May 23, 2017 Alexa Good Morning (STNG/Franchises)




 05-23-2017 Good morning. Today in 1994, Star Trek: The Next Generation, aired its final episode, bringing an end to the crew's adventures. Twenty-three years later, the franchise continues to live up to Captain Picard's last words, "The sky's the limit!"



Today Alexa used the word FRANCHISE.  This word means an offshoot from an original that retains much of that original material.  In Star Trek's case, it maintains the "history" that was set forth in the Original Show.  

Franchise has also become known as a food franchise, where people pay to have their restaurant be exactly like the "Mother" store.  They agree to not make any changes and sometimes are required to buy all their food and sundries from the parent corporation.  This assure sameness, so when you go into a KFC in Colorado, it's the same as in California or Maine.



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