RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
November 29, 2022 at 1:10 pm
(This post was last modified: November 29, 2022 at 1:10 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(November 29, 2022 at 12:18 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(November 28, 2022 at 1:16 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: George ‘Goober’ Lindsey was Gene Roddenberry’s first choice to play Spock on TOS.
Boru
Don't think that one stands up to scrutiny, the earliest source was likely intended as humor.
"Believe it or not, I was not Gene Roddenberry’s first choice to play Spock. So, who was the first choice, the actor who turned down the role? George “Goober” Lindsey. True." -Leonard Nimoy
In the same TVLand series of 'bumpers', Nimoy claims 'Live long and prosper' was originally supposed to be 'Take it easy'. In another, Nimoy uses a tricorder to scan for cheese.
Too bad, it's a great story.
Ernest Borgnine, a close friend of Lindsey’s, verified the story in his autobiography. Lindsey himself said he turned down the part of Spock because he’d just become a cast regular on The Andy Griffith Show and didn’t like the idea of leaving a bona fide hit for an untried production.
Boru
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