Raise your glasses and drink to Captain Kirk!

These lovely wineglasses have already sold but it sounds like Etsy will make more if you contact him/her/it.

Or you could probably get them at the Starfleet Academy Bookstore.

Holiday Trek crap isn't just for Christmas!

If I were the artsy-craftsy type, I'd make my Pez into Santa's reindeer.

Click here for more info. Thanks, Iddy.

TNG Dubbed in Nonsense

O.M.G. I laughed so hard at this. God, people are clever.

The Intruder on the Intertubes

Via MoreShat:

Just wanted to let you know that "Shame" aka "I Hate Your Guts" aka "The Intruder" is in the public domain and can be watched and legally downloaded here: www.archive.org/details/shame_



This 1962 film directed by Roger Corman stars William Shatner as a racist mystery man sent to stir trouble in a southern town that is about to integrate its high school. Roger Corman claims this is the only film of the over 300 he's produced to lose money. (That's a real shame!)

Show #119 - Dec 5

Episode 119 on MP3

Trek Crap for Xmas! Jacket, lamp, belt buckle, cookies, oil painting
Trekcore giveaway
Alexander T. Great!
Bill on sex and his abs
A really bad Trek movie review
Drunken Trekkies on the new movie

Bill's days at Stratford
Klingon Christmas Carol



SEND US COOKIES.

A Better Deleted Kirk Scene

Go, Drunken Trekkies!

Script for Shatner's Trek XI scenes posted

On Trekmovie.

3 words: Bill, don't sing.

If You Love Those Damn Space Hippies

Wii Games - E3 2010 - Rock Band

I can't believe the "instruments" don't include a bicycle wheel. But good work, G4!

Thanks, Shannon.

Today's Trek News: Spiders and KHAAAAN???

So I had to check out IMDB just now, to verify that Chris Pine was indeed in Princess Diaries 2 (and no, he couldn't act then either), when I see these two items of Trek related news:

William Shatner’s ‘Kingdom of the Spiders’ Coming To DVD

To some, nothing is scarier than spiders, unless you consider William Shatner’s career in the late 70’s (zing!). But there were a few exceptions and even Chris Pine can admit it’s pretty difficult to follow Shatner as James Tiberius Kirk. One film that Shatner did before throwing the maroon jumpsuit back on was a little film called Kingdom of the Spiders in which he takes down a legion of evil spiders.

Shatner played Dr Robert Hansen, who is sent to a small town after a serious of mysterious animal deaths, only to discover that it was only the beginning, and that an evil spider army was behind the whole thing. Finally, the film is making it’s way to DVD for all of us to relive, and we even have the original trailer for you to get excited for all over again.

Special features on the DVD include an all new interview with Shatner, audio commentary by Director John Bud Cardos, Producer Igor Kantor, spider wrangler Jim Brockett and Cinematographer John Morrill. Also included is a Spider Wrangler featurette and rare behind the scenes footage.

YEAH MORE SHATNER COMMENTARY! I hope it's as good as the stuff on Incubus.

But then there's this:

The rebirth of Khan: should he be played by an unknown in Star Trek 2?

Rumours abound that JJ Abrams - if he is to helm the revamped Enterprise's second outing - will cast Lost hunk Nestor Carbonell in the role made famous by Ricardo Montalban. Is that playing too safe?

Directors have their favourites. Follow David Lynch on his latest journey to Planet Weird and you'll probably find Laura Dern landed some time before you; pick up a Sam Raimi flick and don't be surprised if he's found some way to shoehorn in Bruce Campbell.

One of the things about last year's Star Trek revamp that impressed me most was that Jj Abrams didn't fall back on tried and tested actors from his previous ventures to populate the bridge of the USS Enterprise. Sure, there was Simon Pegg, who starred in the director's debut movie in charge, Mission Impossible 3, and Zoe Saldana from his Bad Robot production company's TV series Six Degrees. But Chris Pine was a near unknown, and the likes of Zachary Quinto and Karl Urban (whose Eomer in the Lord of the Rings trilogy was over half a decade ago) were plucked from Heroes - in which Abrams had no involvement - or obscure genre fare like Pathfinder.

