# Don't be cruelly disappointed, wallow in memories of Nimoy goodness here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454 "2003-08-06T23:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@lesa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesa)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/1 "2003-08-06T23:19:00Z")
Inspired by Otto’s comment in this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202735](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202735) So, let’s hear it. Did you like “In Search of…”? Are you annoyed that I put the ? outside the quotes? Do you long to know if Bigfoot is responsible for the Nazca lines? ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/2 "2003-08-06T23:31:51Z")
He didn’t die, did he? ☹ I loved In Search Of… even in reruns. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/3 "2003-08-06T23:33:21Z")
[Click on the Spock!](http://www.cs.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/nph-spock) Insearchof… Shatner’s acting coach. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/4 "2003-08-07T00:14:01Z")
I have an mp3 of Leonard Nimoy singing “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins”. So :p. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/5 "2003-08-07T00:24:20Z")
He was also briefly considered for the role of Dumbledore post Richard Harris, but evidently it was really brief. Nimoy goodness moment: Playing a full of himself Chomsky type professor in Becker was pretty cool. He really really needs a new agent because I think he’s old enough now that he could avoid typecasting. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/6 "2003-08-07T01:07:03Z")
I _loved_ “In Search Of…”! The one where they went to Uruguay (Paraguay?) in search of Josef Mengele scared the heck out of me. And I remember the SNL spoof, when he was in a hotel room: “Why is the TV set _bolted to the floor_? Are they perhaps… AFRAID it might go DO something unSPEAKABLE???” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/7 "2003-08-07T13:14:36Z")
Ooh! I’m thread-inspirer, and outside the Pit for a change! My favorite eps of ISO are the ones that have since been disproven yet still occasionally air. Like the Loch Ness Monster ep that relies heavily on the faked ["Surgeon’s Photo](http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster). “Hystory’s Mysteries” is a poor substitute for the inspired goofiness that was In Search Of… When, oh when will we have the DVD release? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/8 "2003-08-07T14:00:59Z")
Leonard Nimoy played in both incarnations of “The Outer Limits’” productions of “I, Robot,” thirty years apart, although they were different roles. I actually liked the remake a little more. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/9 "2003-08-07T17:16:35Z")
Check out a very young Leonard Nimoy on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” sometime. I believe he also had a role or two on Serling’s “The Twilight Zone.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/10 "2003-08-07T17:55:14Z")
He was on _Get Smart_ once, too. His niche seems to be self-parody on _Simpsons_ and _Futurama_, though. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/11 "2003-08-07T18:00:35Z")
Weren’t both Nimoy and Shatner in an episode of \*The Outer Limits? He was also in the last season or so of _Mission: Impossible_ where he played the character Paris. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/12 "2003-08-07T18:10:35Z")
He was already in a sci-fi niche before _Star Trek_, tho he did do a couple of westerns, too. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/13 "2003-08-07T19:58:55Z")
And don’t forget Zombies of the Stratosphere! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-cruelly-disappointed-wallow-in-memories-of-nimoy-goodness-here/193454/14 "2003-08-07T22:00:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > I have an mp3 of Leonard Nimoy singing “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins”. So :p. The video’s online, too. Google will find it.