Shirley Bonne is plain?
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Shirley Bonne is plain?
Yes, I linked to a photo of her up thread. I'm not saying she's ugly, just plain, nothing special. Star Trek has offered up superior looking women.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I'm sure many women wish they were so plain.
Sure, my own girlfriend included, but that's not saying much at all.
She's plain, not unpleasant, just someone who'd easily fade into the background, if someone were to post a collage of all of Trek's beauties.
I can see it now...Kirk, freshly graduated from the Academy...goes to Carol's parent's house, where he finds Carol's mother (Ruth) alone...where Mrs. Marcus proceeds to adjust her stockings in front of young Jimmy...
..."are you trying to seduce me, Mrs. Marcus?"
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Shirley Bonne was 32 at the time of the episode's original airing - three years younger than Shatner.
Well, I was close--and giving her the benefit of the doubt.
Didn't know about "The World of ST" info.
Well, I was close again.
Nice to know that Kirk could appreciate women over the age of 25. I think the actress is lovely. Not everyone can look like Marianna Hill, you know. Very few are that genetically blessed. She and her cousin Norman must have gotten their looks from opposite sides of the family.
^^^O, let Kryton off the hook. 
Maybe it will help if someone explained that Hill was Marianna's stage name and that her real last name began with an "S." I never can remember without looking if the next letter is a "c" or an "h."
Sir Rhosis
Maybe it will help if someone explained that Hill was Marianna's stage name and that her real last name began with an "S." I never can remember without looking if the next letter is a "c" or an "h."
Sir Rhosis
Sir Rhosis is correct. Give him a cookie. 
The next letter is a "c." Think military, kiddies. It'll come to you.
The next letter is a "c." Think military, kiddies. It'll come to you.
In fact, I served with him at Fort Lewis, Washington around 1986 or 1987. Honestly, he comes across much better on TV. In person, his being so overweight did not help his military bearing. The two fourths of July I was stationed there, we had to all get up at Oh-Dark-Thirty and march out to the huge parade field where a flag was hoisted aloft by a crane. Speakers then blared that L. G. patriotic song loud enough to wake the dead, then we went home.
Third letter is an "h."
Sir Rhosis
Third letter is an "h."
Sir Rhosis
Yeah, it turns out Kryton knew that and was running a double-reverse back into Trek territory. He's off the hook.
The first draft of the episode says she was the lunchlady at the Academy.
She gave Kirk some extra gravy on his biscuits, so to speak.
Joe, noted Trek historian
Well, I always liked Ruth. I could see why Kirk fell for her.
As for all the speculation, to tell you the truth, I only ever figured that, like Carol Marcus, she and Kirk had different career paths and went their separate ways.
It does seem Kirk had a thing for cool blondes in his earlier years -- Ruth, Carol Marcus. Areel Shaw -- kind of like Alfred Hitchcock!
RR
As for all the speculation, to tell you the truth, I only ever figured that, like Carol Marcus, she and Kirk had different career paths and went their separate ways.
It does seem Kirk had a thing for cool blondes in his earlier years -- Ruth, Carol Marcus. Areel Shaw -- kind of like Alfred Hitchcock!
RR
She was Kirk's First Cougar!. 
Well we know kirk probaly "Buttered her Buns " so to speak
Well we know kirk probaly "Buttered her Buns " so to speak
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