We should perhaps give the film-maker the benefit of the doubt, then, over a new report that Nestor Carbonell, aka the mysterious Richard Alpert from Abrams's TV series Lost, is set to play Khan in the forthcoming sequel to Star Trek. The casting is not yet confirmed, and it's not even certain that the next installment of the adventures of Captain Kirk and co will focus on the bad-guy portrayed so memorably by Ricardo Montalban in 1982's excellent The Wrath of Khan. But the story emanates from comingsoon.net, who just posted a one-on-one interview with Abrams, so it's not too hard to imagine that it might have been sparked by some off-the-record comments that couldn't be published as part of the main piece.

NOOOOOOOOO! For the love of all that is good and pure in the world, DON'T DO KHAN! That is a surefire way to torpedo this new franchise in the second movie, DON'T DO IT!!!!

Expect more discussion of this on the next show.

Show #118 - Nov 14

Episode 118 on MP3

The Art of Khan on Facebook!
Bad fanfic from ATK
Incubus in 5 Minutes (courtesy of More Shat)
Unofficial William Shatner fansite
Con reports from Newsweek - Where Trekkies Were Born
Time Travel Chart

CONTEST - What should Carol Marcus be saying?


This is Alexandra Cabot. But that doesn't help me make more sense of that fic.


"Connnnnnnnnnfederacy!"

Bicycle Girls, Uhura Style

Courtesy of our friend Frederick at My Star Trek Scrapbook - he says:

The fantastic photo is not from my collection (sadly) but I found it on the Retrospace blog, located here. The page is from a 1969 cover article on Nichelle that features many good pics! But this one can't be beat for sheer awesomeness.

TOTALLY agree. There isn't even a measuring system on earth capable of calculating this awesomeness of Nichelle in this photo. Nichelle conquers the world!!

Conan, Levi & Bill, Part Deux

Those tweets were FAKE! O.M.G.

To help his buddy Conan avoid a lawsuit, Bill did a repeat appearance performing the Real Words(tm) of Levi Strauss.

Bill reads Levi Johnston's tweets

Go Bill! I love his expression on "LMAO", especially since I'm sure he has no idea what it means (even after it was explained to him multiple times).

My best,

Lene

Bill and his Wax Self: FREAKY!

Freaky! Freaky! Freaky!

Elizabeth is very funny in this interview. Allyson Lazar, is that you being interviewed?

Star Trek Weekend at Madame Tussaud

If you're in L.A. November 5-8, here's a coupon to get $8 off admission to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Get there quick before all the charm & hotness melts the Kirk figure!

Note that the coupon says STAR TREK THE EXHIBITION (still no punctuation but now they can afford ALL-CAPS!) is also in L.A. Hey, LAHB stringers, go forth and report back! How is this different from what's in San Jose?

From NBC-LA:

Few fictional characters have mastered the still pose like Captain Kirk. The hand-on-chin thinking pose. The listening-to-Spock-incredulously pose. The quiet-sitting-and-staring-at-the-Klingon-Bird-of-Prey pose.

So that the "Star Trek" man is getting honored at Madame Tussauds Hollywood with his own figure makes perfect sense. We just want to know exactly which pose Tussauds opted to go with, since there are so many iconic stances to choose from.

Inspired by Priceline

From the lovely and talented Francesca. :-)

Show #117 - Nov 2

Episode 117 on MP3

More of JK's experience at the Tech, and loads of Trek crap!

JK gives us a very detailed report on the opening of Star Trek: The Exhibition
She met the genius behind the Captain's Table
A Star Trek slot machine! Lots of places to see how it works here, here, here, here, and here
Vulcan flash drive
A titanium spork!
Klingon language keyboard (from the UK)
Lene guests on the Uncanny X-Cast

This Just In!

