"The Truth About Kirk and Spock" on MP3
A toast to 2009! Mazel Tov!
Captain Kirk
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Footloose Presents Women On The Way Festival - BENEFIT PERFORMANCE & PARTY
Footloose Presents WOMEN ON THE WAY FESTIVAL BENEFIT PERFORMANCE & PARTY at Shotwell Studios
Saturday, January 17, 2009 8:00 pm until midnight
Calendars and descriptions for all festival shows at www.ftloose.org
Advance tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/49360
Photo of Pumpdance Theater by Colin Hussey
See details below for descriptions and background on the artists in the benefit
NOTE: $25 donation (includes free ticket to another festival show)
Advance tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/49360
All other shows for the WOW Festival at two venues:
THE GARAGE: 975 Howard St, San Francisco: Thur-Sun, Jan 15 - Feb 1, 2009
SHOTWELL STUDIOS: 3252-A 19th Street, San Francisco
NOTE: There are no shows at Shotwell on Thursday, January 15 and Friday, January 16, 2009 so we can get ready for the benefit
Festival programs at Shotwell Studios run Sunday, Jan 18, plus Thursdays-Sundays, January 22 through February 1, 2009
All Shows at 8 PM; Reservations: 415-289-2000
Tickets: $20 cash/checks only at the door; $15 seniors/students
$15 discount advance purchase with credit card at www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006
Calendars and descriptions for all shows at www.ftloose.org
Shotwell Studios, located at 3252-A 19th Street in San Francisco's Mission district, is Footloose's own theater and will be the scene for the WOMEN ON THE WAY BENEFIT PERFORMANCE AND PARTY on SATURDAY JANUARY 17, 2009, 8:00 pm until midnight. Meet the artists, eat, drink, party and dance to DJ Cherry T. The festivities feature comedy, music, dance and burlesque performances hosted by William Shatner's Butt Girls. The stellar lineup includes Dr. Fantastic of Circus Finelli, Summer Shapiro, Pumpdance Theater, Stefanie Keys, Samantha Chanse, Kikélomo Adedeji, Joya Cory, Monsoon Dance Company, Ms. Killy Lee, The T Sisters, Ko Labs Theater Company, Vixen Noir, Kelly Bowker, Ara Glenn-Johanson, SoShe's Performance Collective, Pamela Mackenzie, plus Rosie Fry and Friends!
William Shatner's Butt Girls will host this marathon evening of talent with a sampler of the WOW Festival plus musical guests and comedy, comedy, comedy! Web personalities Jungle Kitty and Lene Taylor have been doing their podcast for three years and now go where no one has dared go before! Live onstage with Shatner games, Trektastic prizes and a special appearance by Captain Kirk's mom.
ACT I: 8:00-9:00
Introduction by Butt Girls
Dr. Fantastic, Circus Finelli clown
Rosie Fry and Friends, improv comedy
Joya Cory, theater
Ara Glenn-Johanson, singer
Pumpdance Theater: Pearl Marill and Cason MacBride, physical comedy
Karishma's Monsoon Dance Company Bollywood dance class and performance
ACT II: 9:15-10:15
Live music by Ko Labs Theater Company
Butt Girls interview with Captain Kirk's Mom
Kelly Bowker and dancers
Stefanie Keys, singer songwriter, guitarist
Summer Shapiro, clown comedy
ACT III: 10:30-11:45
Butt Girls Game Show
Pamela Mackenzie, comic theater
Samantha Chanse, standup comedy
Kikélomo Adedeji and Alan Choy, chanteuse and pianist
Vixen Noir, caberet
The T Sisters, singers
Ms. Killy Lee, burlesque dance
SoShe's Performance Collective
Stefanie Keys is a multi-talented singer songwriter from the Bay Area with a vocal range that covers balls to the wall R&B, funk and everything in between. Her new CD, Say You Will, includes Peter Keys of SeePeoples and P-funk, Dan Ingenthron on bass from SeePeoples, Jay Lane of RatDog, Dave Shul of Spearhead, Clip Payne of P-Funk, and the P-Funk Horn Players. Stefanie is "Powerful Soulful Magnetic JuJu" - Rhiannon www.myspace.com/stefaniekeys
Luz Gaxiola is Dr. Fantastic and a member of the female comedy circus troupe Circus Finelli, which tours and performs regularly in the Bay area. The doctor gives a demonstration of her invention H2Whoa! while fending off attacks from her nemesis, the FDA. www.Circusfinelli.com
Rosie Fry and Friends will tear it up with improvisational comedy by teenagers from Marin School of the Arts. Rosie Fry is a budding filmmaker with her own screen credit from the Altered Barbie Festival this past summer. See In Barbie's World on www.youtube.com for an unusual take on Barbie Mattel.
