I once talked to Mr. Shatner on the phone. I was working at a call center for a satellite TV company, a very long time ago. I get a call coming in, and the screen shows his name. I was expecting an assistant to be calling on his behalf, so I was VERY surprised to hear his unmistakable voice on the other end. I kept things professional, partly because my job required it, though I did remark on hearing from him directly. He said he just needed to make some changes, it was easier to do it himself. So I handled his requests, making changes to his account, without discussing anything outside of that. Until the point where he lampooned himself. As I was getting a change processed, he said in his classic Kirk voice, "I need... MORE... channels!" And I responded in what was possibly a horrible Scottish brogue, "I'm givin' it all I got, Cap'n!" That got a laugh out of him. We then concluded our business, I thanked him for his time before he disconnected. I told my wife about this encounter, and she STILL envies me.
Nice! James Doohan's son once spoke to a Scottish person about his father's portrayal of Scotty. This person told him that James Doohan's impression of a Scottish accent was not very good, so you probably still did great compared to him!
He was on Johnny Carson once, and Carson asked if he got tired of ppl always wanting to talk about Star Trek with him. He said he did until he got in a cab once. The driver recognized him, and told him he was a Vietnam vet and had been a POW. He said the only thing that kept him and his fellow POWs wits about them was reenacting Star Trek scenes. He said he didn’t mind after that. I’ve seen some other comments here that differ with that assessment, but I thought it was a great story.
James Blish back in the day novelized most of the original star trek episodes. He spoke of getting a letter from a Vietnam vet who's unit had stumbled right into an ambush. In desperation the vet (who was the radio operator) started talking like Shatner and giving orders for Enterprise to lay down targets for phaser banks and such. To his units astonishment the Vietnamese soldiers suddenly stopped firing and disengaged.
@@dougrobinson2024 Only an idiot would think a quote from a "anonymous source" in the Atlantic would be valid. Let me guess you have Kamala Harris posters up in your house?
Years ago I was working in a hotel in NYC I met Mr. Shatner. I am a MASSIVE trek fan but I didn't want to come across as an idiot fanboy so I said as (calmly as I could): Mr. Shatner, sir, I just want to say I am a fan of all your work. He looked me right in the eye, smiled, and said "Thanks, call me Bill"
I don't think I have many years in me, but I wish so much to see Red Letter Media interviewing Bill. Or at least Brent or Patrick. I think Mike earns it.
Years ago I worked at a tennis club where Bill was a member and played about twice a week. He was always kind and courteous to the staff, a real class act. And, yes, we were told to call him Bill.
I think a guy like Bill has very little time or desire to dwell, his courteousness is immediate as his dismissiveness, knowing full well he will make just as many friends and enemies
@@df5295 I liked both of : " You - have you ever kissed a girl..? " & " you've taken a job I did as a Lark and turned it into a colossal waste of time " 🤣
I've read both Shatner and most of the various crews all loved Galaxy Quest. Tony Shalhoub is priceless and Alan Rickman was hysterical. It's one of summer movies, never get tired of it.
Shatner gets a bad rap. I got to work with him for an afternoon back in the 90's and he was late. Once he finally arrived he apologized profusely to us all and suddenly stopped, seeing we were all just slack-jawed. "What's....everyone.....staring at?" Once that ice was broken the day went great and he was actually a blast to work with. Having lunch with him was pretty legendary as well.
Shatner discovered humility and started treating people better after the extremely negative response to him and star trek 5 that he directed. That movie was so monumentally terrible that Shatner really thought he single handedly destroyed the franchise forever. He turned over a new leaf after that whole experience. Before that, he was a certified grade A a$$hole.
I worked with him at a convention and he was pretty unpleasant. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about celebrities though it’s that they are all kinda assholes.
@Matthew Thomas IKR. Back in the 90s, one of the filming locations for The X-Files was the George Pearson Centre in Vancouver, BC. My Mom was a nurse there and I did some volunteer work for the handicapped people that lived there. Gillian Anderson was so sweet and kind. David Duchovny, on the other hand, was a major asshole.
Thank you for sharing this. I really don't like finding out about the dark side of those like Shatner and the others. Most modern "stars" do a great job of showing us all their ugly sides. I don't care to hear about the behind-the-scenes bad behavior.
All these cons have provisions that if an actor gets a job they can cancel without notice, it's the only way they can get actors to agree to do them. I remember missing out seeing Connor Trineer because 48 hours before his appearance he got the call to play George W. Bush in the Tom Cruise film American Made. I hold zero grudges on that, what was he supposed to do? Pass up a speaking roll in a Tom Cruise movie so he can sign a poster for me? I ended up seeing him and saying hello to him 2 years later anyway. Stewart probably got called in by a studio for reshoots or got a role last minute.
Patrick Stewart is a known A hole. His own children wiped him. For the last 25 years his own children still will not take a call or message from him. He was an absent father and not nice as he thought making plays and theatre and having fans was more important than seeing his children
Seeing Shatner’s one man show about ten years ago completely changed my impression of him as a person. I’m so amazed that he’s still going strong in his 90s. The rest of us could only be so lucky! ~Trav
He got a fine tan shirt with an emblem on the chest The interstellar girls all like him the best Captain of the crew and he knows kung fu And he did Joan Collins in 1932 Really just an actor, a genius to boot He never gets fire when the enemy shoots So he ends each show looking neat and clean After staring down the mouth of a doomsday machine I really like the one where he reads the Constitution After ending all the fighting in the future revolution!
I met a guy who served as Shatner’s personal assistant at (I believe) Comic-Con and he said he was a huge choad. Another guy knew him from the saddlebred horse business and said that in that world Shatner was very friendly and that he enjoyed just being “normal” for awhile. However, he wouldn’t allow any Hollywood talk and no pictures or autographs. And last, I used to know a guy who was a farrier (shoes horses) and he said that Shatner was very friendly and generous with the people who took care of his show horses. At the end of the week-long horse show at the Kentucky State Fair he personally gave all the horse crew envelopes with big cash tips and a short personalized note. I guess it all depends on the setting.
You can do generous things some of the time and still be a schmuck much of the time. There's a video on TH-cam where Shatner is asked to rate various impressions of him. You can tell a lot by watching that just what kind of person he is.
Met him in the mid 90s in Florida in all places a small gas station near Gainesville, FL. He was a very nice person I just smiled when I saw him and a minute or so after he got a coffee he walked up to me and said "thank you for not rushing up on me and being a good human to me, yes I'm who you think I am and I really do appreciate it." It was very cool.
yea, I could never do that either. I'm not the type to rush up on somebody either. Feels awkward. Of course, I never met someone on the level of Shatner before. I only met Doug Bradley once at a hotel bar of a convention. Gave him my place in line, he shook my hand and bought me a beer. Yes, Pinhead bought me a beer lol
As much as I loved Shatner as Kirk, his role as Denny Crane in Boston Legal was my favorite Shatner role. If it was possible, I'd watch 20 more seasons of both Star Trek with Shatner and Boston Legal.
@@timefortea1931for years i always thought he spoke when he acted and spoke like the way comics joke about him and he jokes about himself. than i saw him play Denny Crane and he did none of that when he played him and i really loved him as an actor even more so. i was a fan before but for me Denny Crane is easily his best role i do enjoy Star Trek but Denny Crane is Shatner all the way more so than Captain Kirk i think. thought i don't think they are 100% alike by any means but you get what i'm saying i'm sure
Wow, hearing that Shatner did the original stage performance of 'A Shot in the Dark' before Peter Sellers did it in the movies is probably the oddest and coolest bit of entertainment trivia I'm going to learn today. And I'm probably going to continue wasting my Friday afternoon at work watching a lot more TH-cam.
Have you ever seen Jack Lemmon beat up Sylvester Stallone and take his wallet? It's worth a TH-cam search. Not a lot of folks can say they took Rambo's lunch money.
