Captain Kirk

Captain Kirk

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Show #86 - April 26

Episode 86 on MP3

Lene gets birthday presents
Kingdom of the Spiders day - May 19th!
77 reasons why Bill is awesome - and we are #53!!
The Butt Board!!!
TOS Season 2 remastered - August 5th
Bill makes the round of talk shows: Leno, Oprah etc.
Bill's Hollywood Horse Show

Homework: What jobs would aliens have at the Space Carnival?


Mike Sterling says: "Why would you make this the "retailer incentive" cover (i.e. for every 10 or so of the regular cover ordered, you get one of these)? Do people not understand the sheer sales power of The Shat? Sure, he's all Romulaned up on that cover, but that's 100% Real Kirk, baby."

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Show #85 - April 5

Episode 85 on MP3

A bunch of news about stuff
Bloody action figures!
Things that never happened on Star Trek
Some of Lene's Trek crap - banks, towelettes, band-aids, first-aid kit, Intragalactic puzzles, and Crawdaddy magazine
And yet more crap from the next level of the Box - including a random list of stories from the heyday of ASCEM - go and check em out!
Fans from the past, where are you??
And a bit of fun from National Lampoon
Star Trek in Mad Magazine (1967!)
The Star Trek Express Train set!


Not my actual copy; this image ganked from eBay.

Lene's Trek Crap!




Ugliest Banks in the World.


I own these and have kept money in them. Who would dare to steal money from such horrible pieces of plastic?

Friday, April 04, 2008

Ripped Shirt Bloody Kirk Action Figure


Note the crossed lirpas. Click the image if you want to buy 'em.

45 Things That Never Happened on Star Trek

NB: We didn't write this. Anyone have the proper credit?


1) The Enterprise runs into a mysterious energy field of a type that it has encountered before.

2) The Enterprise goes to check up on a remote outpost of scientists who are all perfectly all right.

3) The Enterprise comes across a Garden-of-Eden-like planet called Paradise, where everyone is happy all the time. However, everything is soon revealed to be exactly as it seems.

4) The crew of the Enterprise discover a totally new lifeform, which later turns out to be a rather well-known old lifeform, wearing a silly hat.

5) The crew of the Enterprise are struck by a strange alien plague, for which the cure is found in the well-stocked sick-bay.

6) An enigmatic being composed of pure energy attempts to interface to the Enterprise's computer, only to find out that it has forgotten to bring the right leads.

7) A power surge on the Bridge is rapidly and correctly diagnosed as a faulty capacitor by the highly-trained and competent engineering staff.

8 ) A power surge on the Bridge fails to electrocute the user of a computer panel, due to a highly sophisticated 24th century surge protection feature called a 'fuse'.

9) The Enterprise ferries an alien VIP from one place to another without serious incident.

10 ) The Enterprise is captured by a vastly superior alien intelligence which does not put them on trial.

11) The Enterprise separates as soon as there is any danger.

12) The Enterprise gets involved in an enigmatic, strange, and dangerous situation, and there are no pesky aliens they can blame it on in the end.

13) The Enterprise is captured by a vastly inferior alien intelligence which they easily pacify with candy.

14) The Enterprise is involved in a bizarre time-warp phenomenon, which is in no way connected with the 20th century.

15) Somebody takes out a shuttle and it doesn't explode or crash.

16) A major Starfleet emergency breaks out near the Enterprise, and some other ships in the area are able to deal with it to everyone's satisfaction.

17) The shields on the Enterprise stay up during a battle.

18 ) The Enterprise visits the Klingon Home World on a bright, sunny day.

19) An attempt at undermining the Klingon-Federation alliance is discovered without anyone noting that such an attempt, if successful, "would represent a fundamental shift of power throughout the quadrant."

20 ) A major character spends the entire episode in the Holodeck without a single malfunction trapping him/her there.

21) Picard hears the door chime and doesn't bother to say "Come."

22) Picard doesn't answer a suggestion with "Make it so"!

23) Picard walks up to a replicator and says, "Coke on ice."

24) Counsellor Troi states something other than the blindingly obvious.

25) Mood rings come back in style, jeopardizing Counselor Troi's position.

