The Trouble with Tribbles
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Sep 24, 2026
David ZabielaGUEST
God, more Tribbles.
David ZabielaGUEST
Trials and Tribulations.
David ZabielaGUEST
Trials and Tribulations, yeah, the 30th anniversary episode.
David ZabielaGUEST
Absolutely.
David ZabielaGUEST
Just study.
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Tony BlackSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's the 50th anniversary, weirdly enough.
Tony BlackSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Or the 30th, which... was the first one I kind of remember, really.
Tony BlackSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, I definitely remember, with it being those episodes like Trials and Tribulations, at the point when Star Trek was at, I think, its peak for me, really, both creatively and in terms of TV, in the mid-'90s.
RoverHOST
I just totally...
RoverHOST
Did you miss out on anything good? I was going to bid on one of the original Tribbles from The Trouble with Tribbles.
DujiHOST
Nice.
RoverHOST
I
Brent SpinerHOST
Gerrold, yeah.
Steven WeberGUEST
He wrote The Trouble With Tribbles, I think.
Brent SpinerHOST
Sure did, yeah.
Steven WeberGUEST
You know, and also there was a great book-
Brian RollinsHOST
A Quality of Mercy Bonus Trivia? In that version, Tomlinson lives, but Angela Martine perishes.
Brian RollinsHOST
The Freaky Round The Trouble with Tribbles 1.
Brian RollinsHOST
The events of the episode unfold on what station? Deep Space Station K7 2.
Brian RollinsHOST
What merchant is responsible for bringing Tribbles onto the station? Cyrano Jones.
Brian RollinsHOST
It was released for Star Trek's 30th anniversary.
Brian RollinsHOST
9.
Brian RollinsHOST
Who is credited with writing The Trouble with Tribbles? David Gerrold.
Brian RollinsHOST
10.
Jim MorehouseHOST
He's not a Klingon agent hashtag, but he does have a cool name.
Jim MorehouseHOST
Cyrano Jones from The Trouble with Tribbles.
Jim MorehouseHOST
And then my other ones were Lon Suter.
Jim MorehouseHOST
God, another Bajoran.
Jim MorehouseHOST
T'Pau.
Jim MorehouseHOST
Vic Fontaine is a cool name, no doubt about that.
Jim MorehouseHOST
Niels Barris, also from The Trouble with Tribbles.
Jim MorehouseHOST
Leonard James Akaar.
Richard WoloskiHOST
But in this Star Wars section, there were so many letters praising the Hoojibs.
Richard WoloskiHOST
A lot of comments made the analogy between this issue and the Star Trek episode, Trouble with Tribbles.
Sarah WoloskiHOST
Oh, fun! And even
Richard WoloskiHOST
mentioning Tribbles is this whole issue.
Richard WoloskiHOST
But in this Star Wars section, there were so many letters praising the Hoojibs.
Richard WoloskiHOST
A lot of comments made the analogy between this issue and the Star Trek episode, Trouble with Tribbles.
Sarah WoloskiHOST
Oh, fuck! And even
Richard WoloskiHOST
mentioning Tribbles is this whole issue.
ThadHOST
And the turkey? [laughs]
Carl WondersGUEST
Well, and I was, I was thinking too of, uh, in "Trouble with Tribbles" when Kirk gets the-
ThadHOST
Mm-hmm
Carl WondersGUEST
... chicken salad and coffee-
ChrissyHOST
Um-
ThadHOST
And we, we were talking about, uh, Star Trek.
ThadHOST
Um, they did "Trouble with Tribbles," uh, and they spent, like, 10 minutes ripping into Kirk for eating a chicken sandwich and coffee for lunch.
ThadHOST
[laughs]
Dan GuntherHOST
But the first story comes from that first category by a famous name from within Star Trek.
Dan GuntherHOST
So we have "Escape from the Planet of Mudd" with the story by David Gerrold, who you might know, of course, as the writer of the original "Trouble with Tribbles" and, uh, its sequel in the animated series, "More Tribbles, More Troubles," and various, uh, novels.
Dan GuntherHOST
He's a very prolific science fiction writer and was, you know, as a young man, right there on the ground floor with one of the most iconic episodes of Star Trek.
Dan GuntherHOST
And, uh, with art by J.P. Busio.
Craig HoustonHOST
But I'm going to go with...
Craig HoustonHOST
I'm going to go silly, and I'm going to go with the Trouble with Tribbles.
Craig HoustonHOST
And then, and I'm going to go smash Trials and Tribulations as well, because you've got to watch the both of them.
Craig HoustonHOST
Because it's absolutely, I mean, this is where Star Trek does comedy, but it does comedy well, and it's silly, but it's not too stupid.
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