Shatner starred in a Broadway production "The World of Susie Wong." The production later became a movie starring William Holden. This link is the clip from a Ed Sullivan show that featured a clip of the play. th-cam.com/video/19BKU7m2PXQ/w-d-xo.html
Shatner is larger than life. Sometimes that will rub you wrong, and sometimes it will be enormously impressive. The man is 92 now. When we lose him, I know which of those times I will focus on remembering.
Funniest thing ever was the SNL skit. "Do you all live in your mom's basement? Have you ever kissed a girl?" That didn't go over too well with some people, that's what the stun setting is for.
@@dicksonfranssen yeah I wasn't too crazy about that part either but I'm mature enough to recognize that this was all done in good clean fun because if there's anything we know about the Shat is that he has a sense of humor. So he can poke fun at anything he wants because he's also willing to poke fun at himself. So that SNL skit and Shatner himself I give both of them 👍👍
When I was young, back in the 60’s I was a big Star Trek fan. My father managed a men’s health club and Shatner became a member. Of course I was anxious to see him in person. In those days he didn’t always wear his hair piece. It was a shock to see him without it for the first time. The health club had a barber shop and when the barber quit my father had a hard time finding a replacement but finally found one. My mom came to the club one day to have lunch with my dad and as it happened Shatner was there and my dad introduced her to him. My clueless mom said “Oh, are you the new barber?” Shatner was livid, and actually yelled at my mom “HOW DARE YOU” stuff. My poor mom was extremely embarrassed!
I did that to a big celebrity at a poker table once. It was bugging me who he was as he looked familiar. I then asked him (loud enough for the whole table to hear) if he was a checkout guy at Safeway.
He's literally why the show and franchise exists. The first cast had to all be fired except leonard nimoy and Shatners humour and style is why the show worked. He may have been a jerk or full of himself but he did a great job and as a viewer I thought he was perfect.
Those of us who worked the conventions and had to deal with his diva attitude called him Bull Sh*tner. He was so rude to the fans. This was back in the '70's.
That is hilarious, "Bull Sh*tner", lol. Obviously he's cleaned up his act a bit because his reputation was exactly as you described for so long! All you have to do is watch that Rocket Man clip from the 70s to know everything you said is true! :P
I've been a Shatmandude since I was a kid. Everything he does outside of Star Trek only makes me more astounded both for his passion for life but his reason and philosophy in his books are just as incredible. Everyone who mentions him talks about his wild energy. I just saw him a few months ago in Houston and he stalked the stage like he was half his age! Legend
I remember watching Shatner when he had a series called TJ Hooker. Obviously I was a lot younger, but the vibe at that time was that he seemed like a ridiculous buffoon. For the last decade though I've been watching him on talk shows and interviews and the guy is awesome. He's sharp, plugged in, pragmatic, and hilarious.... Never a big fan but now a huge fan.
@@tunahxushi4669 I've always been a fan of his, since I first watched the Star Trek re runs in the 1970s (but first run for me). My mother was a fan of his when I was a baby! Then our family watched him in TJ Hooker and liked that too. He's very interesting in interviews- a highly intelligent man.
Mr. Shatner does look pretty youthful and spry for a guy pushing 90-something. Mr. Spiner looks pretty worn out by comparison, and he's like 20 years younger. Kinda sad when you think about it because Brent used to be so gorgeous back in the day.
Had the pleasure of meeting Brent at Vancouver Fan Expo last year. He was so friendly and kind. He took the time to chat with my daughter and I even though his booth was incredibly busy. Just an all-around great guy.
My friends father worked with Shatner on a film once as a costume designer. They saw him at the airport and decided to say hello. He flipped them off. Great guy.
I've always been a Brent Spiner fan ...and ever will be following a Twitter exchange with him over a hot-button social topic. He was so kind in his messages and I truly do appreciate him taking a higher road of discussion with me, a faceless fan.
If I ever meet Mr. Spiner in person, I'd tell him how much I love his singing. My favorite song of his was Bravo Stromboli from the Disney movie, Gepetto. He was amazing!
I talked to Shatner in an AOL chatroom sometime in the late 90's as a little kid! Some kind of Q&A he was doing. I remember asking him a science question and remember he was very kind and thorough with this answer, but I don't remember what the question was!
All of the scenes Spiner was in he just knocks it out of the park. By far one of the most underrated actors. I met Shatner at a NYCC. He was pretty cool. Spoke with me (even though I was nervous meeting him) and personalized the autograph for me.
i am trying to figure out why you would think he is underrated. i think he is very highly rated. for most of the movies it was the Picard-Data show. there was a reason for that - the producers and writers knew that Data was the strong selling point for the show.
@@brians9508 I hate it too when someone who’s famous and well-respected is called “under-rated.” The word is overused, and it’s like some people don’t know what it means.
My favorite TNG episode "The Messure of a Man." In which Data (Spiner) had to validate himself as a sentient being and not be replicated by a StarFleet scientist.
@@zekeigtos7240 I adore Mr. Spiner in all his roles. I love his singing too. I thought he sang "Bravo Stromboli" from the Disney movie Geppetto, better than anyone.
I met Bill Shatner at his house some years ago. I worked for an AV guy who did work at Shatners, and we had to replace a custom cover for his video projector. It came back from the upholsterer right as we were backlogged with other work. My boss got a call from a rather perturbed Shatner who wanted that cover installed asap. I went to the house the next day to install the cover, and just as I was getting ready to leave, he walked in. I introduced myself, called him Mr. Shatner "Please, you can call me Bill." I said nice to meet you Bill, the cover is installed, does it look ok? He looked it over and said "Yes, it's fine, thank you." He paused a beat then, in full Kirk voice, said "I just...don't ...understand.. why it took ..so long." I explained the situation, and he said "Oh, ok. Thanks for coming out here so quickly." I said you're welcome. We shook hands and I left. I had heard he can be difficult, but I found him professional and very pleasant. I worked with many folks in the film industry, some very big names and some "behind the scenes" names who were nonetheless very much VIPs. Most were very gracious and kind, and appreciative. There were a few however, who were much less so, and some who are just downright nasty. And no, I will not name names. My advice to anyone who encounters a celebrity is simple. Be very polite, just say "Hello" or "How are you doing today?" and let THEM decide to engage you in further conversation. NEVER, ever, act all crazy fanboy (or fangirl) and you will find that most of the celebrities will actually respect you and talk to you if they have time. If you do end up in conversation, ask calmly and nicely if they would do an autograph or picture. Most will gladly say yes and oblige. If they say no, stay polite and thank them for the time they spent with you. I emphasize the time thing because, as I have learned in my 26 years in the industry, ALL celebs are run endlessly with with photoshoots, rehearsals, publicity, interviews, and so on. They (and most film crews) often work 12-14 hour days, SEVEN days a week. It is very grueling and will make any sane person grumpy at times. So be understanding.
I don't gush over celebrities or pay attention to what they do. Most of them are weird anyway. Not that I don't like Brent Spiner, I actually adore him in all his film roles as well as his singing, but I also think it's pretty hypocritical of him to complain about Bill Shatner blowing up on him when he's done the same to others on more than one occasion.
I'd say if you're in a professional setting, never ask for anything personal. If they do talk to you it would be nice to not bring up anything related to their work unless they do just don't make it long and don't make any questioning comments. Let them do all the giving on that end if they want to talk about their work. They will appreciate you more when you keep things professional and like talking to you more often. It's called building relationships, people asking for things right off the bat is a bit much imo.
I remember he was generating insane lineups for his appearance at Comdex the year Windows 95 came out. Maybe that's the same one. My biggest laugh down there was a guy at a cross walk on the way back to the strip shoving brochures for a brothel at the men leaving Comdex: "Make a trip and check out our girls. They're all user friendly."
What I notice about Shatner is that he seems to be a very curious person, which is what Spiner spoke about, and I think that is one of the keys to keeping yourself young. When you hear Shatner speak off the cuff he is sharper than other people I know who are half his age. I always wonder about his reputation for being difficult. I heard an interview with a crew member from the original series who said that Shatner was always friendly, always joking around. This guy said when he had his camera out, Shatner was always ready to clown around and pose for him.
