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Published on
Feb 17, 2023

Buntsy Makes Everyone Watch Leonard Nimoy As Sherlock Holmes!

You crazy for this one, Spock.

Without our esteemed colleague Adam Grosswirth, we’d never have known what a big swing Kentucky Educational Television took in the mid-seventies withย The Universe & I —ย a series that featured Leonard Nimoy as Sherlock Holmes, but tackling middle-school earth-science questions instead of murders. Alternate timelines, weird pronunciations, retrofitted bathrobe frock coats, and credits that thank Frito-Lay all have their turn in this “Sherspock Holmes” curiosity.

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