Category Archives: Leonard Nimoy

It’s Leonard’s Birthday!

Hey Kids — I haven’t forgotten what today is–Leonard is 83!   In fact, I’ve been working on a TreKomic for much of today, but it’s so BIG I’m going to have to re-size it!  Thanks for your patience and I hope to have it up before today is through!  Here’s a nice pic of our favorite fellah for now in his tender teenage years! Happy Birthday Sir!

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My Weekly Spock –“Sea Hunt” in his Birthday Suit (sort of)

Hey Kids,

Since this is Leonard Nimoy Birthday Week, I couldn’t think of a better way to start off than having Mr. Nimoy in his birthday suit…well, half of it!

Nimoy did eight episodes of the Lloyd Bridges series Sea Hunt.  Here’s screencaps from one of his most au natural appearances The Shipwreck (1958) Nimoy plays Vince, a newlywed trapped with his whiny wife, an old man, and Mike Nelson (Bridges) in a life raft without paddles for nearly a week at sea.  It gets pretty desperate, and Vince is a bit of a dope, but he has incredibly great hair blowing in the sea breeze, and lots of hairy chest goodness..

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The rescue gets off to a good start as Vincent tears out of his wet shirt

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Well, he won that wet tee contest…

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He has…

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amazingly floppy

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HAIR, here.

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Eek, ribcage!

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Did I mention the hair?

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“Land!”

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“Look, there’s land!”

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“Ah, we couldn’t reach it!”

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You’ll just have to endure my chest hair…

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Breathe…

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Inhale…

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Zzzzzzzzzzzz

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I’m Hungry!

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I’m too sexy for my shirt…

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Too sexy for my shirt…

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So sexy it hurts…

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Did I mention the hair…

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My wife’s mad at me for losing the fishing rod… and won’t let me touch her…

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But Mike can’t resist me anymore!

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I keep them happy with my Dracula impression…

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I still have the best hair here…

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Could I PLEASE have some Chapstick?

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She forgave me when she remembered she couldn’t live without my chest hair…

 

Video

My Weekly Spock – Nimoy the Director

For this weeks fix, here’s Leonard in one of his other favorite professions: Directing! Seen here directing Star Trek III, Star Trek IVThree Men and a Baby and Funny About Love (with Gene Wilder).  The lesson in all this? Always do what you love! 

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#40 “Mirror, Mirror”

Definitely one of my favorite episodes!  Wish they could have gone back to it in the Original Series.  There was a comic book sequel  (‘Fragile Glass” 1997) that satisfied the question “What happened after Bad Kirk came back?”

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My Weekly Spock — Spock switching to DISH?

I think Spock is fed up with Cable monopolies and switching to DISH! Great old promo shot. 🙂 Looks like it’s from “The Corbomite Maneuver” era (note high collar)

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FArFri – ‘Happiness’ by Dancing Elephant

Ain’t it the truth!  ‘Happiness’ by Dancing Elephant on DeviantArt:

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My Weekly Spock — In a Tux

With Award Season over, a nice time to look back at Mr. Nimoy in his tuxedoed best!  (At the Emmys in 1967) (He should’a won!)

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FArFri – “Cowboy Sketch” by Tafafa

Tafafa strikes again — this time it’s Nimoy as Miller in Catlow

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My Weekly Spock – Nimoy drops in on a Kiddie Show

Around 1971, Mr. Nimoy made a personal appearance at Birmingham, Alabama’s  local TV station WBMG on the kiddie show Sargent Jack.  I’m Nimoy on Sgttotally digging the leather jacket!   It’s fun  to see an average Joe alongside Nimoy’s Joe Cool! Too bad there aren’t more pictures or a video of this! Would love to have heard what they chatted about.

Back then almost every local TV station with a news department had a kiddie show with a live host in character and often puppet shows, games, and cartoons.

I remember when I was a kid, our local CBS affiliate,  WNBF, Channel 12, had their show Officer Bill with Bill Parker (who still does radio!) Our Local ABC affiliate (WBJA) had their local version of Bozo the clown, and as a curly- haired Brownie, my troop 206 got to be on both shows!  (Wish I could get a video of those too!)

My Weekly Spock – Nimoy Stills from “Piers Morgan Live”

Hey Kids,

Here’s some screencaps I took from February 10th’s interview of Mr. Nimoy with Piers Morgan of CNN.  As you can see, it was a lively conversation! I’ll have the transcript up for you soon! (and I hope video too).  The man loves his life, regardless of any illness;  a lesson we all could learn.  Enjoy!