26) Worf and Troi finally decide to get married, only to have Kate Pulaski show up and disrupt the wedding by shouting, "Did he read you love poetry?! Did he serve you poisonous tea?! He's MINE!"

27) When Worf tells the bridge officers that something is entering visual range no one says "On screen."

28 ) Worf actually gives another vessel more than 2 seconds to respond to one of the Enterprise's hails.

29) Worf kills Wesley by mistake in the holodeck, (pity this wasn't done in "Deja Vu" then we could have seen it 5 times without rewinding the tape).

30 ) Wesley Crusher gets beaten up by his classmates for being a smarmy git, and consequently has a go at making some friends of his own age for a change.

31) Wesley saves the ship, the Federation, and the Universe as we know it, and EVERYONE is grateful (including the Net).

32) The warp engines start acting up a bit, but then seem to sort themselves out after a while without any intervention from boy genius Wesley Crusher.

33) Wesley Crusher tries to upgrade the warp drive and they work better than ever.

34) Beverly Crusher manages to go through a whole episode without having a hot flush and getting breathless every time Picard is in the room.

35) Guinan forgets herself, and breaks into a stand up comedy routine.

36) Data falls in love with the replicator.

37) Kirk (or Riker) falls in love with a woman on a planet he visits, and isn't tragically separated from her at the end of the episode.

38 ) The Captain has to make a difficult decision about a less advanced people which is made a great deal easier by the Starfleet Prime Directive.

39) An unknown ensign beams down as part of an away team and lives to tell the tale.

40 ) Spock or Data is fired from his high-ranking position for not being able to understand the most basic nuances of about one in three sentences that anyone says to him.

41) Kirk's hair remaining consistent for more that 1 consecutive episode.

42) Kirk gets into a fistfight and doesn't rip his shirt. (Or even, Kirk DOESN'T get into a fistfight...)

43) Kirk doesn't end up kissing the troubled guest-female before she doesn't sacrifice herself for him.

44) Scotty doesn't mention the laws of physics

45) Spock isn't the only crew member not affected by new weapon/attack by alien race/etc!! due to his "darn green blood" or "bizarre Vulcan physiology" and thus he cannot save the day.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Woman by Woman...


Yes, it actually says that. Doesn't look anything like Bill so I guess that's what makes it HELL!

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Happy Birthday, Bill!!

Today is Bill's 77th birthday! Can you believe it?

Here's a fantastic list of 77 Reasons Why William Shatner is Awesome. Be sure to check out #53. ;-D

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Attention all hands.


This is the captain speaking. I have two important announcements.
I don't have my shirt on and Look at His Butt has a new forum.
The Butt Board
Go!
Post!
This is not a drill.
Kirk out.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

BarBara Luna Loves the Butt Girls.


"I looked at his butt! And...I'm still looking.
Love, Marlena Moreau and BarBara Luna"

Click here to embiggen.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Show #82 - Jan 27

Episode 82 on MP3

Homework! Thoughts on the other starship captains
And who would be the worst starship captain?
Star Trek XI trailer
Boston Legal - Mad About You (a really good Bill ep)
Douglas Gordon at the SFMOMA



Twelve Captains. Thanks, Greg!

Holy EVE!


From Wolf in the Fold, at 41:29. Click the pic to embiggen (and I do mean BIG).

Thanks, Amanda!

Friday, January 25, 2008

Bill Talks About His Equipment


In the newest issue of The Best of Times (the William Shatner Fan Club newsletter), Bill answered a question submitted by Jungle Kitty.

Q: My husband bought a kilt and swears it's the most comfortable thing ever. Have you ever worn a kilt?

A: No, but then your husband's equipment and mine may be different.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Buy a piece of Bill's Hollywood star!

For SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS!!

William Shatner’s Hollywood Walk of Fame “Original Stardust” limited edition framed collectibles feature an 8x10 hand signed photo of William Shatner as Captain Kirk from Star Trek, along with a terrazzo nugget (approx. 1 ½” x 1 ½”) from his original dedicated Hollywood Walk of Fame landmark star, a personalized and numbered identification plaque in a 31 ½” x 17 ½” x 1 ½” ebony finished wood frame with a triple matt. The product is high quality, limited to 350 units and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Johnny Grant the Honorary Mayor of Hollywood and another from William Shatner stating that he hand signed his featured photo.

