Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Toupee application pictures?



Ok, that is a deliberately misleading headline! What we actually have here are pictures from a somewhat tongue-in-cheek August 1967 feature for Movie Stars magazine showing Bill Shatner having a mold of his body made by the Star Trek costume department. Considering Bill Shatner's fluctuating waist-line, this must have been quite a frequent occurrence!

Normally, Bill Shatner would not have worn a toupee during such a procedure, as who wants to get plaster on it, right? But with the cameras there, it's an entirely different story.



Sourced from eBay.

9 comments:

  1. I feel the need to say something pompous again, so I will aver that the typographical style here provides an amusing counterpoint to the tonsorial twist in the tail!

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  2. These pics are scary!!

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  3. I'm assuming those are studio hairpieces he's wearing? They look pretty good.

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  4. @ 1st RM
    That's pretty weak sauce. I can write something much more pompous-sounding than that (and have).

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  5. Re: impostor. It's not anyone I know. Takes all kinds, I guess.

    One reason I post here so much is that I love typing out the word verifications

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  6. This post is really freak! Bill looks like a dummy. OK, the pics were staged, but l bet he feared that something could go wrong and damage his beloved toupee.

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  7. Great piece of film-making from the 1970's that features one of Bill's best toups from that era

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN2V2kx_vKY&feature=player_embedded

    Obey the Toupee!

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