THE BEST STAR TREK COMMERCIAL EVER
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- Опубликовано: 10 дек 2011
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Easter egg: the actress is Gillian Dobb, _née_ Wells, (1929-2001), who played recurring character Agatha Chumley on the original _Magnum, PI_ (1980), hence her namedropping.
I thought that might be her. I had to go look to see if she what her dates were. This ad was for Fall 2001, and she died in September of that year.
I KNEW she looked familiar!
THIS COMMENT SHOULD BE PINNED! ALL GLORY TO GILLIAN DOBB! May she rest in peace. *Howls to Warn the Dead that a Warrior is about to arrive*
Honour to House Dobb! The Mother of Klingons shall scold the dishonoured dead with her parental rage! Fek'Lhr will quake before her, and Gre'thor shall burn hotter at her words! Qa'pla Gillian, Qa'pla House Dobb!
HOLY SWEET POTATOES!!! THAT WAS *_HER?!?!_* 🤯🤯🤯🤯
FOR ONCE A HEADLINE SAYING BEST EVER IS COMPLETELY ACCURATE!!!!
Get Ready for more star trek coming this fall to space🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The old mom speaking Klingonese was the best.
And she was right he fought without honor, he should have challenge him to a proper duel...
The name of the language is "Klingon" - qoH!
tlhIngan maH!
That made me smile. He did fought without honor. He brings shame to the house of Sm'itth
It’s klingonian
I'm a Trekker since '66, and I've never seen that commercial. Thanks!
I've only been a Trekker since 1968, cuz that's when I was born. Actually back then we were called Trekkies, but over half a century later, things have understandably changed. I've never seen this commercial either but i dig it. Especially love how the mother could speak fluent Klingon. Qapla'!
The Space Channel was on Canadian TV so you probably never saw this commercial in the US. Space still plays in Canada but is now called the CTV Sci-Fi Channel. 🍁
How do I know you're an original fan? We loathe being called "Trekkies" and insist on the more cooler "Trekker". Salute from a '62 fan to you!
@@DanielWright-np3fq 1962 huh, since it was first broadcast on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV network, and two days later in the US on September 8, 1966, I have to call B.S on you. And I did watch the original television debut, although I had to see the third season in 1971 when I got back stateside.
@@CharlesSmith-io9fp My mistake Charles, I thought we were doing birth years. You weren't born in 1966? I was in 1962, so I was about 4 when it first came on. That and Batman pretty much thrilled lil' ol' me. Many apologies for the misunderstanding.
I remember seeing a 'meme' where a guy was saying something like:
"My father just burst into my room and uttered some long phrase in Klingon.
"Should I be upset that he knows Klingon, or that I know he said I'm an "Insult to the Empire" 😂
the response of course being, "You should be upset that you're an insult to the Empire."
I wish I could post photos in the comments. I have that meme on my phone. 😂 it had the crazy Gowron stare.
@@matthewhummel1572 I'll google it myself soon, can't recall where I first saw it though (thanks for proving it exists 😄)
@@matthewhummel1572 Hope I can post a link on RUclips, but found it 😂
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LMFAO mixed breed?
Maybe a Klingon with The Force? Such a combo who can ride the Spice Worms, too?
When she said "he lives in the basement." THAT was the moment he knew he F'ed-up. But even I was not expecting a klingon. COOL!
He was adopted and raised by humans and they wanted him to experience his ancestral traditions.
@@AJDRAGON01. Soooo you found Worf. Funny it doesn’t look like Minsk?
I was expecting Shatner as Kirk!
😊
Was expecting a Star Trek fan when she said he lived in the basement. I wasn't expecting her to speak Klingon so fluently!😂
Ga'Ry brings much honor to the House of Smith.
That's just an awesome statement!
The house of Sm'ithh
*Keplah!*
Keplah actually is a Klingon greeting as opposed to “go away.” That commercial is a total howler!
@@jgrafx *I misspelled it but it means "success."* Kaplah or [newly] Qapla.
Now that’s what you call an actress…..one who will work to get her dialogue down just the way it’s supposed to be. It reminds me of Barbara Billingsley, speaking jive in Airplane.
