FArFri: Trek Like an Egyptian…Pop Culture Hieroglyphic by Josh Lane

Just came across a bunch of these pieces featuring pop culture characters as Egyptian hieroglyphics!  Kirk is naturally the pharaoh and Spock is can truly walk like an Egyptian!  This is clever in so many ways; I especially love the Gorn in the corner!   You can see more of these wonders here.

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Wideo Wednesday: Bill Stole Leonard’s Bike!

Great video where the old pals recall the legend of how Bill stole Leonard’s bike on the Star Trek set.  It’s so lovely to see them laughing together – Bill’s a ham as usual, but Leonard is just delightful.  I wish I could have seen this when they toured together in the 1980’s.  Magical.   Enjoy.

Nimoy Interview in Films In Review (1984)

A good friend of mine gave me some of her old Films in Review magazines and to my delight, I found this interview with Leonard Nimoy in one of the issues!  He discusses directing Star Trek III and almost gives away the ending!   Alas, the only picture they use her is Nimoy in 1/4 profile, but it’s a good interview and insight into an early directing experience for the actor.  (btw, Films in Review actually blasted the movie in the August ’84 edition,review STIII August 84 (see here)  but at least they gave Nimoy a chance to talk nicely about it in the November issue.

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My Weekly Spock – Nimoy on 87th Precinct: The Very Hard Sell

Here’s some great production pics of Leonard with actress Charlene Whitman  as guests on the series 87th Precinct.   He played a mysterious murderer/con artist Barrow and she was his conflicted girlfriend, Stella,  in the episode The Very Hard Sell.  (1961)  He’s both a jerk and a charmer here.  Note: Nimoy doesn’t appear until @ 2/3rds into the episode, but he’s worth every minute.

The star of the show was none other than Robert Lansing as Detective Steve Carella, who would later play Gary Seven in Assignment: Earth.  Does the detective get his man?  You can see all of The Very Hard Sell  here.

87TH PRECINCT -- "The Very Hard Sell" Episode 11 -- Pictured: (l-r) Leonard Nimoy as Barrow, Charlene Whitman as Stella -- (Photo by: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)

87TH PRECINCT — “The Very Hard Sell” Episode 11 — Pictured: (l-r) Leonard Nimoy as Barrow, Charlene Whitman as Stella — (Photo by: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)

87TH PRECINCT -- "The Very Hard Sell" Episode 11 -- Pictured: (l-r) Leonard Nimoy as Barrow, Charlene Whitman as Stella -- (Photo by: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)

87TH PRECINCT — “The Very Hard Sell” Episode 11 — Pictured: (l-r) Leonard Nimoy as Barrow, Charlene Whitman as Stella — (Photo by: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)

87TH PRECINCT -- "The Very Hard Sell" Episode 11 -- Pictured: (l-r) Charlene Whitman as Stella, Leonard Nimoy as Barrow -- (Photo by: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)

87TH PRECINCT — “The Very Hard Sell” Episode 11 — Pictured: (l-r) Charlene Whitman as Stella, Leonard Nimoy as Barrow — (Photo by: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)

Happy Halloween!

Here’s my Halloween ‘toon from a couple years ago – Enjoy, and have a Happy All Hallows’ Eve!

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It’s SpOck-toberFest!!!

I’ve been working on this for a few weeks now -finally done!  I had to get it in before October was over! I’m thinking Autumn is the favorite season on the Enterprise! I also love Bill’s face here; the gift that keeps on giving!  And if you’re wondering what song Spock is singing, see this video from Cabaret. — I must have been subconsciously thinking of it when I created this!  Willkommen meine Damen und Herren!  SpOcktoberfest

A Black Cat on Black Cat Day!

I was taking some pictures at a local park today for a project, and the first thing I came across was this beautiful black cat just serenely sitting under the trees! By some cosmic coincidence I just found out that it is “Black Cat Day” in England!!  Enjoy this beauty!

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The pretty black kitty in the park today (10-27-15) Photo by Therese Bohn

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He (or She) spotted me! (Photo by Therese Bohn)

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A little more out in the open before disappearing! (Photo by Therese Bohn)

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Speaking of black cats… Sylvia in her cat form in ‘Catspaw’

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I know someone who loved kitties!

My Weekly Spock- Young, Younger, Youngest, and just So Young!

Here’s some wonderful portraits of young Leonard I had never seen before — so young!  You can imagine the dreams of success in his young mind. These all appear to be taken in his early to mid 20’s, but in the bottom two he looks barely out of his teens!   Glad these were taken!

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FArFri: Adopt a Tribble!

Found this on Tumblr — So cute.  Things go better with tribbles — even Spock is happy!   The cartoon styling remind me of the kinds of characters you’d see in a mid century UPA cartoon!   The cartoon is credited to annamariajung.com, but I did not see anything like it there.

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My Weekly Spock: Barnabas Nimoy?

Sorry I’m a little late today — very busy at work!

In one of his last photo shoots, Leonard Nimoy posed in this very dramatic, kind of spooky pose (Those glowing eyes!!)  I think he would have made an excellent vampire- like Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows!  It’s a a really incredible portrait.  Does anyone know if there’s more from this sitting?

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