A "Weird ESP Experience"! Is There Any Other Kind?

It's from the May 29, 1984 issue of the Star, a wonderful tabloid carried by the convenience-store chain which employed me at the time.

Check out that first sentence.  How does somebody "literally" skyrocket to fame?  Wouldn't it scorch their undies?  And, since Nimoy had over a dozen acting credits before Star Trek, including The  Twilight Zone and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (the latter playing against William Shatner in one scene), how do you define unwarranted "skyrocket"?

End of rant, see ya Monday!