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A question about Dr Spock

posted 8 years ago by ChasPitt
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Are his ears made from vulcanized rubber?

Good joke.

They would have been made of latex, which is non-vulcanized rubber.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latex

His name is Spock. He may have had a second name, which his mother admitted to having great difficulty pronouncing.

His title is Mr, which (I believe) is the way a ship's executive officer is usually addressed.

Dr Spock is Benjamin Spock. You can read about him here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Spock

Gene Roddenberry admitted to never having heard of Benjamin Spock prior to creating Mr Spock.

[–] kerryedavis 8 years ago

Admitted to? Maybe claimed. I don't know if there's any way to really be sure, even for HIM to have been sure.

[–] Choober 8 years ago

Mister Spock and not Dr Spock!

[–] ffnogoodnik 8 years ago

He could have been asking about the pediatrician.

[–] ben-thayer 8 years ago

OK..I am reminded of the typical bullies ragging we nerds in the early 70s when the big syndication push started:

"Star Track and ol' Dr. Spock! That's all you think about...Star Track and Dr. Spock!"

It never helped matters when we corrected them: "It's TREK, not Track...and it's *Mr.* Spock, Dr. Spock is a baby doctor!"

Ouch...☺

[–] kerryedavis 8 years ago

Baby doctor?

A little bitty doctor, right?

I remember Carson doing that years.... decades, ago. 

[–] jxh13 8 years ago

Or, perhaps, the President of Haiti?

[–] LarrupinLou 8 years ago

Mister Spock and not Dr Spock!

My grandfather always called him Dr. Spock, which is funny because, while he liked the character and show, he wasn't a big fan of Benjamin Spock himself.

No blah, blah, blah!

[–] doug65oh 8 years ago

You know it actually makes sense that your grandfather would have done that. At least here on Earth it’s customary to award those with advanced knowledge in one field or another doctoral degrees, isn’t it?

I had the opportunity to attend a lecture by Dr. Benjamin Spock once when I was in college. He was actually a very good speaker, totally fascinating as you might suppose. The thing I remember most though was his attire: A brown suit, light-colored shirt and an extremely bright fuchsia necktie. I’m not sure what the tie was made of, but it had a definite shine to it, even 50 feet back from the stage.

I told my roommate as we were leaving the lecture, “I’m glad he didn’t decide to wear a fuchsia suit, or we’d be blind for weeks!” 

[–] LarrupinLou 8 years ago

I told my roommate as we were leaving the lecture, “I’m glad he didn’t decide to wear a fuchsia suit, or we’d be blind for weeks!”

😃

He wasn't as big as he once was when I was a kid during the '70s, but he did pop up here and there still until his death.

No blah, blah, blah!