Shatner, redux
- There are two kinds of people in this world: people who get Shatner, and people who don't.
- A bald eagle flew right past my third-floor office window today. These things have a seven-foot wingspan, in case you've never seen one up close. I was in the middle of a meeting with a manager, and there it was, just outside the window. It was then that I knew I'd reached that snowy peak promised by framed inspirational business posters sold by in-flight magazines: that I had made it. I was soaring with the eagles.
- I can't believe everyone has turned their back on the Rubber Baby Novel. Probably you're the same people that would never acknowledge the greatness of Shatner's record "Has Been."
- Here's the thing: I totally called this yesterday. "I'm gettin a Wendy's chili finger vibe from this dude," I said to the husband, of glued-to-the-toilet man. He didn't believe me, which is just kind of sad in light of recent developments.
Luckily for you, I'm armed with debate-ending evidence of his greatness: this woefully short list of peerless Shatner moments, of which there are thousands.
Read and accept the glory of Shatner:
- Appearance on Fresh Prince of Bel Air, in which he and Will Smith were high on Novocain on the set of a TV talk show
- SNL skit, during which he lectures Trekkies to get out of their parents' basements and get lives during a Star Trek convention
- "Has Been" -- "Common People" and "That's Me Trying"
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- Priceline ads
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: KHAAAAAAAAN! Also the end, where he is quoting Dickens
- Utterance of the line "No more bla bla bla" in Star Trek episode, "And the Children Shall Lead"
- Utterance of line "Storage compartments? Storage compartments? The what? The what?" in "The Trouble with Tribbles"
- Battle with Jimmy Boy, boyhood nemesis, in episode about the planet where anything you imagined actually happened... you know, where that tiger attacked Sulu... what the hell was that episode called?
Update: When driving home lastnight I realized that I'd left off the classic Shatner moment in The Twilight Zone when he's on a plane and thinks he sees a monster on the wing... so much better than that stupid 80's t-zone remake... the original had Shatner for god's sake.
posted by Strikethru at
4:41 PM
10 Comments:
Shatner rules! He is like that bald eagle you saw, soaring far over the heads of those unfortunate people who do not recognize his genius. He's like a majestic, hammy, hairpiece-wearing bald eagle.
Well done.
That's exactly it: he's majestic.
Only a sad loser of a nerd would even mention this but.. "No more bla bla bla".. is from the episode "Miri".. although "And The Children Shall Lead" was a similar bizarre episode involving unsupervised children running amok.. a perfect scenario for Shatner to prove his genious.. willfully dominating the room even when surrounded by several dozen immature egomaniacs.. (essentially his own kind).
Sibling, surely you noted that I also hosed the Jimmy Boy reference -- James T. Kirk *is* Jimmy Boy, and his nemesis is named "O'Malley" or something.
well let's see..
McCoy called Kirk "Jimmy Boy" in "This Side of Paradise" while under the influence of the spores... and Kirk (aka Shatner) decided that paradise was unacceptable.. painful reality was the only way (a recurring theme in Kirk stories) and subsequently de-spored everyone with some electronic communicator version of a subsonic dog whistle.
Meanwhile, Finnegan, the "pleasure planet" animatronic version of an old academy nemsis of Kirks, called him "Jimmy" in "Shore Leave".
The point here.. is that your assessments were, in fact, generally accurate because Shatner material is like playdough.. it's pliable.. it's stretchable and can be used to form exciting new shapes and objects all of which essentially look and sound the same.. yet look so dog-gonned unique. Shatner has portrayed Shatner for all 59 years of his career (or however long) .. the perfect example of creative perpetual motion.. no outside influence is required for Shatner to produce infinite entertainment.
I think you've convinced me to buy "Has Been" for myself as a birthday present. Thank you for ending several months of indecisiveness...
Hells yeah you're buyin it.
I'd like to officially thank tiny-dog for convincing me to purchase "Has Been." Upon hearing the first song, I realized that even if the rest of the album was crap, it would still be worth its price. Fortunately, the rest of the album was almost as good as that first song...
How could you forget his amazing performance in "Airplane!" as Cmdr. Buck Murdock on Luna Alpha?
Officer speaking to Murdock via a monitor.
Murdock: "Quick! to the tower."
Officer:"We have no tower, sir."
M:"No Tower?"
O:"Just a bridge sir."
M:"WHY THE HELL AREN'T I NOTIFIED ABOUT THESE THINGS!"
- he then proceeds to open the monitor from the other side and walk through...priceless.
And of course, this story:
http://moviepatron.blogspot.com/2006/02/shatner-is-my-hero.html
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