Pumpdance Theater director Pearl Marill duets with Cason MacBride in the hilarious audience favorite at the recent ODC Pilot, Missed Connection. They search Craigslist for love and find each other (sometimes). Pumpdance will perform at The Garage as part of WOW. "Pearl Marill is a choreographer with a future. Her movement and presentation ideas combine to keep the audience both intrigued and outrightly amused by her stories. "Remoter Control" is a selection of dance pieces that range from the silly to the sublime..." Paul Sinasohn, SF Bay Times
Samantha Chanse injects some dry wit into her standup comedy set to light up the night. Her solo theater piece, Back to the Graveyard, is having its premiere in the WOW festival at Shotwell. Sam presents her work locally and nationally. As a standup, she plays venues from bars to The Laugh Factory (NY and LA), the Purple Onion and the Herbst Theater. "Spiked with surreal celebrity trash-culture references, sardonic moral relativity, and Chanse's biting wit, LFV celebrates irreverent political incorrectness and the societal gray areas in all of us." Connie Hwong, Flavorpill For more, visit www.samanthachanse.com.
Kikélomo Adedeji communes with her high-heeled muse, Luscious who has finally found love and is going to sing about it with piano accompaniment by Alan Choy. Kiké is an actor, singer, and writer, acting in original musicals, plays, performance art pieces and her own solos; currently Tolula, which will be presented in February at the Ross Valley Players Solo Festival in Marin and in April at Shotwell Studios as part of the AIM residency program.
Monsoon Dance Company, founded by choreographer Karishma will perform fun, fast-paced dances to contemporary Indian film songs which are a fusion of Indian Bollywood moves with elements of jazz and hip-hop! "Try it out!" Karishma and group will start with a Bollywood lesson and teach basic moves to a song that her group will then perform! Karishma is a new teacher at Shotwell Studios starting in February with a Bollywood class on Wednesday evenings.
Photo of Karishma by Lydia Daniller
Joya Cory plays Elayne in The Most Beautiful Showgirl in the World, a short solo about an aging Las Vegas showgirl who tells her colorful story to a tabloid reporter, including her indictment on charges that she murdered her second husband. Written by Janet Johnston in Cory's Solo Performance Workshop, the piece was seen at The Marsh in 2006 and is now revived with freelance director and writer, Maureen Mary Studers. Cory has been an improviser and actor since 1971. Her original theatre pieces include The Dalai Lama Doesn't Need a Face Lift. She is a director, teaches Full Spectrum Improvisation, and leads communication and creativity trainings. www.joyacory.com
Pamela Mackenzie takes a wry eye to the American obsession with fat in her solo Fat is a 4-letter word, directed by Pamela Ciochetti as part of WOW at Shotwell. No matter what your body image, this hilarious take on living fat in a culture fixated on being thin will have you asking for more. Pamela has extensive regional theatre experience as a leading lady, supporting and chorus ensemble roles in musicals and operettas; plus director of various productions.
The T Sisters (Chloe, Rachel, and Erika Tietjen) will sing excerpts from their original music A Murmured Tale, based on The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson. Their style is a mix of haunting folk melodies, cascading harmonies, flamboyant group numbers and soulful wailing. They recently took the Starry Plough by storm and are on the open mic circuit picking up fans and new band members along the way. As Footloose AIM residents, they plan on performing the full blown version complete with wacky costumes in 2009.
Kelly Bowker, an AIM resident (who is showcasing new work at Shotwell on February 27 and 28, 2009),will bring dancers, Gretchen Garnett, Jaime Rangeley and Kristina Kirshner to perform their work in progress. Kelly will perform her solo, Le Moulin, a playful piece utilizing her gymnastic skills with quirky movement to music of the same name. Kelly has danced for Clancyworks, Catscratch Theater and Her Pic Productions and presented choreography at the American College Dance Festival, at Dance Mission and in ODC's pilot program.
Ara Glenn-Johanson will preview melodies from Earthstepper, her WOW solo which will be shown at the Garage. The piece layers dance, singing and vocal soundscaping into expressions of loneliness from across a thousand years: a 10th century poem, an 18th century folk ballad and a present day reflection. Ara's work has been shown in the Summer Performance Festival at The Garage, 2nd Sundays at CounterPULSE and the Celebrate Dance Festival in San Diego.
Ko Labs Theater Company will perform music from their experimental musical Endless Frontier. The full-length version is in the WOW festival at The Garage. Set against a giant mountain of junk, the cast turns the national pastime of consumption and expansion into the notion of Manifest Destiny. Director, Niki Selken, is an experimental playwright, performer and musician who debuted this production in the 2008 SF Fringe Festival. She is also DJ Cherry T and will be spinning for the WOW party. www.kolabs.org
Vixen Noir (aka Veronica C. Combs) will perform a teaser from Sweet Deliverance, her sexy, funny, edgy and raucous solo to be shown in its entirety as part of WOW at Shotwell. Vixen's fierce mix of storytelling, poetry, songs, burlesque and dance culminates in an explosive climax that might make you look at your own sexuality in a whole different light! www.unleashyourfire.com
Ms. Killy Lee the bootyful buccaneer shimmies to a shanty! But she needs your help, so participate or walk the plank! Ms. Killy Lee is the pirate persona of Kerri Lee Myers, a burlesque performer with Hot Pink Feathers who is also a dancer and choreographer with SoShe's Performance Collective performing in WOW at The Garage.
