#elder!de

Looks like he had his hand in his pocket most of the time during his visit to NASA (both hands even).

Young or elder— hand in pocket.

He wanted to put his hand in his pocket, but the cigarette (Marlboro 100’s) was in the way.

I’ve been dealing with the gif version of staircase wit since my last suggestive!De post, so here, please have an addendum.

DeForest Kelley, ca. 1982: “Lol, what do you mean ‘headcanon.’”

He starts off hesitantly, like he’s not sure he should do this again on live TV.

But then the host gets him talking about his wife, and next thing you know, he’s all in.

Old habits die hard?

DeForest Kelley, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, “Giants Never Kneel” (1970)

De’s role in this is small, so confession, I didn’t watch beyond figuring out his role (executive assistant to some mega-rich sick guy). It’s on YouTube if anyone has the patience, though. De didn’t do a whole lot of things between TOS and TMP, so it’s kind of a treat to see him in this, esp. with the 70s hair.

DeForest Kelley, Ironside, “Warrior’s Return” (1970)

I haven’t watched this yet, either. From what I can see, De is only in a couple short scenes, though ofc, it’s always lovely to see him in a post-TOS non-McCoy role (the 70s hair!).

DeForest Kelley, Marriage on the Rocks (1965)

This one’s also more of a “sighting,” since despite achieving Olympic levels of DILF, De is only in this one scene.

There’s a good anecdote, though, if anyone can find it (no luck here) — IIRC, Sinatra and Martin were bitter their friend wasn’t cast and made a bet that they could get De to mess up, so they flubbed their own lines repeatedly, leading to retake after retake. De, meanwhile, just wanted to do the scene and get paid, bc unlike the Rat Pack, he was just a regular guy with bills to pay.