You really have to be a fan to remember the Star Trek Cartoon (also known as TAS). For the rest of you here is a link to the home site where you can see all the Star Trek Cartoon episodes.

Officially it's called Star Trek: the Animated Series. It has also been known as

. Apparently TAS was the first Star Trek to win an Emmy. Personally I consider it a great affront and injustice that TOS never won one. Lame.

Roddenberry was offered more money by the studio (Filmation) to give up creative control and he refused. Word is they wanted to make kid versions of Kirk, Spock, and the rest and have them run around the universe having adventures. Thank you Gene for not whoring out a cherished childhood memory of mine, unlike a certain other film maker who shall go unnamed but who's name rhymes with Forge Mucus.