All of the profits Bill Shatner makes from this piece will go to benefit his charities.

Show #81 - Jan 12

Episode 81 on MP3

Star Trek the Tour - tour dates!
Douglas Gordon, "Predictable Incidents in Unfamiliar Surroundings" (clips of Kirk kissing lots of women!) at the SF MOMA
Bill shills for his star!
Deep philosophical questions
Your homework: Other captains of other starships?
Daydream Believer - a short film by Kelly Peeples
Bill in the Twilight Zone's Nick of Time


ARM! Thanks for the image, David!

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Show #80 - Dec 30

Episode 80 on MP3

Christmas presents!
Mego Museum pattens for doll clothes
Pictures of Brandt and Kirk dolls at Flickr (NSFW)
No more Boston Legal from us
SF Chronicle Travel - Trek crew featured!
Space Cruiser on the playground!
What sports does Kirk like?
Court Martial remastered



Jim, get out of the goddamn chair!

Monday, December 17, 2007

From Our Bridge to Yours










Hopefully, this will inspire all of you with your Christmas Homework Essay Question: WHAT WOULD A CHRISTMAS EPISODE HAVE BEEN LIKE?

Photo by Dianne B.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Show #79 - Dec 15

Episode 79 on MP3

Warp Speed - Star Trek improv at Fort Mason in San Francisco! SO FUNNY!

Interviews with:
Dave Dennison
Richard Ross
John Remak
Laura Derry

Homework: What would be in a Star Trek Christmas episode?

Friday, December 14, 2007

Bill is EVERYWHERE



Including in the movie Fanboys. This could be funny! And they're right; Picard isn't gay, Riker is.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Trek at the Picket Line


Here's Nichelle Nichols (looking fabulous as always) supporting the WGA on the picket lines at Paramount. Yesterday was a Trek day, and lots of folks showed up: Walter Koenig, Brent Spiner, Scott Bakula, George Takei, Wil Wheaton, and of course Harlan Ellison (who's been very active on the lines since the strike started).

Pop over to LAist to see more pics from the front lines.

Saturday, December 01, 2007

It is TOO cool.



Grabbed from the ever-lovin' Mike Sterling. Now, let's clear something up: Mike says, "It's cute seeing companies still trying to make Star Trek "cool." Not working, sorry."

HEY: Star Trek - the original series, anyway - IS ALWAYS COOL.

FOREVER.

Thank you.

Show #78 - Dec 1

Episode 78 on MP3

Cheryl's pictures from Murphy's Bar!
Jen's voice mail!
Have you ever walked out of a movie?
AfterEllen - Casting an all-female Star Trek
Dagger of the Mind remastered
What would embarrass Kirk?


Jim, you are pwned.

Friday, November 23, 2007

Menagerie Movie Show!

Menagerie Movie show on MP3

Our report on the Menagerie in the movies! Line geeking, St.Olaf, and post-movie breakdowns (including a rant on bad audience behavior)



Pike's lovable half-Vulcan sidekick

100 Reasons Why Kirk is Better Than Picard

Thanks, Quvmoh! Did it come from here?

1. When Data died, Picard had a funeral. When Spock died, Kirk reconstituted the body, forced it’s soul back in, and even got him laid along the way.

2. When Picard senses that Wesley is having emotional problems he sits down and talks with him about it. When Kirk sensed that Charlie X was having emotional problems he took him to the gym and threw him around on the mats until he got over it.

3. When Picard went back in time he brought back Data’s head. When Kirk went back in time he brought back a blonde.

4. Picard’s Enterprise was destroyed by a couple of Klingon chicks while he was stranded on a desert planet. Kirk’s Enterprise was destroyed when he blew up a crew of Klingons, stole their ship, and resurrected Spock from the dead.

5. Kirk has caused computers to self-destruct by out-thinking them on three separate occasions.

6. When Picard was in the Academy he got stabbed in the heart. When Kirk was in the Academy he beat the unbeatable Kobyoshi Maru scenario and bagged Carol Marcus in his spare time.

