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For the Love of Spock

Fan mail startedarriving pretty regularly in late '66, and there was some issuewhether or...

Fan mail started
arriving pretty regularly in late '66, and there was some issue
whether or not the studio
would handle the mail, the network would
handle the mail

Full Transcript

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Fan mail started arriving pretty regularly
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in late '66,
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and there was some issue whether or not the studio would handle the mail,
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the network would handle the mail.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:52
Uploaded
Nov 01, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
455 Films

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Movie Summary

An examination of the enduring appeal of Leonard Nimoy and his portrayal of Spock in Star Trek: The Original Series (1966).
They didn't want to do it. They wanted, you know, Leonard to handle the mail, - For the Love of Spock 00:06
They didn't want to do it. They wanted, you know, Leona...
There was an interview in "16 Magazine," - For the Love of Spock 00:14
There was an interview in "16 Magazine,"
Within days, the mailman stopped coming. - For the Love of Spock 00:05
Within days, the mailman stopped coming.
It was a truck that arrived with sacks of mail, - For the Love of Spock 00:08
It was a truck that arrived with sacks of mail,
We had the dining room table all set up - For the Love of Spock 00:09
We had the dining room table all set up
It was one of our "family activities," - For the Love of Spock 00:06
It was one of our "family activities,"
And to show you how naive I was, - For the Love of Spock 00:08
And to show you how naive I was,
You know, I'd never dreamed that there was going to be any, - For the Love of Spock 00:10
You know, I'd never dreamed that there was going to be ...
We started getting a lot of fan mail, not only fan mail, - For the Love of Spock 00:08
We started getting a lot of fan mail, not only fan mail,
We started getting people driving by the house, and parking, - For the Love of Spock 00:10
We started getting people driving by the house, and parking,
Some of them would knock on the door - For the Love of Spock 00:06
Some of them would knock on the door
It got really crazy. Yeah, yeah. - For the Love of Spock 00:06
It got really crazy. Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, that was kind of exciting - For the Love of Spock 00:06
Yeah, that was kind of exciting
People were following me in the street, - For the Love of Spock 00:07
People were following me in the street,
And they didn't have any idea what "Star Trek" was. - For the Love of Spock 00:06
And they didn't have any idea what "Star Trek"...
He had a picture of me as Spock up on the wall in the barbershop, - For the Love of Spock 00:09
He had a picture of me as Spock up on the wall in the barber...
Once word filtered through to network executives - For the Love of Spock 00:21
Once word filtered through to network executives
Leonard was the secondary character. - For the Love of Spock 00:06
Leonard was the secondary character.
But when the show went on the air, - For the Love of Spock 00:10
But when the show went on the air,
So I'm asked to be the captain, - For the Love of Spock 00:09
So I'm asked to be the captain,