Abraham Lincoln in 'Star Trek' TOS

Over the years, President Abraham Lincoln has been used as a pop culture icon, with movies and television shows liberally removing him from his Civil War era and injecting him into present-day scenarios. South Park, Robot Chicken, and most memorably Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure have all used the iconic image of the 16th U.S. President -- whose birthday today marks a national holiday -- to yield humorous results.

In the third season episode of Star Trek: TOS, The Savage Curtain, a 19-century President Lincoln is thrust into the 23rd century not for laughs, but to represent a person of good nature and character in history in this "good vs. evil" and the struggle for peace-themed episode...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

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