Jus' hang loose, blood. She gonna catch ya up on da rebound on da med side.
@@Caretaker82 Ain't no thang blud, I dug her rap
Oh great! Now you got me remembering the one jive guy in the courtroom scene from Airplane II, where, while he's talking in jive, we see the courtroom stenographer doing a Ray Charles impersonation.
@@davegreenlaw5654When comedy was supposed to make you laugh not cringe.
Lol, Lol. LOL!!! BLESSED 🐝...
This would easily be one of the best ads I have ever seen! When Mum started speaking Klingon as well, that was the perfect finale.
Brilliant ad !!!
For our US friends...
Yes, this was a real, legit ad!
"Space" was an actual Canadian Channel out of Toronto and it still exists today.
In its current form, it is now known as Bell Sci-Fi.
Back in the day, it was also known as "Space: The Imagination Station"
It is Canada's version of the old US Sci-Fi channel.
Wow, hard to believe it has been 23 years since Enterprise premiered on Space back in 2001. This promo was running just before the launch of the new series premiere.
So a Canadian Channel. That's why I've never heard of it.
Space was great. Bell Media ruined it. But this was a great commercial.
@@MikeWood Yep, thats what happens when national media chains all over the country decide to destroy and diminish our own Canadian made creations in favour of americanizing all the tv we watch in order to gain just a sliver of american viewership. I get it, they want to make a buck, but at the cost of ruining our identity.
That is cool.
I believe that Much Music was also a Canadian station and was way better than MTV once MTV stopped playing videos.
Bell Sci-Fi, huh? Aren't we expecting some riots later this year? 🖖
I love it that his mother speaks fluent Klingon
If that's his mother, then he's only half Klingon. Unless she had her ridges surgically removed.
@@feeberizer We do not discuss it with outsiders!
He's lucky her son wasn't a Borg. "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."
*Petition guy, going through the neighborhood later:* "Watch. More. Star. Trek."
😂
You will adapt to service... us.
Or a Gorn 😂
LMFAO we are all such geeks
Fandom, not just a hobby, but, a way of life...
I seriously thought you were exaggerating. But no, that is THE BEST ST Commerical Ever!!!!
this comment is an exaggeration
@@SilentWayFarer1 ,
Uh, uh, uh....say it in Klingon.
it's only one of the better commercials Space did. They did some great ones over the years, especially early on.
Indeed.
Thanks for finding this gem.
The good old days before star trek discovery.
Had it existed, I’d have signed.
There's never a Klingon warrior around when you need one.
Pretty sure they had them in other commercials. She was supposed to teach Klingon at a University level
There WAS one around. Watch it again ... in slow motion. LOL
@@quazmodicIn this case, yes, there was one. I suppose I should have said there's never a Klingon warrior around when _I_ need one.
Jadzia Dax would disagree with you 🖖🏾
Funny. But start checking basements if you do need one.
As an American who never saw this before, I approve.
SPACE was basically the Canadian version of SciFi.... back when scifi was a good channel
Also the petition guy was right. Star Trek should’ve been stopped before the abomination that was enterprise.
@@kishascape absolutely not. it was great
12 years, and I'm just now seeing this 4/15/24? Great.
Same!
Could be worse, today it's the 17/4/24 and it's my first time as well.
April 17th 2024, first time in my 40 years seeing this..... They needed to make more adds like this 20 years ago...
Hum, the algorithm tossed up a good one today! 4/17/24. Only took 12 years to do it.
Yep…
You're right. It's easily the best "Star Trek" commercial ever.
Though the old MCI "Friends and Family" one is pretty good as well. Especially the surprise visitor at the end.
All old ladies need to learn Klingon...
Hey! That's me! I agree.
I recall reading about some sort of Child abuse report being reported in the news some years ago. It seems after CPS did an investigation, there was one or two toddlers who only language was Klingon. They apparently had a lot trash around the home, and too many cats. According to the news article the parents agreed to clean up the trash and get rid of "7 of 9 cats"
They offer a course on it at the community centre.
It's on the free language class list right after Jive.
Doulingo has it. I’m not kidding.
@@beatrixthegreat1138 Seriously???
