George Takei On What Happens At Star Trek Conventions | The Graham Norton Show

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  • @AllTradesGeorge
    @AllTradesGeorge ปีที่แล้ว +115

    I was in a Star Trek club in college, when he came to speak at the university. Some of the club members were invited to have lunch with him, and, not being told otherwise, passed the invitation along to anyone in the club who could make it. My roommate and I went, and were told that the lunch wasn't open to just anyone...but George overheard them and immediately insisted that we be let in. One of the most gracious people I've ever met.

    • @emiendo3128
      @emiendo3128 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Omg that’s so sweet

    • @rayb1111
      @rayb1111 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      George and his husband were so sweet when I met them! And his Japanese...it is just amazing how he talked! His Japanese is so beautiful and nobel! I love him!

  • @keiyangoshin3650
    @keiyangoshin3650 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    This man is 85 years old. I pray I’ll be as eloquent, elegant and dignified as him, if I reach that age. 🥺❤️

    • @thribs
      @thribs ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You think that’s impressive. Shatner is 92 and is just as active as him.

    • @FloraWest
      @FloraWest ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And active! He's amazing.

    • @kennethraymondmoore
      @kennethraymondmoore ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Will you also go around expounding dumb politics and crapping on the people who made you successful? Because you can't be like George Takei unless you do that.

  • @jackmessent3490
    @jackmessent3490 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    What an absolute legend George Takei is! I think he looks absolutely amazing for his age!

    • @brianmiller5750
      @brianmiller5750 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree. He looks great

    • @xoxjelloxox
      @xoxjelloxox ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So sharp mentally as well

  • @dmontes133
    @dmontes133 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I saw him at my very first Star Trek Convention, back in the mid 70s. He was great and so friendly!

  • @not_enoughmana
    @not_enoughmana ปีที่แล้ว +37

    George is a national treasure and must be protected at all costs.

    • @nazzurro
      @nazzurro ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From a kid in internment camps to a sci-fi and movie legend! He looks so healthy too!

  • @TakaComics
    @TakaComics ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I'll never forget the day I met George Takei at a convention. My brother and I went when we were kids, and George was doing a panel there. We got to go up, shake his hand, and take pictures with him. Somewhere in my house, there is a picture of me, my brother, and George all posing with the Vulcan hand sign. Very funny, friendly, and respectable guy.

  • @shory143
    @shory143 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    He's the epitome of class

  • @ridetillidie8090
    @ridetillidie8090 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    This man, as a child, lived through the heinous incarceration of Japanese Americans in camps throughout the country. His family were in Arkansas.
    Our country has never done enough to apologize.
    That Mr Takei rose from that to become a literal legend speaks to the magic that is, at times, America.
    He has most surely lived long and prospered. Kudos.

    • @FloraWest
      @FloraWest ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I mentioned this in an earlier comment, and might again, but he wrote a really good autobiographical graphic novel, "They Called Us Enemy" about his experiences.

    • @ridetillidie8090
      @ridetillidie8090 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@FloraWest Have read it. Heart-wrenching.

  • @hadoken95
    @hadoken95 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Such a great guy, glad to see him on this venue.

  • @sassycatz4470
    @sassycatz4470 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    He is such a good guy.

  • @ashleydixon4613
    @ashleydixon4613 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    George Takei is awesome, a real treasure. I’m from Arkansas, where he and his family were first sent to an internment camp during WWII. (In the east Arkansas Delta, not a hospitable place and definitely not somewhere I would choose to live.) He has made a point of coming back many times over the years to speak on the subject, especially through the Clinton Presidential Library and School of Public Service in Little Rock.

    • @gregarnold1696
      @gregarnold1696 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hey Arkansas I'm from Camden right on 👍🏾

    • @ashleydixon4613
      @ashleydixon4613 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gregarnold1696 hey Camden! Benton here.

    • @gregarnold1696
      @gregarnold1696 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ashleydixon4613 Happy Holidays to you!!!

    • @ashleydixon4613
      @ashleydixon4613 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gregarnold1696 same!

    • @ajclements4627
      @ajclements4627 ปีที่แล้ว

      NLR here.

