pilotti@sdcsla.UUCP (05/02/84)
What was the origin of the Vulcan "salute" (i.e., hand open, palm facing
away with thumb extended and fingers spread between middle and ring in a
"V" shape)?
"Live long, and prosper..."
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KEITH F PILOTTI -- UC SanDiego Cognitive Science Laboratory
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pilotti@NPRDC (ARPA) martillo@ihuxt.UUCP (Yehoyaqim Martillo) (05/03/84)
When a Jewish Priest blesses the community as he performs birkat cohanim. He holds his hands just as in the Vulcan greeting thereby making the Hebrew letter shin which is the first letter of a word expressing God's omnipotence.
gek@ihuxj.UUCP (glenn kapetansky) (05/03/84)
Nimoy took the "Live Long and Prosper" Vulcan hand sign "from
my ethnic heritage", in his words. Specifically, Nimoy is a
cohen, the priestly family among Jews. The "birkat cohanim",
or "priestly blessing" entails just such a hand position.
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glenn kapetansky
"If I only had a brain"
...ihnp4!ihu1j!gek smw@tilt.UUCP (Stewart Wiener) (05/04/84)
Yes. The gesture Martillo describes is done with both hands, held together. Leonard Nimoy, who is Jewish, was familiar with it. He felt that there was a need for some visual thing to go with the words "Live long and prosper," seized upon this, and approached the director with it. This was for the episode "Amok Time," in which it first appeared. Apparently not everyone is able to make this gesture easily. (McCoy had trouble.) It was a matter of luck that Celia Lovsky (the actress playing T'Pau) was able to do it. Reference: "The World of Star Trek," by David Gerrold. I've seen the new updated edition advertised as released in May, but haven't run across it yet. Trade size, by the way, at $7.95. -- Stewart Wiener / Princeton Univ. EECS / princeton!tilt!smw
wbpesch@ihuxp.UUCP (Walt Pesch) (05/04/84)
According to Gene Roddenbery, the origin in the vulcan "salute" is from a jewish ceremony along the lines of confirmation. The recievees are to stand with their backs to the rabbi, and a series of symbols and hand-waving is made over them. Roddenbery looked back and saw the vulcan "salute" being made over him. And later, when he was developing the Vulcans, he used this jewish symbolic holding-of-hand. STILL waiting for the bolt from the skies, Walt Pesch AT&T Technologies ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch
essachs@ihuxl.UUCP (Ed Sachs) (05/04/84)
**** By the way (in case you are interested), Leonard Nimoy (aka Mr. Spock) is jewish, and he was the one who came up with the hand gesture for the TV episode. Ed Sachs AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL ...!ihuxl!essachs
brian@jett.UUCP (Brian Reynolds) (05/06/84)
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Actually, according to something I saw, another actress had to
hide behind T'Pau to make the sign for her.
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{ihnp4|clyde|sdcrdcf}!akgua!jett!briangupta@asgb.UUCP (08/10/84)
Here's the question- In which episode does Kirk make the following statement: "This is an Enterprise first; ...." Also, what is the first he is refering to? For bonus points: Where were the aliens in this episode from? Please do not flood the group with answers. Yogesh Gupta sdcrdcf -- bmcg!asgb!gupta sdcsvax -/
sg@hou2a.UUCP (S.GROSS) (05/30/85)
Here is a star trek trivia question from a friend. He
doesn't know the answer and would appreciate it if anyone
knows it.
Q: Supposedly, there is one episode in Star Trek where
a crew member (not a star, but one of what we like to call
the "expendables", e.g. Lt. M'bowa or Geologist Damato )
is wearing eyeglasses. Can you name it?
The only thing I could come up with is the Medusa episode,
but there goggles, not eyeglasses are being worn.
