Note: I added Kelinda (Barbara Bouchet) who looks even more like Celeste Yarnall! (Martha)
Here’s my most recent list of Star Trek look-alikes. Can you think of any more? You can see Parts I and II here and here. 🙂
If you’ve ever seen Baffled with Leonard Nimoy and Susan Hampshire you might have noticed Nimoy wearing this brown bucket hat in a couple of scenes:
Well, I always thought it look a little goofy on him, but when I found out the history of the hat, it made me laugh, so here goes:
The hat wasn’t part of his wardrobe, but a piece owned personally by Nimoy; or so it seemed, since he wore it in public a year later while working on his stage performance in Fiddler on the Roof…

Great Photo by Bobbie Reno
But wait! Turns out Nimoy was not the original owner! It belonged to singer Pat Boone! According to legend, during Leonard’s recording career, he was using the same studio as crooner Pat Boone. At one point, Leonard spied the hat and took a fancy to it. So much so, it went home with him…
Here’s the photo Pat wearing the hat on a TV appearance in the early 60’s: 
And Leonard must have loved it a lot (sans original feather) for he still had it in 1984 during a college appearance! 🙂 Did Pat give it to him? Did he ever get it back? The world may never know.

Leonard in 1984, Photo by Bonnie Moss
Three years have flown by, but I often think how lucky we were to live in the same time as Leonard? The smile, the eyes, the voice, the laugh. Very lucky indeed! What a wonderful man; rest in peace ❤ 
Posted in Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek: The Original Series
Tagged eyes, Laugh, Leonard Nimoy, Mission Impossible, Nimoy, Smile, Star Trek, Voice
I was browsing one of my favorite sites yesterday (Tom and Lorenzo), and came across a colorful collection for Fall 2018 by Italian designer Moschino. The collection clearly was influenced by the bright stylings of the Mod era 1960s with a lot of Jackie Kennedy in full Technicolor and clearly other pop references.
What’s this got to do with Star Trek? Well, if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, than one of Moschino’s designers must be a Trekkie. How else can you explain the mint green spangled gown that would either make the late William Ware Theiss proud OR have him suing for stealing his design?
Look closely, and you can see the gown was clearly influenced by Mudd’s Women. The spangled mint green fabric and upper bodice with diagonal slash is clearly Ruth Bonaventure’s gown. And the bottom half of the gown clearly borrows from Eve McHuron’s pink gown with its diamond-shaped slashes across the hips and thighs.

Left: A model sashays down the runway in a Trek-inspired gown in the Moschino Fall 2018 Collection. Right: Eve and Ruth in the originals by William Ware Theiss in Star Trek’s “Mudd’s Women”
Now I admit, Mudd’s Women is not one of my most favorite episode of TOS, (and I’ll do a write up on it eventually) but I’m both happy and a little bummed to see Theiss’ influence a good 52 years after the original airing. Happy that the costume design still resonate a half century later, bummed because this isn’t even trying to be original, but a clear mash-up of the two original gowns. Well, I hope the Theiss estate gets a chunk of the profit!
You can see the whole collection here.
Posted in Holidays, Leonard Nimoy, StarTreKomics!
Ever since Star Trek premiered in ’66, the merchandisers have been there to get their cut. Here’s a few examples of some of the more ‘fascinating’ examples of Halloween costumes! The details are hilariously bizarre – characters always wear their likenesses on their uniforms! Lots of bad color choices in both the costumes and art (although the cover likenesses are pretty good. I suspect the actors rarely if ever got and percentage of these, don’t know if they’d want it either! Lots of cheap plastic here; most illogical!

Kirk wears pink on his off days; McCoy plays captain, and they both shift their insignias! How about that Yellow Submarine Shuttle?
Posted in Merchandising
Tagged 60s, 70s, Halloween, Kirk, Klingon, Spock, Star Trek costumes
Well, my government may be shut down, but I’m not! Let’s start the week with some silly Spock/Nimoy Memes!
To all my dear readers, I wish you a splendid new year with peace and prosperity. Keep Trekkin’ on! Love, Therese
Before it gets too late — Today is December 28, 2017, and it is Nichelle Nichols 85th Birthday! Our radiant, beloved First Lady of Star Trek!
Hope you’ve had a day as beautiful as you are, Nichelle! (I just finished this collage!) May God and the Great Bird of the Galaxy Bless you on your special day and always! Love and Hugs, Therese ❤
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