History Trivia / StarTrekS3E19RequiemForMethuselah

* MoneyDearBoy / SciFiGhetto: Then-well-known stage actors James Daly and Louise Sorel both thought the series was childish and cartoony and later both admitted the only reason they did the episode was the paycheck.

* MoneyDearBoy: Then-well-known stage actors James Daly and Louise Sorel both thought the series was childish and cartoony and later both admitted the only reason they did the episode was the paycheck.

** In another story draft, Flint also claimed to have been [[Literature/BookOfExodus Moses]], UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]. NBC vetoed this because they were afraid of offending religious groups (in the finished episode, Flint claims to have ''met'' Moses) and potentially getting sued by Picasso, who was still alive at the time.

** In another story draft, Flint would also claim to have been [[Literature/BookOfExodus Moses]], UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]. NBC vetoed this because they were afraid of offending religious groups (in the finished episode, Flint claims to have ''met'' Moses) and potentially getting sued by Picasso, who was still alive at the time.

** In another story draft, Flint would also claim to have been [[Literature/BookOfExodus Moses]], UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]. NBC vetoed this because they were afraid of offending religious groups (in the finished episode, Flint claims to have ''met'' Moses) and potentially getting sued by Picasso (who was still alive at the time).

** In another story draft, Flint would also claim to have been [[Literature/BookOfExodus Moses]], UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]. NBC vetoed this because they were afraid of offending religious groups (in the finished episode, Flint claims to have ''met'' Moses) and potentially getting sued by Picasso (who was still alive at the time).
* Judy Klass had an interesting occupation for Flint in her tie-in novel ''Cry of the [[Recap/StarTrekS1E8Miri Onlies]]''. Some of the onlies decide they want treatments to allow them to age at a normal rate, while others want to keep their slow-aging process. Flint comes to their world for other reasons, and chooses to stay and become a sort of mentor for them.

** In another story draft, Flint would also claim to have been [[Literature/BookOfExodus Moses]], UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]. NBC vetoed this because they were afraid of offending religious groups (in the finished episode, Flint claims to have ''met'' Moses) and getting sued by Picasso (who was still alive at the time).

** In another story draft, Flint would also claim to have been [[Literature/BookOfExodus Moses]], UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]. NBC vetoed this because they were afraid of offending religious groups (in the finished episode, Flint claims to have ''met'' Moses) and because Picasso was still alive at the time and thus they feared getting sued.

** In another story draft, Flint would also claim to have been [[Literature/BookOfExodus Moses]], UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]. NBC vetoed the former two because they were afraid of offending religious groups (in the finished episode, Flint claims to have ''met'' Moses) and the latter because Picasso was still alive and they were afraid of getting sued.

** In another story draft, Flint would also claim to have been [[Literature/BookOfExodus Moses]], UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]. NBC vetoed the former two because they were afraid of offending religious groups (in the final episode, Flint claims to have ''met'' Moses) and the latter because Picasso was still alive and they were afraid of getting sued.

** In another story draft, Flint would also claim to have been [[Literature/BookOfExodus Moses]], [[UsefulNotes/Jesus Jesus Christ]] and [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]. NBC vetoed the former two because they were afraid of offending religious groups (in the final episode, Flint claims to have ''met'' Moses) and the latter because Picasso was still alive and they were afraid of getting sued.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In one story outline, the 8,000-year-old Flint was also Johannes Brahms. Spock enabled Kirk to forget Rayna by using mental suggestion from a distance, while Kirk was in his cabin and Spock was on the bridge. In the final scene in the episode, Spock causes Kirk to forget but not from a distance, but by touching his head and telling him to forget.

-->'''Louise Sorel:''' (about the episode) "They put me in this funny costume – I stood still and they just wrapped fabric around me – and I had an Annette Funicello bouffant and Music/DustySpringfield eye make-up. James Daly and I thought of ourselves as these two very serious theater actors. He kept looking at me and asking, "Why on Earth are we doing this?" I kept telling him, 'Christmas money.'"

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In one story outline, the 8,000-year-old Flint was also Johannes Brahms. Spock enabled Kirk to forget Rayna by using mental suggestion from a distance, while Kirk was in his cabin and Spock was on the bridge. In the final scene in the episode, Spock causes Kirk to forget but not from a distance, but by touching his head and telling him to forget.

-->'''Louise Sorel:''' (about the episode) "They put me in this funny costume – I stood still and they just wrapped fabric around me – and I had an Annette Funicello bouffant and Music/DustySpringfield eye make-up. James Daly and I thought of ourselves as these two very serious theater actors. He kept looking at me and asking, "Why on Earth are we doing this?" I kept telling him, 'Christmas money.'"