I'll always love Bill Shatner. He's the starship captain in the first sci fi series I ever watched, and he remains an iconic legend. Few will ever rise to Mr. Shatner's level. I'd love to spend some time with him. What a guy! 100% fan!
I would never want to spend time with him personally. I heard those Hollyweirdos are into some really strange stuff. You ever hear of Helter Skelter? I hear that was about a Hollyweird party. Anyways, I have met several of the cast at conventions. The nicest was James Doohan. Not even close. He genuinely wanted to meet us, was incredibly nice. The not so nicest? I won't say. But it was someone on TNG.
Many years ago I saw William Shatner in an ice cream truck coming down my street. The smile on his face as he was ringing that bell I’ll never forget, especially when he winked at me as he passed by.
I worked in production for a long time, and the story of somebody speaking for him is very common. A lot of the... "OMG so and so is such a diva"... stories, are started like that. It's not the actual person, it's some idiot handler trying to score brownie points by being ridiculously fussy about things that the actual person never asked them to do. That's why it's a good idea to take those stories with a huge grain of salt. But when you hear repeated stories about someone, where the details are very unique and specific... it usually means they're an ass. I've met famous people who were supposedly an ass, but I found nothing wrong with them at all. Another part of the problem is that people have way too high of expectation on people. They're just people. They're not gods. Yes, if people ask them 50 times a day to sign stuff, they're going to get annoyed after a while. Just like anybody would.
I always disliked the Data character in ST episodes, so I never gave Spiner a chance as a human being in interviews. Not that he would care one way or the other, but he seems fine to me in this vid. Shatner is always a character in interviews, but he is no Kirk. Acting, they are just acting.
I was recruited to work "starfleet" security at a convention back in the 90's. Shatner came out of the limo with his own heavy security. Looked like suited ex mossad guys with yamakas and ear pieces. Backstage he was all business and very serious before going on stage. When he got his cue, he went on stage and turned on the charm for the fans but once backstage again it was all business wanting to get paid and get immediately to the airport, which we escorted him to. I really wanted to talk to my hero and was disappointed at the time, but I understood when I read his many books. So I get it. He's a workaholic from his family experience being Jews in Canada during the depression. I think this approach to work has rubbed many people the wrong way, including many co-stars but that's how Shatner is wired and still busy in his 90's. Just $.02 with my little brush with the captain.
Same exact experience with......Elvis Costello! Worked backstage. The crowd was going crazy at the end and he was beaming, smiling and slapping hands with the crowd as he walked off. But as soon as he got past the curtain, into the wings........the smile immediately switched off as he briskly marched to his dressing room. (HOWEVER: he invited all the fans that were at the stage door to come in and listen to the soundcheck. He did an hour long soundcheck.......and didn't repeat one song during the three hour show that night! Incredible.)
Shatner is such a mystery to me. For every story about him that makes him seem mean you hear another about how great he is. I think the cast pretty unanimously said he was hard to work with. He sounds mostly difficult but it sounds like there is good in him.
People change. Sometimes an actor will have a drive and passion to do things right is what makes them successful, but also rubs others the wrong way. At some point people get older and reflect on how they have lived their life. The drive that made them successful isn't necessary anymore. When you have a few million in the bank, it doesn't matter if your next job is a smash success or not.
I think he's just a huge, dynamic personality and a lot of people can have trouble relating to that. He really is a force of nature in the business even at his age, most of the 20 year olds in Hollywood should a fraction of the passion and enthusiasm he still has.
He's charismatic and charming. But.. he's always been a piece of shit. People aren't able to reconcile these two things. He was a classic Prima Donna on Trek. He actively sabotaged the other actors behind the scenes whenever they were getting attention. That's why they all hate him. Just totally selfish with a ridiculous ego. But he sure is fun isn't he?
I've spoken to both Patrick Stewart and William Shatner on separate occasions. I was polite to both and told them how much I loved their work and both were rude to me. Never meet your hereos
Sadly, if you want a good experience with a celebrity, you'd have to catch them when they're in a good mood. Unless I run across one by accident, I'd also prefer to just appreciate their talents from afar and not meet them in person because I never know what experience I will get.
Be specific, how were they rude? People posting here, be it good or bad, is something I take semi-seriously at best because strangers mostly don’t have credibility. When you say they were rude to you and that’s it, it is very difficult to take that seriously without details. If I were a celebrity, I might get tired of people thinking it’s okay to invade my personal space, interrupt whatever I’m doing simply because they’ve seen me on TV. When they’re gracious, that’s great, but it must be challenging some days.
I've dealt with Shatner as an airline agent in the 70's and much later, backstage as a stagehand. The man is, by far, the biggest jerk I've personally ever encountered.
My brother says he met and talked to Bill Shatner in Montauk, New York. Says he and a friend were walking a trail when Bill and a couple of other people came by riding horses. Shatner asked them if they had any water because one of his companions was a little dehydrated. They talked for a few minutes and then went their separate ways with an invite from Shatner to see an off Broadway play he was doing in N.Y.C. They never made it to see the show. Nice guy.
I know this is only a 3 minutes cut but I feel a little sorry for Spiner going there just to talk about what kind of person William Shatner is 😄 like dude, Data has feelings now. 😅
Brent Spiner, he’s one of the people I have always liked and rooted for. I can’t explain it but his Data is like a Jedi Knight hero of mine. Love the actor and the character.
I love Brent and I love William Shatner! They of course have played two of the most beloved and legendary SF characters ever. What Brent revealed about Mr Shatner's qualities doesn't surprise me. It is well known that people who hit their 90s and remain vital, healthy and vibrant do so because they have kept on learning, active and creative!
It's kind of ironic how Shatner looks pretty youthful and spry for a guy in his 90s, while Brent looks pretty worn out despite being at least 20 years younger. He used to be so gorgeous back in the day when he played Data in TNG and had lots of swooning fangirls.
I remembered Brent Spiner’s recurring character from Night Court but I never realized it was him until recent years. As soon as somebody mentioned that he was on Night Court several times, I instantly remembered that character. Weird how the brain works.
William Shatner is superb as the youngest of the three (well, four, really) Karamazov Brothers in the eponymous Yul Brynner film. He's a great actor. He shouldered Star Trek and gave Leonard Nimoy and De Kelly a character to play off of. My Shatner story is inappropriate and rude on my part, luckily he has a great sense of humor and still is a sexy guy who appreciates being flirted with. I was at my first and only Star Trek convention, and had paid megabucks for three separate photos with Mr. Shatner. I was wearing a homemade "Mirror Mirror" costume, complete with thigh-high boots and midriff-baring microskirt. The poor man was exhausted and looked grumpy by the time the very long line for photos was dwindling down to me. I was desperate to see if I could get Mr. Shatner to crack a smile; to give him a little "something extra." I spotted a piece of a Klingon's costume that had gotten caught on him, on his backside. Eureka! When my turn came, I reached around, smiled, picked off the plastic scrap from his rear end, and showed it to him. His handlers jumped forward... "Bill" said, "Hey, I couldn't feel it. There was something stuck to my ass." His eyes crinkled and caught mine. Emboldened, I surreptitiously tickled just lightly where the costume scrap had been and whispered, "Can you feel this?" He laughed ( _mirable dictu_ ) and we had three amazingly great photos together. I will always be grateful for his vitality, sensuality, and tremendous sense of humor. Otherwise, I *certainly* deserved to be tossed out for my brazen hussy behavior! I said nothing else but a sincere 'thank you' and am happy to report that he was still grinning when I walked away.
