Funny Scene From TOS! Kirk Embarrassed ByHis Yeoman

[TRON JA307020]

I forgot about this scene. I always wondered if the producers put it in there as a joke. Kirk only had a problem when he found out it was the yeoman.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw11Ak0mxyI

 

[Melakon]

Of course it's a joke. But we may not be interpreting it the same way you might be.

 

[Poltargyst]

Of course it's a joke. But we may not be interpreting it the same way you might be.

Go on...

 

[JWPlatt]

I'm thinking slash fiction writers get a hoot out of that scene.

 

[TRON JA307020]

Of course it's a joke. But we may not be interpreting it the same way you might be.

Ok. So whats your interpretation? That Kirk was embarrassed that he thought Spock was doing it and realized what the implications of that meant?

 

[Melakon]

My interpretation is he didn't think it proper for a female yeoman to take it upon herself to be his personal masseuse, due to 60s morals of possible impropriety in the workplace. It's a hilarious wide eyed glance he gives Spock for a half second though.

 

[TRON JA307020]

My interpretation is he didn't think it proper for a female yeoman to take it upon herself to be his personal masseuse, due to 60s morals of possible impropriety in the workplace. It's a hilarious wide eyed glance he gives Spock for a half second though.

LOL! Yeah that was funny. I still don't see how Kirk would think Mr. Spock would break protocol on the bridge and give him a back rub. I mean "dig it in there"? Hilarious.

 

[The Old Mixer]

I'm sorry, was there somebody in that scene besides Yeoman Barrows...?

 

[BillJ]

I'm thinking slash fiction writers get a hoot out of that scene.

That scene probably gave birth to slash fiction.

I'm sorry, was there somebody in that scene besides Yeoman Barrows...?

+1

 

[TRON JA307020]

I'm sorry, was there somebody in that scene besides Yeoman Barrows...?

Yeah she has a nice body. Too bad she wasn't a regular.

 

[The Old Mixer]

^And she didn't exactly have to wear a bag over her face, either.

 

[Alter Ego]

There seems to be a strict code about Captains and their Yeomans not fraternizing. From The Naked Time:

KIRK: I have a beautiful yeoman. Have you noticed her, Mister Spock? You're allowed to notice her. The Captain's not permitted...

SPOCK: Jim, there is an intermix formula.

KIRK: Now I know why it's called she.

SPOCK: It's never been tested. It's a theoretical relationship between time and antimatter.

KIRK: Flesh woman to touch, to hold. A beach to walk on. A few days, no braid on my shoulder.

Then later under his breath, while glancing at Rand:

KIRK: (gazing at Janice) No beach to walk on.

RAND: Sir?

 

[BillJ]

There seems to be a strict code about Captains and their Yeomans not fraternizing. From The Naked Time:

KIRK: I have a beautiful yeoman. Have you noticed her, Mister Spock? You're allowed to notice her. The Captain's not permitted...

SPOCK: Jim, there is an intermix formula.

KIRK: Now I know why it's called she.

SPOCK: It's never been tested. It's a theoretical relationship between time and antimatter.

KIRK: Flesh woman to touch, to hold. A beach to walk on. A few days, no braid on my shoulder.

Then later under his breath, while glancing at Rand:

KIRK: (gazing at Janice) No beach to walk on.

RAND: Sir?

Was it the rules or Kirk's devotion to his ship and duty. In "Miri", Rand comments that she had tried to get Kirk to notice her...

RAND: I'm upset, so upset. Back on the ship, I used to try to get you to look at my legs. Captain, look at my legs. (covered in blotches)

 

[Alter Ego]

There is no doubt about a mutual sense of attraction between Kirk and Rand, but something holds them back. I don't think it is Kirk's devotion to his ship because he has had affairs with other officers on the ship.

Also interesting is the fact that they only ever speak openly about it when they are not entirely in control of their senses (as in the examples of Naked Time and also in Miri).

