Vulcan salute Leonard Nimoy for the "Star Trek" episode "Amok Time", which was the first episode with Vulcans other than Spock. Nimoy wanted something to help develop the Vulcans sociologically and suggested that Vulcans have a gestural greeting. He then proposed the (now globally-recognized) sign. The accompanying spoken blessing, "live long and prosper" – ""dif-tor heh smusma"" in the Vulcan language (as spoken in "") – also appeared for the first time in "Amok Time", scripted by Theodore Sturgeon. The less-well-known reply is "peace and long life", though it is sometimes said first, with "live long and prosper" as the reply. The
Strutter (TV series) character of Mike Strutter originally appeared in a Dennis Pennis video release named "Dennis Pennis RIP: Too Rude to Live" in which he "killed off " the Pennis character. Kaye had wanted to do something with the character for years, so he and comedy writer/performer Paul Garner developed a format. Garner has said in interviews he would sit at home watching TV making his own "Strutter"-style voiceovers. The show aired two full series, in 2006 and 2007. In 2011 "Strutter" writer Paul Garner (comedian) wrote on his official website: "It has been a constant source of frustration and incredulity to