Shortly after the cancellation of "Star Trek", I read that he was living more or less a "Hippie" way of life at one time in his life. I believe it was the TV Guild or something in those years of the 1970s. The man is amazing, at 92 years of age, he flew into space recently and has a current TV Series. The Man sold his soul to the Devil. We are gifted with an Actor that will not die. If he lost his weight, He can play himself once more as Capt. Kirk again. If I get to 92 years of age, I do hope I have that much energy to do stuff. The man is amazing, and his face is still young looking vs to other 92 years of age. In the article that I read about him from the 1970s, he admits he was doing pot. See what the effects of Pot do to you? Makes you live long and energic like William Shatner. Ok, I guess I will be heading to the Pot Shop since I am approaching my 70s in a few years. Long Live Capt'n Kirk! Long Live the Mummy called William Shatner, heh. When he leaves us all permanently, we will surely miss an actor with 70 years of acting. I have followed him in everything he has ever done on film and I will surely miss this actor. I am so glad, he was allowed to fly to outer space. It was fitting for a character that lived out there. "KHANNNNNN"! heh.
I think it's super funny how George Takei STILL hates William Shatner. At first you'd be like, "Oh man, Shatner must be bad" but DECADE AFTER DECADE, Takei is still thinking and talking crap about Shatner and you realize George is just a bitter guy. Like a jaded ex that still talks about you decades later. He publicly complained Shatner wasn't at Leonard Nimoy's funeral, but the reason was that he was scheduled for a charity event for the _Red Cross_ and he couldn't reschedule it and Will was like "I don't know why you hate me so much, but Nimoy knew all about this charity and would have absolutely demanded I stay and raise this money for them." And I LOVED Takei as a kid man. So that was a hard pill for me to swallow as I grew up. I didn't start off disliking Takei and join some "hate Takei" bandwagon. But seeing a grown man who is still salty about something that happened sixty years ago gets funnier and funnier every year. [edit] Shatner was quoted: "People ask about a legacy. There's no legacy. Statues are torn down. Graveyards are ransacked. Headstones are knocked over. No one remembers anyone. Who remembers Danny Kaye or Cary Grant? They were great stars. But they're gone and no one cares,'" Shatner continued. "But what does live on are good deeds. If you do a good deed, it reverberates to the end of time. It's the butterfly effect thing."
Shatner is just wrong there! What we do in life echoes in Eternity (Maximus) and Many Great people are remembered by Many! To say No One remembers anyone is just plain wrong. I love Shatner the actor, especially in the role of Captain Kirk. Hopefully good deeds are remembered too and change the world for the better/ Pay them Forward/
I don't think you can really judge Mr. Takei unless you were in his shoes. It's no secret that Takei and Shatner didn't get along and that Bill was a bit of a diva back in the day and to an extent, he still is.
Spiner was referring to the text he had received and how it wasn't actually from Shatner. That's why the title has 'William Shatner' in quotes - to show it wasn't really The Shat who texted.
I met Bill in a small cafe in NOHO years ago... he ordered a breakfast sandwich on a croissant and I literally lost my mind as I heard him order from the table behind me... I turned and said,, Sorry sir,, I dot want to bother you,, and Bill.. being the MOST awesome Celebrity I have ever met.. and I've worked with a few... said... its ok .. bother me.. and I will never forget that moment till the day I die,,, He is,,, the absolute STAR of Hollywood. and a pioneer of space and r travel....
I sat next to him on a TWA flight and when the stewardess offered him some, "complimentary TWA coffee," he replied, "I would REALLY like to have some of your TWA tea!" 😅
I remember seeing him at a small venue in an Agrodome. I had my young ( about 4 yrs old ) daughter with me, and she asked: 'Who are we going to see? - Captain Pork?' And the entire line broke into laughter. Good times.
Shatner has been around so long just about everyone in the business, and every fan, has a story about him, and their opinions of him as a person are usually based off that, i.e. the one encounter they had 27 years ago in a con hall in Topeka. That's human nature. I definitely put more stock in the opinions of people who have actually worked closely with him over time, such as Brent, than someone like, well, me, who met him once and liked him. The sole exception is Takei. I don't trust anything that guy says.
Yeah, I'm afraid that Takei is just completely irrational when it comes to Shatner. The last straw for me was when Takei couldn't even be bothered to say something positive about Shatner's trip into space and even implied he wasn't healthy enough to make the trip. I unfollowed Takei on social media after that.
@@r0bw00d I personally believe that his Shatner-bashing is calculated for the attention it gets him. I met Takei (once) and away from cameras he was quite complimentary of Bill's acting. I do believe he dislikes him as a person and may have cause to do so, but I think decades of public attacks show that he's either a vindictive tool or just a very calculating person who wants attention.
BRENT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS. I ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE MANY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES HE PORTRAYED IN Star Trek...his acting and singing abilities WOW..
I briefly encountered William Shatner at Ticonderoga (a long trip from Newcastle, Emgland). I stood on the engine room set in awe, looked around and saw a guy had appeared off my left side who was also in awe. Took me a second to realise who it was, Mr S. All I could say was "y'all right?" He looked around, smiled at me and was ushered away by the guys.
Brent , you’re a legend. No one will forget your amazing contributions to startrek. When you disabled your emotion chip in first contact remains an epic memory.
William Shatner goes to Galaxcycon every year and he is so funny. The man knows how to entertain. He always has a line of people to ask questions but he only gets through a few people cause he goes off telling stories. Sometimes, they are life stories and sometimes Star Trek stories. He can be cantankerous for sure. But when you reach 92 years old, ill bet you'll be cantankerous too!! 😁
I met William Shatner and DeForest Kelley when I was a kid at Paramount Studios when they were filming the original Star Trek series. The two of them and some of the women on, I assume the episode being filmed, were all in costume at the Paramount cafeteria. Already a big fan of the series I found some paper and a pen and asked them for their autographs. Of course, they were trying to have lunch and taking a break, but they were both so generous and kind to me signing autographs for me. The older I get the more I appreciate their kindness in the middle of lunch. Wow what a memory!
Onr hears all sorts of stories about especially well-known public figures in the entertainment business. As a voracious, eclectic reader myself, and an aspiring novelist, it delights me to hear this.
Shatner did Shakespeare before he got into TV. He was a classically trained actor who often found the silliness of Star Trek and other programs grating. Let’s face it, some of the scripts were awful. Then the comic con craze hit, and nobody took ‘no, thanks’ for an answer. Some of the Trekkies were out of control. I don’t blame the guy for putting his shields up.
Just wanna thank Brent Spiner for all his hard work. StarTrek has been one of my best friends during some dark chapters I can thankfully say I sailed through. Likely because of the incredible works of art Star Trek presented to me through story telling. When my brain had lost interest in life StarTrek provided anouther avenue for my thought process and kept the train on its track.
@texasdaveinla That's odd you mention your brain losing interest. I've had a long history of concussions and neurological problems but it's true the brain will rewire itself. One of my self taught therapies was reading newspapers end to end and re-reading every book in the house. I've also discovered the clever and ahead of it's time writing of every ST TV show and movie, even the odd stinker. Always wear a helmet and life will get better.
Brent Spiner is one of my favorite actors. I adore him in all his film roles. I was really young when TNG aired but old enough to like it, especially the funny episodes. Watching them again makes me remember how gorgeous Mr. Spiner was.
You are not alone ! No matter what the crisis in my life is or how bad it is...I always turn to Star Trek for consolation, escape, rebuilding and sleeping.
His acting on tng is incredible. Like his scene where he disciplines worf. I'm sorry if this has ended our friendship.. Worf: no. It is *I* who has jeopardized our friendship. If possible, I would I would like to continue to be your friend Data: I would like that too
@@hals1fineday Yes. You understand more and more of the show, and you see episodes from New angles, the older you get. Been watching since junior high school 30 years ago. Now I see Q as a good guy. And also that captain jellico who fights with Riker
I met Mr. Shatner coming from an Airport 2016ish? and spoke with him. I would hope that he remembers it, but probably not. I told him I thought he did not get enough recognition as a comedian (SNL) and how he can make fun of himself (CanCan Dance Star Wars) and to be that type of person is a class act. I think he was pleasantly surprised that I did not bring up Star Trek, or TJ Hooker. He thanked me and said something like you actually remember that?