Soshe's Performance Collective will provide amusement by spoofing their ensemble in a smorgasbord of their work being presented at The Garage for the WOW festival. www.myspace.com/soshescollective
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Footloose is funded in part by grants from the Zellerbach Family Fund, Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax, the Argosy Foundation, generous businesses and individuals. Corporate sponsors are Copy Central and the SF BAY GUARDIAN.
Saturday, January 17, 2009 8:00 pm until midnight
Calendars and descriptions for all festival shows at www.ftloose.org
Advance tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/49360
Photo of Pumpdance Theater by Colin Hussey
See details below for descriptions and background on the artists in the benefit
NOTE: $25 donation (includes free ticket to another festival show)
Advance tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/49360
All other shows for the WOW Festival at two venues:
THE GARAGE: 975 Howard St, San Francisco: Thur-Sun, Jan 15 - Feb 1, 2009
SHOTWELL STUDIOS: 3252-A 19th Street, San Francisco
NOTE: There are no shows at Shotwell on Thursday, January 15 and Friday, January 16, 2009 so we can get ready for the benefit
Festival programs at Shotwell Studios run Sunday, Jan 18, plus Thursdays-Sundays, January 22 through February 1, 2009
All Shows at 8 PM; Reservations: 415-289-2000
Tickets: $20 cash/checks only at the door; $15 seniors/students
$15 discount advance purchase with credit card at www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006
Calendars and descriptions for all shows at www.ftloose.org
Shotwell Studios, located at 3252-A 19th Street in San Francisco's Mission district, is Footloose's own theater and will be the scene for the WOMEN ON THE WAY BENEFIT PERFORMANCE AND PARTY on SATURDAY JANUARY 17, 2009, 8:00 pm until midnight. Meet the artists, eat, drink, party and dance to DJ Cherry T. The festivities feature comedy, music, dance and burlesque performances hosted by William Shatner's Butt Girls. The stellar lineup includes Dr. Fantastic of Circus Finelli, Summer Shapiro, Pumpdance Theater, Stefanie Keys, Samantha Chanse, Kikélomo Adedeji, Joya Cory, Monsoon Dance Company, Ms. Killy Lee, The T Sisters, Ko Labs Theater Company, Vixen Noir, Kelly Bowker, Ara Glenn-Johanson, SoShe's Performance Collective, Pamela Mackenzie, plus Rosie Fry and Friends!
William Shatner's Butt Girls will host this marathon evening of talent with a sampler of the WOW Festival plus musical guests and comedy, comedy, comedy! Web personalities Jungle Kitty and Lene Taylor have been doing their podcast for three years and now go where no one has dared go before! Live onstage with Shatner games, Trektastic prizes and a special appearance by Captain Kirk's mom.
ACT I: 8:00-9:00
Introduction by Butt Girls
Dr. Fantastic, Circus Finelli clown
Rosie Fry and Friends, improv comedy
Joya Cory, theater
Ara Glenn-Johanson, singer
Pumpdance Theater: Pearl Marill and Cason MacBride, physical comedy
Karishma's Monsoon Dance Company Bollywood dance class and performance
ACT II: 9:15-10:15
Live music by Ko Labs Theater Company
Butt Girls interview with Captain Kirk's Mom
Kelly Bowker and dancers
Stefanie Keys, singer songwriter, guitarist
Summer Shapiro, clown comedy
ACT III: 10:30-11:45
Butt Girls Game Show
Pamela Mackenzie, comic theater
Samantha Chanse, standup comedy
Kikélomo Adedeji and Alan Choy, chanteuse and pianist
Vixen Noir, caberet
The T Sisters, singers
Ms. Killy Lee, burlesque dance
SoShe's Performance Collective
Stefanie Keys is a multi-talented singer songwriter from the Bay Area with a vocal range that covers balls to the wall R&B, funk and everything in between. Her new CD, Say You Will, includes Peter Keys of SeePeoples and P-funk, Dan Ingenthron on bass from SeePeoples, Jay Lane of RatDog, Dave Shul of Spearhead, Clip Payne of P-Funk, and the P-Funk Horn Players. Stefanie is "Powerful Soulful Magnetic JuJu" - Rhiannon www.myspace.com/stefaniekeys Luz Gaxiola is Dr. Fantastic and a member of the female comedy circus troupe Circus Finelli, which tours and performs regularly in the Bay area. The doctor gives a demonstration of her invention H2Whoa! while fending off attacks from her nemesis, the FDA. www.Circusfinelli.com
Rosie Fry and Friends will tear it up with improvisational comedy by teenagers from Marin School of the Arts. Rosie Fry is a budding filmmaker with her own screen credit from the Altered Barbie Festival this past summer. See In Barbie's World on www.youtube.com for an unusual take on Barbie Mattel.
