WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.516 --> 00:00:05.016 (calm orchestral music) 2 00:00:11.280 --> 00:00:13.460 line:15% I'm Susan Bay Nimoy. 3 00:00:13.460 --> 00:00:18.460 line:15% Maybe you might be interested in how the ears were built. 4 00:00:18.550 --> 00:00:22.450 In 1962 or 3, 5 00:00:22.450 --> 00:00:25.690 when Leonard was called in to be fitted 6 00:00:25.690 --> 00:00:29.720 by his first set of ears, they were absolutely huge. 7 00:00:29.720 --> 00:00:32.550 And he felt he looked like a bunny rabbit, 8 00:00:32.550 --> 00:00:34.130 but no one would listen to him. 9 00:00:34.130 --> 00:00:36.410 And he could just imagine the jokes 10 00:00:36.410 --> 00:00:40.957 about the guy with the bunny ears from Vulcan. 11 00:00:40.957 --> 00:00:43.570 So when the pilot wasn't picked up 12 00:00:44.890 --> 00:00:49.890 and Kirk was now going to be played by William Shatner, 13 00:00:50.510 --> 00:00:55.503 Leonard was the only actor I believe from the first pilot. 14 00:00:57.310 --> 00:00:59.840 Leonard came and said, 15 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:03.310 "Can we talk about building the ears in a different way?" 16 00:01:03.310 --> 00:01:05.633 Through these many years, 17 00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:11.540 the ears have been transformed to really be something 18 00:01:11.540 --> 00:01:16.540 that one could imagine could be on a half-Vulcan, half-man. 19 00:01:17.690 --> 00:01:22.690 So Leonard was very instrumental in helping to sculpt 20 00:01:22.739 --> 00:01:25.530 what these ears would look like. 21 00:01:25.530 --> 00:01:30.530 Leonard had to show up in makeup and hair 22 00:01:30.550 --> 00:01:34.350 at 5:00 AM, sometimes at 4:30, 23 00:01:34.350 --> 00:01:36.360 if they were building out 24 00:01:36.360 --> 00:01:38.673 'cause they all played so many characters. 25 00:01:39.910 --> 00:01:41.770 To sit in that makeup chair, 26 00:01:41.770 --> 00:01:44.080 he learned how to fall asleep actually, 27 00:01:44.080 --> 00:01:47.250 while they were putting on the ears 28 00:01:47.250 --> 00:01:50.330 and the eyebrows, and everything. 29 00:01:50.330 --> 00:01:54.670 It was, it was for him, both a drag 30 00:01:54.670 --> 00:01:58.250 line:15% and also a way into Spock. 31 00:01:58.250 --> 00:02:02.451 line:15% He would leave the house, drive the 20 minutes to Paramount, 32 00:02:02.451 --> 00:02:06.780 line:15% sit in that chair, review in his head, 33 00:02:06.780 --> 00:02:10.240 what the day's work was going to look like. 34 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:15.180 And so it was such an integral part of the experience 35 00:02:15.180 --> 00:02:17.380 of playing Spock for Leonard. 36 00:02:17.380 --> 00:02:21.980 But most of the other actors showed up at seven. 37 00:02:21.980 --> 00:02:23.693 Leonard was there, you know, 38 00:02:23.693 --> 00:02:24.950 (snoring) 39 00:02:24.950 --> 00:02:26.630 while they put the ears on. 40 00:02:26.630 --> 00:02:31.630 The Spock ears were very much a part of Spock. 41 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:34.300 A part of Leonard. 42 00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:38.006 And Leonard was very involved 43 00:02:38.006 --> 00:02:41.523 in the creation of those ears over time. 44 00:02:43.616 --> 00:02:48.610 And they are a memento in the same way as "live long 45 00:02:48.610 --> 00:02:52.970 and prosper" is, or a lot of the memorabilia. 46 00:02:52.970 --> 00:02:57.180 But there are not many of them around. 47 00:02:57.180 --> 00:03:01.230 And so the set I've given in Leonard's honor 48 00:03:01.230 --> 00:03:05.510 line:15% to raise money for COPD, they're very precious. 49 00:03:05.510 --> 00:03:10.510 line:15% So if you love Spock, if you loved Spock, Leonard, go big. 50 00:03:14.090 --> 00:03:17.862 You can go to propstar.com and see 51 00:03:17.862 --> 00:03:20.576 the items I've offered for this auction 52 00:03:20.576 --> 00:03:22.801 and bid, 53 00:03:22.801 --> 00:03:24.284 bid high, 54 00:03:24.284 --> 00:03:26.575 bid with a full heart. 55 00:03:26.575 --> 00:03:27.408 Thank you.