The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise Hollywood Reporter" interviewed Tom Hanks and Elliott Gould in 2015; Gould called the sketch a favorite, while Hanks placed it among the best five of all time. In ranking every single "Saturday Night Live" cast member by talent in 2015, "Rolling Stone" called the Captain Kirk parody one of Belushi's most memorable and wrote that it was evidence of the actor's youthful innocence. The sensors of the starship USS "Enterprise" pick up a strange alien spacecraft following it in hot pursuit. Mr. Spock, played by Chevy Chase, identifies it as a 1968 Chrysler Imperial with a tinted windshield and retractable
The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise "The Last Voyage of the Starship "Enterprise"" is a comedy sketch that first aired on May 29, 1976, during episode 22 of the first season of the NBC variety show, "Saturday Night Live". The twelve-minute sketch was written by Michael O'Donoghue during a month-long process consulting with actor John Belushi. The sketch is a satire of the 1969 cancellation of "". The set design featured an effective replica of the bridge of the USS "Enterprise". Dress rehearsal was difficult, with the writer doubting whether Belushi was able to pull off an effective parody