Ok, I'll admit it. When I first had this episode on, I played along without looking at the screen. At first I thought it was Mel Brooks, then after they mentioned "Mission: Impossible" I - like Soupy - was sure it was Greg Morris.
Nimoy smiling/laughing always makes me smile. Such a wonderful, sweet person. He will be very missed, but I do my best to be happy as he accomplished a great deal while we were fortunate enough to have him :)
What are you talking about? He was handsome, period. In fact as Spock, he was downright sexy & Spock did in fact smile, it's just that most of his smiles were very subtle.
This newer version of the show was awful, when it comes to the mystery guest. They weren't given enough time to guess who the guest was. It had no flow to it, like the original did.
Mr Nimoy was huge even before Star Trek, then went on to great things like In Search Of & then the Star Trek movies and so much more. Watched For The Love Of Spock by his son and wow what an amazing life he lead.
"Science fiction writers are the dreamers of our future's reality." Thanks for that, Mr. Nimoy. BTW, ordinarily I do not care for 1970's fashions but I must say the Leonard Nimoy certainly was well dressed.
"He's an attractive young man." Why was Leonard shaking his head no at that? He is so hot! That smile just makes me so happy! I have to fave this just to watch him smile so much! :D :D :D Thanks so much for posting! :) :) :)
It's great to see Leonard Nimoy out of his Spock ears and in casual conversation back when he still looked like Spock. Most Gen-Xers like me are only accustomed to seeing him without the Spock ears as an old man.
I keep complaining to You Tube/Google to try and get them to force video posters to add what year a video was made... I say the origin date is far more important to us than the uploaded date!
@@hueowen2786 That's freaky weird. I read this episode was from '75 ,and Soupy thought it was Greg Morris. That article was wrong and you're right. I found a longer version of this that lists an airdate of Nov '74
@@joeambrose3260 If you're asking me to post proof that I don't remember watching this video, you'll just have to take my word for it. If you're asking me to post proof of what year this episode originally aired, or why I thought it was 74 instead of 75, again, I don't remember. As I said in my previous post, I don't even remember watching this video a year ago or posting that comment. Little alone how I came to the conclusion of what year it was. If I figure it out again though, I'll post if for you. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
But your heading gives it away so we can't play along. :-( All the same, Leonard Nimoy added his own personal touches to Star Trek that will live forever.
I've watched TOS 3 times in a row now just because I get to the last one and just go right back to Season 1! Online streaming is wonderful for bringing back classic shows for young people!
Mr. Nimoy is correct about science fiction becoming science fact. I recall reading about a person who was watching the very early series of Star Trek. He said transporters, small plastic storage disks and futuristic medical devices may be in the future but automatic sliding doors will never happen.😀😀😀😀
It's unfortunate that it was announced a few weeks ago that Mr. Nimoy has been diagnosed with COPD--Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease--due largely to his many years of cigarette smoking. He gave up the habit some years ago, but by that time, the damage had been done. (My father smoked for over 20 years, then gave it up on the advice of his doctor. Ten years later, he died from esophageal cancer, a direct result of his smoking. I know because I was his primary caregiver during his final illness. I've discussed it with the rest of my family, and they all agree with me that, by the time he gave up this filthy habit, the damage had already been done.)
@@joeambrose3260 So, someone shares how they lost a loved one due to all the smoking they did & you're telling them to get off their soapbox? What a miserable human being you are. Leonard Nimoy would be ashamed.
@@Hodaris_Darlin No disrespect was intended, just a plea for brevity. BTW, I knew Leonard Nimoy, and you're no Leonard Nimoy. He was non judgemental. I believe if he were alive, he'd slap your face
Leonard Nimoy played Spock on Star Trek(1966-1969). He also played "Paris" in Mission: Impossible. He was cast as Dr. Kibner in Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1978).
You know what pisses me off more than anything is that the human life span is so short and all these wonderful entertainers are now gone------if a blasted turtle can live for 200 years why the hell cant we and enjoy these people longer
The most bracing thing about watching WML today is its good manners on TV, compared to the sorts of rudeness we see on The Tube nowadays. It is unusual to see a woman stand up for a man at the hand shake portion of the sequence, but maybe Dana Valery (whose spirituality was and is well known) was also a Trekkie. Yes, Bert Park did TV other than Miss America. What a voice. Thanks for posting.