Pumpdance Theater director Pearl Marill duets with Cason MacBride in the hilarious audience favorite at the recent ODC Pilot, Missed Connection. They search Craigslist for love and find each other (sometimes). Pumpdance will perform at The Garage as part of WOW. "Pearl Marill is a choreographer with a future. Her movement and presentation ideas combine to keep the audience both intrigued and outrightly amused by her stories. "Remoter Control" is a selection of dance pieces that range from the silly to the sublime..." Paul Sinasohn, SF Bay Times
Samantha Chanse injects some dry wit into her standup comedy set to light up the night. Her solo theater piece, Back to the Graveyard, is having its premiere in the WOW festival at Shotwell. Sam presents her work locally and nationally. As a standup, she plays venues from bars to The Laugh Factory (NY and LA), the Purple Onion and the Herbst Theater. "Spiked with surreal celebrity trash-culture references, sardonic moral relativity, and Chanse's biting wit, LFV celebrates irreverent political incorrectness and the societal gray areas in all of us." Connie Hwong, Flavorpill For more, visit www.samanthachanse.com.
Kikélomo Adedeji communes with her high-heeled muse, Luscious who has finally found love and is going to sing about it with piano accompaniment by Alan Choy. Kiké is an actor, singer, and writer, acting in original musicals, plays, performance art pieces and her own solos; currently Tolula, which will be presented in February at the Ross Valley Players Solo Festival in Marin and in April at Shotwell Studios as part of the AIM residency program.
Monsoon Dance Company, founded by choreographer Karishma will perform fun, fast-paced dances to contemporary Indian film songs which are a fusion of Indian Bollywood moves with elements of jazz and hip-hop! "Try it out!" Karishma and group will start with a Bollywood lesson and teach basic moves to a song that her group will then perform! Karishma is a new teacher at Shotwell Studios starting in February with a Bollywood class on Wednesday evenings.Photo of Karishma by Lydia Daniller
Joya Cory plays Elayne in The Most Beautiful Showgirl in the World, a short solo about an aging Las Vegas showgirl who tells her colorful story to a tabloid reporter, including her indictment on charges that she murdered her second husband. Written by Janet Johnston in Cory's Solo Performance Workshop, the piece was seen at The Marsh in 2006 and is now revived with freelance director and writer, Maureen Mary Studers. Cory has been an improviser and actor since 1971. Her original theatre pieces include The Dalai Lama Doesn't Need a Face Lift. She is a director, teaches Full Spectrum Improvisation, and leads communication and creativity trainings. www.joyacory.com
Pamela Mackenzie takes a wry eye to the American obsession with fat in her solo Fat is a 4-letter word, directed by Pamela Ciochetti as part of WOW at Shotwell. No matter what your body image, this hilarious take on living fat in a culture fixated on being thin will have you asking for more. Pamela has extensive regional theatre experience as a leading lady, supporting and chorus ensemble roles in musicals and operettas; plus director of various productions.
The T Sisters (Chloe, Rachel, and Erika Tietjen) will sing excerpts from their original music A Murmured Tale, based on The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson. Their style is a mix of haunting folk melodies, cascading harmonies, flamboyant group numbers and soulful wailing. They recently took the Starry Plough by storm and are on the open mic circuit picking up fans and new band members along the way. As Footloose AIM residents, they plan on performing the full blown version complete with wacky costumes in 2009.
Kelly Bowker, an AIM resident (who is showcasing new work at Shotwell on February 27 and 28, 2009),will bring dancers, Gretchen Garnett, Jaime Rangeley and Kristina Kirshner to perform their work in progress. Kelly will perform her solo, Le Moulin, a playful piece utilizing her gymnastic skills with quirky movement to music of the same name. Kelly has danced for Clancyworks, Catscratch Theater and Her Pic Productions and presented choreography at the American College Dance Festival, at Dance Mission and in ODC's pilot program.
Ara Glenn-Johanson will preview melodies from Earthstepper, her WOW solo which will be shown at the Garage. The piece layers dance, singing and vocal soundscaping into expressions of loneliness from across a thousand years: a 10th century poem, an 18th century folk ballad and a present day reflection. Ara's work has been shown in the Summer Performance Festival at The Garage, 2nd Sundays at CounterPULSE and the Celebrate Dance Festival in San Diego.