Bill will be appearing at the unveiling of a wax figure in his likeness at the the world-famous Madame Tussauds wax museum at 11:30am on Wednesday, November 4, 2009.

The museum is located at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, a couple blocks west of the Mann's Chinese Theatre.

How is it possible to capture charm & HOTNESS in wax?

Charm & Hotness - Is there an app for that?

New Priceline commercial.



"Cupcake." HA!

Special Coverage of ST Exhibition - with George Takei!

Special Event Coverage on MP3

Star Correspondent Jungle Kitty interviews George Takei at the opening of Star Trek: The Exhibition at the Tech Museum in San Jose. Get the scoop direct from the source!



left to right: Tech President Peter Friess, George Takei, Dan Fenton (Team San Jose Chairman)

Bill in the next Trek movie? Sigh.

This just in, from Cinema Blend:

The West Australian reports that J.J. Abrams is considering including Shatner in the sequel to his widely loved and successful Star Trek reboot. "I would love to work with him," Abrams said at a press conference. "It was a foregone conclusion we wanted him in [Star Trek]. The problem was his character died on screen in one of his Trek films and we decided that we wanted to adhere to Trek canon.” Abrams further said that he felt they had more of an opening with the sequel to find a manner in which to reintroduce the older Captain Kirk.

In fact, Abrams and Shatner are even joining each other for a “dinner date.” This may be more serious than we thought, guys. Anyway, I have faith in Abrams being able to pull off some sort of time-machine-portal-hole-thingy that will bring old Kirk back to life. And maybe if Shatner gets the job, he’ll stop crying on YouTube about the whole thing.

As Logan would say to me: Really? Really? It's a lot more fun to hear Bill complaining about not being in the Trek movie than it would be to actually see him in a Trek movie.

But as they say on TV, stay tuned...

Apple + Trek = Love

Got email today announcing the new iMac. And what image did they use to promote it?



It could only have been better if it was a picture of Bill. Maybe that's the new screensaver!

Bill. Shirtless. Shaving. Acting.

The quintessential triple threat.

Bill at Comic Con

Looking so damn CUTE I can't stand it!

More here.

Bill Accepts an Award...

... for a movie he wasn't even in!

The biggest award of the night was the "Ultimate Scream" and Star Trek was up against some stiff competition. Actor Morgan Freemen presented the award and after he announced Star Trek had won, the crowd got a surprise when William Shatner stepped onto the stage to accept the award. After taking the award, Shatner stated (via AP):

"J.J., I’ll handle this," Shatner said to J.J. Abrams, seated in the audience, who also won best director and best sci-fi movie for "Star Trek."

"This movie was big," Shatner said. "Imagine how big it could have been with me in it? … I’ll be waiting for your call."

More here.

A FAVORITE VID!

Not sure if we've posted this before but it's always worth a second play. And a third. And...



Yay, Tjonesy, Killa and Hafital! And thanks, Mike M., for prompting me to look for it.

The good old days

More pics here. And be sure to turn up your speakers to listen to the commentary. "The yellow package." LOL!

Thanks, OTT!

Another Python Trek

Giggle-worthy, even if not up to the standards set by Killa and TJonesy.

Chris Doohan (Jimmy's son) tells a story

Chris has been posting to the LJ group startrek_tos and today he told this story. Note that he says "dressing room", which seems to indicate that they had actual rooms, not trailers. Imagine getting to play in the shuttlecraft!

