"Assignment: Earth" not on YouTube?
With the new footage of Apollo II out, I was reminded of “Assignment: Earth” (TOS). I just went looking for it over at the official YouTube space and it’s not listed. I did find it over at the CBS site (and you can embed from there). I wonder why it’s missing over at YouTube.
Redshirt
Wikipedia - Redshirt is a slang term for a minor role stock character whose primary purpose in the plot of a story is to die soon after being introduced, thus demonstrating the dangerous circumstances faced by the main characters. The term originates from the science fiction television series Star Trek and is taken from the red shirts worn by security officers. On Star Trek, anonymous security officers often accompany main characters on dangerous missions where they meet their death.
Mythbuster Grant Imahara at a pitch meeting discussing the Gorn Cannon (via @grantimahara http://twitpic.com/9p2hu) More at Mythbusters To Test Star Trek’s Gorn Cannon