  • @stephencartwright8355
    @stephencartwright8355 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Shout out to Telford. Never thought I'd hear about my town on the Graham Norton show

    • @renejean2523
      @renejean2523 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Especially being mentioned by Sulu!

  • @BrandonCroker
    @BrandonCroker ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Oh my he’s good

  • @ProjectFlashlight612
    @ProjectFlashlight612 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Captain Sulu is badass

  • @stevevr1965
    @stevevr1965 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    George is an international treasure

  • @ZuGineeris
    @ZuGineeris ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That "We'll be there" brings such a wholesome vibe, man

  • @coolhacker1025
    @coolhacker1025 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I got to meet him at SteelCityCon in August 2019. Got an autograph, photo-op and watched his panel. Nice guy, even checked up on me when I was a little shaky while waiting in line for my autograph (I had him sign his first autobiography "To The Stars")

  • @groovyhippie1165
    @groovyhippie1165 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Live long and prosper George! We love you!!

  • @suemajnee
    @suemajnee ปีที่แล้ว +9

    He's a legend 🥰🥰

  • @debbydhill
    @debbydhill ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Kind man, true legend, loves his fans

    • @brandonyul1570
      @brandonyul1570 ปีที่แล้ว

      Loves the fans that agree with his identity politics*

  • @u4riahsc
    @u4riahsc ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love George!

  • @serenitybeauty
    @serenitybeauty ปีที่แล้ว +15

    He’s 85 and that sharp? I’m in my 30s and I forget what I even eaten for lunch😬

    • @DokkaChapman
      @DokkaChapman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You think that's something, Shatner's in his 90's!

  • @spacejam8765
    @spacejam8765 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    He is 85 but looks 73. He looks great for his age.😱

  • @marykoch1611
    @marykoch1611 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Just love him❤️

  • @shawnblohm9291
    @shawnblohm9291 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was fortunate enough to meet George Takei and his husband Brad in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in November 2023. He is very kind and he really took a lot of time to talk to me. You could tell that he loves to interact with his fans. He's a true star!!!

  • @kevinmcguire5696
    @kevinmcguire5696 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Don't forget....George Lucas readily admits that there would be no Star Wars without Star Trek....

  • @thribs
    @thribs ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I wasn’t aware there was a upcoming Star Trek convention in the uk. The big one in London was cancelled this year sadly

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    George Takei - the man whose iconic catchphrase annoyed King Kai

  • @PMGW
    @PMGW ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Shame they won't say how has Star Trek changed TV world and world in general

  • @Darroc
    @Darroc ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Can't wait to see George Takei as Koh in new Avatar Netflix Series; sure to be a highlight.

    • @minicle426
      @minicle426 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Never liked the show, so I won't be bothering.

    • @Darroc
      @Darroc ปีที่แล้ว

      @@minicle426 who gives a sh!t?

  • @MyNameIsBucket
    @MyNameIsBucket 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "You're Italian!"
    "Thank you."

  • @FrankJCarver
    @FrankJCarver ปีที่แล้ว

    Great voice.

  • @camilamariakamata
    @camilamariakamata ปีที่แล้ว

    George is adorable

  • @smallvillefan72
    @smallvillefan72 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    George is a universal treasure. Love that sweet man. ❤ 🖖🏻

    • @brandonyul1570
      @brandonyul1570 ปีที่แล้ว

      The same sweet man that spews out hateful tweets every 45 minutes?

  • @mendezcordova
    @mendezcordova ปีที่แล้ว

    Hate Star Trek but love this dude.

  • @sharoncasey92
    @sharoncasey92 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a sweetie.

  • @adrianolaroca4966
    @adrianolaroca4966 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Gran invitado Takei

  • @scottb.8523
    @scottb.8523 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Yay you finally spelled George’s name properly 🎉 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @DokkaChapman
    @DokkaChapman ปีที่แล้ว

    Brazil, Italy, Japan... Telford. I've been to Telford, it's like someone built a Little Chef on top of an ancient Indian burial ground.

  • @shoooop
    @shoooop ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He’s so cute

  • @renejean2523
    @renejean2523 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I used to know the actor who had the biggest non-speaking part in one of the Star Wars movies. He would come to the States for conventions in the 1990's and sign photos of himself for ten bucks a pop. Pretty easy work.

