McCoy never went for the neck. Always the shoulder, except for the one time he did himself in the forearm.
He gets cordrazine right in the gut here.
Gutzee.
He gets cordrazine right in the gut here.
That was just mounjaro…
The other most common shot given in the abdomen is insulin; rabies vaccines used to be, but no longer.
That was accidental...
He gets cordrazine right in the gut here.
Yes. I couldn't remember another time he injected himself; I thought the poster was saying he got himself in the arm here; it might look that way because it happens fast.
Think Miri...
Fair warning: this one is a bit of a stretch.
I've been foolishly trying to see if I can figure out what any of the random books seen in the crew quarters might have been in real life. Probably they were just whatever was in the props department, volumes taken from around Desilu's offices (several look like encyclopedias or other reference works), or even sometimes things Roddenberry/Justman/Jefferies/etc. brought in from home (like with aviation paraphernalia such as the Jeppeson flight computers). But I still want to find actual vintage books that are as close to a match as possible, to use as source imagery for my stage 9 model as well as just to own for fun.
Wouldn't it be fun to discover some good visual matches (or stylistic cousins) that also have story tie-ins to our characters' known interests? Milton, Dickens, Lawrence, history books about Lincoln or the U.S. founding documents, etc. for Kirk, or medical reference books for McCoy, or ... well, a guy can wish, right?
In Kirk's quarters we can just barely glimpse some red covers with black areas on the spines. The best look we get – though a fleeting one – is when he rifles his own quarters looking for the overloaded phaser in The Conscience of the King.
Even going frame-by-frame I didn't see much more detail, except to note that something shiny like gold leaf is visible when the light angle is just right, as during this initial toss.
Now, given the image resolution challenges, I don't think the following speculation is very reliable, but it's what I might call "reasonably close" and, given what we know about Kirk's (and Roddenberry's) personal interests, I want to let myself believe those books are copies of the red 1948 Sangamon edition of Sandburg's well-known biographies, perhaps even coming from GR's own collection.
Whether a match or not, I now have a set on order. Probably will be an interesting read, too.
I've been foolishly trying to see if I can figure out what any of the random books seen in the crew quarters might have been in real life. Probably they were just whatever was in the props department, volumes taken from around Desilu's offices (several look like encyclopedias or other reference works), or even sometimes things Roddenberry/Justman/Jefferies/etc. brought in from home (like with aviation paraphernalia such as the Jeppeson flight computers). But I still want to find actual vintage books that are as close to a match as possible, to use as source imagery for my stage 9 model as well as just to own for fun.
Wouldn't it be fun to discover some good visual matches (or stylistic cousins) that also have story tie-ins to our characters' known interests? Milton, Dickens, Lawrence, history books about Lincoln or the U.S. founding documents, etc. for Kirk, or medical reference books for McCoy, or ... well, a guy can wish, right?
In Kirk's quarters we can just barely glimpse some red covers with black areas on the spines. The best look we get – though a fleeting one – is when he rifles his own quarters looking for the overloaded phaser in The Conscience of the King.
Even going frame-by-frame I didn't see much more detail, except to note that something shiny like gold leaf is visible when the light angle is just right, as during this initial toss.
Now, given the image resolution challenges, I don't think the following speculation is very reliable, but it's what I might call "reasonably close" and, given what we know about Kirk's (and Roddenberry's) personal interests, I want to let myself believe those books are copies of the red 1948 Sangamon edition of Sandburg's well-known biographies, perhaps even coming from GR's own collection.
Whether a match or not, I now have a set on order. Probably will be an interesting read, too.
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Check the books in Lucy and Ricky's room on I Love Lucy.
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I was going to guess Kirk's books might be a set of Funk & Wagnalls encyclopedias. My parents had a set from before I was born. Our volumes were slightly smaller and dark brown if I recall, but there might have been different styles, or competing budget encyclopedias.
The I Love Lucy books with multiple titles on each spine could be Reader's Digest Condensed Books. We had those too, by the dozen.
The I Love Lucy books with multiple titles on each spine could be Reader's Digest Condensed Books. We had those too, by the dozen.
With or without the mayonnaise jar?
I had to do an AI inquiry to find that reference. It was a running gag on Johnny Carson. I was in bed for those shows.
Sandburg's Lincoln is one of the great biographies, insanely thorough, definitely read it.Now, given the image resolution challenges, I don't think the following speculation is very reliable, but it's what I might call "reasonably close" and, given what we know about Kirk's (and Roddenberry's) personal interests, I want to let myself believe those books are copies of the red 1948 Sangamon edition of Sandburg's well-known biographies, perhaps even coming from GR's own collection.
Whether a match or not, I now have a set on order. Probably will be an interesting read, too.
In universe, this makes sense based on the detailed and accurate portrayal of Abraham Lincoln from Kirk's memories in The Savage Curtain.
Likewise with Spock's memories of his extensive studies of Surak, hence the reason why these two avatars were selected by the Excalbians.
They do now. But there’s plenty of times personal things end up on screen.
(Watches, wedding rings, earrings… Doctor Who has some fun examples of that: Capaldi wore his wedding ring as the Doctor, Pertwee his own watches, and Aldred nearly caused a continuity nightmare with some Batman Earrings on Remembrance of the Daleks. Plus famously, Bonds Rolex was Cubby Broccolis but on a production team members strap.)
It makes sense to me that on a show with such unusual prop needs, it would sometimes have been necessary (or desirable) to look outside the confines of typical 1960s TV production. I thought the accepted speculation was that the Jeppeson flight computers could very easily have been brought in by Roddenberry or Jefferies, who both had aviation experience. Surely those would not have been in the props department?
Ever since seeing the Gene & Majel wedding photo and learning of his affinity for Japanese things, I've also wondered if the round Japanese playing cards used in the rec room might also have come from Roddenberry's collectibles. Seems like another item unlikely to already be on a shelf in the Desilu prop room.
Again, I realize it's all speculation. But I think the opposite position — "almost certainly not" — is also speculative. But maybe I'm wrong; do we have any documents that would make us lean one way or the other?
Ever since seeing the Gene & Majel wedding photo and learning of his affinity for Japanese things, I've also wondered if the round Japanese playing cards used in the rec room might also have come from Roddenberry's collectibles. Seems like another item unlikely to already be on a shelf in the Desilu prop room.
Again, I realize it's all speculation. But I think the opposite position — "almost certainly not" — is also speculative. But maybe I'm wrong; do we have any documents that would make us lean one way or the other?
Those sort of items are a bit different than books. De Kelly wore a pinky ring, something of his mothers, IIRC.
They did THEN. Largely, that's what you see on screen: stock or rented props. Most everything else is an exception.
Studios of the time produced hundreds of programs a year, so they purchased or made lots of props. They also rented items from prop houses and, occasionally, other studios.
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