Monthly Archives: November 2012

The Daily Scrapbook 11/14/12

Posted on November 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

Here’s today’s flashback:  From 1977, it’s amazing that show canceled eight years prior was now syndication gold!  Who’d a thunk it? Certainly not Roddenberry!  Also a few notes from the last few times Nimoy was in Equus, the space shuttle Enterprise has a successful third test drive, and talk of a possible ‘fourth network’ on television (for you youngsters, back in 1977, there were only THREE major commercial networks in America, ABC, CBS, and NBC).  I remember thinking at the time that a fourth network wouldn’t happen, and I had further doubts that Trek would come back as a TV series.  Of course, more commercial networks would pop up, but not for a good 18 years (remember UPN?).

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Wideo Wednesday 11/14/12 from Spockboy – GAG REEL, Tomorrow is Yesterday

Posted on November 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

What if Star Trek was written by country folk?  That is the question posed in another gem of a video by Spockboy.   The Southern accents here are perfectly executed,  hilarious and oddly appropriate for each character!  And when the announcer says at the beginning “This week on STAR TRACK!” I have to laugh because I’ve heard countless people in my lifetime refer to it as Star TRACK instead of TREK, and I live in New York State!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8lsBBEapZk&feature=plcp

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Toon Tuesday 11/13/12 — The Price of Fame

Posted on November 13, 2012 | Leave a comment

Kirk may be a little shy of his awesomeness,good thing he carries business cards!

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The Daily Scrapbook 11/13/12 Original Trek Listings — Obsessive or What?

Posted on November 13, 2012 | Leave a comment

Good morning, Scrappers! Here’s today’s flashback:  So obsessed was I with Trek in the 1970’s, I actually made two pages in my scrapbook devoted to the original Star Trek listings, which were plentiful since it was on at least 6 times a week!  I included almost every listing in original broadcast order (!)  Yet at the time, Imissed two, The Naked Time and A Taste of Armageddon, but that didn’t matter at the time. After all, full TV Guide listings for Star Trek were always going to be around, weren’t they? 😉   Looking back now, it’s an archive, so maybe my time on this wasn’t wasted after all, eh?

(You’ll note that in the upper left is a clipping of an ad for an ATM plastic model kit of the Enterprise, my brother had one of these, and the words STAR TREK are from a convention flyer I had laying around)

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My Weekly Spock-11/12/12 Veteran’s Day Edition–Nimoy in Uniform

Posted on November 12, 2012 | Leave a comment

Happy Veteran’s Day (Observed).  If you haven’t already, be sure to thank the Veterans in your life today, and always keep them in your thoughts and prayers–especially the physically and emotionally wounded.

It also seems a good day to recall all those roles that cast Mr. Nimoy in military service; in his acting career he ‘served’ in almost every branch!

Ah, there’s something about a man in uniform.

First, as a troubled Marine in the U.S. Navy film, Combat Psychiatry:

Here’s the actual clip — so sad.

And now a slideshow of as many as his other military roles that I could find: (note, if you want to see the picture bigger, just pause the slideshow, right click, and key in “View Image”)

From a tiny Army role in a Steve Canyon serial, to another tiny part as an Air Force Sergeant in Them! (1954), to a bigger role in The Balcony (hubba,hubba!)
to another small Army role in The Twilight Zone, In the Army again on Combat!, to a Navy Captain in Assault On the Wayne (1971). Of course, in his most famous uniform (regular and dress) which he wore so well… And Finally –Every man must do his duty, even if it is with a mop — In his actual Army uniform during the 1950’s — A sincere Thank You for your service, Sir

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The Daily Scrapbook 11/12/12

Posted on November 12, 2012 | 2 comments

Hello Scrappers!  Here’s today’s flashback: From August 26, 1977, Gene Roddenberry did a nationwide tour and I was lucky enough to see him when he came to Rochester, NY (where my sister lived).  It was thrilling to see “The Great Bird of the Galaxy” himself, and we got to watch the original pilot (in black and white, before the color negative was discovered) of The Cage.  I believe we also got to see some of the classic Star Trek bloopers, which I had seen once before at the Bicentennial 10 convention and were delightfully silly!

