I have always thought that the creators of that show specifically hired Nimoy to host that show, under the supposition that “Mr. Spock” would lend an air of logic and credibility to the goofy pseudoscience topics and conspiracy theories that they covered.
They tried to do a new version with Zachary Quinto (the movie Spock) as host. I never saw whether it actually happened, or was just in the planning stages.
It did make it to production. 2 seasons, 18 episodes.
I remember his plugs for the show always ended “I think you’ll find it … fascinating.”
My favorite episode will forever be the one about the Compte St Germain:
Surely the biggest problem with the remade version is that Quinto did not get to wear those stylin’ 1970s threads that Nimoy sported!
Oh for sure. When Mr. Spock, with full Mr. Spock gravitas, told ten-year-old me to fear the Bermuda Triangle, I for sure spent the next several years fearing the Bermuda Triangle.
I used to love In Search Of…
They all seemed so…plausable.
Then, a couple years ago, I decided to try one again. It was about the Lost Dutchman and his mine. I live about ten miles away from it…wherever it is. The Lost Dutchman is a BIG deal out here. Anyway, it was such happy hooey! Not only didn’t they get the facts right, they didn’t even film in the right locations! Major bringdown, man.
Yeah, it seemed so very thoughtful and deep to youngster me.