Waiting to reveal the nice lady as a Trek fan until the end was a nice moment.
Not sure whether the lady is a Trekkie, or she just learnt conversational Klingon for better yelling orders at his basement son
I didn’t get the impression that she knew anything about Star Trek. She just is a good mom who is supportive of her son’s lifestyle choices.
She was an actress who played in Magnum PI.
I'm in my seventies and I'm here to tell you, I've watched STAR TREK since it hit the TV. I would stay up late (7:30pm), on a school night, and watch it. Then the network dropped it. I was quite upset. Everytime anything Star Trek related, came on, I would watch it. Later years a "Boxed Set" was made available on VHS and I bought the whole shebang. Then New Generation came on. I watched it. Deep Space 9 came out, but it was lame and I didn't mess with it. Then TOS had the movies, then NG had the movies. They were made available on DVD and so was the TV shows, so I have every episode as well as backstage stuff everything possible. I was such a nut about it, my wife bought me a "Communicator" that looks and sounds like the series prop. Of course we all did the Vulcan salute and I remember, I went trick or treating, with a church group, as Capt. Kirk. My mother could sew anything and her sewing machine did embroidery so she made the Star Fleet V symbol on a gold polished cotton naru shirt and navy blue pants. Lord have mercy, that eas over half a century ago. Memories. Nothing like em! But I still forget what I went after and have to go figure what I was doing to remember what I needed. I have OPD with CRS. That's Old People's Disease with I Can't Remember $#!+. .
I've been a trekker since 1966, I can't recall ever seeing this commercial. Fascinating and logical. Loved it. LLAP🖖
Well if you don't live in Canada it's not surprising as that was an ad by the Space channel, now CTV Sci-Fi, back when they still had a sense of humour and just enough of a budget for low budget in-house ads.
Been a Trek all my life since as long as I can remember. I'm from the TNG generation.
LOL that's ending pretty much sums it up for us Klingons fan base.
From the home state of the late Leonard Nimoy LLAP🖖
I don't think I've ever seen that commercial before. That is absolutely wonderful. 😂
Mamma speaks fluent Klingonese.
Klingonee
Klingon-go
Everyone in the sector is learning to speak it.
Can she prepare Gagh?
@@OublietteTight Her Rokeg Blood pie will make you dishonor yourself.
Never saw this one before. Odd that after 12 years it finally ends up in my "must look at this" listing.
Seems like there’s a lot of us wondering why it took so long…but happy to finally see this bit of comic genius. I know I am!
I love Star Trek - and I DON'T live in a basement 😊
You battle with no honour 😂❤.
Best part! Haha
I've been a trekker from the beginning...this was GOLDEN! TOS gave us much soft disclosure.
Many many kudos to the actress playing the matriarch!
I laughed til I peed myself! Perfect touch at the end was granny speaking Klingon. Bravo.
Funny clever Star trek ad that also ran on UPN - Universal Paramount Network.
United Paramount Network; at least in Chicago. UPN Power (channel) 50! Created for the Premiere of "Star Trek, Voyager".😎😎
I’m a Trekker. After so many years, I have finally found this advertisement. Hello from Singapore 🇸🇬
Hello from Scotland :)
You can really tell it's another old school Trek fan when they call themselves a Trekker. :)
I’ve been a Trekkie fan ever since it first aired with the original series….this is absolutely the best ad….I love this…just what the doctor ordered….🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🇺🇸👍❤️🙏🏼🥰
Good Lord! I had never seen this commercial before, but I must admit you nailed it: this is, far and away, the best Star Trek commercial I have ever seen. In fact, it's one of the best commercials -- period -- that I have ever seen. Thank you for uploading it.
I discovered Star Trek in reruns in 1975. I've been a lifelong fan of all broadcast Star Trek. I think I saw this commercial years ago on RUclips. Hilarious!!! And Glorious!!!
@clasicradiolover With you.. I found them in 1977 and have never looked back.🖖 Live Long and Prosper.
I did not expect that mom to speak Klingonese!
Klingon has been developed into a complete language.
I think you can buy lessons on CD
CD and book guide and I think there was an college class for it.
