K/S - the movie!

"A movie about me!" LOL!

A Unique Shatner Swallow

I'd totally forgotten about "Police Squad." The guest star was always killed during the opening credits.

Only 178 shopping days til Christmas!

You Kirk-lovin' gals and Shatner man-crushin' guys know you want to find this under the tree!


Thanks, Big Bad Toystore and Iddy!

Another Media Conquered!

The $5 Canadian William Shatner Coin!


From the Toque:

William Shatner was chosen to be represented on the coin because of his status as a hero to Canadians, and especially the science fiction community, which makes up approximately 80% of the Canadian population. [Really?]

Most Canadian coins are composed of standard base metals. However with Shatner on the face, they thought it more appropriate to go with a heavier metal, and ultimately chose a nickel-plated tritanium alloy. [Not gold?]

Shatner beamed with joy when told he had been selected to be on the face of the coin.

"I can't...tell you...how happy I am," he said in halting English. "No bones about it. I hope these coins...live long...and prosper...like my career."

Happy Pride Weekend!

From Big Cardboard Kirk and his fuck buddy.

Risk Is His Business!

From TulsaWorld.com.

"I'm actually working on an album now," [William Shatner] said Monday.

[H]e called it a "concept album." [...] "I'm attempting to do something that might embarrass me," he said of the album.

When I responded that it's great he's still willing to take career risks, he replied: "Yes, let's say it like that. I'm still taking risks."

Also this (which is so Shatner I can't stand it!):

On his Twitter feed, he talked in May about attending a friend's 100th birthday party, where "I understand there's going to be a lot of music and dancing girls."

What about his own 100th birthday party?

"I'd like to hold it in the Sierra, in the mountains, and then fall," Shatner said.

With or without a parachute? "Without."

No music and dancing girls?

"On the way down."

Who Else Is Obsessed with Shatner?

Fall On Your Sword, that's who. They're the electro-punk band who did the fantastic video "Shatner of the Mount."

Interviewed by NBC New York.

So what’s your fascination with William Shatner in general?

Will: I mean how can you not be?

Phil: How can you not be fascinated?

Will: [laughs] The man is a tortured genius. [...] I just happened to stumble on that footage of him, he’s talking for 45 minutes about a scene in a movie that’s first of all, completely [expletive] and secondly is only about 20 seconds long. It’s phenomenal -- the man is a maniac.

Ricky Gervais Meets Nature. And Shatner.

[Banff is] the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen. I love nature. Animals wandering around. And Shatner! Shatner wandering around. He came up to me. I held out some nuts, and he came up to me.

There should be a cartoon of this.

Go Read This Now!

From the Globe and Mail Update, a report on Bill receiving a Lifetime Achievement at the Banff World Television Festival.

[S]peaking to the industry crowd from prepared notes, Shatner was anything but flippant. Sure he’s an actor, but when he choked up as he dedicated his award to his wife Elizabeth, he seemed to have everyone in the room convinced. “My lifetime achievement is being married to her, and every day reminding myself that sustaining a marriage is in itself the achievement of a lifetime.”

And Elizabeth's response:

“I was totally overwhelmed ... and consumed with love,” Elizabeth Shatner, who was in tears during the speech, said afterward. “It’s his lifetime-achievement award, but I would thank him for taking me on the adventure of a lifetime.”

What a guy. What a gal. I love this.

The Power of Shatner

As summarized on Redshirt's Lament:

[H]ere we witness the real power of the Shat - famewhore Palin getting an autograph. Ha.

I love how the universe is being repopulated with same people, new names. Crazy Pike, FameWhore Palin. Ha indeed.

Coming Soon to a TV Near You (If You're In Canada)

Bill is going to direct a documentary about a topic to which only he can do justice:

H I M S E L F !

The world knows William Shatner as the former "Star Trek" captain.

Canadians know Shatner for his Montreal roots and early classic stage career in Stratford, Ontario.

So Canadian pay TV channel Movie Central will combine those two worlds in "The Captains," a feature documentary that captures Shatner's career arc to overnight success as Captain James T. Kirk.

[...]

to be directed by Shatner[.]

This will be (CUE JULIE ANDREWS) Shatnercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

More at Hollywood Reporter

Show #128 - June 13

Episode 128 on MP3

Oh Fuck Yes!
Mike Sterling clues us in to Bill's UFO story
Dave Ex Machina talks Trek in previews
Shatnez
Risk IS Our Business
Return to Tomorrow - Shacting!
More thoughts about Twitter and Shit My Dad Says (and what Time has to say)


From the remastered version.

Bill Shills for His Daughter

Bill's shill for his daughter Melanie who's shilling for the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme is at about 5:35.



I'm pretty sure the Cutlass Supreme isn't on the list of Bill's 10 Favorite Cars.

Bill Shills for Eternal Life

Okaaaaaay.

Another Media Conquered!

Shaturday. Calendar publishers, take note! SHATURDAY!

From Real TV Addict:

My mom, who does not read my columns, says the fact that I focus so much effort every Shaturday on William Shatner might suggest I have idle hands, but I can’t figure out if she’s implying The Shat is the devil, or she’s just saying I need to get a life.

Bill Talks Horses and Never Mentions Sex!

Today's headline is our version of "Man Bites Dog."

Shakespeare in the original Klingon

Srsly.

If you're going to be in Virginia in September, you might want to see this! George doing Shakespeare should be pretty cool. It's being presented by the Washington Shakespeare Company:

By Any Other Name: An evening of Shakespeare in Klingon
Sat 25 Sep 2010

By Any Other Name: An Evening of Shakespeare in Klingon: The first ever WSC gala will take place early fall and will commence with an introductory talk by Mark Okrand, creator of the Klingon language for the original Star Trek films. He will share about his experience working on the film series, and introduce the performers. The show will consist of famous Shakespearean scenes presented in both English and Klingon. George Takei, "Sulu" in the original Star Trek TV series, will appear, along with WSC Artistic Director Christopher Henley and WSC's Acting Company.

It's Sir Stewart now (still not King, tho)

This was covered everywhere but I like this image best. Where are the honors for BILL???


Borrowed from here.

Risk continues to be our business

OMG. So funny.

Another Media Conquered

Squirrel Monkey. Read on.


From It Made My Day:

Today I went to the Phoenix zoo and learned that all 16 of the squirrel monkeys are named after characters from Star Trek. They also have a Mandrill named Spock. IMMD.

Are they in uniform? Do they have a little TOS bridge set? Does Squirrelly Kirk get all the Squirrelly girls? (Yes.) Does Squirrelly Chekov scream all the time? (Yes.) Must! Have! Answers!

Star Trek Old School

How could we have missed this? It's been around for an entire year!



Bravo to all involved!

Shatnerthon! A blogging event

We did not invent this, but we endorse it. And we'll probably participate, too. Click through for details!

Is This Perfect Or What?

From the Trek BBS Caption Contest:


KIRK: I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.

I prefer TAS Kirk

From TrekCore's YouTube channel:

Paramount seriously considered making a CGI series based on the Original Series. There were also two video tests from the project that were leaked to the public. The first one is of Kirk's head, while the second is of Spock doing Joe Pesci's lines from the movie Goodfellas. Paramount eventually decided not to do the project.

Gee, I wonder why.

Bill on Match Game 74!

Sometimes I feel like we should just reblog everything from More_Shatner.