What Makes a Good Captain

Oh fuck yes.

Bill is EVERYWHERE - and in Cars

From today's SF Chronicle - Pop Quiz with Gary Numan:

Q: Your songs have been done by everyone from Nine Inch Nails to Homer Simpson. Do you have a favorite cover version?

A: I'm told that William Shatner did a version of "Cars" and, if that's true, I can't tell you how cool it is for me to know that Captain Kirk has covered one of my songs. It doesn't get any better than that. If he hasn't, then I remain unfulfilled as a songwriter.

It's true, Gary. You are now officially Fulfilled.

Bill hasn't played Young Hot Kirk in a few decades and yet...

...when rounding up potential villains for the next Trek movie, all of the "key scenes" are obviously for YH Kirk, not YD Kirk.

Captain Kirk Beams Down to the Christmas Parade

Rare footage from 1968, Columbia, South Carolina. It's silent so provide your own soundtrack. Ours was

Did her ... did her ... did all three of them ... did the entire squad at the same time ... /squeal!/ BILL! .. slammed down some Kirk-fu on those clowns and their little cars ... /sigh/ Bill ..."

1-2-3, 1-2-3...

From the Examiner:

The evening was all about laughs with William Shatner. The lighthearted American sweetheart has always been the entertainer who gave more than others

Ahem!

The Captains of the Final Frontier, a new two-hour Star Trek documentary to be aired on the Bio Channel on Wednesday, November 3 at 9 PM, will focus on the “fearless captains of each Star Trek generation.”

In the show, a cast of Star Trek experts will analyze each Star Trek captain, whose “incredible triumphs and epic dark moments” will be discussed with the captains being compared “against each other as leaders and lovers.”

First of all, it's already established that Kirk is the best leader, lover and all-round-guy you wanna be and/or fuck.


So what are they going to do for 2 hours? Let's see...

The Star Trek experts include creators and directors, episode writers, novelists and Star Trek actors.

No fans? Seriously? One fan is more of a Star Trek expert than all of those put together.

Sheesh.

OTOH, it's KIRK so don't miss it!

An Early Butt-Thrill

Bill (and his butt!) to the rescue in this TV promo from Boris Karloff's "Thriller."



Bill's part starts at about 6:45.

Show #135 - October 17

Episode 135 on MP3

Bill in The Man Who Didn't Fly, Kraft Theater 1958 - with Jonathan Harris!(Note: if you create a free account at The Museum of Broadcasting, you can watch it for free here!)
Star Trek Pickup Lines the Never Landed Me a Date (via Tech Republic)
What are the geekiest lines you've ever used - or heard?
Bill on Dr. Oz
New idea for a TV show: What Would William Shatner Do?
Brainstorming "Bill on a Jetski"
Interview with Iddy!

The interview that inspired our favorite dance tune

Bill multi-tasks!

See him talk about Bleep My Dad Says, wrinkles (the interviewer's), horses and retirement, all while displaying some verra nice basket.

Sometimes the Internet is so worth it

This photo...


... and these comments.

Sitting on the toilet with socks&sandals and still cooler than you.

Because if there’s good on-toilet reading material, it’s a physics textbook.

From Happy Shatnerday!

Oh good. More crappy Trek crap.

And it's only $199.95.



Words fail me.

Well, maybe not. Check out comment #56.

Build your own origami Enterprise!

From the ever-resourceful Jonk.


You can download a pattern and it comes with instructions I will never be able to follow. I know because I just put together a dog crate. Hope they don't laugh at us at the airport.

Here's the pattern and here are the instructions.

If you build it, they will warp.

Bill Dreams of Genie

See Bill's comic acting chops on display in this Canadian TV Special "30 Years of the Genie Awards."

Tip: Bill's stuff is at the end and beginning of each segment so you can skip to those.


Watch it. Really. It's funny.

Shit Captain Kirk Says

7 Essential Captain Kirk Quotes


Personally I'm shocked that this didn't make the list.

Your thoughts?

Quoth the Shatner...

Study this when you're finetuning your impression of the "distinguished actor, William Shatner."

Another Media Conquered!

Wine!


Read about it here.

I think "Snazzy White Hat" would be a great name for a winery.

If you meet Bill...

...here's some (possibly but probably not) helpful advice.

You’re walking down the street, casually minding your own business, when you suddenly bump shoulders with William Shatner. You are by far too much of a devoted fan to be able to ignore him, yet you don’t have time to start a good conversation or even plan a good ruse. What do you do?

Simple: fake medical emergency! A seizure is good, because it means you don’t have to carry around large quantities of fake blood. Pretending to choke on a piece of food might also work. Even if William Shatner just walks right on by, chances are that he will at least talk about you to his friends later: “Hey, I killed a man today.”

[...] After Mr. Shatner saves your life by performing the Heimlich maneuver, you can say “Thanks, unknown sir!” or “That was awesome, Mr. Shatner, but what was with Generations? How did that missile reach the sun so quickly? Did it have a warp drive attached?” Mr. Shatner will then viciously slap you, but you can take a picture of the bruise and send it to all your friends.

Fake-saving someone who's fake-having a medical emergency, SHATNER-STYLE!

LAHB's word cloud

I used a cool app called Wordle to create this image. It takes the most commonly used words in the whole blog and makes a word cloud out of it. The font is called Sexsmith, naturally.



Don't you love the way the words "sweet" and "william" are next to each other? But where, oh where, is "love"?

("Oh" is up there for the sheer number of "Oh, Bill"s.)

It's like sex.

No, wait, it IS sex! New pairing: Shatner/Script.

Justin Halperin (blogger of Shit My Dad Says and producer of S**t My Dad Says) describes writing for William Shatner.

His enthusiasm is infectious. It’s a joy to watch him put his spin on a line we’ve written. It’s as if the line enters Shatner, and Shatner’s brain and the line flirt for a few moments before his brain grabs the line and begins to make sweet love to it.

Shortly after, the line has been impregnated. It has a short gestation period until he speaks the line aloud and the live studio audience witnesses the miracle that is the child of the written line and Shatner’s brain, covered in amniotic fluid and waiting to be loved … and applauded.

Bill prepares to make sweet love to these lucky words.

Thanks for the heads-up, Bria.