Wish they'd do the same with Vulcan. But then, I suppose we wouldnt be able to pronounce it. But I'd love to learn Vulcan writing.
@@christinebutler7630 That would be fascinating to do.🖖
I have read the Klingon dictionary. The Klingonese in the ad was correct, though the translation was a bit loose, e.g. "Q'pla" is translated as "I am victorious" when it really just means "success".
You can thank James Doohan for the Klingon language. He came up with it for Star Trek The Motion Picture.
I'm not a Trekkie, but that was funny!
Wow, that is a lot more fun than our commercials these days. 2024.
We had longer attention spans back then, to wait for the punchline.
Never saw that before, didn't even know there were star trek commercial. That was good.
I never saw this before. It is really funny.
I have never seen that commercial before. That is absolutely hilarious!
Is that Gillian Dobb who played Agatha on Magnum PI?
If so, it must have been one of the last things she did.
Awesome grandma!
That. Was. Excellent!
Damn, havent seen that commercial in years. Thanks man.
Glad you enjoyed it!
"You battle without honor..."😂😂😂
She wasn't wrong though XD
Finally, some good Star Trek!
Ouchers. That stings.
🤣👍
I remember this era of Space Channel. It was amazing .
OMG!! This is great!! And the old lady was Agatha from Magnum PI!! Even better!! Live long and prosper!!!!
This was one of the best commercials in many years! It was funny! I love it! Thank you for sharing this video with us! 👍🤣👍
these were the days.. my tv had tht gd space logo burned into it. I would leave the set on 24/7 tuned to their channel lol sigh
ty for the memories !
Brilliant! Never expected her son was a Klingon though! He must look more like his Dad. I’ve seen every episode of the original and Next Gen, most of Enterprise, all the movies, but not the other shows. I have a life beyond good sci-fi, and have other responsibilities. Not putting those who do though. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
Ist zwar der einzige, den ich je sah, aber definitiv der beste von allen.
In the spring of 2022, there was a seminar for doctors. It was named "STAR-TREC" (also spelled "STARTREC"). This was supposed to be an acronym for "Can We *S*ave the Rectum by Watchful Waiting or *T*rans-*A*nal Microsurgery Following (Chemo)*R*adiotherapy versus *T*otal Mesorectal Excision for Early *R*ectal Cancer?" No joke.
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That is a great commercial that deserves to live on! On the Internet! Onto the wormhole!
I remember this, but the only time my tv wasn't on space was when hockey was on
Sorry to hear about your traumatic brain injury, hope you get better soon...
The son beat the dude before he even knew about the petition 😂
The son was just giving him the old 𝘝𝘶𝘭𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰
He was listening in the background. Hence, he took the comments about nerds who live in the basement personally
The son probably read the guy's shirt.
@akl2k7 It's funnier if the son instinctively tries to start fights put of nowhere
@@buzznugget Why can't it be all of the above? None of them are mutually-exclusive reasons, after all.
Space had some of the best stuff. The commercial for the Shatner/Nimoy album was brilliant. "Set your CD player on stun!" 😆
the Aliens Thanksgiving commercial was good too
After all, CD players _do_ use lasers ⚡ :D
Space Channel had a little series of these Star Trek commercials. This was the first and best of the lot, the one which inspired lesser copycats.
damn right
We must see the others...
Lol. Just felt like watching this morning. Thanks for the upload. Qapla’!
Love this ad. Been watching since "The Man Trap" episode 1 in 1966.
I been watching since '64 with Episode 0, "The Cage"
My friend Glen played the Klingon and they did around 7 of these commercials. BTW both Glen and his wife dressed up to go to a Star Trek convention with our group of friends and they didn't even get honourable mention for their costumes ... came to find out that the judges thought they were sent from Paramount and didn't even score them in the costume contest!
😑
I kind of wish he said "You bring DISHONOR to our HOUUUSSSEEEEE"
I was like "No, not a Gary!" but he was cool.
Sounds pretty nice to have a dedicated Star Trek channel.
it was damn close. They even advertised as Your Federation Station
This is now my favorite commercial, thank you for posting it.