Ko Labs Theater Company will perform music from their experimental musical Endless Frontier. The full-length version is in the WOW festival at The Garage. Set against a giant mountain of junk, the cast turns the national pastime of consumption and expansion into the notion of Manifest Destiny. Director, Niki Selken, is an experimental playwright, performer and musician who debuted this production in the 2008 SF Fringe Festival. She is also DJ Cherry T and will be spinning for the WOW party. www.kolabs.org
Vixen Noir (aka Veronica C. Combs) will perform a teaser from Sweet Deliverance, her sexy, funny, edgy and raucous solo to be shown in its entirety as part of WOW at Shotwell. Vixen's fierce mix of storytelling, poetry, songs, burlesque and dance culminates in an explosive climax that might make you look at your own sexuality in a whole different light! www.unleashyourfire.com
Ms. Killy Lee the bootyful buccaneer shimmies to a shanty! But she needs your help, so participate or walk the plank! Ms. Killy Lee is the pirate persona of Kerri Lee Myers, a burlesque performer with Hot Pink Feathers who is also a dancer and choreographer with SoShe's Performance Collective performing in WOW at The Garage.
Soshe's Performance Collective will provide amusement by spoofing their ensemble in a smorgasbord of their work being presented at The Garage for the WOW festival. www.myspace.com/soshescollective
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Footloose is funded in part by grants from the Zellerbach Family Fund, Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax, the Argosy Foundation, generous businesses and individuals. Corporate sponsors are Copy Central and the SF BAY GUARDIAN.
Monday, December 29, 2008
This is why the internet was created.
Phil Plait says, "If you are a Trek and a Who fan, then watch the whole thing, until the very end of the teaser for Part II. It is without any fear of exaggeration or contradiction when I say that it is the best thing ever to have happened ever in the history of everness. Ever." I disagree, because although there's Kirklight, Bill is NOT SHIRTLESS.
Do watch it all the way to the end. Heh.
Phil Plait says "WAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNT!"
And so do we. From Trekmovie:
"Diamond T has announced in their ‘E Spectrum’ online newsletter the its first exclusive for Toys R’ Us is none other than an Admiral Kirk ‘Khaaaannnn!’ 7" action figure. The action figure commemorates the iconic moment when Kirk "doesn’t mince words" and "expresses his true feelings" about Khan from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Star Trek toys are already starting to show up at TRU, and the Kirk exclusive will be available soon.
William Shatner’s famous vocal oscillation has been featured on licensed t-shirts, however this is the first time the outburst has been rendered as an action figure. Star Trek II actually did not have any figures around its release, although Playmates did put out a Saavik and Khan in the 1990s and in 2007 DST started offering a whole set of figures and toys to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The line includes some exclusive and limited items, such as Captain Clarke Terrell and Genesis Radiation Khan action figures. Now, frustrated Kirk joins the line."
A tip of the telescope to the Bad Astronomer!
"Diamond T has announced in their ‘E Spectrum’ online newsletter the its first exclusive for Toys R’ Us is none other than an Admiral Kirk ‘Khaaaannnn!’ 7" action figure. The action figure commemorates the iconic moment when Kirk "doesn’t mince words" and "expresses his true feelings" about Khan from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Star Trek toys are already starting to show up at TRU, and the Kirk exclusive will be available soon.William Shatner’s famous vocal oscillation has been featured on licensed t-shirts, however this is the first time the outburst has been rendered as an action figure. Star Trek II actually did not have any figures around its release, although Playmates did put out a Saavik and Khan in the 1990s and in 2007 DST started offering a whole set of figures and toys to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The line includes some exclusive and limited items, such as Captain Clarke Terrell and Genesis Radiation Khan action figures. Now, frustrated Kirk joins the line."
A tip of the telescope to the Bad Astronomer!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
The Nicest Thing...
From My Star Trek Scrapbook
We think that's his real hair. Thanks, Sean, for reminding us that this needed posting!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Go Bill! Go Boston Legal!
2009 SAG Award nominations:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan - "DEXTER" (Showtime)
JON HAMM / Don Draper - "MAD MEN" (AMC)
HUGH LAURIE / Gregory House - "HOUSE" (FOX)
WILLIAM SHATNER / Denny Crane - "BOSTON LEGAL" (ABC)
JAMES SPADER / Alan Shore - "BOSTON LEGAL" (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BOSTON LEGAL (ABC)
DEXTER (Showtime)
HOUSE (Fox)
MAD MEN (AMC)
THE CLOSER (TNT)
The SAG Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009.
C'mon, SAG voters! He deserves another award! And HE! WANTS! TO! WIN!
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan - "DEXTER" (Showtime)
JON HAMM / Don Draper - "MAD MEN" (AMC)
HUGH LAURIE / Gregory House - "HOUSE" (FOX)
WILLIAM SHATNER / Denny Crane - "BOSTON LEGAL" (ABC)
JAMES SPADER / Alan Shore - "BOSTON LEGAL" (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BOSTON LEGAL (ABC)
DEXTER (Showtime)
HOUSE (Fox)
MAD MEN (AMC)
THE CLOSER (TNT)
The SAG Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009.
C'mon, SAG voters! He deserves another award! And HE! WANTS! TO! WIN!
Show #101 - Dec 18
Episode 101 on MP3Presents!
Check out My Star Trek Scrapbook (not JK's or Lene's)
Steampunk Trek!
