For the Love of Spock Page #6

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And I think it's how

these two guys carved out

their specific spaces

in this little universe.

Kirk was always doing

wild and crazy things

and sleeping with aliens,

and Spock was always thoughtful,

and moving in

a very deliberate way,

and sort of putting the brakes

on some of the more physical

urges that people had.

[Mr. Mudd]

You can save it, girls.

This type can turn himself

off from any emotion.

I think that his Vulcan

side prevents him

from allowing the testosterone [laughing]

in his human side to get the best of him.

And that is very

appealing for women,

at least for women like me.

I don't... I don't...

Motorcycles, and car oils,

and, "Hey, baby..."

I just... I just...

It's not my thing.

I like more of

an intellectual, humble soul

that kind of blows your mind

in just a conversation,

and I feel like

Spock is that like.

So I wouldn't be surprised why

women found him really appealing.

[intercom sounding]

[Mr. Chekov through intercom]

Bridge to Captain Kirk.

Kirk here.

I had no idea.

What?

He's so much more

handsome in person.

Those eyes.

Kirk had quite the

reputation as a lady's man.

Not him.

Spock.

There was just something about

him that women found attractive.

He himself was kind of flirty,

and women kind of

flirted with him.

You only take a mate

once every seven years?

The seven-year cycle...

is biologically inherent

in all Vulcans.

At that time,

the mating drive outweighs

all other motivations.

And is there nothing that can

disturb that cycle, Mr. Spock?

[Jon Stewart] When did you get

first interested into fellas?

Uh...

Spock, yes.

[Stewart]

What was it about him?

He was so repressed, and you

just wanted to make him scream.

[audience laughing]

I'm, uh...

I'm rather repressed.

[laughing]

I don't think

this is that different

from the which Beatle

do you love most, you know?

I like the less emotional,

more, you know, kind of

obtuse, bizarre type.

So I think there's always going to be

a Spock female versus a Kirk female.

I was one of the first

to find them, the spores.

Spores?

Now...

Now, you belong to all of us...

and we to you.

There's no need to hide

your inner face any longer.

We understand.

I love you.

I can love you.

[Dorothy Fontana] This is the perfect

opportunity for a love story for Spook,

because the spores release

all of those things

that hold in his

emotions, his logic,

and will allow him to feel

like a real person.

And this is unusual for him.

It's unknown for him.

But we're happy here.

I can't lose you now,

Mr. Spock. I can't.

I have a responsibility...

to the ship...

and that man on the bridge.

I am what I am, Leila.

And if there are

self-made purgatories...

and we all have

to live in them...

mine can be no worse

than someone else's.

["Cotton Candy" playing]

I Cotton candy on a summer day I

I Green grass on a hillside .P

I Could they turn

my love around? I

I Could they bring her

back to my side? .P

Well, he was a better

singer than I was.

I mean, he could, uh...

He could sustain a note.

Uh, off-key, but sustain a note.

[laughing]

["A Trip to Nowhere" playing]

I His love is a merry-go-round .P

I He will drag you down I

I A trip to nowhere .P

I A world without love .P

He was basically

keeping himself busy

by making hay while

the sun was shining.

I mean, that was

his whole philosophy.

He knew he was riding this wave,

and it was very exciting.

But he also knew that it

could be over very quickly,

and we could be back into the

financial struggle that we were in

before "Star Trek" came along.

I always told him, "You can take

the boy out of the West End,

but you can't take the

West End out of the boy."

I live with one.

[laughing]

[Adam Nimoy]

What does that mean?

Well, uh, he developed

a very strong work ethic.

[Leonard Nimoy] I rarely turned

down any paid engagement.

I'd seen many

of my actor friends

go to work on a series

for a few years

and live up to the level

of their income,

and then when

the series was canceled,

they were once again

looking for work

with no steady income

and no money in the bank.

I made a private pact

with myself

that this would never happen

to me and my family.

So every time I was offered

a paid appearance, I took it.

This meant that I left the studio

at 5:
00 or 6:00 on Friday night.

I took a red eye flight

to my destination.

I'd arrive on the East Coast

around 6:
00 Saturday morning

and catch the last flight

out on Sunday night.

I can remember a time or two

when I got back to Los Angeles at 2:00

or 3:
00 in the morning on Monday.

I'd go right to the studio,

stagger into my dressing room,

and catch a few hours

sleep on the couch.

From there, I headed

right into makeup.

[Adam Nimoy] There were a

number of photographers

who showed up to take our

picture in those early days,

'66, '67, and into '68,

and we were happy to do it.

It was fun.

I've got to admit.

It was like a circus.

It was a joyride, and it

was really a good time.

First, it was like novel.

It was great.

It was like, "Oh, wow, we're

getting our picture taken.

We're going to be in a magazine.

It's so cool."

But after a while,

it got tiresome.

It became sort of

an invasion of our life,

and us not really understanding,

you know, "Why do we have to do this?

Why is this so important?"

We were young.

[Adam Nimoy] There was one time...

I believe it was 197C).

There was a photographer there,

and we were supposed

to come in and take pictures,

and Julie and I were like,

"Huh-uh."

We joined together, we

unionized, and we said no.

You can't say no to Leonard.

I've got to tell you.

It's just

I mean, We felt guilty.

We wanted to support him,

but we were really done

with the Whole...

the whole publicity routine.

We took a really good

family portrait

which is emblematic, I think, of where

we were at that time in our lives,

because no one is smiling.

In "Star Trek", in the mid-60s,

creating this character who would

soon become a pop culture icon...

My dad was never

really that in touch

with what was going on

in popular culture.

It's so interesting that when he

was at home during leisure time,

he was listening to records

of guys like Heath Mantan,

and Lou Rawls,

and Charles Aznavour.

Our mom Was...

ahead of her time.

At first, when you look

back at pictures of her,

she was dressed

very, uh, 50's housewife

but still had style.

[rock music playing]

Dad stayed still very, you know,

in his dressing, conservative,

but Mom tried to, you know,

change his style up a bit.

So he started, you know,

wearing a little cooler clothes,

some jeans, the little scarf,

you know, around his neck.

And his hair was done

a little cooler.

Even though he had

the Spock haircut, you know,

somehow he could brush it

off to the side a little bit,

and he looked a little,

a little hipper, yeah.

[psychedelic music playing]

[Leonard Nimoy] NBC failed to renew

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