{"id":9233,"date":"2019-08-27T14:19:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T19:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=9233"},"modified":"2019-10-21T20:12:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T01:12:03","slug":"star-trek-captain-kirk-beam-me-up-scotty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2019\/08\/27\/star-trek-captain-kirk-beam-me-up-scotty\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Captain Kirk Never Actually Say &#8216;Beam Me Up, Scotty&#8217; On Star Trek?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/category\/tv-legends-revealed\/\">here<\/a> to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">TV URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Kirk never actually ever said, &#8220;Beam Me Up, Scotty&#8221; on Star Trek. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny, I&#8217;ve done legends like this one before, like on <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2015\/05\/01\/did-b-a-baracus-never-actually-say-i-pity-the-fool-on-the-a-team\/\">whether B.A. Baracus ever actually said &#8220;I pity the fool&#8221; on The A-Team<\/a> or whether <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2012\/10\/22\/did-gracie-allen-ever-actually-say-goodnight-gracie\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gracie Allen said, &#8220;Goodnight, Gracie&#8221; on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show<\/a>, but I&#8217;ve left this one alone because I figured that it was too famous. And don&#8217;t get me wrong, it IS pretty well known, but what about the people who DON&#8217;T know it? I figure I might as well get it out of the way for those folks, as well. <\/p>\n<p>So here ya go, despite there being a whole lot of teleportation on Star Trek over the years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kirk-beaming-375x254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"254\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kirk-beaming-375x254.jpg 375w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kirk-beaming-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kirk-beaming-515x349.jpg 515w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kirk-beaming.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=legenrevea-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B013Q1BVIE&#038;asins=B013Q1BVIE&#038;linkId=54ef7b301e0e822b5698037819fe507e&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true&#038;price_color=333333&#038;title_color=0066c0&#038;bg_color=ffffff\">    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/beaming-aboard-515x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"258\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/beaming-aboard-515x258.jpg 515w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/beaming-aboard-375x188.jpg 375w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/beaming-aboard-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/beaming-aboard.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and Montgomery &#8220;Scotty&#8221; Scott (who also <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2016\/10\/12\/did-star-trek-never-show-scottys-full-right-hand-on-the-show\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">famously hid his right hand for most of the series<\/a>) often being the one being the controls of the teleporter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/scott-teleporter-515x387.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"387\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/scott-teleporter-515x387.jpg 515w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/scott-teleporter-375x282.jpg 375w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/scott-teleporter-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/scott-teleporter.jpg 1436w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Did he ever use the phrase &#8220;Beam me up, Scotty&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Nope, it was never actually used on the Star Trek TV series or the Star Trek films. <\/p>\n<p>The closest Kirk came in the original series was in the episodes &#8220;The Gamesters of Triskelion&#8221; and &#8220;The Savage Curtain&#8221;, where he said, &#8220;Scotty, beam us up&#8221; and he also said in &#8220;This Side of Paradise&#8221;, just a simple, &#8220;Beam me up&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>In the fourth Star Trek film, Kirk said, &#8220;Scotty, beam me up,&#8221; which is probably the closest you&#8217;re going to come (Shatner later used the official phrase in an audio book,  Star Trek: The Ashes of Eden. <\/p>\n<p>Obviously, people just misremembered the phrase. This was back in the days where there were no readily available ways to re-watch an episode. It wasn&#8217;t until the show went into syndication that people could see episodes more than the initial airing (and the original network reruns, of course) but I assume by that point the misremembered phrase had become ubiquitous. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so notable that it even made it&#8217;s way <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legacy.com\/ns\/james-doohan-obituary\/14596035\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">into the obituary for James Doohan<\/a> (who played Scotty) and he also named his auto-biography after the phrase!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/beam-me-up-scotty-book-363x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"550\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/beam-me-up-scotty-book-363x550.jpg 363w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/beam-me-up-scotty-book-515x781.jpg 515w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/beam-me-up-scotty-book.