The Trouble with Tribbles and Twins

My brother and I were 6 or 7 years old when my dad told us that he was going to take us to the Star Trek set for the whole day. We had done this before, so we were VERY excited. He picked us up really early in the morning, in his new Volvo sports car. It was really small so my brother had to sit in the small area behind the seats. Anyway, we got to the studio and went in to my dad's dressing room. We were there less than 20 minutes when my dad was called to the set. He told us to "stay put" and not to go outside of his room. My brother asked him if we could hang out in the space shuttle (shuttle craft) while he was gone. My dad said sure. He took us there and closed the door behind us. For those of you who can't picture it, it was a small, but real looking shuttle craft and the inside couldn't have been more than 8' by 5 '. Both my brother and I played in there many times before and I think my dad liked it because it kept us out of trouble.

We played for a little while, but being 7 year old twin boys, we had to wander. We opened the shuttle craft door and escaped. We knew what studio my dad was in so we avoided it at all costs. If my dad knew we were "out and about", he would have been really mad. We entered one of the studios and started playing in the ships hallways and even sat in the Captains chair on the bridge. We then decided to snoop around to see what was in the nooks and crannies (meaning drawers and cabinets). One of the rooms had these strange looking cabinets that were very high (for a 7 year old) and angled. Of course we had to see what was in there. My brother got on my shoulders and slid it open. Just then, about 200 (or more) Tribbles fell on our heads. It scared the hell out of us! Not only because it freaked us out, but we knew that we would be in a heaping load of tribble trouble if my dad found out. We ran as fast as we could back to the shuttle and closed the door behind us. Not long after that, my dad arrived to find his angelic twins still in the safe little shuttlecraft where we were no tribble at all..

For you non-trek fans, or those who are too young to remember, a Tribble was a small, hairy little ball. They were very prolific alien animals that eventually filled the whole ship.. The cabinet we opened up was the same one that was used in the scene where Captain Kirk did the same thing as we did. They fell on his head too.

Several years ago I told my dad that story, and he said that he would have been really pissed if he had found out. The end.

Sabrina Scharf Answers the Big Question

About 2 minutes into the video.



Thanks, Iddy!

Bill Chats, Signs and Sings!

December 18, Hard Rock Cafe, Maui. Info here.


Remember--Aloha means hello, goodbye, look at his butt, Brian who? etc.

Bill Meets Kevin Pollak

I don't do that!
Yes, you do!

LOL!

Show #116 - Oct 3

Episode 116 on MP3

Blu-Ray TOS 3rd season DVDs extra - "Where No Man Has Gone Before" with Mitchell cruising???
Nicholas Meyer's book is out! With stuff about Bill
More about the pants - did Sabrina Scharf really dislike Bill?
Creation Con in SF in January!
Durex Vibration Rings Value Pack!
Make up your own captions to this image!


C'mon, how could you not want to kiss him??

Bill to be honored by ... the Pope?

Well, if it's in the Sun ...

Among Psychic Juan Ramos's predictions for this year:

William Shatner receives a special honor from Pope Benedict XVI.

He got it from Saint Lazarus. That's a reliable source, right?


I know you can't see Lazarus in this shot but LOOK AT HIS BUTT!!

Take that, JJ Abrams!

The Free Enterprise sequel is a go and it will be The Wrath of Shatner.

"It is very cold in space." BWAHAHAHA!


THERE BE SPOILERS HERE.

Kirk icons!

Courtesy of starcrossedtrek in the startrek_tos LiveJournal group! Click through here for the whole selection - there are about 75 icons in total - but I thought I'd show off some of the best Kirk icons. Yowza!

Tribbles, Acting and Shatner Butt

David Gerrold talks about Trouble with Tribbles.

Prior to this episode, we’d seen only hints that William Shatner could be a great comic actor. The giveaway moment was the storage compartment scene. I had written in the outline and the script that the tribbles fall on Kirk’s head. I had always assumed that at some point, Shatner would say, ‘This makes my character look too silly,’ and I was prepared to have him step aside just before the tribbles fell. But William Shatner has always been the consummate professional and I believe he was eager to show off his comic abilities as well. The moment when he is up to his neck in tribbles, when he gives Dr. McCoy a very annoyed look, that’s equal to any expression that Oliver Hardy ever gave to Stan Laurel at his most exasperated.