Lene reviews Nemesis- read this great article by Christopher Priest
Muddness by Scarlet
Boston Legal finale - JK calls it!
Happy Holidays! Happy Monkey!
"Mego Star Trek Lt. Uhura And Capt. Kirk Figures 8"inches Tall!! Please Read The Description Good!! She is Sold As Parts Only!! Her Joints Are Good!! ~Not Tight!! She Has Some Marks on Her Neck! Her Lips Has Rubs! Her Hair is Dry And Messed Up! I Dont Know if it Was Cut!! She Has Some Marks on Her Body!! She Has Lines on Both Legs Going Down!! Her Skin Color is Light in Some Places! There Are No Clothes or Shoes For Her!!! Capt.Kirk is Great Condition! Tight Joints! Clean Clothes! No Head Rubs!"
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Bill on Geraldo 1974
Two part interview, with blooper reel. Bill looks HAWT. Except for the shirt, which is dorky. I think he has a cold.
Note that at the con in NYC, Bill judged the costume contest and the women in it just jumped on him. Imagine that!
Part two has Leonard on the Mike Douglas show, talking about TMP - Leonard looks like he has his ST sideburns and haircut, so I think they must have just started filming. Then there's a piece from a 1994 TV special about his ST Memories. He also sounds like he has a cold!
Note that at the con in NYC, Bill judged the costume contest and the women in it just jumped on him. Imagine that!
Part two has Leonard on the Mike Douglas show, talking about TMP - Leonard looks like he has his ST sideburns and haircut, so I think they must have just started filming. Then there's a piece from a 1994 TV special about his ST Memories. He also sounds like he has a cold!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Bill shills, 70s edition
JK sent this to me with the subject "Oh the awfulness of the 70s for Bill!" But please note that like always, he gives 110% and plays straight man to a guy in a penguin suit. That's a professional for you.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
More Darmok!
This is turning into a subcategory of LAHB. If you haven't seen the Darmok episode, you need to. I don't care if you torrent it. It's great!
These images from Photoshop Phriday at Something Awful (from Jan 2007). Thanks to Logan and Christian for the link!
These images from Photoshop Phriday at Something Awful (from Jan 2007). Thanks to Logan and Christian for the link!
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Rare Star Trek video 4/5 - (movie opening - fan reviews, interviews)
This video contains:
Coverage of opening day for ST:TMP, with lots of fan interviews, including filking!
GREAT interview with Bill, about his take on Kirk (we'll discuss this in an upcoming show) - don't know why he's dressed like Thurston Howell III
Interview with Leonard in which is he is completely equivocal about everything
Coverage of opening day for ST:TMP, with lots of fan interviews, including filking!
GREAT interview with Bill, about his take on Kirk (we'll discuss this in an upcoming show) - don't know why he's dressed like Thurston Howell III
Interview with Leonard in which is he is completely equivocal about everything
Rare Star Trek video 3/5 (movie opening)
This video contains:
Movie premiere coverage, featuring clips of Joan Winston and Bjo Trimble and great footage from cons
More TV news from NYC about the opening - fans waiting on line and making sure we know they're TREKKERS, not Trekkies
Movie premiere coverage, featuring clips of Joan Winston and Bjo Trimble and great footage from cons
More TV news from NYC about the opening - fans waiting on line and making sure we know they're TREKKERS, not Trekkies
Rare Star Trek video 2/5 (news coverage of TMP opening)
This video has:
A longish (7 min) clip from the movie (reminding me how boring it is - and this is an action sequence!)
News coverage of the premiere, with Hugh Downs (Bill in a bow tie! Nichelle without makeup!)
A longish (7 min) clip from the movie (reminding me how boring it is - and this is an action sequence!)
News coverage of the premiere, with Hugh Downs (Bill in a bow tie! Nichelle without makeup!)
Rare Star Trek video - 1/5 (Con and movie coverage)
I was alerted to these vids recently - amazing stuff! There are 5 parts, so I'll post them consecutively with some notes.
This video contains:
Coverage of the NYC con in 1978 (by Barbara Feldon!) - check out Bill's shiny jacket - so hot!!
Annoucement of ST:TMP from a NYC TV station
Movie promo trailer, which seems to be narrated by the Exposition Police - I think this was not shown in theatres, but was sent to owners of movie theatres to get them to book the movie
This video contains:
Coverage of the NYC con in 1978 (by Barbara Feldon!) - check out Bill's shiny jacket - so hot!!
Annoucement of ST:TMP from a NYC TV station
Movie promo trailer, which seems to be narrated by the Exposition Police - I think this was not shown in theatres, but was sent to owners of movie theatres to get them to book the movie
Rare Trek video 5/5 (De Kelley interview)
Interview with DeForest Kelley on the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. What a great accent he has, and this is a wonderful interview. "Not a family reunion..."
Also some short clips with Stephen Collins, Persis Khambatta, and Gene Roddenberry.
Best Roddenberry quote: "We have the captain's love affair with his vessel, finally reunited with her...and it is almost sexual, the relationship of a man and a vessel like that..."
