# Has the Star Trek been "Lucas'ed"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-star-trek-been-lucased/645744>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 1, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-star-trek-been-lucased/645744 "2013-01-01T11:19:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-star-trek-been-lucased/645744/61 "2013-01-07T21:11:24Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> They’re still called sketches in the trade. Lorne Michaels would cut your balls off if you referred to his SNL bits as “skits.”

They are still ‘skits’, no matter what he wants to call them. I really don’t care if you want to look like you’re “hep” or something with show-biz lingo. This is not a show-biz site. Your “correction” was incorrect. Now, if you had made it an aside, you’d be fine.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-star-trek-been-lucased/645744/62 "2013-01-07T22:07:28Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> They’re still called sketches in the trade. Lorne Michaels would cut your balls off if you referred to his SNL bits as “skits.”

That’s because the vast majority of them are scat.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-star-trek-been-lucased/645744/63 "2013-01-07T22:10:44Z")

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I used to date a girl named Skits…

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