a 1963 Corvette Stingray with a fuel injected 327 the coolest car ever made for the coolest actor ever
Where had you heard or seen in TOS that Jim Kirk (William Shatner) had a 1963 Corvette Stingray?
Where had you heard or seen in TOS that Jim Kirk (William Shatner) had a 1963 Corvette Stingray?
Is the 327 a small block V-8? What was the horsepower, please?
I guess they forgot about this episode when they had him driving a sports car as a kid in the beginning of the remake movie.
Maybe in the Prime timeline, Kirk's not-existant-in-the-jjverse younger brother got it.
@@kurtsnyder4752 the remake movies are terrible. 😂😂
One of my favorite episodes mainly because of this.
That and the card game, Fizbin :D
This scene adds another level of depth considering Leonard Nimoy was a taxi driver before he was Commander Spock
I love it, no concealed permits required on that planet. LOL 😆
I felt like I was watching Andy Griffith.
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March 02, 2021 @ 3:50 pm ©®
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One of my favorite episodes
Cette scène est très drôle, complètement décalée
Spock est sublime en vêtements civil , super moderne j’adore ça en 2022
If you didn't want to attract attention to yourself, this is not the way to do it. This was fun to watch and why I still love TOS.
It reminds me of my first experience with power brakes. What a memory!!!
My mother has relayed her first experience to me several times. :) I got my own taste of the difference during college, when, as part of my weekly commute home, I would put the car in neutral as I crested the mountain into town, and turn the engine off, coasting down the hill. :) (It's a northeast "mountain" so nothing like the Rockies, or even the Appalachians). Manual brakes are a workout!! Manual steering was kinda fun, though, and the whole experience helped wake me up for the last leg into town. :)
I like how the car passing Kirk with an automatic weapon actually hits his horn!
Tough town.
Kirk could have Sonny Corleone’d that car!
Just as I thought,..... he drove backward before going forward! LOL That's Captain Kirk of the star ship Enterprise.
Back in 1973, when I was buying a Volkswagen from the girlfriend of a friend, it had a manual transmission as well. My initial attempts at driving the car was much like this.
My parents told me, "here's the keys, figure it out."
Fast forward 15 years, and I had to teach my best friend how to drive stick. Didn't hurt my feelings, I needed to replace the clutch anyway. And I knew how to drive without a clutch.
Nothing like learning how to play "find-'em and grind 'em" on the fly.
Learning to shift on my dad's 1976 Celica GT, I became quite skilled at driving it backward down hills...
My favorite episode.
Considering that in 2022 driving a stick shift is largely a lost art.... Not bad
Not in the UK. Automatics are often regarded as a lazy American thing and less fuel efficient. (But the latter has since improved.)
@@TammoKorsai neat, I know when I was a teenager you did not want to be the guy who had to tell the cute girl you couldn't drive a stick shift, no chance she was going out with you
16 years' with my Ford Ranger clutch. Could drive any vehicle with one given a few moments to get the feel for the particular design. Count myself VERY lucky to have had this experience.
Ack! Had to edit. Drove a flatbed truck once. Had to start in second gear. First gear was for times when the vehicle was REALLY stuck. Like icebound.
The bromance continues.
People look very relaxed about them walking around with machine guns.
Love the Thompson n the car...😊👍👍
"You get another card... except on Tuesdays!"
I can imagine the flint stones song going of in Kirks head when he starts up the car
One of my favourite Spock lines.
the fact it didnt die on him whenever he gave it gas, is a miracle to behold... otherwise it'd take hours.
That darn clutch.
Kirk should have gotten a Jupiter 8 from the twentieth century Roman empire - at least that car had automatic transmission 🤣🤣🤣.
This is about how I would feel now driving a 1930s manual transmission
I have always been a fan of the show, wife hates it and sees it as silly, but it was clean entertaining stuff to me!
pure gold.
This is me, every time I try to drive a car from the 50s or older. (60s too, but I didn’t have to worry about the starter). It’s getting to where even cars I grew up with are starting to feel like this. “How do you start the car?” “You insert a key, and turn it, then let go.”
This episode and the Trouble with Tribbles are listed as the 2 most popular.
We now know, from the historical documents, that James Tiberius Kirk drove a corvette off a cliff about 21 years prior to this.
Beautiful car.
Watched Enterprise episode when Xindi came to 2004 Detroit the other day. Lucky for Archer, the Xindi didn't choose Europe because I doubt T'Pol versed in gears and the clutch as well as good old Spock :D
they had their tricorders that functioned as portable library computers.
*before you has to yank the crank before you started a car!* 😂
My Grandfather tried to teach me to drive his old Ford 3 - on - the - tree pick up when I was a kid, I imagine it looked something like that to him. That's why I now drive automatics.
Love this episode
And then young Kirk in the Kelvin timeline drives a classic hot rod like it's nobody's business...
Warp speed Scotty
Me when i first got my drivers license
lmaoo this is me driving a stick shift. literally. my name is also kirk.
My 2021 Mercedes drives EXACTLY the same!
Millennial anti theft device indeed 🤣🤣
I doubt many people could drive that car today.
It's a 1930 Cadillac V16 Roadster and would have had separate controls for the ignition timing, a pre-selector gearbox and magnetos which would need to be activated on starting.
Hi I loved how Kirk put the car in reverse instead of first gear lol & rear end the other car
If you can't find it,grind it...
00:41 Spock starts talking funny saying Oh, I believe. and straining for the word "clutch" rather than say the gears are regulated apparently...I believe a clutch is utilized. further he repeats himself and nods his head in assurance like Stan Laurel
Just two guys walking around with Tommy guns..., people don't care, just walking by.. 😂😂🤔
1:05 Kirk is making a left turn from Leonard Nimoy Drive on the Paramount back lot onto the same street where the car was originally parked at the start of the scene. The apartment front where the car is parked at 0:09 is just out of camera shot on the right at 1:05.