SEE I TOLD YOU SO!
Also some short clips with Stephen Collins, Persis Khambatta, and Gene Roddenberry.
Best Roddenberry quote: "We have the captain's love affair with his vessel, finally reunited with her...and it is almost sexual, the relationship of a man and a vessel like that..."
SEE I TOLD YOU SO!
Friday, December 05, 2008
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Election 2012
Über-geek joke alert!
I thought this was hilarious. Christian sent it to Logan, who didn't get it, who sent it to me, and I cracked up. One of my favorute TNG eps.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Incident on a Dark Street
The lovely and talented Jen sent us a present! It's a bad Bill movie, and it looks absolutely horrible. How can I tell? First, check out the DVD cover (click to embiggen):
Even though I haven't seen this movie, I'm 100% sure that this particular scene does not appear in it. We will not see a not-Willliam-Shatner body with a photoshopped Captain Kirk head, cut off at the knees, standing in the dark alley that was used for filming "My Name Is Prince" and various Pat Benatar music videos.
Then you turn it over to see how Bill really looks in the movie:
Ack! The mustache! It burns us!
That said, I'm sure Bill gives 100% to his really crappy role in a really crappy movie. Look for a review in an upcoming show.
Thanks, Jen!
Even though I haven't seen this movie, I'm 100% sure that this particular scene does not appear in it. We will not see a not-Willliam-Shatner body with a photoshopped Captain Kirk head, cut off at the knees, standing in the dark alley that was used for filming "My Name Is Prince" and various Pat Benatar music videos.
Then you turn it over to see how Bill really looks in the movie:
Ack! The mustache! It burns us!
That said, I'm sure Bill gives 100% to his really crappy role in a really crappy movie. Look for a review in an upcoming show.
Thanks, Jen!
Monday, December 01, 2008
Show #100 - Dec 1
Episode 100 on MP3The biggest, longest, not-safe-for-workiest LAHB EVER! Come celebrate with us for SHOW 100!
Wrath of Khan review - the RiffTrax version
TrekSpace thing
Horrifying sex toys (TOTALLY NSFW!!!) courtesy of Something Awful
Good hetfic with Kirk?
And a long discussion of everything
Saturday, November 29, 2008
National Shatner Month!
In addition to the usual reruns of Boston Legal on ION, TOS episodes on TVLand and Shatner movies on various channels, here's what going on in December:
December 1
Boston Legal, ABC, 10pm
December 2
Star Trek: 30 Years & Beyond, Bio, 10am*
Captain's Log, Bio, 9pm*
PREMIERE: Shatner's Raw Nerve, Bio, 10pm (Valerie Bertinelli), 10:30pm (Tim Allen)*
December 5
Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC, 12:01 am
December 8
Today Show, NBC, 10am
Live with Regis & Kelly, ABC, check your local listings for time
FINALE: Boston Legal (2 hours), ABC, 9pm
December 9
Shatner's Raw Nerve, Bio, 10pm (Jenna Jameson), 10:30pm (Jimmy Kimmel)*
December 16
Shatner's Raw Nerve, Bio, 10pm (Kelsey Grammer)*
December 21
Million-Dollar Password, CBS, 8pm
December 23
Shatner's Raw Nerve, Bio, 10pm (Judge Judy)*
*Repeats numerous times.
Bio is also showing its biography of Bill lots and lots of times.
Times shown here are Pacific Standard Time. You should check your local listings.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
At this time of year it's so important to ask ourselves...
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Happy Turkey Day from the Butt Girls
Monday, November 24, 2008
Uhura Vamps It Up
I've never seen this picture before and I don't think I've ever seen one like it before.
Found on this blog which, contrary to its name, is not about scrapbooking. Although there probably is something out there about Star Trek scrapbooking.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Still Goin' Strong
A photo of Nimoy, Kelley and Shatner recording (or just laughing at) Star Trek: The Animated Series.
And hot damn, is Shatner in character or what!
I refer of course to the prominent EVE. What a pro.
Click to embiggen. Ooo!
L.A. Times article here.
And hot damn, is Shatner in character or what!
I refer of course to the prominent EVE. What a pro.Click to embiggen. Ooo!
L.A. Times article here.
Hello? Continuity?
It's a plasma conduit! No, it's a planter! No, it's a plasma conduit!
Found on Trek BBS.
Found on Trek BBS.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
New Trek movie trailer up
You can watch the lovely hi-rez version at Apple. In the meantime, here's the crummy YouTube one:
I could do without Young Kirk, but the rest is cool.
Logan has more screencaps, including this one of Kirk getting some action:
Thanks to Xtian for the cap!
I could do without Young Kirk, but the rest is cool.
Logan has more screencaps, including this one of Kirk getting some action:
Thanks to Xtian for the cap!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Show #99
Episode 99 on MP3A few words about the recent election
The Return of Clinton Futurism? in io9
Some interesting facts about Roger Carmel and Harry Mudd
Bill as Dr. Who??