7. When Sisko met Picard he told him he hated him. When Sisko met Kirk he got his autograph.

8. Kirk does not play the flute.

9. Picard is from France.

10. When Picard has a problem he talks to Guinan about it. When Kirk has a problem he shoots it.

11. When Kirk screams it echoes across the entire planet.

12. When Kirk blew up the Enterprise, Starfleet built him another one and had it ready by the time he got home.

13. Kirk collects antique guns. Picard collects antique matrioshka nesting dolls.

14. Kirk chastises omni-powerful super beings for not being polite to women.

15. Kirk sword fights someone on a regular basis.

16. Kirk’s Enterprise did not have a day care.

17. Kirk once ordered Scotty to fire a photon torpedo on his position and then he dodged out of the way so it hit the alien he was fighting.

18. Kirk has a violently deadly disease in his blood but he doesn’t let it slow him down any.

19. When it’s time for shore leave Kirk goes rock climbing and drinks whiskey. Picard wears nut smashing banana hammock speedos and reads by the pool.

20. Picard’s name is known and respected throughout Klingon space. Kirk’s name is cursed and vilified.

21. The only Klingon serving on Kirk’s bridge would be a dead one.

22. Kirk jumps horses in his spare time. Picard owns a fish.

23. Kirk would never allow an “acting ensign” to lock out his command codes.

24. Picard quotes Shakespeare for fun. Kirk quotes Shakespeare to intimidate his enemies.

25. Kirk’s jump kick projects 650 pounds of blunt force.

26. Kirk once made a cannon that shot diamonds.

27. Kirk defies superior alien beings on an almost daily basis.

28. When the evil aliens use a stun ray on the crew, Kirk always stays conscious for a minimum of 15 seconds longer than everyone else.

29. Kirk is on a first name basis with every single admiral in Starfleet.

30. Kirk once said: “You’re the Captain’s woman till he says your not.”

31. When Sarek mind melded with Picard, Picard cried a lot. When Sarek mind melded with Kirk, Kirk decided to hijack the Enterprise and bring Spock back from the dead.

32. Kirk can shoulder roll at 127 miles per hour.

33. Picard’s engineer wears goofy wrap-around sunglasses. Kirk’s engineer wears a kilt and can drink you under the table.

34. If Picard’s engineer has a headache it’s because he wore his Visor for too long. If Kirk’s engineer has a headache it’s because he has a hangover.

35. Kirk looks good in sideburns. Really good.

36. Picard drinks tea. Kirk drinks Saurian Brandy straight from the bottle.

37. Kirk mocks Federation bureaucrats that he doesn’t like and then proves that their aids are Klingon spies, just to make the point.

38. Kirk once became an Indian god with the power to resurrect the dead.

39. Kirk can beat a Vulcan at chess.

40. Kirk’s love affairs extend not only across space but across time as well.

41. Kirk’s dress uniform does not actually look like a dress.

42. Kirk looks good in a ripped shirt, and he knows it.

43. Kirk repopulated the Earth’s once extinct humpbacked whale species.

44. When Picard wants the ship to go faster he calls down to engineering and asks to go faster. When Kirk wants the ship to go faster he sling-shots it around the sun.

45. When Klingons invaded Picard’s Enterprise he carefully neutralized them. When Klingons invaded Kirk’s Enterprise he had a massive sword fight with them.

46. Kirk has fought evil duplicates of himself on numerous occasions, always with screaming involved.

47. Kirk’s greatest nemesis was the genetically superior ruler of over a quarter of the Earth. Picard’s greatest nemesis likes to dress like him and occasionally cause inconvenience.

48. Kirk has punched out at least one member of over three thousand known alien races.

49. Kirk would never allow his first officer to get more tail than he does.

50. No matter what world Picard goes to, Kirk was there first and probably has an illegitimate child somewhere on the planet.

51. Everyone knows the phrase “Beam me up, Scotty!” The phrase, “Energize whenever you are ready, Mr. La Forge,” doesn’t exactly have the same notoriety.

52. Picard’s first officer is named after a bathroom code.

53. Kirk once yelled, “No blah-blah-blah! No blah-blah-blah!” and made it sound important.

54. Kirk’s hand phaser is sleek and sexy. Picard’s hand phaser looks like a Hoover dirt devil.

55. When Kirk wants to talk to the Enterprise he flips open his communicator dramatically. When Picard wants to talk to the Enterprise he has to tweak his own nipple.

