Trivia: Kirk Never Said “Beam Me Up, Scotty!”



James T, KirkCaptain Kirk NEVER said "Beam me up, Scotty!" The exact quotes were: "Scotty, beam me up" and "Beam them out of there, Scotty."

The phrase got so popular, however, that James Doohan (1920 - 2005), the actor who played Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek, used it as the title of his autobiography.


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Posted on January 21, 2008 at 3:02 am by Alex
Category: Daily Trivia, Movies & SciFi



2 comments to "Trivia: Kirk Never Said “Beam Me Up, Scotty!”"

  • matt
    January 21st, 2008 at 9:07 am

    reminds me of the Apollo 13 misquote. both Swigert and Lovell said “houston, we’ve *had* a problem…”

  • Bunk Strutts
    January 22nd, 2008 at 2:35 am

    That reminds me of the famous misstatement by Neil Armstrong, who was scripted to say, “One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” Instead, he pronounced, “One small step for… whoa! Dude! This is WAY cool!”

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