Spock cat web page
Takei's wedding
Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas, at Neonopolis
Own your own tribble
Rifftrax Trek movies
Bill's signature flying kick (a YouTube video)
And a big announcement!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Obama/Shatner/Takei
From today's SF Chronicle. Shatner: always in the news, always relevant, still has no common sense. And I like Obama in the gold shirt!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Bill on Bill
This is *fascinating*! A very low-key Bill talks about himself, apparently just before they started filming STV. One thing's for sure: he does get an A for Effort.
Thanks, Mr. Atoz!
Show #98 - Nov 2
Episode 98 on MP3I, Mudd remastered review!
Bill narrates a show about bad manners!
Worst comic book covers
The Shatner Project (formerly Shatner Vision)
A tribute page for Joan Winston
Jason Roestel writes about Trektinis - a different Trek podcast
IDEAS FOR SHOW 100???? HELP US!
Kirk makes googly eyes at Harry Mudd.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
A single word that says it all
This t-shirt is available at Forbidden Planet in NYC. Thanks to Jamie Dunst for letting us know.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Show #97 - Oct 22
Episode 97 on MP3Homework! Would Kirk go for the scruffy look if he was young today?
Pharyngula pairings
Some thoughts on last episode's interview
Klingons vs. Furries
Klingons for Jesus
Bill as Santa
The Tantra Chair (as seen on the TNG bridge)
Trek Guest Star DB
Trek fanzine donations?
Corinne Orr!
Not real facial hair
Friday, October 17, 2008
Bill doesn't just top this list...
HE OWNS IT!
I said a few weeks ago, Entertainment Weekly must have a crush on Bill because they keep doing lists that include him. Today, I am proven right. They have given Bill his own list!
Captain Kirk's 20 Best and Worst Moments
I officially declare this a "mag crush."
I said a few weeks ago, Entertainment Weekly must have a crush on Bill because they keep doing lists that include him. Today, I am proven right. They have given Bill his own list!
Captain Kirk's 20 Best and Worst Moments
I officially declare this a "mag crush."
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Drew Friedman: McCain/Obama as Kirk and Spock
From the New York Observer:
Leonard Nimoy approves of Barack Obama’s emotional detachment and logical approach to campaigning.
“He is measured and stable,” said Mr. Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock on Star Trek, and who has supported Mr. Obama since they first met about a year and a half ago at a small Los Angeles fund-raiser. “It’s true that he has an intellect that works for him, he handles difficult problems with aplomb. Reliability and stability are very important assets in this race, in these particularly volatile times.”
Mr. Obama, as far as anybody knows, does not greet strangers with a cloven V salute, practice debilitating neck pinches, bleed green or have a constitutional incapacity to fib. But his methodical, unflappable style and otherworldly resistance to overt displays of emotion—not to mention his temperamental inability, or refusal, to connect on a visceral level with working-class voters—makes him, by contemporary candidate standards, downright alien.
That’s usually not a good thing. Yet, with less than a month until Election Day 2008, the Vulcan is winning.
I think they're on to something here, except OH MY GOD HOW INSULTING TO KIRK! McCain looks a TROLL! He is in no way Kirk-like. I think he's more like Matt Decker after he went berserk. How about Kirk/Obama? Obama/Shatner? You know if Bill was running there's no way they'd lose because Bill Doesn't! Like! To Lose!
The best part, though, is this comment below the article:
Sarah Palin = Yeoman Janice Rand.
No doubt about it.
YES.
Monday, October 06, 2008
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Show #96 - Oct 5
Episode 96 on MP3Interview with Lene's brother! Where all is revealed about their Star Trek family history!
What do you want us to do for the 100th show?
What Bill shows to the cops when they catch him speeding
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Lene gets email.
I got spam email today:
I was so excited when I saw the subject header! Bill! In my email! For me!
But Bill wasn't attached.
Now I am sad. :-(
Subject: Bill for lene
From: "creighton yaser"
Date: Tue, September 30, 2008 2:05 am
Hello lene, the bill is attached. Password is 123.
I was so excited when I saw the subject header! Bill! In my email! For me!
But Bill wasn't attached.
Now I am sad. :-(
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Show #95 - Sept 21
Episode 95 on MP3Sex toy talk! Check out the Jack Rabbit Bendi Clitifier
I Slept With Kirk t-shirt (from Roddenberry.com)
Mego Bridge Set!
A Life in the Day of Bill
Michael Phelps vs. Captain Kirk
Homework: Why did Captain Kirk cross the road?
Sean Dicken alerts us to another media conquered! Go see all the Trek crapabilia at Entertainment Earth
We want Scene It! Star Trek NOW
We play Twenty Trek Questions- FAIL (the game, not us)
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Name that episode!
Let's not always see the same hands.
See what happens when Lene leaves me in charge of the blog?
See what happens when Lene leaves me in charge of the blog?
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