I heard him speak a few years ago at a dinner (No, not a Trekkie Convention!). He said the sign came from a Jewish religious service he attended as a kid. The Rabbi told everyone to bow their heads and close their eyes. Young Leonard sneaked a peep at the Rabbi and saw that he had both hands raised making the now-famous sign.
...was one of two parts. The second half of the sign couldn't be shown on TV. It was an intergalactic signal to his fellow horndogs throughout the universe:
I heard him speak a few years ago at a dinner (No, not a Trekkie Convention!). He said the sign came from a Jewish religious service he attended as a kid. The Rabbi told everyone to bow their heads and close their eyes. Young Leonard sneaked a peep at the Rabbi and saw that he had both hands raised making the now-famous sign.
...It wasn't just the rabbi. It was a group of "Kohanim" - Cohens.