There are days when a simple question can make your world collide.  I was looking for non-Henson hand puppets from feature length fantasy films so I tossed the question up on twitter to see what would come back.  (Gremlins are serving my purpose).  In the midst of this Berry Kercheval sends me this message. “Shari Lewis wrote a Star Trek TOS episode!!!”

Yes. Lambchop’s puppeteer, that beloved ventriloquist children’s entertainer wrote “Star Trek” The Lights of Zetar

This is the show that boldly goes…

Edited to add: The picture is photoshopped. The idea amused me, but I’ve just had three people respond as if it were real. Shari Lewis evidently lobbied for the role but was not cast. Lambchop never appeared on the Enterprise.