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New Feature: Retro Reel Gallery: Black Narcissus 1947

Posted on November 10, 2012 | Leave a comment

(note: I accidentally posted this a couple of times before it was ready)

Hey Kids, I’ve been meaning to do this for months; ever since I started writing reviews for classic movies on the great blog Basket of Kisses.  I’ll be posting galleries of stills I’ve collected from the movies I’ve reviewed.  I’m starting with the first movie review I wrote, Black Narcissus from 1947.   You can read my review here.   This picture had gorgeous and moody cinematography as you can see in this opening still;  The Mother Superior waits by a window in a scene reminiscent of a Vermeer:

And here is a slide show to whet your appetite, if you’re new to old movies, this is a great place to start!

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Next Time: “Where The Boys Are”

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Bonus Video– From 1973 — Nimoy hosts A.M. New York, interviews Philippe Halsman

Posted on November 9, 2012 | 2 comments

A little shout-out to Scrapper (that’s my nickname for all who follow this blog) Winston, who referred me to this delicious tidbit of Mr. Nimoy hosting a New York City morning talk show in 1973 called “A.M. New York”. I have never seen this and in all my years of watching Nimoy, I never knew about this! However, Win, take note that this was filmed in ’73, which was four years before Nimoy’s Broadway work in Equus.   So this was sometime after Mission Impossible and sometime around The Alpha Caper, (hence the scruffiness).   You can see here how budding photographer Nimoy is totally enamored of legendary photographer Halsman, and probably (accidentally) ignores the legendary, funny Kaye Ballard!  (Maybe her segment was earlier? Kaye, if you’re reading this, let us know!)

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FArFri — “Check Up Time” by Nunar

Posted on November 9, 2012 | 1 comment

Here’s today’s Fan Art — ‘Check Up Time by artist Nunar on Deviant Art — Just when you think Spock couldn’t get any sexier…   The artist took this innocuous scene…

…and emphasized what drove us all crazy about it — Spock in a black tee shirt!

Lord have mercy!

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The Daily Scrapbook: A massage by Captain Kirk and In Search Of… a lot of episodes

Posted on November 9, 2012 | 3 comments

Here’s today’s flashback: From 1977, Bill Shatner gives actress Yvette Mimieux   a nice back massage while taking rehearsing for the then Broadway bound show Tricks of the Trade. (lucky!) Here’s another image. Then many, many TV guide listings of Nimoy’s documentary show In Search Of…, which was syndicated nationwide. Nimoy also narrated a documentary series called The Coral Jungle listed here, and  in other TV work, he co-hosted basically a half-hour commercial for NBC called C’mon Saturday which touted the new and returning Saturday Morning Cartoons that would be airing that fall on NBC (The animated Trek aired two seasons from 73-74, so I don’t know why Nimoy was picked for this unless it was in reruns).  From all this TV work, I am presuming that Nimoy did a lot of extra work in NYC while he was in Equus,   I remember actually watching this (as a 16 year old) and feeling mighty embarrassed for Mr. Nimoy, who played a character caller “Mister Wister” who guided around young Andrea McArdle (of Annie fame) to all the wonders of new Saturday Morning line up.  (For all you out there under the age of 40, it was standard practice for the three major networks to air cartoons and kid shows on Saturday mornings; this is where we discovered The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, and H.R. Puffinstuff ) NBC must have paid him well for this, for the most embarrassing part to me was when he had to sing, to the tune of “Row, Row, Row your Boat” in a faux baritone voice “Turn, Turn, Turn your dial, Right to N-B-C!”  Well, he had bills to pay, I’m sure.

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