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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."
Kirk was born in Iowa, not Shatner.
Jeez, geeks these days just aren't what they used to be...
It's Khan. As in "KHAAAN!"
No, THIS is his low-point, William Shatner's Spplat Attack, a DVD of a Star Trek-themed day of paintball. A friend bought this and brought it over one night.
It was painful.
Very painful.
How painful was it? There was actually a moment when I wished I was watching Star Trek V instead.
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His new CD, Has Been comes out on Tuesday. Here is a review.
I'm still looking for a copy of Transformed Man if anyone knows where to get one.....
The show was produced by Rhett Reese. He also produced The Joe Schmo Show (which ran for 2 seasons) which had the similar premise. Schmo's were convinced they were on a reality tv show. All of the other contestants were actors with "reality show stereo-types" and this was always revealed on the last show. With the "Schmo" or "Schmos" (season 2 having more than one) getting $100 000 plus all the trips and prizes that were awarded throughout the show. I found those shows hilarious and can see a similar thing happening with this one.
Riverside, Iowa is the alleged birthplace of James T. Kirk, not William Shatner (though sometimes I think Shatner himself gets the two confused ;-) ).
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Hey hey! He was at the University of Iowa on Friday to use our satellite uplink for interviews. I work in the same building and we tracked him down and got a pic.... here's the scoop