*sigh* Leonard Nimoy is just a dream-come-true! And just so you know... he's just as perfect in real life as he is onscreen. And his hands.... *sigh* Perfection! They feel just as perfect as they look!
I used to work in a retirement community in Boston. Leonard's parents lived there at one time and many of the residents were Irish or Jewish. I went into a few apartments and on the wall they'd have photos of the Pope, JFK and Leonard Nimoy.
Dana Valeri, Sergio Franchi's sister. Back then, about the only thing you could turn on and NOT get either of them was the water. She always seemed to take a back seat to him, which was too bad. Beautiful and very talented, who did a Tony-nominated turn on Broadway in 1965's "Wait a Minim!" It's interesting to note that Leonard Nimoy's first volume of autobiography, published at around this time, was "I Am Not Spock.," which would seem to be underscored by some of his comments here.
He was right about the SF writers dreaming our future reality. 2 of my previous phones were flip phones, much like the Star Trek communicators, but we're able to do even more stuff. Now I have a smart phone, which does even more. I am always amazed when SF stuff enters the real world.
Leonard Nimoy has been my favorite actor and my fantasy for the past 44 years. I love him to pieces. I wish I could meet him some day. I know that will never happen. boo hoo!!!
I liked the design of the set of Whats My Line in the mid to early 60s much better. This one from the 70s looks bad. Like an early 70s Burger King. RIP L. Nimoy
Science Fiction is a great predictor. In fact I predict that decades hence future historians will watch this very show on a computer, interspersed between cat videos and stupid human tricks.
I guess this was from before the first Star Trek movie came out. I guessed it when they asked him if he was currently acting in movies, and he said "no". I knew that he was also on the original "Mission:Impossible" series. But being a die hard Trekkie, I'll always remember him as Mr. Spock. :)
Leonard Nimoy- really a great piece here from "What's My Line" during the Larry Blyden era (ca. 1973-74). Check out Dana Valenti- she is a retired actress, singer & businesswoman whose brother was singer Sergio Franchi. And there's Burt Parks- who hosted Miss America for many years.
What was great for Leonard Nimoy is that he really did get to see all the technology develop that really was sci-fi back then. At that time, all digital media was future tech. VHS/DVD/blue rays, GPS, smart phones, bluetooth, touch screen devices, all the way to tablets like the ipad. None of that existed yet at the time the show was aired. Satellite TV was just budding, personal computers were barely around (and unrecognizable by today's standards) and the cell phone had just barely been invented, and certainly weren't available for purchase. All the things we use today and take for granted were things he got to see come about first hand.
@@stephenwright8824 Not all people have the same vision or expectations of the future based on the year they were born. You can't "dismiss a case" based on such faulty logic. Not everyone is an Arthur C. Clarke or a Leonard Nimoy. It's not just that people "born that year" experience that. This wasn't my point at all, and if you took it this way, you missed the point, badly. In this clip, Nimoy had an expectation and a vision of what the future would bring. Clarke's predictions in 1964 were even more impressive by his predictions and more accurate about what technology would bring. Few people are visionaries, no matter the age, which is why such people stand out. Simplifying it as "born the same year" is a strawman. You dismissed a point I didn't make, so you dismissed nothing. You tried.
Really? I take it that you're not a big fan of Leonard Nimoy. He appeared on Mission Impossible for two seasons, immediately following the cancellation of Star Trek.
Edward Collins wasn't a big fan of Star Trek but came to appreciate his talent over the years. A genuine talented actor, author and producer (among other talents) which like wine gets better as it ages! RIP Leonard
***** He became the team's master of disguise in season 4 after Martin Landau (and Barbara Bain) left the series over a contract dispute.He left after 2 yrs because the writers just weren't giving him much to do. What he did was really good, though.
@soulierinvestments You're so right. That is why I quite watching TV. I watch only things mainly from the 70s and before on youtube or dvds. Yes, I miss seeing good manners on tv and in the world.
can u imagine trying to pull that shtick using ebonics today? they would be skewering leonard on every entertainment media show, msnbc, cnn, and the 3 regular networks.
It would be really nice to know the actual air date this was on . And NOT the date it was put on YT . Same goes for all of these Classic shows . I'm thinking that this was about 1977 ? ? ?