Of course, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" with the gremlin on "Twilight Zone." On another episode his co-star became the co-owner of the Cleveland Browns. That would be my comment for William Shatner, just a great guy.
@@erikwhitney7403 It was the Busy Bee Cafe, and his girlfriend was played by Patricia Breslin. She quit acting and became Pat Modell, co-owner of the Cleveland Browns with Arthur B. Modell, and was responsible with her husband for moving the franchise to become the Baltimore Ravens. Nice lady, good actress, not much of a businesswoman - a good match for her husband.
From everything I have read, William Shatner was not very well liked by many of his castmates from the original series. I read one of his books in which he quoted Nichelle Nichols confirming that. However, I think he has changed for the better since then. It's long overdue for George Takei to let go of his grudge and end his feud with him.
I think Shatner might have been the male equivalent of a diva back in the day and to an extent, he still is. Like most celebs, he can be nice if you catch him while he's in a good mood but for me, I prefer to appreciate his talents from afar and not want to meet him in person.
Everything he's done... The good..just gets better... because he's Shatner! The bad... he always gets a pass on... because he's Shatner! The Ugly...becomes legend... *because he's SHATNER!* ❤ William Shatner ❤
Would like to hear Shatners side of Bob Justmans story how on TOS Bill almost got in a fistfight with a film editor who asked him to “not telescope your reactions so much”” as these were hard to cut around.
I too was blocked on Twitter some years ago by Shatner. The tweet that did it was something like, "So like, do you tweet all by yourself, Mr. Shatner, or do you have your great-grandson Patrick to do it for you?" I guess I now know that it was in fact his great-grandson "Patrick" who was helping him and who blocked me.
Years ago, Kansas State marching band punked rival Kansas University. They formed a jayhawk with it's mouth wide open and a giant phallus ramming down it's throat. When the outrage came, the KSU fans said the phallus was a Klingon Warbird (looked like a d!ck). The outrage continued until KSU called-in a favor. They contacted Captain Kirk. Shatner reviewed the film and confirmed it was a Klingon ship ramming down the throat of the jayhawk. Defer to authority. You can't argue with the ship's Captain. :-)
Lucile Ball we thank you from the bottom of our Star Trek hearts.❤❤❤❤❤ Without this one oerson, there would be NO Star Trek And Jim Kirk alais Shatner would never have been. Or Spock, o....all of our heros past AND present❤❤❤❤❤
I was a fan of Mrs. Ball from the show I love Lucy. But when I learned that she greenlighted Star Trek. That gave me more appreciation for her and her vision for the show. Just adds to her amazing legacy.
I cooked for Bill a couple of times. He returned for the 2nd time because he liked the food. Quite the compliment from a man who can eat anywhere in the world. We joked, took photos, and he even autographed some stuff for a charity auction. He's a pretty awesome guy in my book
its strange but fun to think Data and Kirk hang out now and then and occationally text each other (its also crazy they never even had a scene together in Star Trek VII)
Good thing that was brought up, a lot of Star Trek fans are unaware that Mr Shatner is a prolific reader and also an author, he wrote over a dozen novels. It is what he has mainly been doing the past 30 years.
I've only made it through one "Shatner" novel, _Tek War._ It was clearly written by Ron Goulart, both by style and by the fact that when the protagonists had to go undercover they used the names of the main characters from Goulart's short-lived comic strip _Star Hawks._ Were the others ghostwritten too?
For anyone who has some personal hate for Shatner get a grip. Imagine not being able to grab a coffee or go out for a quiet dinner without "your biggest fan" wanting a selfie and three autographs. What? You've never had a bad day. Bing Crosby beat his kids, Kanye is just nuts and Taylor Swift has a "squad" of groupies, start with that.
Well, that's kind of the price you have to pay if you want to be a star. Most of those people became actors/singers, etc. by choice. That being said, I don't hate Shatner. I just prefer to appreciate his talents from afar but not ever want to meet him in person.
I once talked to Mr. Shatner on the phone.
I was working at a call center for a satellite TV company, a very long time ago. I get a call coming in, and the screen shows his name. I was expecting an assistant to be calling on his behalf, so I was VERY surprised to hear his unmistakable voice on the other end. I kept things professional, partly because my job required it, though I did remark on hearing from him directly. He said he just needed to make some changes, it was easier to do it himself.
So I handled his requests, making changes to his account, without discussing anything outside of that. Until the point where he lampooned himself. As I was getting a change processed, he said in his classic Kirk voice, "I need... MORE... channels!" And I responded in what was possibly a horrible Scottish brogue, "I'm givin' it all I got, Cap'n!" That got a laugh out of him. We then concluded our business, I thanked him for his time before he disconnected.
I told my wife about this encounter, and she STILL envies me.
was he adding playboy to his account? he was wasn't he? XD
That sounds like the optimal amount of 'showbiz encroachment' for that encounter that he could tolerate
That was gold!
You played that perfectly. Truly.
Nice! James Doohan's son once spoke to a Scottish person about his father's portrayal of Scotty. This person told him that James Doohan's impression of a Scottish accent was not very good, so you probably still did great compared to him!
He was on Johnny Carson once, and Carson asked if he got tired of ppl always wanting to talk about Star Trek with him. He said he did until he got in a cab once. The driver recognized him, and told him he was a Vietnam vet and had been a POW. He said the only thing that kept him and his fellow POWs wits about them was reenacting Star Trek scenes. He said he didn’t mind after that. I’ve seen some other comments here that differ with that assessment, but I thought it was a great story.
Trump would have called that POW a "loser" because after all.. Trump "likes people who weren't captured".
@@dougrobinson2024get help.
Well there's the famous SNL skit.
But he must have seen Galaxy Quest and realized how much of a jerk people thought he was.
James Blish back in the day novelized most of the original star trek episodes. He spoke of getting a letter from a Vietnam vet who's unit had stumbled right into an ambush. In desperation the vet (who was the radio operator) started talking like Shatner and giving orders for Enterprise to lay down targets for phaser banks and such. To his units astonishment the Vietnamese soldiers suddenly stopped firing and disengaged.
@@dougrobinson2024 Only an idiot would think a quote from a "anonymous source" in the Atlantic would be valid. Let me guess you have Kamala Harris posters up in your house?
Years ago I was working in a hotel in NYC I met Mr. Shatner. I am a MASSIVE trek fan but I didn't want to come across as an idiot fanboy so I said as (calmly as I could): Mr. Shatner, sir, I just want to say I am a fan of all your work. He looked me right in the eye, smiled, and said "Thanks, call me Bill"
Didn't say "Call me Jim"? Damn.
I have the impression that he can be a really nice guy, as long as you're not gushing about Star Trek.
I don't think I have many years in me, but I wish so much to see Red Letter Media interviewing Bill. Or at least Brent or Patrick. I think Mike earns it.
@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 I doubt that will happen, I seem to remember Bill having a twitter fight with RLM
And to this day, you still call him Mr. Shatner.
Years ago I worked at a tennis club where Bill was a member and played about twice a week. He was always kind and courteous to the staff, a real class act. And, yes, we were told to call him Bill.
I believe it.
Beverly hills country club on motor Ave?
I think a guy like Bill has very little time or desire to dwell, his courteousness is immediate as his dismissiveness, knowing full well he will make just as many friends and enemies
I had a window seat on an airplane. During flight I looked out on the wing and saw Mr Shatner tearing apart the plane...
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂 Wasn't Rod Sterling there? 😁
@@jamesdarwinsmithii7039thx, I wasn't sure if anyone would get that reference.
I'll bet nobody would believe you.
😂 Okay fellow boomer!
What I liked about him was his ability to joke about himself..... The SNL skit where he appears at a Star Trek convention is hilarious !
