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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 13 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

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

I loved watching The Monkeys

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Name-Not-Applicable@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 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 3 points 1 year ago

Checkov was the original Wesley Crusher.