31 episodes

Gene-ology from Roddenberry Entertainment explores the earliest TV writing works of Gene Roddenberry. We dig deep into the Roddenberry archives, including scripts that were never produced, to discuss the themes of Gene's writing in the years prior to his best known creation, Star Trek. Buckle in and get ready for Gene-ology.

Gene-ology: A Roddenberry Podcast Roddenberry Entertainment

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Gene-ology from Roddenberry Entertainment explores the earliest TV writing works of Gene Roddenberry. We dig deep into the Roddenberry archives, including scripts that were never produced, to discuss the themes of Gene's writing in the years prior to his best known creation, Star Trek. Buckle in and get ready for Gene-ology.

    Gene-ology - Exile

    Gene-ology - Exile

    Gene-ology's travels with The Man From Texas conclude as we examine Gene Roddenberry's second unmade script for this unrealized series, "Exile", before we embark upon our coverage of Have Gun -- Will Travel.
    Guest starring Cody Banning as Sam Houston, Robert Parson as Secretary Burnett, and Earl Green as Major Barrington

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Gene-ology - Destiny and the Raven

    Gene-ology - Destiny and the Raven

    Gene-ology continues exploring Gene Roddenberry's unmade western series about the life of Sam Houston in the first of two unproduced scripts, "Destiny and the Raven".
    Guest starring Cody Banning as Sam Houston, Zeke Sidwell as Major Reeves, and Todd Allen Fischer as Bearley

    • 1 hr 3 min
    Gene-ology - The Man From Texas

    Gene-ology - The Man From Texas

    It could have been the first television series created by Gene Roddenberry...but it never made it to a soundstage.  For the first time ever, Gene-ology reveals and analyzes Gene's 1957 series pitch for the unmade show "The Man From Texas".

    • 56 min
    Gene-ology - The Psychiatrist

    Gene-ology - The Psychiatrist

    Gene-ology follows Gene Roddenberry's early TV writing career every week, and this week we join the Harbor Command as it tries to prevent a would-be killer's appointment with "The Psychiatrist".  But how much of the final product did Gene write?
    Guest starring Mike Richards as Captain Baxter, Amy Nelson as the Housekeeper (first draft)/Etta (final draft), and Elliot Kronsberg as the Control voice
    The Harbor Command episode can be viewed at  Archive.org.

    • 51 min
    Gene-ology - Duty, Honor, and Trouble

    Gene-ology - Duty, Honor, and Trouble

    Gene-ology follows Gene Roddenberry's early TV writing career every week, and this week we complete our tour of duty with the '50s series "West Point" with Gene's episode, "Duty, Honor, and Trouble".
    Guest starring Adam Pranica as Cadet Carter, Matthew Corey as Cadet #1, Ryan Husk as Cadet #2, and William Corey as Cadet #3

    • 1 hr
    Gene-ology - The Drowning Of The Gun

    Gene-ology - The Drowning Of The Gun

    Gene-ology follows Gene Roddenberry's early TV writing career every week, in this case chronicling a tradition of "West Point" cadets undergoing field training, namely the Drowning of the Gun, something that is most assuredly can(n)on.
    Guest starring John Champion as TAC Officer, and Mikayel Balian as Cadet Davis

    • 47 min

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