I loved it when he says "Why can't you just get a life!" 😂
@@df5295 I liked both of :
" You - have you ever kissed a girl..? " & " you've taken a job I did as a Lark and turned it into a colossal waste of time " 🤣
I've read both Shatner and most of the various crews all loved Galaxy Quest. Tony Shalhoub is priceless and Alan Rickman was hysterical. It's one of summer movies, never get tired of it.
He made fun of the exact people that made him a multi multi millionaire. The man is an ASS--
His "Celebrity Roast" Epi' IS TOP 2-3 FUNNIEST EVER....
He "Took ALL WELL" & Laughed HEARTILY Thru-Out .....=GOOD SPORT' etc😆🍻
I met him once as a teenager and he was very gracious and kind.
You met William Shatner when he was a teenager?
Shatner gets a bad rap. I got to work with him for an afternoon back in the 90's and he was late. Once he finally arrived he apologized profusely to us all and suddenly stopped, seeing we were all just slack-jawed. "What's....everyone.....staring at?" Once that ice was broken the day went great and he was actually a blast to work with. Having lunch with him was pretty legendary as well.
Shatner discovered humility and started treating people better after the extremely negative response to him and star trek 5 that he directed. That movie was so monumentally terrible that Shatner really thought he single handedly destroyed the franchise forever. He turned over a new leaf after that whole experience. Before that, he was a certified grade A a$$hole.
I worked with him at a convention and he was pretty unpleasant. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about celebrities though it’s that they are all kinda assholes.
As long as he's not eating fermented canned swedish fish!
@Matthew Thomas IKR. Back in the 90s, one of the filming locations for The X-Files was the George Pearson Centre in Vancouver, BC. My Mom was a nurse there and I did some volunteer work for the handicapped people that lived there. Gillian Anderson was so sweet and kind. David Duchovny, on the other hand, was a major asshole.
Thank you for sharing this. I really don't like finding out about the dark side of those like Shatner and the others. Most modern "stars" do a great job of showing us all their ugly sides. I don't care to hear about the behind-the-scenes bad behavior.
We actually had Patrick Stewart cancel going to Ottawa Comic Con and William showed up instead so I'll always appreciate Mr. Shatner helping us out .
😂
I remember that! I didn't go but I remember Stewart cancelled his appearance. I didn't know that Shatner showed up instead though, wow!
@@YoungPadawan85he is Canadian and had performed at Stratford in his younger years- I bet he is in Canada more often than we know. 🇨🇦
All these cons have provisions that if an actor gets a job they can cancel without notice, it's the only way they can get actors to agree to do them. I remember missing out seeing Connor Trineer because 48 hours before his appearance he got the call to play George W. Bush in the Tom Cruise film American Made. I hold zero grudges on that, what was he supposed to do? Pass up a speaking roll in a Tom Cruise movie so he can sign a poster for me? I ended up seeing him and saying hello to him 2 years later anyway.
Stewart probably got called in by a studio for reshoots or got a role last minute.
Patrick Stewart is a known A hole. His own children wiped him. For the last 25 years his own children still will not take a call or message from him. He was an absent father and not nice as he thought making plays and theatre and having fans was more important than seeing his children
Seeing Shatner’s one man show about ten years ago completely changed my impression of him as a person. I’m so amazed that he’s still going strong in his 90s. The rest of us could only be so lucky!
~Trav
Trav- Unless you've already seen it, the movie Trekkies (1997), is quite good if you like Bill Shatner.
I just saw him on stage in Tampa a few months ago and he was really funny and energetic.
William Shatner is an incredible story teller. I had the privilege of meeting him last year, and I wish I had half his energy.
He got a fine tan shirt with an emblem on the chest
The interstellar girls all like him the best
Captain of the crew and he knows kung fu
And he did Joan Collins in 1932
Really just an actor, a genius to boot
He never gets fire when the enemy shoots
So he ends each show looking neat and clean
After staring down the mouth of a doomsday machine
I really like the one where he reads the Constitution
After ending all the fighting in the future revolution!
All I know is Takai rhymes with gay
@@DanLoFat takai actually rhymes with "guy," the wine: "rosé" rhymes with "gay."
He was so fantastic in both of the episodes of Columbo he played in!
And I WISH you had half of his storytelling talent.
😂 😉
I met a guy who served as Shatner’s personal assistant at (I believe) Comic-Con and he said he was a huge choad. Another guy knew him from the saddlebred horse business and said that in that world Shatner was very friendly and that he enjoyed just being “normal” for awhile. However, he wouldn’t allow any Hollywood talk and no pictures or autographs. And last, I used to know a guy who was a farrier (shoes horses) and he said that Shatner was very friendly and generous with the people who took care of his show horses. At the end of the week-long horse show at the Kentucky State Fair he personally gave all the horse crew envelopes with big cash tips and a short personalized note. I guess it all depends on the setting.
I met him once. He was an ass.
@@karlwithak1835 Should someone tell him?
You can do generous things some of the time and still be a schmuck much of the time. There's a video on TH-cam where Shatner is asked to rate various impressions of him. You can tell a lot by watching that just what kind of person he is.
@@allendracabal0819 Shatner is a complicated person like most people.
That's how I am too.
Met him in the mid 90s in Florida in all places a small gas station near Gainesville, FL. He was a very nice person I just smiled when I saw him and a minute or so after he got a coffee he walked up to me and said "thank you for not rushing up on me and being a good human to me, yes I'm who you think I am and I really do appreciate it." It was very cool.
Loved your story ❤
yea, I could never do that either. I'm not the type to rush up on somebody either. Feels awkward. Of course, I never met someone on the level of Shatner before. I only met Doug Bradley once at a hotel bar of a convention. Gave him my place in line, he shook my hand and bought me a beer. Yes, Pinhead bought me a beer lol
I went to see his one man show on broadway called Shatner’s World: We just live in it. His energy, and his ability to tell a story, was just amazing.
Harry, i saw the show on Oz.....he entered the stage riding an office chair on his knees....great show. & showman.
I saw William Shatner once in 1978. I was watching a rerun of Star Trek, TOS and there he was, right on TV.
Me too!
He flew on my brother's airline and thanked my brother the captain for a super smooth landing!!
As much as I loved Shatner as Kirk, his role as Denny Crane in Boston Legal was my favorite Shatner role. If it was possible, I'd watch 20 more seasons of both Star Trek with Shatner and Boston Legal.
Boston Legal for me was essentially waiting for the laid back golden dialog between him and James Spader while they had cigars. "Sleep over tonight?"
I really would like to see this show. I read Bill is fabulous in it!
@@timefortea1931for years i always thought he spoke when he acted and spoke like the way comics joke about him and he jokes about himself. than i saw him play Denny Crane and he did none of that when he played him and i really loved him as an actor even more so. i was a fan before but for me Denny Crane is easily his best
role i do enjoy Star Trek but Denny Crane is Shatner all the way more so than Captain Kirk i think. thought i don't think they are 100% alike by any means but you get what i'm saying i'm sure
Deny Crane: It’s touch of the mad cow disease!
Now if only there were a way to get legit crossover between the shows…
Wow, hearing that Shatner did the original stage performance of 'A Shot in the Dark' before Peter Sellers did it in the movies is probably the oddest and coolest bit of entertainment trivia I'm going to learn today. And I'm probably going to continue wasting my Friday afternoon at work watching a lot more TH-cam.
Have you ever seen Jack Lemmon beat up Sylvester Stallone and take his wallet? It's worth a TH-cam search. Not a lot of folks can say they took Rambo's lunch money.
Another piece of trivia: Before Star Trek, both Shatner and Leonard Nimoy were on the same "The Man From Uncle" episode.
And Shot in the Dark was really the second Pink Panther movie right?
Shatner starred in a Broadway production "The World of Susie Wong." The production later became a movie starring William Holden. This link is the clip from a Ed Sullivan show that featured a clip of the play. th-cam.com/video/19BKU7m2PXQ/w-d-xo.html
Next he could come full circle and make an album with a cover of Ozzy Osbourne's track "A Shot in the Dark."
