Leonard Nimoy: Self

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  [a flashing rock appears, making beeping sounds] 

  Leonard Nimoy : Yes, I can understand you. I'm Leonard Nimoy.

• Leonard Nimoy : At first glance, this player--

  [the rock flashes and beeps disapprovingly] 

  Leonard Nimoy : Excuse me. *Magnavision*...gives the appearance of a highly stylized record player. However I notice the absence of a stylus, or needle.

  [the rock flashes and beeps] 

  Leonard Nimoy : An optical laser scanner?

  [the rock flashes and beeps] 

  Leonard Nimoy : And Magnavision was the first consumer product in our galaxy to use it? Now that is an entirely new dimension in entertainment.

• Leonard Nimoy : Well, inside this small area, a low power laser beam projects, moving from the inside out. The opposite movement of a record player.

  [the rock flashes and beeps] 

  Leonard Nimoy : And LaserVision discs are played from the underside. Interesting. The encoded information on this disc is read by a laser beam. Mmm. That means that the picture and sound quality must be far superior to video tape reproduction.

  [the rock flashes and beeps] 

  Leonard Nimoy : I understand. If nothing touches the disc surface, there is virtually no wear out factor, and therefore it will play equally well time after time.

  [the rock flashes and beeps] 

  Leonard Nimoy : Obviously scratches won't affect this coated surface, and normal wear and tear should have no bearing on the quality.

  [the rock flashes and beeps] 

  Leonard Nimoy : [attempting to flex the videodisc he is holding]  It *does* seem well constructed. Uniquely so.

  [the rock flashes and beeps] 

  Leonard Nimoy : Yes, I would be *extremely* interested in exploring Magnavision's extraordinary capabilities. May we start?

  [the rock flashes and beeps] 

  Leonard Nimoy : Thank you.