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Posted by: LeopardHead on Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 10:43 PM
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In my Dad's last piece, he talked about how he approaches humor. I can definitely attest to the fact that humor has always played a big part in his life, and in his family. He is often found making a pun or pulling a practical joke on someone.
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In my Dad's last piece, he talked about how he approaches humor. I can definitely attest to the fact that humor has always played a big part in his life, and in his family. He is often found making a pun or pulling a practical joke on someone.
If you've ever heard him speak at a Convention, you've probably heard the jokes he's played on Leonard, Deforest, and the other cast members of Star Trek. My earliest memory of a "set" joke came when I was on the "Miri" episode. I remember going into the make-up room, where I saw my Dad sitting in the make-up chair. He told me something strange had happened to him, and lowered his arm down to me so I could see the inside area near his elbow. On his skin was growing a blue and red colored…mass? Growth? Disease? I couldn't tell. He played it serious, until I actually started to get upset. Then he laughed and told me to touch it. It was rubber! Even back then he was trying to fake me out.
Another moment came on the Barbary Coast set when my sisters and I came to visit him. An old man approached us and started asking us for money. We had been taught to ignore strangers, so we stayed quiet, hoping he would go away. He didn't; in fact, he was starting to become a real menace. We started getting worried, but then he laughed and talked in his normal voice. You guessed it; it was my dad the whole time. He had faked all of us out for at least ten minutes.
I also remember a moment on the Star Trek Three movie, when he was playing around with a phaser while he and Leonard waited for a shot to be set up. I looked at him and said, "Dad, you play cowboys and Indians for a living." He snapped the phaser together and pointed at me. 'That's right, my kids have finally found me out," he told Leonard. They burst into laughter and continuing laughing for several minutes. Ha, ha, I thought, he did it again.
These moments are typical for my Dad. I love that he always tries to do the silliest thing, the thing that will ensure a laugh. His humor is part of what makes him so special, and why he and I are always laughing when we're together. I guess getting faked out once in a while isn't so bad.
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