See ... Bill ... ACT!

Read more at TrekToday.

And even though Gerrold didn't mention it, Shatner butt is always relevant, welcome and downright AWESOME.

PANTS!!!! FOR SALE!!!

Profiles in History is auctioning off lots of Hollywood memorabilia and the auction in October has a lot of Trek stuff - including Bill's PANTS from the original series! There were of course many pairs of these pants and JK and I had the pleasure of hugging another pair, courtesy of some wonderful collectors.

Pants. Where his butt was. Where his EVE was. Pants.

I'm getting all dizzy just thinking about them.

Santa is everywhere and so is Bill!

Fa la la la la ... etc.

More News From Around His Butt

Bill posted this on his website (probably went out on twitter as well).

I’ve entered – in grand style -- the comic book world with four separate sci-fi titles of my own: TEK WAR, MAN O’ WAR, QUEST FOR TOMORROW, and CHIMERA. I’m very happy to announce that I will be appearing at the Big Apple Comic Con. I hope you will, too.

My best, Bill

Notice he doesn't tell us the date of the event. Also we can only assume that the Big Apple Comic Con will take place in New York.

But remember...this is Bill.

News From Around His Butt

Bill accepted a Prism Award on behalf of "Boston Legal" and the show will be airing on September 26th on several cable stations. Here is the list:

4:00pm EDT / 1:00pm PDT – FX Network East (DirecTV), Starfish TV, ION Life, Retirement Living

4:00pm PDT – FX Network West, Starfish TV, ION Life

1:00am EDT / 10:00pm PDT – FX Network East (DirecTV), Starfish TV, ION Life

3:00am EDT / 12 Midnight PDT – National Geographic

1:00am PDT – FX Network West, Starfish TV, ION Life

AND...


William Shatner's new documentary called "Gonzo Ballet" based upon the Milwaukee Ballet's adaptation of several of his songs from "Has Been" will be premiering at several film festivals in the US, Canada and Spain over the next couple of weeks.

San Diego Film Festival: Premieres September 25
Edmonton Film Festival: Shows on September 27
Marbella (Spain) Film Festival: Premieres October 1
Milwaukee Film Festival: Shows on October 3 & 4
Docfest Stratford (Ontario): Shows on October 22

Bill is supposed to be on hand for the San Diego premiere next week.

The Essential Ingredient

The caption is probably referring to Star Trek XI but honestly, what wouldn't be improved by more Shatner?

Thanks, Quvmoh.

9/18: Just learned rabbittooth created this image. Well done!

Bill is an atheist.

From a clipping found at the wonderful site Memory Prime. This was written in 1968, shortly after Bill's father had passed away. I'll post more from it later, but this is quite interesting, esp. for 1968!

After a moment I said, "You have no religious beliefs...or hopes of an afterlife?"

Bill regarded me soberly for a moment and then he smiled, a wry little half smile. "No. I don't. Emotionally I would like to believe there is a life after death. Intellectually...I cannot accept the idea.

"We send our little daughters to Sunday school. It's important for them to have basic religious training. But as for myself, I have finally come to the conclusion that life is here and now...and nothing more."

Spoken like Captain Kirk, and like a man who always lives in the moment. I love you even more, Bill.

Show #115 - Sept 12

Episode 115 on MP3

Surprises galore!

A run-in with Gary Lockwood in which he is incredibly offensive
A few tidbits about Bill and Impulse
More about Bill and Twitter
Lene's going to w00tstock!
Shatner's Toupee blog - MUST SEE
A long digression about toupees
Romulan Ale & Tiberius cologne
Star Trek the Exhibition - SJ Tech Museum



A toupee-less Bill in 1957; image ganked from Shatner's Toupee
He's soooooo handsome even with the thinning hair!

