Banned From Argo

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Banned from Argo is a classic and much riffed-on filk Star Trek: TOS by Leslie Fish. 
The characters are never mentioned by name and instead are identified by their titles and characteristics. Two examples: Captain Kirk is sexually promiscuous, and Scotty is very fond of alcohol. In the filk, the crew makes a shore leave stop at "Argo Port," cause chaos and destruction, and the planet's leader bans them from ever coming back.
TV Tropes calls it "one of the best-known Filk Songs in existence." Banned from Argo » Music 
It was a last minute addition to Folk Songs For Folk Who Ain't Even Been Yet, released in 1976. This collection was the first commercially available filk recording.
From a 1977 description: 
The filk won a Pegasus Award in 2003 for Best Classic Filk Song. It also became so popular that Leslie Fish got tired of hearing it. In 1992, Fish wrote: "[I] got asked for at every con for years until I got so heartily sick of it that I refused to sing it again..."
 
Lyrics were printed in many zines and are at the OVFF Pegasus Awards.
You can listen to the song here.
==Some 1982 Promotion==
In the Starlog essay All Of The Filkers Are Singing, Bjo Trimble played her part in introducing the filk to a wider audience: "No filk session, Star Trek or other, would be complete without the hilarious singalong favorite, "Banned From Argo": ". . .just for having a little fun. . . ", original words and music by the talented Leslie Fish. The activities on shore leave of a crew from an unnamed ship are improbable and unprintable in a family magazine!"
==Fish Turned It Into a Story==
At some point, Fish wrote a novel based on the song. It was submitted as a Star Trek tie-in novel but was turned down after the Trek publishers veered away from accepting works written by fans. 
On January 10, 2021, Leslie uploaded this story to Archive of Our Own: Banned from Argo.
The novel follows the song, verse by verse, but later diverging from that point. From a fan in 2021: 
==The Original Filk's Appearances==
===Audio===
* Dr. Demento's Hits from Outer Space
* Solar Sailors, LP: with the Dehorn Crew, Bandersnatchi Press DCA-02, 1977; re-released on cassette by Firebird Arts & Music, FAM-10110, 1989
* Star Trek Comedy: The Unofficial Album, cassette: Vince Emery Productions, VE-02, (1990?): same track as on Solar Sailors 
* Bayfilk Crazies, cassette: live convention anthology (Bayfilk 1), Off Centaur Publications, OCP-09, 1982
* Where No Man..., cassette: studio anthology of Star Trek songs, Off Centaur Publications, OCP-85, 1987 
* Border Patrol, cassette: studio anthology of Star Trek songs, Firebird Arts & Music, FAM-10084, 1990
* Grandma Went Out With a Bang, cassette: live convention anthology (Counterpoint Too!), Conglomeration Inc./Kludge Audio, CS-74, 1996
===Lyrics===
The lyrics were printed in many places, sometimes with permission, mostly with not. A sample is below.
* In a Plain Brown Wrapper #2 (1981)
* The IDICon Song Book (1985)
* The Incomplete Leslie Fish (2001)
==Leslie Fish Comments==
===1992===
===2001===
===2017===
==Riffs, Parodies, and Other Transformative Works==
Like any good fanwork, once it escaped into the wild, fans made it their own. 
There are MANY versions of the original song for every incarnation of Star Trek, as fans payed homage to the song's popularity in their own filks, art, vids, meta, and social commentary. 
===1980===
An early Star Trek parody of the song, with Star Trek specific lyrics, was published in 1980 in Enterprise Incidents #8 in comic book form. 
In 1980, the filk was also made into a slide show by Kandy Fong, see Banned from Argo.
"Banned from Hiltons" is a filk by Roberta Rogow. It was printed in the program book for Augustrek. 
 
Fans, often with Fish's knowledge and blessing, created their own versions and adaptations. Many of these parodies were collected in the filk book Bastard Children of Argo.
File:Augustrek-9.jpg|from the Augustrek program book, "Banned from Hilton" by Roberta Rogow
File:Augustrek-9.jpg|from the Augustrek program book, "Banned from Hilton" by Roberta Rogow
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File:EnterpriseIncidents8 BannedFromArgo1.jpg|Star Trek version of the song published in Enterprise Incidents #8, page 1
File:EnterpriseIncidents8 BannedFromArgo2.jpg|page 2 of the comic version in Enterprise Incidents #8
File:EnterpriseIncidents8 BannedFromArgo3.jpg|page 3 of the comic version in Enterprise Incidents #8
File:EnterpriseIncidents8 BannedFromArgo4.jpg|page 4 of the comic version in Enterprise Incidents #8
 
===1981===
Roberta Rogow and Leslie Fish Herself wrote a meta story that included "Banned from Argo." Conventional Fish Story. In it, "Lee Fitch" (Fan Guest of Honor) sings Banned from Argo at a con in which Carl Sagan appears. "High adventure involving a Big Name Fan, assorted con goers and the KGB thrown in for good measure! Ralph finds that this is one place where THE SUIT blends into the scenery." This story was originally printed in Fantazy #1.
===1983=== 
Banned from Tulsa is a reference to an early anti-slash incident that took place at a fan-run convention called Tulsa Star Trek 1983.
===1985===
File:Twodimenbjo.jpg|from an illo by Bjo Trimble in Two-Dimensional Thinking (1985): a scene from BSTA Bash in 1983. "Hell of a way to tell us to shut up, Bjo. Too bad it didn't work, huh? You'd need a nuclear arsenal to do that." 
===1988===
* Peggy Sue is Occupied ("lyrics for the eighties in the tradition of capitalist realism") and "Bound for Argo," both of these filks by Susan Kray are in the Professionals zine, Pig Tails & Other Swill. 
* the Star Trek: TNG filk by Claire Maier, Harold Feld and Charles Asbjornson in Grip #29.
* Montage is a zine of short stories and poetry. "Guaranteed to have you laughing when you read the REAL reasons the Enterprise was "Banned from Argo," or what happened when the first alien ambassador arrived on Earth!"
File:grip29-5.jpg| from Grip #29 (1988), first page of a Star Trek: TNG Banned from Argo riff
File:grip29-6.jpg| from Grip #29 (1988), second page of a Banned from Argo riff, the illustration is by Jean Ellenbacher
===1989===
"Banned from Duxford," is a Robin of Sherwood filk by Ruth Dempsey, printed in Herne's Stepchildren #1.
===1996===
From a fan's comment about Journey's End (Star Trek: TOS story by Jenna Sinclair): "Loved that Uhura and the others sang Banned from Argo in the rec room, though I will admit that I was very glad Spock didn’t walk in while they were singing the verse about him. (Hmmm... Wonder how he would have reacted to that?) The K/S Press #2 (10/1996) 
===1999===
The filk was included in the vid compilation tape, The K/S Press Songtapes #3.
===2007===
Different versions of the song have occasionally been used in comedy vids. One is a version sung by the DeHorn Crew with Leslie Fish for a Torchwood vid. Youtube, Torchwood - Banned from Argo (fanvid) Posted September 16, 2007. Accessed November 21, 2008 
===2008===
Another vid example is "Have Phaser, Will Travel" (2008) "Banned from Argo": the music videos Posted September 27, 2008. Accessed November 21, 2008. 
===2011===
A fan in 2011 was inspired to write some social commentary based on "Banned from Argo." See tablesaw's filk about Google+ banning pseudonyms: Banned From Google.
==Fan Comments==
===2007===
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===2021===
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===2024===
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Filk Songs
Category:1977 Filk Songs