The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Leonard Nimoy http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more! Fri, 25 May 2012 23:05:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=9221 Mighty Time Lord computing http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/mighty-time-lord-computing/ http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/mighty-time-lord-computing/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:02:53 +0000 Joe http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=21117 The Cynical C blog points us towards this set of classic adverts from the early days of personal computing with Tom Baker’s Doctor and Lalla Ward’s Romana selling us the latest in digital technology (hey, anyone remember the ‘paperless office’ promises of the early and mid 80s?). I’d completely forgotten about these, they were probably made around the time I was fiddling with my TI 99 4/a (ah, geek memories…), they are even funnier than the energy company ads William Shatner and Jimmy Doohan did several years ago. (via SF Signal’s Twitter)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJeu3LCo-6A

And since I mentioned the name of the Great Shat, here’s another vintage computer ad from around the same era with Bill extolling the virtues of the Vic 20:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHhsGaBwLro

And since there’s now a bit of a theme going, anyone remember Leonard Nimoy doing TV ads for Time computers a decade ago? Now vanished from high street stores like the Vic 20…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=71meib_q0MY

And here’s that power ad with The Shat and Jimmy Doohan selling us shares in the deregulated energy companies:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIfNv9qLvy4

And going back to Doctor Who again, I completely forgot that Jon Pertwee appeared in Vodafone ads along with Kyle McLaughlin:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9sCEmoCmDo

The things you can find on YouTube when you have a stinky cold at the weekend… Anyone recall any other science fiction stars being drafted in to sell us the latest tech?

]]> http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/mighty-time-lord-computing/feed/ 2 Tour the Griffith with Leonard Nimoy http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/tour-the-griffith-with-leonard-nimoy/ http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/tour-the-griffith-with-leonard-nimoy/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:25 +0000 Joe http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=20053 If you’ve got several grand to spare the world-famous Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles is auctioning a guided tour of the iconic facility (seen in many films and shows) – the tour guide for the occasion being none other than Leonard Nimoy. Now that would be quite brilliant. Bidding is already in excess of $5, 000 and the closing date is December 2nd (via BoingBoing).

Leonard Nimoy slef portrait with nude

(self portrait of and by Leonard Nimoy; I had no idea Leonard was a gifted photographer until I saw this via One Digital Life’s blog. More of Leonard’s photography here; warning, contains nudity. pic (c) Leonard Nimoy)

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