Bill, Craig Ferguson, a shiny suit and...

Cigars as a metaphor. In other words, they're just like sex.

And a Danny Kaye reference!



Part 2: How to eat cheese & crackers, why Bill talks! like! THIS!, seat swapping and FOOTSIE!



And Bill & Craig exchange tips on comedy and acting.

A trailer for a book?

I love-love-love this trailer for the book "Night of the Living Trekkies." But I gotta question the value of marketing to people who don't read.

Oh, well. Watch and enjoy.



Thanks, Bones, for the heads-up!

P.S. There's a zombie right behind you.

How to get out of jury duty

And other lessons learned from Star Trek V, according to The Scope:

William Shatner is the one true God. He travelled to the centre of the damn universe and punched God in his stupid face. Shatner was the only one brave enough and hammy enough to stand up to the old, bearded man in the sky (er, in space) and it was his cleverness and a lucky shot from a certain Vulcan that caused God’s head to explode like he was in Scanners. Rumour has it that the shooting script had a scene where Shatner then viciously tore the heart out of the floating-head deity and screamed and gained its power and courage thricefold.

Oh, and when in doubt, always ask “what does God need with a starship?” It got me out of jury duty once. The power of that phrase is without limit.

"I have a question...Will this be on the final?"

(Pinky fans: take note.)

When the time comes...

...Go boldly in style!

The first official Star Trek Urn.


Only $799 (plus shipping & handling, we assume).

Don't wait until the last minute! Don't make your loved ones agonize over "To boldly go" or "The voyage continues." Buy yours now. While you're waiting to clumsily fall off a bridge, you can use it as a unique candy dish.

Gene Roddenberry's Rolodex

Back when people stored information on pieces of paper, the Rolodex was the magic key that opened doors in Hollywood. Gene Roddenberry had one, and now it's been sold at auction for $1280. Read the story at BoingBoing - but here's the money shot. Helen Malloy, where are you now? (And was Helen Noel named after you?)

Trek Photoshop Phriday

This is kinda old (from February 2010 at Something Awful) but still worth reblogging. These are the best!

Shatner Action Figures at D*C: WTF and amazing

There were some fantastic costumes at this year's Dragon*Con, and one day we hope to make the scene to experience it for ourselves. Our man in NZ, the lovely and talented Greg, alerted us to this costumed concept. What does it mean? Who are these guys? Why Chef Shatner? Why a pith helmet? And why is Jack Sparrow in the line-up? So many questions!

Ganked from Epbot. Click on the image to embiggen.

Leonard Shills. With a beeping rock.

And we thought Star Trek's special effects were cheesy.



Spock with a mustache = kinda evil, I guess. Math was never my strong suit.

Dramatic Reading of BAD Fanfic

Our dear friend Helmboy alerted us to what is commonly acknowledged to be the worst fanfic ever written: it's called My Immortal, and it's Harry Potter fic (sort of). Reading it will break your brain, but you'll be laughing hysterically as it happens. It's filled with weird text speak, LOLcat language, and crazy misspellings, like "Enoby" for "Ebony" (the goth Mary Sue heroine).

The site where it's currently hosted also has a link to a dramatic reading of Chapter 17, posted on YouTube. It's done by a professional voice-over guy and it's unbelievably funny.

Make sure you click through to YouTube and read along. You'll be glad you did.

Oh, Bill

"Eat it, Plummer!" HA!

FYI, Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

TOS Rocks: We TOLD you Davy = Chekov!

Nicked from Jeff's Gameblog:




Of course, we find this comment at #5:

Okay, my inner Trekker can't stand it... Kirk's neckline is wrong. The deep V neck was only in the green wraparound tunic, not the gold over-the-head tunic. It's an affront to all that's holy.

*pant* *pant* *pant*

Got that out of my system.

I say: Kirk's clothes aren't NEARLY tight enough. But I like the goofy grin on his face.

A Universal Law

As we've said before, there's some rule they teach in journalism school that states, "If you write an article about William Shatner, you must include something about 'boldly going.'"

We guess it's now applicable outside of journalism.

Bill - The Early Years

Found this on the blog, Anglo Cat on the Prowl.

[W]ritten up in a little-known work by that magus of Canada, Roberston Davies, in Twice Have The Trumpets Sounded, the second of Davies' accounts of the early years of the [Stratford] Festival, co-authored by Davies with Guthrie, lavishly illustrated by Grant McDonald. ... [H]ere is Davies on Shatner in The Taming of the Shrew:

Lucentio, the suitor of Bianca, is not ordinarily consdered a comic role, except in the classic sense that all lovers who do not die are figures of High Comedy. But William Shatner brought some of the gifts of the vaudevillian comedian to the part; his self-assured and somewhat brassy delivery of his first speech was itself a pleasant bit of comedy, and all through the play he gave a dimension of comedy to a character which can very easily be a romantic bore. In the company of players who performed The Shrew at the Lord's bidding, his rank was obviously that of First Light Comedian rather than First Walking Gentleman.

(Twice Have The Trumpets Sounded, at p. 50).

High praise from Davies, whose critical faculties were razor-sharp. The sketch of Shatner in role on page 51 is very reminsicent of a James Dean in his prime--and, a bit oddly, of a picture I've seen of my own father as a young man).

I'm dying to see this sketch!

Live Performance - "Fear of Pop"

I've never seen this before!

Video to the NY Times Magazine article

New York Times Magazine - BILL!

Thanks to Ruru, Cap'n Ho & Richie for alerting us to this wonderful article!

We love that you guys & gals see something like this and think "I better alert the Butt Girls!"

Naughty Pinette!

Thanks so much, Anonymous, for sending the link to the Naughty Pinette picture (referred to in Show #133)!


Go here to see the comments. And perhaps find more squickalicious fan art. I would but I'm afraid.

Show 133 - Sept 4

Episode 133 on MP3


Emails!
Where No Man... by Marshak and Culbreath
Under the Vulcan Sun - Ming Doyle
The Starfleet "baby creeper"
Bill's pinkie!
14 Things You Didn't Know About Star Trek
Another Shatmoy interview - with Shannon!



Lene's signed copy of the infamous Book.

I am Captain Kirk

Everything Bill says should be mixed to music.

Henry Rollins, William Shatner & Scallop Man!