Early Days Of The Sci-fi Channel & Gene Roddenberry
By Captain Pyke | May 1, 2009 - 11:11 am
In an on-going series Mitchell Rubenstein (co-founder of the Sci-fi channel) discusses the early days of starting Sci-fi and meeting extraordinary people. In part 3, he talks of his first meeting with Gene Roddenberry on the Paramount lot.
We met Gene at his office at Paramount Studios. Laurie and I had never before set foot on a studio lot. After the usual pleasantries, he said, “How’d you like a tour of the Star Trek set?”
Naturally, we answered, “Yes!” Next we knew, we’re walking around the Star Trek set with Gene as our personal tour guide. (source hollywood.com)
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