Thanks!pritch@osu-eddie.UUCP (Norman Pritchett) (06/01/85)
> Q: Supposedly, there is one episode in Star Trek where > a crew member (not a star, but one of what we like to call > the "expendables", e.g. Lt. M'bowa or Geologist Damato ) > is wearing eyeglasses. Can you name it? > > The only thing I could come up with is the Medusa episode, > but there goggles, not eyeglasses are being worn. Well... if it doesn't HAVE to be a crew member, "A Piece of the Action" comes to mind. It was the guy who became the head "Boss" in the end. What was his name? -- ----------------------------------- Norm Pritchett UUCP: cbosgd!osu-eddie!pritch CSNET: pritch@ohio-state BITNET: TS0017 at OHSTVMA MA-NET: (614) 291-8775
ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless) (06/01/85)
> > > Here is a star trek trivia question from a friend. He > doesn't know the answer and would appreciate it if anyone > knows it. > > Q: Supposedly, there is one episode in Star Trek where > a crew member (not a star, but one of what we like to call > the "expendables", e.g. Lt. M'bowa or Geologist Damato ) > is wearing eyeglasses. Can you name it? If you look REAL close at the people in the background in the reception scene in "Journey to Babel", it looks like a crew member or extra is wearing glasses. You'd almost need a VCR to spot it. Lord Kahless
scott weisman@sdcc13.UUCP (scott " " weisman) (06/05/85)
In article <354@osu-eddie.UUCP>, pritch@osu-eddie.UUCP (Norman Pritchett) writes: > > Q: Supposedly, there is one episode in Star Trek where > > a crew member (not a star, but one of what we like to call > > the "expendables", e.g. Lt. M'bowa or Geologist Damato ) > > is wearing eyeglasses. Can you name it? > > > > The only thing I could come up with is the Medusa episode, > > but there goggles, not eyeglasses are being worn. > > Well... if it doesn't HAVE to be a crew member, "A Piece of the Action" > comes to mind. It was the guy who became the head "Boss" in the end. What > was his name? > -- > ----------------------------------- > Norm Pritchett > MA-NET: (614) 291-8775
canopus@amdahl.UUCP (Frank Dibbell) (06/06/85)
> > Q: Supposedly, there is one episode in Star Trek where > > a crew member [...] > > is wearing eyeglasses. Can you name it? > > Well... if it doesn't HAVE to be a crew member, "A Piece of the Action" > comes to mind. It was the guy who became the head "Boss" in the end. What > was his name? Bella Oxmix. (Hey, Krako! Bring da boys tugeddah) -- Frank Dibbell (408-746-6493) {whatever}!amdahl!canopus [R.A. 6h 22m 30s Dec. -52d 36m] [Generic disclaimer.....]
mraspuzzi@kl2116.DEC (Michael Raspuzzi) (06/07/85)
>> Q: Supposedly, there is one episode in Star Trek where >> a crew member (not a star, but one of what we like to call >> the "expendables", e.g. Lt. M'bowa or Geologist Damato ) >> is wearing eyeglasses. Can you name it? >> >> The only thing I could come up with is the Medusa episode, >> but there goggles, not eyeglasses are being worn. > >Well... if it doesn't HAVE to be a crew member, "A Piece of the Action" >comes to mind. It was the guy who became the head "Boss" in the end. What >was his name? I believe the "head Boss" in the end was Bella Oxmynx (pronounced ox-minks), but I can't be sure. I am not sure if Vic Tayback portrayed Bella or not. Any confirmations? Mike Raspuzzi DEC Software Specialist ARPA: mraspuzzi%kl2116.DEC@decwrl ...devwrl!dec-rhea!dec-kl2116!mraspuzzi --------
ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless) (06/09/85)
> >> Q: Supposedly, there is one episode in Star Trek where > >> a crew member is wearing eyeglasses. Can you name it? > > > >Well... if it doesn't HAVE to be a crew member, "A Piece of the Action" > >comes to mind. It was the guy who became the head "Boss" in the end. What > >was his name? > > I believe the "head Boss" in the end was Bella Oxmynx (pronounced ox-minks), > but I can't be sure. I am not sure if Vic Tayback portrayed Bella or not. The chief boss was Bela Oxmyx, played by Anthony Caruso. Vic Tayback played the second most powerful boss, Jojo Krako. Lord Kahless
don@umd5.UUCP (06/09/85)
In article <2557@decwrl.UUCP> mraspuzzi@kl2116.DEC (Michael Raspuzzi) writes: >I believe the "head Boss" in the end was Bella Oxmynx (pronounced ox-minks), >but I can't be sure. I am not sure if Vic Tayback portrayed Bella or not. >Any confirmations? The head Boss was indeed Bella Okmyx (played by Anthony Caruso). JoJo Krako was played by Vic Tayback. (Information from Fotonovel #8) -- --==---==---==-- "Space, the final frontier ..." What ?!!? ^ No more ?!? But it's a frontier of frontiers !! --==---==---==-- ___________ _____ ---- _____ \ //---- IDIC ----- _\______//_ ---- ---------- ARPA: umd5!don@maryland.ARPA BITNET: don%umd5@umd2 SPOKEN: Chris Sylvain UUCP: {seismo, rlgvax, allegra, brl-bmd, nrl-css}!umcp-cs!cvl!umd5!don
chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen) (06/09/85)
> > > Q: Supposedly, there is one episode in Star Trek where > > > a crew member [...] > > > is wearing eyeglasses. Can you name it? > > > > Well... if it doesn't HAVE to be a crew member, "A Piece of the Action" > > comes to mind. It was the guy who became the head "Boss" in the end. What > > was his name? > > Bella Oxmix. (Hey, Krako! Bring da boys tugeddah) > -- > Frank Dibbell (408-746-6493) {whatever}!amdahl!canopus > [R.A. 6h 22m 30s Dec. -52d 36m] [Generic disclaimer.....] But Bella wasn't a crew member. Chris Andersen
canopus@amdahl.UUCP (Alpha Carinae) (06/11/85)
> > > > Q: Supposedly, there is one episode in Star Trek where > > > > a crew member [...] is wearing eyeglasses. Can you name it? > > > > > > Well... if it doesn't HAVE to be a crew member, "A Piece of the Action" > > > comes to mind. It was the guy who became the head "Boss" in the end. What > > > was his name? > > > > Bella Oxmix. (Hey, Krako! Bring da boys tugeddah) > > -- > > Frank Dibbell (408-746-6493) {whatever}!amdahl!canopus > > But Bella wasn't a crew member. > > Chris Andersen Details! Details! -- Frank Dibbell (408-746-6493) ...!{ihnp4,cbosgd,sun}!amdahl!canopus Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA [This is the obligatory disclaimer..] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "I call it 'tranya'. I hope you relish it as much as I."
cjbiggin@watmath.UUCP (Colin Biggin) (06/15/85)
>> Q: Supposedly, there is one episode in Star Trek where >> a crew member is wearing eyeglasses. Can you name it? If I remember correctly, it was either 'The Menagerie' where they show flashbacks to Commander Pike's days or it was 'Where No Man Has Gone Before'. Also, I seem to remember one episode where some crewmembers were wearing "casual" cloths... It might have been one of the ones I just mentioned... cheers, -- Colin Biggin Univperversity of Wonderloo Waterloo, Ontario "They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. No, I think they were probably the New York Times."
smk@CS-Mordred (Stephen M Kennedy) (07/01/85)
In the episode "The City On The Edge Of Forever", Kirk, Spock, and McCoy go into the past (and meet Edith Keeler). My question is: What was the year and the _month_? Steve Kennedy (smk @ Purdue.ARPA) p.s. Anybody know how many times they've beamed 7 people up at once?
kek@hoxna.UUCP ( K. E. Kepple) (08/15/85)
< Can anyone name the episode(s) where the Enterprise is seen orbiting a
< planet in other than the usual left-to-right direction. (I know of at least
< one episode where this happens, there may be others, too.)
I seem to recall that in THE NAKED TIME the bridge viewer indicated a
right-to-left movement. This is the episode where the crew is overcome
by the intoxicating effects of a foreign substance passed in their
sweat. Riley (One more time, Kathleeeeeen...) shuts off the Big-E's
engines and they have to do a cold start to escape a decaying orbit.
I think the viewer shows cloud tops whoooshing by from left-to-right
(which means the Big-E is traveling right-to-left). When I saw this
episode, I thought that they screwed up their "standard orbit, Mr.
Sulu" bit!
Can anyone verify this? I'm too lazy to dig out my tapes.
Ken Kepple
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...!{hocda, ihnp4, floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc}!houxm!hoxna!kekbrown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown) (08/26/85)
In article <546@hoxna.UUCP> kek@hoxna.UUCP ( K. E. Kepple) writes: >I seem to recall that in THE NAKED TIME the bridge viewer indicated a >right-to-left movement. This is the episode where the crew is overcome >I think the viewer shows cloud tops whoooshing by from left-to-right >(which means the Big-E is traveling right-to-left). When I saw this >episode, I thought that they screwed up their "standard orbit, Mr. >Sulu" bit! >Can anyone verify this? I'm too lazy to dig out my tapes. >Ken Kepple Yeah, that's how it looks; but couldn't it also mean that they are both going left-to-right, but the planet is going lots faster? sb