Shatner is larger than life. Sometimes that will rub you wrong, and sometimes it will be enormously impressive. The man is 92 now. When we lose him, I know which of those times I will focus on remembering.
Well said
@Aero01 Those certain fan groups can stick it.
Funniest thing ever was the SNL skit. "Do you all live in your mom's basement? Have you ever kissed a girl?" That didn't go over too well with some people, that's what the stun setting is for.
@@dicksonfranssen yeah I wasn't too crazy about that part either but I'm mature enough to recognize that this was all done in good clean fun because if there's anything we know about the Shat is that he has a sense of humor. So he can poke fun at anything he wants because he's also willing to poke fun at himself. So that SNL skit and Shatner himself I give both of them 👍👍
He has boundless energy, intelligence and charisma. People around him might be a bit envious he has it all going on at 92!
When I was young, back in the 60’s I was a big Star Trek fan. My father managed a men’s health club and Shatner became a member. Of course I was anxious to see him in person. In those days he didn’t always wear his hair piece. It was a shock to see him without it for the first time.
The health club had a barber shop and when the barber quit my father had a hard time finding a replacement but finally found one. My mom came to the club one day to have lunch with my dad and as it happened Shatner was there and my dad introduced her to him. My clueless mom said “Oh, are you the new barber?”
Shatner was livid, and actually yelled at my mom “HOW DARE YOU” stuff. My poor mom was extremely embarrassed!
I did that to a big celebrity at a poker table once. It was bugging me who he was as he looked familiar. I then asked him (loud enough for the whole table to hear) if he was a checkout guy at Safeway.
@@goodcopbadcop9872 Was it James Woods? Please say it was James Woods.
You should go to his next public speaking event and ask if he remembers making your mom cry.
@esphaeraspraestans4212 He'd probably do that today, but he was terribly insecure at the time.
I guess he was not, actually, the new barber.
Shatner is a Legend, I’m happy he’s still with us.
Shatner is amazing. He's like the John Wayne of Science Fiction. A true legend.
You NAILED it! I'm going to steal this!
That's what he told me.
How so? He never prevented Black people from appearing alongside him…if anything the direct comparison would be Charlton Heston.
@@HanifBarnwell John Wayne & Charlton Heston were patriots of war.
Really? That is hilarious. John Wayne had much more respect for his fellow actors than this guy. And more talent.
I don’t care what anyone says about William Shatner. For me he will always be the best Captain of any Star Trek franchise.
Yup
The only question I
Ever thought was hard
Was "Do I like Kirk,
Or do I like Picard?"
That is 300% true
Second best… Picard is my captain.
He's literally why the show and franchise exists. The first cast had to all be fired except leonard nimoy and Shatners humour and style is why the show worked. He may have been a jerk or full of himself but he did a great job and as a viewer I thought he was perfect.
Those of us who worked the conventions and had to deal with his diva attitude called him Bull Sh*tner. He was so rude to the fans. This was back in the '70's.
That is hilarious, "Bull Sh*tner", lol. Obviously he's cleaned up his act a bit because his reputation was exactly as you described for so long! All you have to do is watch that Rocket Man clip from the 70s to know everything you said is true! :P
I've been a Shatmandude since I was a kid. Everything he does outside of Star Trek only makes me more astounded both for his passion for life but his reason and philosophy in his books are just as incredible. Everyone who mentions him talks about his wild energy. I just saw him a few months ago in Houston and he stalked the stage like he was half his age! Legend
I remember watching Shatner when he had a series called TJ Hooker. Obviously I was a lot younger, but the vibe at that time was that he seemed like a ridiculous buffoon. For the last decade though I've been watching him on talk shows and interviews and the guy is awesome. He's sharp, plugged in, pragmatic, and hilarious.... Never a big fan but now a huge fan.
Then you must "Ponder the Mystery!" th-cam.com/video/MSGwTpQtyq4/w-d-xo.html
@@tunahxushi4669 I've always been a fan of his, since I first watched the Star Trek re runs in the 1970s (but first run for me). My mother was a fan of his when I was a baby! Then our family watched him in TJ Hooker and liked that too. He's very interesting in interviews- a highly intelligent man.
Mr. Shatner does look pretty youthful and spry for a guy pushing 90-something. Mr. Spiner looks pretty worn out by comparison, and he's like 20 years younger. Kinda sad when you think about it because Brent used to be so gorgeous back in the day.
Somebody's gotta get this twitter anecdote to Mike Stoklasa - it will surely set his mind at ease
I was thinking the same thing although I'm worried Stoklasa may be becoming a diva.
@@HC-cb4yp Mike is too drunk and midwestern to become a diva
The more I watch these clips, the more I am blown away. Great interviews and guests. It is very entertaining and captivating.
I find it amazing that Night Court hasn't reached out to him for the reboot.
To be fair, the dude is 92, I think he probably wants to relax a bit, I mean after going to space and shit at 90!!!
Strike Force..
Think he meant Data. He was on original night court in several episodes.
I was about to ask when Bill was ever on the show, but then I caught myself.
New Night Court might have also reached out to Michael Richards, but, well you know…
@@strikeforcealpha9343 Brent Spiner guest starred on Night Court. I think OP is talking about him.
Had the pleasure of meeting Brent at Vancouver Fan Expo last year. He was so friendly and kind. He took the time to chat with my daughter and I even though his booth was incredibly busy. Just an all-around great guy.
My friends father worked with Shatner on a film once as a costume designer. They saw him at the airport and decided to say hello. He flipped them off. Great guy.
Does your friend's father look like George Takei?
@@JoseyWales44s 🤣
Imagine you were famous and you constantly get people walking up to you no matter where you are for 60 years
@@oldylad Thats why I don't even talk to these people if I see them out in life. They get it all the time already.
@@oldyladnightmare
It's kind of cool that William Shatner is a reader. I have been one of those since my childhood when I began my love of going to the library.
I've always been a Brent Spiner fan ...and ever will be following a Twitter exchange with him over a hot-button social topic. He was so kind in his messages and I truly do appreciate him taking a higher road of discussion with me, a faceless fan.
If I ever meet Mr. Spiner in person, I'd tell him how much I love his singing. My favorite song of his was Bravo Stromboli from the Disney movie, Gepetto. He was amazing!
His acting in tng is fantastic
@@stevencoardvenice His acting in Night Court was my favorite
I talked to Shatner in an AOL chatroom sometime in the late 90's as a little kid! Some kind of Q&A he was doing. I remember asking him a science question and remember he was very kind and thorough with this answer, but I don't remember what the question was!
It was “am I a huge nerd?” And he said yes.
All of the scenes Spiner was in he just knocks it out of the park. By far one of the most underrated actors. I met Shatner at a NYCC. He was pretty cool. Spoke with me (even though I was nervous meeting him) and personalized the autograph for me.
i am trying to figure out why you would think he is underrated. i think he is very highly rated. for most of the movies it was the Picard-Data show. there was a reason for that - the producers and writers knew that Data was the strong selling point for the show.
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I hate it too when someone who’s famous and well-respected is called “under-rated.” The word is overused, and it’s like some people don’t know what it means.
Brent is not underrated. He's an icon
My favorite TNG episode "The Messure of a Man." In which Data (Spiner) had to validate himself as a sentient being and not be replicated by a StarFleet scientist.
Shatner's bit on Sat Night Live blasting Star Trek nerds was spot-on. "Get a life! Have you ever kissed a girl? DO SOMETHING." He nailed it.
Jon Lovitz looks down in shame. Perfect.
So you think the Trekkies can’t do both ….
It sure pissed off the dorks, though, haha
@@Dcs.234 Most can't.
Brent Spiner is the most under appreciated of the Star Trek stars. His embodiment of being an android in TNG will go down in history.
I don't disagree, but a lot of people say he is not a very nice man, especially to fans who just want to talk to him because of his Star Trek work.
