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Can we take a moment to appreciate Chekov's hair in his early episodes? (startrek.website)
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I've been rewatching TOS recently, and I noticed that Chekov's hair had a mind of its own for a while. I took a few screenshots, looked up the story behind it, and made this really quick for anyone like me who wasn't aware.

Roddenberry wanted Chekov to bring in the youth audience, so they gave him a wig to try to make him look like he's from the Monkees or the Beatles... absolutely hilarious.

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[-] Hairyblue@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

I like his performance as Mr Bester on Babylon 5. He did a great job.

His hair was very thin by then

[-] bazus1@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Interestingly enough, The Monkees show started the same month (as all shows did back in the day) in '66. I think he was just covering his bases - if it didn't work out on Trek, he could transition over to be a Monkee.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago

That makes even more sense then! They didn't bring Chekov in until the second season, so they were probably trying to hastily compete with The Monkees.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

They went a bit too far and at some points instead of creating a character for the Monkees ..... they were starting to create an actual monkey.

[-] TonyToniToneOfficial@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I loved watching The Monkeys

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Bester would've been even more sinister with that hairstyle.

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Why would preteens care about his hair?

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 17 points 1 year ago

It was considered counter-culture at the time to have "long" scruffy hair like that as a guy. It was a little bit of youthful rebellion when the Beatles or The Monkees did it, so kids loved it.

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Teens I get, but preteens?

[-] Fal@yiffit.net 8 points 1 year ago

12 year olds? why is that unbelievable?

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Guess I'm really disconnected from the interests of children. I can't fathom a 12 year old caring about some dude's hairstyle.

[-] Monkeyhog@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Boy bands throughout history have made careers based on the fact that 12 year olds care about their haircut.

[-] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Have you somehow never met any pre-teens?

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I’m beginning to wonder that myself! 😂

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Meaning middle-schoolers

[-] Name-Not-Applicable@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I thought all the comments about “Bester” were about Bester from the Firefly episode “Out Of Gas”. Guess I need to check out Babylon 5.

[-] Hairyblue@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Babylon 5 tells a big story over the seasons. Characters grow and change through out it's run. You see people doing something in season one and don't know why/what it means. But they eventually come back to it and it weaves a great story. You'll love it.

[-] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 4 points 1 year ago

Checkov was the original Wesley Crusher.

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