tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post7581075760473857054..comments2024-03-27T05:06:05.811+01:00Comments on Shatner's Toupee: Studio One: "The Defender" - a toupological analysis.ShatToupBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17135455289206032317noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-3405344608454276452019-06-09T02:37:42.187+02:002019-06-09T02:37:42.187+02:00I watched both episodes of this last night. It...I watched both episodes of this last night. It's easy enough to find online, for example:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlvK6iGi5is<br /><br />I still find it rather astounding that the whole thing was shot live. It must have been an intense and tightly-controlled shooting choreography the likes of which was rarely seen again, considering how many more filming tools became available in later years.<br /><br />Now, most reviewers seem to concentrate on the work of Bellamy and McQueen, but I thought Shatner got quite a peachy role as well (which he delivered on). McQueen himself, as a rather weathered-looking 27yo playing a 19yo, was arguably miscast, altho he did give a nice performance. And, very cool that this single two-parter was the direct basis of a successful series that came after, "The Defenders."<br /><br />Lastly, as good as this ep was, I suspect it contained a lot of holes in terms of legal procedure, for example, the surprise witnesses and the trick employed at the end. There's some comments in other venues that go in to this more, for example:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1CI0BZZZRHVP9/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00006RJHB<br /><br />Btw, I'm not sure if OP mentioned it or not, but the two episodes were evidently filmed months apart, even though they were meant to portray consecutive days. What I'm trying to get at is that Shatner's hair must have been prepared somewhat differently, even if only subtly.Jessie T. Jeffersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510305813415564100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-42600310060443358352009-12-15T04:51:23.484+01:002009-12-15T04:51:23.484+01:00In every photo with Ralph Bellamy, he seems to sta...In every photo with Ralph Bellamy, he seems to stare suspiciously at Shatner's hair.Ratty Lost Years Piecenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-65754480506385633642009-12-15T01:30:46.582+01:002009-12-15T01:30:46.582+01:00No, can't agree with that notion. From Twiligh...No, can't agree with that notion. From Twilight Zone to Thriller to For the People and all through Star Trek the front hairline of Shatner's was totally artificial. Nothing real there at all.<br /><br />BTW, if Obama can win a Nobel Peace Prize, The team of Toupologists responsible for The Defender analysis should win the Nobel Prize for Science. Congratulations for this superb effort.RMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-63406070778573918962009-12-14T23:53:08.158+01:002009-12-14T23:53:08.158+01:00The secret of Shatner's toup in the early peri...The secret of Shatner's toup in the early period through Trek is really quite simple and as it ever was - the front of his hairline (or peak) remained, but the hair behind it and at the sides went. Thus he could don a toup and sweep his own remaining frontal hair back over it, or he could part it to the side with the frontal hairs looking authentic - because they were. The latter type is painfully obvious in most Trek - the hair at the immediate front is real, but the hair behind that, extending to the sides, is not. It is most evident on the side his "hair" was parted - this is the lace Bob referred to. It was all helped by the application of copious hair oil<br /><br />See here for a super-sized example http://www.canadiancontent.net/images/people/picture/William-Shatner.jpg<br /><br />and oiled up<br />http://unearthedarcana.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/shatner_kirk11.jpg<br /><br />This final example shows it well - the toup "begins" about half an inch back from the front hairline<br />http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/news/kirk.jpgAlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-61113191761240915322009-12-14T11:17:23.281+01:002009-12-14T11:17:23.281+01:00I believe this is an example of a modern-day Shatn...I believe this is an example of a modern-day Shatner toupee<br />http://www.boston-legal.org/big/big-williamshatner-cu-8-14-2006.jpgRMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-13695403982203631602009-12-14T10:54:18.357+01:002009-12-14T10:54:18.357+01:00So 1958 was basically The Year of the Toup, where ...So 1958 was basically The Year of the Toup, where Shatner was concerned, if we discount The Brothers Karamazov as being a stage wig instead of a toupee.<br /><br />From some angles, Shat's hair looked okay in No Deadly Medicine and pretty bad from other angles.<br /><br />The next production he starred in was an installment of Kraft Television Theatre called "The Velvet Trap" on January 8, 1958. I've never seen any pics from this episode.<br /><br />We know he had to have started wearing the toup regularly no later than May of 1958, as that's when The Protege episode came out where Shats co-starred with Jack Klugman. There are photographs available of this show on the Web that confirm this.RMnoreply@blogger.com