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=legenrevea-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=0671520563&#038;asins=0671520563&#038;linkId=86ebe3810ac1db199226a045b727b2e3&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true&#038;price_color=333333&#038;title_color=0066c0&#038;bg_color=ffffff\">    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But it was never actually used.<\/p>\n<p>The legend is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">STATUS<\/span><\/u>: True<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Jim S. for the question!<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2009\/04\/19\/tv-legends-history\/\"target=\"_blank\">my archive of TV Legends Revealed<\/a> for more urban legends about the world of television.   Click <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/tag\/star-trek\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for more legends specifically about Star Trek. <\/p>\n<p>Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future installments! My e-mail address is &#98;c&#114;o&#110;i&#x6e;&#64;&#x6c;e&#x67;e&#x6e;d&#x73;r&#x65;v&#x65;a&#x6c;e&#x64;.&#x63;o&#x6d;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. TV URBAN LEGEND: Kirk never actually ever said, &#8220;Beam Me Up, Scotty&#8221; on Star Trek. It&#8217;s funny, I&#8217;ve done legends [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[8],"tags":[2363,2109,2277,2276,452],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kirk-beaming.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MjBq-2oV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8205,"url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2016\/11\/22\/8205\/","url_meta":{"origin":9233,"position":0},"title":"Did Red Shirts Really Die at a Greater Percentage Than Other Shirts on Star Trek?","date":"November 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. TV URBAN LEGEND: The most dangerous shirt to wear on \"Star Trek\" was a red\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV Legends Revealed&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"red-shirt-social","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/red-shirt-social-515x269.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8498,"url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2016\/10\/12\/did-star-trek-never-show-scottys-full-right-hand-on-the-show\/","url_meta":{"origin":9233,"position":1},"title":"Did Star Trek Never Show Scotty&#8217;s Full Right Hand on the Show?","date":"October 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"James Doohan was missing a finger on his right hand - did he manage to hide it throughout the original Star Trek series?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV Legends Revealed&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"scottstartrek","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/scottstartrek-375x284.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5912,"url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2015\/03\/02\/was-the-first-interracial-kiss-on-a-tv-drama-originally-going-to-be-between-uhura-and-spock\/","url_meta":{"origin":9233,"position":2},"title":"Was the Famous Star Trek Interracial Kiss Originally Going to be Between Uhura and SPOCK?","date":"March 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. TV URBAN LEGEND: The famous interracial kiss on Star Trek was originally going to be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV Legends Revealed&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"uhuraspock","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/uhuraspock.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3986,"url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2012\/10\/22\/did-gracie-allen-ever-actually-say-goodnight-gracie\/","url_meta":{"origin":9233,"position":3},"title":"Did Gracie Allen Ever Actually Say &#8220;Goodnight, Gracie&#8221;?","date":"October 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. TV URBAN LEGEND: At the end of the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Burns\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV Legends Revealed&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"burns","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/burns.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5919,"url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2015\/05\/01\/did-b-a-baracus-never-actually-say-i-pity-the-fool-on-the-a-team\/","url_meta":{"origin":9233,"position":4},"title":"Did B.A. Baracus Never Actually Say &#8220;I Pity the Fool&#8221; On The A-Team?","date":"May 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. TV URBAN LEGEND: B.A. Baracus never actually said \"I pity the fool\" on The A-Team.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV Legends Revealed&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"TheATeam-77904-4","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TheATeam-77904-4.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5954,"url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2014\/08\/04\/did-gracie-allen-really-receive-tens-of-thousands-of-write-in-votes-for-u-s-president-in-1940\/","url_meta":{"origin":9233,"position":5},"title":"Did Gracie Allen Really Receive Tens of Thousands of Write-In Votes for U.S. President in 1940?","date":"August 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to radio and the people \"behind the microphone,\" so to speak, and whether they are true or false. RADIO URBAN LEGEND: Gracie Allen received tens of thousands of votes in a joke campgaign for President in 1940.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Grab Bag Legends&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9244,"href":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9233\/revisions\/9244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}