56. Kirk’s youth was spent doing back breaking work on a farm in Iowa. Picard’s youth was spent squishing grapes with his toes in France.

57. Kirk fought the Greek god Apollo. And won.

58. The women on Picard’s ship wear long pants. On Kirk’s ship, miniskirts are mandatory.

59. Kirk’s middle name is Tiberius.

60. It runs in the family: Picard’s brother died trapped in a fire. Kirk’s brother died fighting swarms of alien invaders.

61. When Data hijacked the Enterprise, Picard was helpless to stop him. When Spock hijacked the Enterprise Kirk fought him to the death.

62. Kirk’s medical officer prescribes hard liquor as a cure all.

63. Kirk has heavy calluses on his right index finger from pressing the trigger on his phaser so many times.

64. When Kirk gets punched in the face he just wipes the blood off his lip and looks at it with a smirk.

65. Picard once wore formal Klingon robes for a Klingon ceremony. If Kirk ever wore Klingon robes it would be because he took them off a dead Klingon.

66. Kirk chops his own firewood.

67. Kirk once led a Mafia take over.

68. Kirk would have slept with Beverly Crusher by episode two.

69. In the episode “The Trouble With Tribbles” the tribbles bred at such a fast rate not because of instinct but because they were in the presence of Kirk.

70. When Deanna Troi talks about what she’s feeling, Picard listens carefully and thanks her for her input. Kirk would have called it “pillow talk.”

71. The emotional content level of Kirk’s speeches is an average of 782 times higher than the level of Picard’s speeches. If he’s talking about revolution, exploration or diversity, it is 1,089 times higher.

72. When Picard has an alien delegation on board he invites them to a quiet dinner. When Kirk has an alien delegation on board he gets plowed on Romulan Ale.

73. Kirk is familiar with 20th century slang.

74. The main computer on Kirk’s Enterprise once hit on him.

75. Kirk faced off against Wyatt Earp at the O.K. Corral and won.

76. Picard is a Frenchman with an English accent.

77. Kirk only requires thirty-two minutes of sleep a day.

78. Kirk eats multicolored nutrition squares because he’s too busy fighting stuff to eat a normal meal.

79. Kirk destroyed 672 uniform tunics during the Enterprise’s first five year mission.

80. 347 of those tunics were destroyed during combat with Klingons. The rest were destroyed by various women.

81. When Picard fought the Borg he got assimilated. When Kirk fought the Borg he blew up their planet.

82. When Kirk was sent to the prison camp on Rura Penthe he hadn’t bathed or changed his clothes in days and was wearing animal carcasses for warmth but Iman still threw herself at him the moment he arrived.

83. When Abraham Lincoln appeared floating in space in front of the Enterprise, Kirk didn’t even blink.

84. Kirk can break out of any jail cell that is located anywhere in time or space within one hour. Within one half hour if Spock is with him.

85. When Kirk disguised himself as a Romulan, he stole a cloaking device and used it to escape to Federation space. When Picard disguised himself as a Romulan he ate some soup and then got captured.

86. Denny Crane.

87. 87% of all Klingon opera is about the singer’s desire to kill Kirk.

88. The other 13% of all Klingon opera is about the singer’s desire to be killed by Kirk in glorious battle.

89. Kirk once taught an emotionless female android how to love. Then he broke up with her.

90. Kirk’s evil twin womanized and swilled brandy. Picard’s evil twin liked to have his scalp massaged by Ron Perlman.

91. Even though they haven’t existed for hundreds of years, Kirk can still sort of drive a stick shift.

92. Kirk never dressed in green tights and pretended to be Robin Hood, and if he had, someone would have paid for it.

93. Even though Kirk often pauses between words, no one ever dares interrupt him.

94. Kirk went to the center of the universe, met god and wasn’t impressed.

95. When Kirk says “boldly go,” he means it.

96. KHHAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!!

97. Kirk blatantly disobeys one out of every five Starfleet orders just to remind them who’s really minding the store.

98. Starfleet estimates that the average Klingon has a 36% chance of being killed by Kirk at some point in their lifetime, regardless of their age, profession, location or social status.

99. Kirk once kicked a Klingon into the molten core of an exploding planet.

100. Style: Kirk did it first, he did it better and he did it wearing gold velour and Beatle-boots with a space girl on each arm.