Rare Trek TOS Photos Courtesy of Los Angeles Times

[Christopher]

I was looking at the "protest" picture, and it strikes me as odd that there are so many nice and neat Spock signs. Was the Vulcan that much of a phenom, then?

Ohh, absolutely. Spock was the runaway star of TOS, especially among female viewers. That's why the second and third seasons both opened with Spock-centric episodes -- because the network was getting huge positive response to Spock and wanted to play him up as much as possible. Read the behind-the-scenes book and you'll see that Roddenberry and Shatner struggled with the ascendance of Spock as the breakout star and the effort to keep Kirk central to the show despite that.

I have the vibe that this was a little staged - it looks like a protest scene from an episode of Batman!

Definitely. The supposedly spontaneous fan protests and letter-writing campaigns were (not so) secretly organized by Roddenberry himself.

 

[I Grok Spock]

Wonderful pictures - I've never thought of Nimoy in the context of that era of Hollywood.

Along with the Spock signs there is one that says "KIRK RUNS A TAUT (?) SHIP"

 

[M'Sharak]

Along with the Spock signs there is one that says "KIRK RUNS A TAUT (?) SHIP"

Refers to an old adage about Navy discipline: "A taut ship is a happy ship." It would have been familiar to those who served in the WWII U.S. Navy or knew people who had.

Taut = tight (as opposed to slack and undisciplined.)

 

[NathanielM]

(2) Photo of the Big Three recording lines for TAS. This is interesting since I read someplace that Shatner preferred to record his lines remotely while touring the country [trying to find work in his camper].

DeForest Kelly's pants make me want to cry.

Joe, a loon

Read Shatner's Book "Movie Memories set" (both books) It is a truie fact he was divorced and looking for work in his camper with his two dobermans

 

[Shatmandu]

Read Shatner's Book "Movie Memories set" (both books) It is a truie fact he was divorced and looking for work in his camper with his two dobermans

I'm not sure I'd want to view any film work he did in his camper with his two dobermans.

I may Grock Spock now and then, but I don't swing that way.

Joe, line-drawer