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From: brown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: vulcan triva question
Message-ID: <551@utflis.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 11:26:28 EST
Article-I.D.: utflis.551
Posted: Wed Oct 30 11:26:28 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 01:39:41 EST
References: <371@sesame.UUCP> <95300013@haddock.UUCP> <541@utflis.UUCP> <3133@hplabsb.UUCP>
Reply-To: brown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown)
Organization: FLIS, University of Toronto
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Summary: 

In article <3133@hplabsb.UUCP> morrell@hplabsb.UUCP writes:
>> In article <95300013@haddock.UUCP> jimc@haddock.UUCP writes:
>> >> Who knows the origin of the vulcan's spread-finger salute?
>> >...and during the shooting of "Amok Time", he suggested that this
>> >same hand configuration be used as a greeting on Vulcan.
>> >				Jim Campbell
>> I agree.  Nimoy asked Celia Lovsky (T'Pau) if she could 'do this' when
>> they were discussing how to greet each other and since she could (Shatner
>> had to tie his fingers together in Search for Spock), they devised the
>> bit of business on the spot.
>Not quite true. Celia Lovsky had a fair amount of trouble 'doing it'.
>According to Nimoy, she had to hold her fingers apart just below
>the camera level until it was time.
>When it came time for her to greet Spock, she brought her hand up briefly
>from below the camera level.

Well, of cooooouuuurrrrrrse.  I always get ready before the cameras start
to roll too.  Doesn't everyone?
-from >> above.