I love it! LOL. Back in 1989, when I was 17 (and living in my mother's basement), I signed a petition for the local cable company to carry the Sci-Fi Channel in Tallahassee. I remember they had some kind of gathering at FSU to collect signatures, and they were showing video tapes of Star Trek bloopers, behind the scenes footage, etc. It was a lot of fun. My grandfather was the one who first introduced me to Star Trek back in 1978, when I was 6 years old. We would watch it together every week back then. I cherish those memories.
I remember seeing this back in the day. Space was such an awesome channel
This just popped up on my screen today... love it! Thanks
LLORE CUANDO CANCELARON STAR TREK ENTERPRISE..
QUERIA VER LAS GUERRAS ROMULANAS.
Yo también!
Now that is a supportive mother.
Hysterical. And she speaks full on Klingon.
Never saw that before! I LOVE it!!
It is May 2024, I have no idea why this showed up in my feed today. Regardless, this was awesome thank you weird algorithm!
Thanks for the post! I think I came across this promo ad once before on YT. Loved having the son come out done up as a huge Klingon, and speaking Klingon. Having his mom talk to him in Klingon made it even funnier. This time, I made sure to save it in my Humor folder. 😂 I've been a fan since the very beginning. Got to stay up a little later to watch ST:OS with my father and older brother. After my younger brother came along, he became a fan, too. Thanks to the poster who mentioned that the mom had been a recurring character in Magnum, PI. I haven't watched that show that much, but do like it. If my often faulty memory serves me correctly, I think she played the old friend of Higgens, who was in love with him. It was nice to see her again. 😊
I've been a Trekker since I was a little girl, but had never seen this commercial. Reading the comments, I see that it's from Canada and I'm in the U.S. Love it!!! 🤣🤣
I love the Classic Star Trek TV show, my mother and sister love Next Generation, my brother in law loves Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Picard, my bff loves Voyager, my nephew loves Lower Decks, but we never really were fans of Enterprise or even the other newer Star Trek shows.
Space is a Canadian channel. Remember seeing this when I was a kid
Thank you, wanted to know, you know if the channel still exist?
@@hectorfuji It's called CTV SciFi now. New owners don't have the same sense of humour, but they still play a lot of Trek.
@@bonemar66 Nowadays the only good thing is that they run the latest ST shows every week as they drop on Paramount+.
@@bonemar66 They also gutted the ability to make in-house productions - remember when Space used "space news" shows in the guise of 'Innerspace' and 'HypaSpace'?
I swear i recognize the mother...
She played a recurring character on Magnum PI.
Made my day!! :D
This was great! I've never seen that before.
How do you say "Thank You" in Kilingon?
....There is no word for "Thank You" in Klingon.
I am a plank owner with Star Trek. I watched the original series too. This is very funny. Thank you for posting it.
I was expecting a teenager wearing a Starfleet uniform to appear, never expected a Klingon to show up.
"petaQ!" -Gary the Klingon Warrior said calmly.
Oml my heart got struck in the feels!
I'm not a treky, but oh my god, oh my God. One of the best commercials ever I've never seen this but it made my whole day.
I was skeptical, but you are correct. This is FREAKING HILARIOUS! 🤣
Remember - Don't dislike Star Trek! (Except for negatively received episodes and Star Trek: Nemesis)...
Very creative and funny.
OMG this will never get old!!
Omg! I love it! And when mom breaks out the Klingon? Priceless!
That guy was probably a Warsie.
clearly the old lady is a TOS fan
More ST:TNG i don't recall Klingon being spoken in TOS until the movies arrived
@@harryc1971 very basic but only in written on the series but it began to flesh out since TMP by actually speaking it
Yep she's an OG Trek fan and it runs in the family. 🖖
When I was about 13 this ad was on about 10 trillion times a day. I don't even think it would be an exaggeration to say it would air more than once in the same commercial break.
The way Mom told him off in Klingon is just smeggin brilliant 🤣🤣🤣🤣
LOLZ! That was good.
PS: Loved Enterprise.
Me too! It's not nearly as bad as everyone suggests
Actually, you’re right - that was pretty good.
Can't believe I missed this 20+ years ago. Huge Treker. Been since TOS first aired when I was a kid.
Time was when I thought there should be a Star Trek channel.