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William Shatner to Star in New Reality TV Series
Gildor writes "The small town of Riverside, Iowa has long billed itself as the birthplace of James T. Kirk. So they were thrilled when William Shatner came there to film a Star Trek prequel about the early life of Kirk. Except there was no movie. After about 9 days, Shatner announced they were actually filming a reality TV mini-series."
Kahhhhhhhhnnnnnnn
Did anyone else read: "William Shatner to Star in New Star Wars Reality TV Series." I was about to say..
DeForest Kelly must be rolling in his grave...
I thought he was Canadian.
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They should team Shatner up with Hasslehoff.
A Space / Beach setting with the Olsen twins thrown in as well... with a reality twist maybe ?
Money baby... money.
But Shatner is already in a series...Boston Law or whatever it's called now. Comes on tonight on ABC, check local listings.
t s-an-award-no-matter-what" that is the Grammys. If you put out a record, you get a Grammy.
No, it's not that TJ Hooker hung up his gun and became a lawyer either...though that might be interesting.
Shatner won an Emmy last year...yeah, hard to belive. The Emmy's are still kind of sort of legit (please insert indignation about what show you loved that didn't get nominated) but at least they're not like the "Throw-in-every-catagory
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Ok, I have NO idea how I drove the topic right into a ditch...what were we talking about again?
"Leo Fender was in a 'state of grace' when he designed the Stratocaster." -- Paul Reed Smith
When are people going to stop allowing the networks to shove this filth down their throats?
Yeah. Better get all those millions of people who enjoy reality tv to write in and tell the networks to stop broadcasting what they want to watch. dammit.
He perhaps could have brought along a few Tribbles...
You see! It was! A Joke!
*wave hands awkwardly*
I'm! Sorry! For the mistake!!
*ends up upside down in a wagon, still flailing*
"I only speak the truth"
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"They don't have to pay expensive actors..." Can I assume that is why they called Shatner?
Thats why I want people to stop allowing this shit to be shoved down their throats...I know its the people that watch who are at fault.
I agree totally with this statement.
I really miss the quality TV programming we had about five years ago, it was so much more enriching and educational.
Then, just to make it interesting you could, in the same way they do for MUDs, allocate points to internet participants who (via videoconferencing) have the most convincing characters, and then have them participate with greater ships, which they got by using their points.
Of course there would have to be some 'mission' to the whole thing (pick your trekkie episode), or perhaps a second crew on another ship (another studio).
Finally the studios would have to be modified to allow the participants to actually live there for a while...
"They also said they created their own little soap opera where Shatner pretended to be a jerk to his cast"
Good thing they didn't try to make him act.
Will we never get a break from all this Star Trek nonsense? It'e enough already with the 8 series and the 10 movies and the endless string of reruns, books andconventions. I mean sure, GR did great stuff but aren't people done making money off of his franchise yet?
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It would be very appropriate for them to drive the "Shatner / Hasslehoff Industries Two Thousand".
;-)
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-- Trinity in high heels carrying a whip: The donimatrix - there is no spoonerism
Tannoy: Captain Kirk, this is Big Brother.
You have been voted off the Big Brother starship, please collect your belongings and beam down to the surface immediately.
Kirk: DEVINNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
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Hey, chances are it'll still be better than Enterprise.
Cut back to Peter and William Shatner dancing barefoot in puddles by the side of the road. Meg comes along the road, and spots them.
Peter: Aaaargh!
William: My God! Look out!
The car skids to a stop, but knocks them both down. Meg and Lois get out.
Meg: Oh, my God. I hit William Shatner.
William: Light... growing... dimmer... can't... breathe. Beam me up, God.
He lays flat on his back, his shirt pops open and his gut pops out. Ensign Ricky and a crowd of people stand watching.
Ensign: Whoo. I did not see that coming.
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The only preformance outside Star Trek that I can stand by Shatner.
[shatner mode="kirk"]You don't understand why we must have such diversions? Do not your own people ... seek enjoyment in their own way? So it is with us. You see, we humans ... we need to ... relax ... to entertain ourselves. All of the great leaders in history have realized this: Caesar, Napoleon, Darius of Rigel IV. That's why ... we created ... television. If. You. Deny us. The chance to relax ... we will grow weary of our lives ... our less human lives?[/kirk]
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For your typo: " Ha -ha!"
I feel fantastic, and I'm still alive.
I think I'll go weep for the fate of the world now.
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