Joe Longo Joseph " Joe " Anthony Longo was , as member of the art department , the property master on , , the first five seasons of and all seven seasons of . On " The Next Generation " he shared this occupation in a weekly rotation with Alan Sims . Longo was interviewed on about the props of the shows first season for the DS9 Season 1 DVD special feature " Alien Artifacts : Season One " . In 1996 , Longo was interviewed by Syfy for the " The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble - ations " documentary . Upon first meeting Longo , he was often perceived by his fellow " Star Trek " production staffers as a curmudgeon , which soon enough turned out to be a false impression as Production Illustrator John Eaves , for example , recalled upon the occasion of his passing away , " " When I was hired onto DS9 for season 4 , Joe was the guy I was to work with . Our first meeting was in the art department and he came across as a grumpy , old rough and tough kinda guy . I thought that I ' ll never make this guy happy with anything I draw . Needless to say when I took the first group of designs to the production meeting , he was overly happy . Under the rough exterior he was a real sweetheart and we became good friends right away . He had hundreds of stories of working on " The Munsters " and everything in between , and knew of all kinds of secrets about the Paramount lot . He was a great man and knew his craft well . I will miss him dearly and I so loved the days working with dear Joe Longo . " " Longo was honored by SkyBox International with an individual card entry , no . 12 , in their 1993 specialty " " trading card set . A source of pride , his family used SkyBox ' layout design as a template for the cover of the memorial program on the occasion of his memorial services . Over the years , Longo had accumulated a considerable amount of production items stemming from his " Star Trek " years . Nevertheless , after his death , his next of kin decided to have his collection auctioned off and consigned the commission to Alec Peters ' s auction house Propworx . Peters decided to spread the sale over three auctions in 2015 , as Longo ' s collections was augmented with those of former " Star Trek " visual effects supervisors Gary Hutzel and Ronald B . Moore , the first of which being the " Star Trek " Auction IV of 21 February 2015 . Career . Born in Collinwood , Cleveland , Ohio to Charles and Charlene Longo , he graduated from the Van Nuys High School in 1958 . Between 1962 and 1964 he served in the US Navy as aircraft carrier engineer apprentice aboard the USS Ticonderoga . After leaving the Navy in 1964 , Longo started working in craft service at Universal Studios and later moved to IATSE Local 44 as prop master for Paramount Pictures . The by Eaves mentioned 1964 CBS spoof horror television series " The Munsters " , was actually Longo ' s first gainful employment in the motion picture industry , but his start was less than auspicious as he once related to Scenic Artist Doug Drexler , " " Joe told me an amusing anecdote about his first job at Universal where he started out with craft services in the 60 ′ s . Not sure what to do with the the young Longo on his first day at work , his boss handed him a broom and told to clean up the soundstage . Joe was determined to make a good impression , and cleaned that danged stage from top to bottom . It was very dusty , and literally filled with cobwebs , but Joe made it sparkle . Unfortunately it was the Munster house , and was supposed to be dusty and full of cob webs ! 40 years later and we are still laughing about it ! Here ’ s to Joe , one of the most fun guys I got to work with ! " " Besides " Star Trek " , Longo was the property master on the television drama " The Ordeal of Dr . Mudd " ( 1980 ) , the television series " Tucker ' s Witch " ( 1982 , starring Catherine Hicks and Alfre Woodard ) , and the television mini series " If Tomorrow Comes " ( 1986 ) . Prior to this he served as art department lead man on the science fiction thriller " Capricorn One " ( 1977 ) . In 2000 he appeared in the television documentary " Shooting War " on which he also worked as consultant . Other projects he worked on include the drama " Paint Your Wagon " ( 1969 ) , the comedy " Paper Moon " ( 1973 ) , the science fiction film " Coma " ( 1978 , starring Genevieve Bujold ) , the television drama " The Jesse Owens Story " ( 1984 ) , the comedy " Summer Rental " ( 1985 ) , and the television comedy " A Very Brady Christmas " ( 1988 ) . Longo also worked on the television series " Bonanza " , " The Munsters " , " Mannix " , " Love American Style " , and " Happy Days " . Longo passed away on 5 January 2014 in Yucaipa , California . He is leaving behind his wife Paula Longo , children Jill and Alexis , and grand child Dylan Lewis .