I think there is a hard fast rule in play here with regard to Captains and their Yeomans.

 

[JWPlatt]

There's also pretty much always a hard fast rule in play between men and women when inhibitions are removed. Their titles don't matter.

 

[Alter Ego]

Very true! However in the examples of the two episodes mentioned above, I guess they just didn't have enough time to explore their carnal lust unlike with Elaan where the slow speed of the Enterprise permitted a sexual breach of etiquette!

 

[TRON JA307020]

There seems to be a strict code about Captains and their Yeomans not fraternizing. From The Naked Time:

KIRK: I have a beautiful yeoman. Have you noticed her, Mister Spock? You're allowed to notice her. The Captain's not permitted...

SPOCK: Jim, there is an intermix formula.

KIRK: Now I know why it's called she.

SPOCK: It's never been tested. It's a theoretical relationship between time and antimatter.

KIRK: Flesh woman to touch, to hold. A beach to walk on. A few days, no braid on my shoulder.

Then later under his breath, while glancing at Rand:

KIRK: (gazing at Janice) No beach to walk on.

RAND: Sir?

LOL! My brother still parodies the "No beach to walk on" line. I don't blame him it was kind of corny.

 

[KTJ]

I'm thinking slash fiction writers get a hoot out of that scene.

That entire ludicrous episode has caused generations of slash writers to believe that Ted Sturgeon deliberately wrote Kirk and Spock as gay lovers, and that Roddenberry okayed it. The "Backrub Scene" is considered proof positive.

Sturgeon's story "The World Well Lost", which includes homosexual characters, gives them to understand that "Sturgeon wrote stories with gay themes" on a regular basis. Metaphysical theses (I said theses) have been written analyzing both "Shore Leave" and "Amok Time" in terms of Sturgeon's (and Roddenberry's) supposed gay agenda.

 

[Poltargyst]

I'm thinking slash fiction writers get a hoot out of that scene.

That entire ludicrous episode has caused generations of slash writers to believe that Ted Sturgeon deliberately wrote Kirk and Spock as gay lovers, and that Roddenberry okayed it. The "Backrub Scene" is considered proof positive.

Sturgeon's story "The World Well Lost", which includes homosexual characters, gives them to understand that "Sturgeon wrote stories with gay themes" on a regular basis. Metaphysical theses (I said theses) have been written analyzing both "Shore Leave" and "Amok Time" in terms of Sturgeon's (and Roddenberry's) supposed gay agenda.

Given all of the female love interests Kirk and Spock have had (plus the lack of any indication of any interest in the same sex by Kirk or Spock), how can anyone come to the conclusion that they are the least bit gay?

 

[Marsden]

There seems to be a strict code about Captains and their Yeomans not fraternizing. From The Naked Time:

KIRK: I have a beautiful yeoman. Have you noticed her, Mister Spock? You're allowed to notice her. The Captain's not permitted...

SPOCK: Jim, there is an intermix formula.

KIRK: Now I know why it's called she.

SPOCK: It's never been tested. It's a theoretical relationship between time and antimatter.

KIRK: Flesh woman to touch, to hold. A beach to walk on. A few days, no braid on my shoulder.

Then later under his breath, while glancing at Rand:

KIRK: (gazing at Janice) No beach to walk on.

RAND: Sir?

Was it the rules or Kirk's devotion to his ship and duty. In "Miri", Rand comments that she had tried to get Kirk to notice her...

RAND: I'm upset, so upset. Back on the ship, I used to try to get you to look at my legs. Captain, look at my legs. (covered in blotches)

There's also pretty much always a hard fast rule in play between men and women when inhibitions are removed. Their titles don't matter.

I'd also add the part in Balance of Terror where Jim is hugging Rand right before the Romulan plasma torpedo hits. He's not hugging anyone else, and I doubt it's for stability. But possibly not expecting to survive for much longer, I think the reasons of propriety might have slipped.