    • @maartenvangeffen4508
      @maartenvangeffen4508 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who was it?

    • @renejean2523
      @renejean2523 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@maartenvangeffen4508 - Oh. His name was John Hollis, and he played the part of Lobot in The Empire Strikes Back. Played golf with him. He's dead now. He was also in a few episodes of Dr. Who, as i recall. This was back in the UK that I knew him.

  • @faith1characterhope
    @faith1characterhope ปีที่แล้ว

    Any clips of Kristen Scott Thomas coming? I love her!

  • @nathanchong7731
    @nathanchong7731 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:02 Haha we talked about star trek

  • @drbonesshow1
    @drbonesshow1 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Klingons are surrounding Uranus George - not mine.

  • @Frozenfan1965
    @Frozenfan1965 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    “What do you?” What does she think they do at con?

    • @IndomitableT
      @IndomitableT ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh come on, if someone is not familiar with these sorts of gatherings, how is this person to know what it is about. Some events are simply not in everyone’s frame of reference.😌

  • @JimFeig
    @JimFeig 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder what the convention in Japan is like.

  • @nathanchong7731
    @nathanchong7731 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:58 I eaten at your restaurant

  • @sherryhesner5940
    @sherryhesner5940 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😃

  • @Joe_Okey
    @Joe_Okey ปีที่แล้ว

    Who are the other guests?

  • @AdmiralJaneway74656
    @AdmiralJaneway74656 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WHY is NO-ONE talking about how gorgeous Kristin Scott-Thomas is?

  • @kathleensteeves488
    @kathleensteeves488 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who is the woman on his right❤❤

  • @batchint
    @batchint ปีที่แล้ว

    now how do you ask where the new clear wessel is... casually..

  • @grahampcharles
    @grahampcharles ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for spelling his name right...

  • @darinbartosch1037
    @darinbartosch1037 ปีที่แล้ว

    Forgot to bash Shatner.

  • @antonmarino6568
    @antonmarino6568 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great show however I could not get into the spinoff series at all

  • @arthurwatt5162
    @arthurwatt5162 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I cant do that with my fingers. Dont mind that because its of the occult.

  • @tomlichnofsky.7048
    @tomlichnofsky.7048 ปีที่แล้ว

    🖖😊🖖🍁♈

  • @andrewleah1983
    @andrewleah1983 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jamie should stick to cooking. And he doesn’t do that very well anymore.

  • @S1L3NTG4M3R
    @S1L3NTG4M3R ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Who else is stuck in the never ending loop of The Graham Norton show 👀

    • @1ChxnceLxnce
      @1ChxnceLxnce ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Who else has seen this comment before

    • @samgarnett9174
      @samgarnett9174 ปีที่แล้ว

      They had to post more because the first few posts they spelt his surname wrong

    • @thefifthGV
      @thefifthGV 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Or seeing this damn comment

  • @pev_
    @pev_ ปีที่แล้ว

    Hmm, why is he doing the Vulcan hand greeting? Perhaps that is just an iconic Star Trek thing, that even when his character was not Vulcan, the "general audience" needs "a thing" to connect to Star Trek...

    • @h0lly_blue
      @h0lly_blue ปีที่แล้ว +3

      everyone on the cast has done the hand - it's basically a thing yeah lol

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It has come to represent the whole show, as has its wish, "live long and prosper"

  • @clingard2810
    @clingard2810 ปีที่แล้ว

    2 words on George: he is insufferable.

  • @cruelladevil1001
    @cruelladevil1001 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Legendary looney leftist

  • @CrusaderX
    @CrusaderX ปีที่แล้ว

    The fruitcake is so so so lucky he got picked for diversity sake, otherwise he would have been a hostess in a bathhouse.

  • @reh3884
    @reh3884 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sulu is the BEST Star Trek character, bar none.

  • @gsmsamir8259
    @gsmsamir8259 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    يآ رب اتوسل إليك أن ترزق صاحب اليد التي ستدعمني فرحة يسجد لها باكيا ورزقا لا ينتهي

  • @marchutton7640
    @marchutton7640 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love George!