We love Mego mini-dramas!

Bill & Leonard at Dragon Con

This is Part 1 of 7. Click through to youtube to see all 7. I think I'll watch 1 a night to savor this all week. Looks like the guys are in rare form. Especially Bill.

My Best, Bill - Part 2

Read from the bottom up - screenshot of Bill's Twitter feed:



He says he's going to "mix it up" and THEN GOES RIGHT BACK TO USING IT.

Why? Because he's the GODDAMN CAPTAIN.

My Best,

Lene

My Best, Bill

So THAT'S when he started doing it!

Show #114 - Aug 30

Episode 114 on MP3

Screencaps of Explosive Generation from More Shat Less Shame
The spanking list in a publicity photo, from Frederick - what does it say??
Trek sneakers!
One of our listeners meets Bill!
The Vermont Country Store sells sex toys
Gamesters of Triskelion review
Go Ensign Jana Haines!!
This Ain't Star Trek - Trek porn - thanks, Maynard! (Link NSFW)



Jana Haines: a model for White Uhura?

Trek sneakers

The home-grown kind. Thanks, Shannon!

Mysteries of the Gods in Sydney

Courtesy of Maynard - this screened at the Mu-Meson Archives on 24th August. Maynard reported, "The screening had over 6 people at it and we all still feel just that little bit mysterious."

Para(noide) Politics in the Archives

William Shatner's Mysteries of the Gods

"The Mysteries of the Gods" is a full length documentary portraying the ancient astronaut theories of Swiss-born researcher Erich von Däniken. The film is hosted and narrated by no less than William Shatner himself. Everything from the Peruvian Crystal Skull to the megalith structures in the jungles of Southeast Asia is accepted as evidence for the Ancient Astronaut theory. Cave drawings, old legends, Biblical stories and even some psychic visions of late Jeanne Dixon are understood as stone cold facts. Eric von Däniken's reputation was still quite unspoiled at the time so all the arguments (even the most far-fetched) are shown with a great confidence. William Shatner is-as usual-overacting his part. With all the strange "scientific" people, long shots, enthusiastic Shatner and eerie 70's synthesizer music this amazing documentary was from the day one destined to become a cult classic.

The Spanking List - READ IT

Click to embiggen

This image is courtesy of our friend Frederick. Look at the Spanking List - you can read some of the words. What does it say? Tell us!!!

Eddie Izzard thinks it says "To Cliff - Well done! Captain Kirk"

It should say "They're looking at my butt again, Bones."

Does PETA know about this?

This is not--I repeat NOT--my dog.

Star Trek comics reviews!

Hurry on over to Siskoid's Blog of Geekery to read lots and lots and lots of Trek comic reviews! Funny and informative, with scans like this one:



Thanks for the tip, Mike Sterling!

More Trek crap you can waste money on

Click to embiggen

Pretty expensive crap! You get two "sculptures" to start for $60, and then another $60 every time they send you more - and they don't say how long they'll send you stuff. But you can cancel at any time! So sign up now! You can always sell them on eBay later! Don't delay! Quantities are limited! Buy more crap NOW!

Star Trek Con History

Via the TOS community on LJ, some lovely pics and info on the earliest of Trek cons in the 1970s. Check out this cover to a program!



The author says:

This one's from a con that took place at the Commodore Hotel, Feb. 14 - 17, 1975. (I was 13.) The guests were Isaac Asimov, Majel Barrett, Hal Clement (sci fi author), David Gerrold, Jeff Maynard (creator of the Andromeda Light Show), Gene Roddenberry, William Shatner, George Takei, and William Ware Theiss (ST costume designer). (Can you believe that guests were listed in alphabetical order rather than prominence? Bet Shatner would not allow that today!)

Another Media Conquered!

Slot machine!

Ka-CHING!

Read about it here.

Nick Meyer Tells His Star Trek Story

Pre-order now at Amazon.