Gene-ology enlists for a tour of duty at the 1950s series West Point, Gene Roddenberry's first gig as a TV staff writer.  Only one episode could bring you oddly formal ice cream presentation, live chicken delivery, and a very young Robert Vaughn and Chuck Connors.  That episode is "The Operator and the Martinet".

Guest starring Jack Harris as Maj. Nielson.

Gene-ology takes a pause to catch its breath before moving on to covering the next phase of Gene Roddenberry's early TV writing career, and reads some letters we've received from our listeners.

Gene-ology completes Gene Roddenberry's short stint on the 1950s TV series I Led 3 Lives with the second script he wrote for the show, "Discredit Police".

Guest starring Vic Sage as Herb Philbrick and Cody Banning as Potter.

Gene-ology ventures into another series from early in Gene Roddenberry's TV writing career, I Led 3 Lives - a show for which Gene himself had very little love.  Get ready for a "rad" history lesson as Norm and Earl get "Radioactive".

Guest starring Vic Sage as Herb Philbrick and Robert Parson as Agent Jerry Dressler.

Gene-ology returns on January 8th, 2024!

In the latest Gene-ology, an "Oil Lease" is in jeopardy as Earl and Norman examine Gene Roddenberry's final script for the 1950s cop show Highway Patrol.

Guest starring Mark Pracht as Detective Dan Mathews, Matt Hensley as Fletcher, and David Takechi as the Colonel.

In the latest Gene-ology, the Highway Patrol protects a wayward "Prospector" as Norm and Earl sift through another of Gene Roddenberry's 1950s TV scripts.

Guest starring Paul Harvath as Asa McQueen, and Michelle Harvath as Maggie Hammond.

The Highway Patrol joins the hunt for a "Mental Patient", and Norm and Earl might just have witnessed the birth of Edith Keeler, in the latest Gene-ology.

Guest starring Mark Pracht as Detective Dan Mathews and Larry Nemecek as Mylo Hobson.

The Highway Patrol faces a race against time as another 1950s Gene Roddenberry script sees Mathews trying to prevent a suicidal "Human Bomb" from taking others with him.

Guest starring Mark Pracht as Detective Dan Mathews and Adam Drosin as Sellers.

It's 1955, and Gene, still writing as Robert Wesley, returns to the police drama with "Reformed Criminal", an early episode of the '50s TV mainstay Highway Patrol.

Guest starring Mark Pracht as Detective Dan Mathews and Scott Martin as Mr. Morse.

So what was Gene Roddenberry's first produced piece of television science fiction?  This week, Earl and Norm field-strip The Secret Weapon of 117 and find, logically enough, some very familiar concepts.

Guest starring James Kerwin as Alfred Mark and Charlynn Schmeidt as Kamala Mark.