merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) (07/23/85)
Last night I was watching "Catspaw" (one I haven't seen since I was 13) and I noticed that Walter Koenig looked outrageously out of place on the bridge and I couldn't figure out why until it struck me. Checkov has the beatles look! He was the only person there with long hair. Anyone have any clue about this? Engineer LaSalle (or DeSalle or whatever his name was) had short hair. Jim, Scotty, Spock, Bones, and Sulu all had short hair. My memory fails on me now...did Checkov ever get his hair cut? -- "Just like that duck, Peter Merchant all she wants to do is..."
ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli) (07/25/85)
> Last night I was watching "Catspaw" (one I haven't seen since I was 13) and > I noticed that Walter Koenig looked outrageously out of place on the bridge > and I couldn't figure out why until it struck me. > > Checkov has the beatles look! > > He was the only person there with long hair. Anyone have any clue about this? > Engineer LaSalle (or DeSalle or whatever his name was) had short hair. > Jim, Scotty, Spock, Bones, and Sulu all had short hair. My memory fails on > me now...did Checkov ever get his hair cut? > -- They wanted Chekov to appeal the young teenage females. The prototype, I believe, was actually supposed to be David Jones of the Monkees. -- --rick heli (... ucbvax!ucdavis!groucho!ccrrick)
ccs020@ucdavis.UUCP (Kevin Chu) (07/26/85)
> > They wanted Chekov to appeal the young teenage females. The > prototype, I believe, was actually supposed to be David Jones of the > Monkees. > -- > --rick heli > (... ucbvax!ucdavis!groucho!ccrrick) "Oh, sir, it was Kahn! He made us sing stupid songs and star in a mediocre tv series... But Michael Nesmith was strong!" /ex
sag@ihlpl.UUCP (Gore) (07/26/85)
> Last night I was watching "Catspaw" (one I haven't seen since I was 13) and > I noticed that Walter Koenig looked outrageously out of place on the bridge > and I couldn't figure out why until it struck me. > > Checkov has the beatles look! > > He was the only person there with long hair. Anyone have any clue about this? > Engineer LaSalle (or DeSalle or whatever his name was) had short hair. > Jim, Scotty, Spock, Bones, and Sulu all had short hair. My memory fails on > me now...did Checkov ever get his hair cut? > -- Yes, Chekov did cut his hair later in the series. When I saw Chekov's hair in Catspaw, in comparison with his hair later, I thought maybe he was wearing a WIG in that (and a couple of other) shows! His hair is shorter and thinned out later. S. Gore LLP \\// \
ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless) (07/30/85)
> > Yes, Chekov did cut his hair later in the series. When I saw > Chekov's hair in Catspaw, in comparison with his hair later, I > thought maybe he was wearing a WIG in that (and a couple of other) > shows! His hair is shorter and thinned out later. > > S. Gore *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** It WAS a wig! They let his hair grow a bit longer for later episodes. If you need references, I can give them. Lord Kahless
gary@think.ARPA (Gary Sabot) (07/30/85)
Chekov was wearing a wig. David Gerrold mentions in his book on the making of "The Trouble with the Tribbles" that Chekov's hair was too short when they made his first episode, and so they had to go shopping for wigs.