Maybe they figure it's some cultural thing.
What was your favorite method of covering Spock's ears?
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Maybe they figure it's some cultural thing.
If I lived in a pre-warp society, and saw someone walking around with pointy ears and upswept eyebrows, I'd probably quietly think to myself "I wonder what's up with that guy" than "OMG! Alien!".
"Hello."
"Weirdo."
Any odd looking fellow I see I immediately announce is an alien unless he quickly furnishes me with a darn good explanation.
"My friend is obviously Chinese. I see you've noticed the ears. They're actually easy to explain... He caught his head in a mechanical... rice picker."
Ah, I see!
What about the weird duds the strange looking guy was wearing too? 
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So is anyone going to add my two options?
The grandpa hat has gotten competitive, so I'm sticking with the knit cap so as not to upset the balance. Not that either is winning.
Since neither one was done for the purposes of disguise, no. And anyway, it's been five days since I started the thread. I think it's a bit late to change things around. It was only for some goofy fun, anyway.
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My favorite method of covering Spock's ears is with butterscotch pudding. Second choice would be specially knitted ear cozies. Third, small blocks of concrete on either side of his head, which would have to be applied while he's sleeping, so that they could dry and harden before he wakes in the morning.
Finally someone is treating this thread with the seriousness that it deserves!
Finally someone is treating this thread with the seriousness that it deserves!
Damn straight. One might also cover Spock's ears with a nice white wine sauce.
"Spock's Brain" was shown on BBC America today and I noted this; you think they bothered to apply his ear appliances for this shot?
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(wonder why they felt a head covering was necessary at all, since he clearly had a full head of hair for the entire episode, including after McCoy "put the spaghetti back in the machine").
):(wonder why they felt a head covering was necessary at all, since he clearly had a full head of hair for the entire episode, including after McCoy "put the spaghetti back in the machine").
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That line was always a source of amusement. I never really put the two together but that line seems very Harlan Ellsion to me.
It's not, though. The "mechanical rice-picker" line is nowhere to be found in Ellison's script. Here's what D.C. Fontana wrote in her afterword to Ellison's COTEOF book:
The bit about Spock passing himself off as Chinese is Ellison's, though.
"Spock's Brain" was shown on BBC America today and I noted this; you think they bothered to apply his ear appliances for this shot?
(wonder why they felt a head covering was necessary at all, since he clearly had a full head of hair for the entire episode, including after McCoy "put the spaghetti back in the machine").
I suppose it provided some sort of protection/support for him. Later, to fit the device that made him walk, they had to remove it, and maybe it provided adequate protection/support on its own.
Grandpa hat on H&I!
After much contemplation, I went with the Grandpa Hat. It's just too cool.
Well, he had amnesia didn't he?
I voted for the knit cap. That was one of my favorite episodes and the explanation that Kirk gave to the cop was just hilarious.