Name 3 people you know that under-appreciate Brent Spiner (see these 'under appreciated' posts every single, fricken time I'm on YT). Name 3.
@@zekeigtos7240 I adore Mr. Spiner in all his roles. I love his singing too. I thought he sang "Bravo Stromboli" from the Disney movie Geppetto, better than anyone.
I met Bill Shatner at his house some years ago. I worked for an AV guy who did work at Shatners, and we had to replace a custom cover for his video projector. It came back from the upholsterer right as we were backlogged with other work. My boss got a call from a rather perturbed Shatner who wanted that cover installed asap. I went to the house the next day to install the cover, and just as I was getting ready to leave, he walked in. I introduced myself, called him Mr. Shatner "Please, you can call me Bill." I said nice to meet you Bill, the cover is installed, does it look ok? He looked it over and said "Yes, it's fine, thank you." He paused a beat then, in full Kirk voice, said "I just...don't ...understand.. why it took ..so long." I explained the situation, and he said "Oh, ok. Thanks for coming out here so quickly." I said you're welcome. We shook hands and I left. I had heard he can be difficult, but I found him professional and very pleasant.
I worked with many folks in the film industry, some very big names and some "behind the scenes" names who were nonetheless very much VIPs. Most were very gracious and kind, and appreciative. There were a few however, who were much less so, and some who are just downright nasty. And no, I will not name names.
My advice to anyone who encounters a celebrity is simple. Be very polite, just say "Hello" or "How are you doing today?" and let THEM decide to engage you in further conversation. NEVER, ever, act all crazy fanboy (or fangirl) and you will find that most of the celebrities will actually respect you and talk to you if they have time. If you do end up in conversation, ask calmly and nicely if they would do an autograph or picture. Most will gladly say yes and oblige. If they say no, stay polite and thank them for the time they spent with you. I emphasize the time thing because, as I have learned in my 26 years in the industry, ALL celebs are run endlessly with with photoshoots, rehearsals, publicity, interviews, and so on. They (and most film crews) often work 12-14 hour days, SEVEN days a week. It is very grueling and will make any sane person grumpy at times. So be understanding.
My reaction to encountering a celebrity would be to keep walking.
You're absolutely right.
I don't gush over celebrities or pay attention to what they do. Most of them are weird anyway. Not that I don't like Brent Spiner, I actually adore him in all his film roles as well as his singing, but I also think it's pretty hypocritical of him to complain about Bill Shatner blowing up on him when he's done the same to others on more than one occasion.
I'd say if you're in a professional setting, never ask for anything personal. If they do talk to you it would be nice to not bring up anything related to their work unless they do just don't make it long and don't make any questioning comments. Let them do all the giving on that end if they want to talk about their work. They will appreciate you more when you keep things professional and like talking to you more often. It's called building relationships, people asking for things right off the bat is a bit much imo.
I shook his hand at a Star Trek convention in the 90s. Also saw him on his “Shatners world”. He was hysterically funny.
I remember he was generating insane lineups for his appearance at Comdex the year Windows 95 came out. Maybe that's the same one. My biggest laugh down there was a guy at a cross walk on the way back to the strip shoving brochures for a brothel at the men leaving Comdex: "Make a trip and check out our girls. They're all user friendly."
What I notice about Shatner is that he seems to be a very curious person, which is what Spiner spoke about, and I think that is one of the keys to keeping yourself young. When you hear Shatner speak off the cuff he is sharper than other people I know who are half his age.
I always wonder about his reputation for being difficult. I heard an interview with a crew member from the original series who said that Shatner was always friendly, always joking around. This guy said when he had his camera out, Shatner was always ready to clown around and pose for him.
I'll always love Bill Shatner. He's the starship captain in the first sci fi series I ever watched, and he remains an iconic legend. Few will ever rise to Mr. Shatner's level. I'd love to spend some time with him. What a guy! 100% fan!
I would never want to spend time with him personally. I heard those Hollyweirdos are into some really strange stuff. You ever hear of Helter Skelter? I hear that was about a Hollyweird party. Anyways, I have met several of the cast at conventions. The nicest was James Doohan. Not even close. He genuinely wanted to meet us, was incredibly nice. The not so nicest? I won't say. But it was someone on TNG.
I've enjoyed much of his schlock movies and his novels he wrote. The Star Trek ones. I totally enjoyed the series Tek War.
You call him Bill
You missed "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger"?
Every time I’ve met Shatner he was very warm and charming. His baritone voice (in person) is like butter! NGL, Kirk was my first crush.😅
Many years ago I saw William Shatner in an ice cream truck coming down my street. The smile on his face as he was ringing that bell I’ll never forget, especially when he winked at me as he passed by.
I worked in production for a long time, and the story of somebody speaking for him is very common. A lot of the... "OMG so and so is such a diva"... stories, are started like that. It's not the actual person, it's some idiot handler trying to score brownie points by being ridiculously fussy about things that the actual person never asked them to do. That's why it's a good idea to take those stories with a huge grain of salt. But when you hear repeated stories about someone, where the details are very unique and specific... it usually means they're an ass. I've met famous people who were supposedly an ass, but I found nothing wrong with them at all. Another part of the problem is that people have way too high of expectation on people. They're just people. They're not gods. Yes, if people ask them 50 times a day to sign stuff, they're going to get annoyed after a while. Just like anybody would.
I hate click bait so much.
me too but it was so short and spiner was so charming. i gave 'em a pass. 😅
🤣🤣😂
I always disliked the Data character in ST episodes, so I never gave Spiner a chance as a human being in interviews. Not that he would care one way or the other, but he seems fine to me in this vid. Shatner is always a character in interviews, but he is no Kirk. Acting, they are just acting.
@@clayz1what a weird comment
I was recruited to work "starfleet" security at a convention back in the 90's. Shatner came out of the limo with his own heavy security. Looked like suited ex mossad guys with yamakas and ear pieces. Backstage he was all business and very serious before going on stage. When he got his cue, he went on stage and turned on the charm for the fans but once backstage again it was all business wanting to get paid and get immediately to the airport, which we escorted him to. I really wanted to talk to my hero and was disappointed at the time, but I understood when I read his many books. So I get it. He's a workaholic from his family experience being Jews in Canada during the depression. I think this approach to work has rubbed many people the wrong way, including many co-stars but that's how Shatner is wired and still busy in his 90's. Just $.02 with my little brush with the captain.
That's "yarmulke" (really!).
Same exact experience with......Elvis Costello! Worked backstage. The crowd was going crazy at the end and he was beaming, smiling and slapping hands with the crowd as he walked off. But as soon as he got past the curtain, into the wings........the smile immediately switched off as he briskly marched to his dressing room. (HOWEVER: he invited all the fans that were at the stage door to come in and listen to the soundcheck. He did an hour long soundcheck.......and didn't repeat one song during the three hour show that night! Incredible.)
Never realized he was Jewish. The guy stays extremely busy, judging by his output, so, I'd say your assessment is spot on.
I liked him in that Twilight Zone episode when he kept seeing a monster on the wing of the plane.
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, that is one of the good ones for sure.
Shatner is such a mystery to me. For every story about him that makes him seem mean you hear another about how great he is. I think the cast pretty unanimously said he was hard to work with. He sounds mostly difficult but it sounds like there is good in him.
People change. Sometimes an actor will have a drive and passion to do things right is what makes them successful, but also rubs others the wrong way. At some point people get older and reflect on how they have lived their life. The drive that made them successful isn't necessary anymore. When you have a few million in the bank, it doesn't matter if your next job is a smash success or not.
I think he's just a huge, dynamic personality and a lot of people can have trouble relating to that. He really is a force of nature in the business even at his age, most of the 20 year olds in Hollywood should a fraction of the passion and enthusiasm he still has.
I suspect he is both. He is an emotional person, not saying that in a bad way.
people can be both. it's not complicated.
He's charismatic and charming. But.. he's always been a piece of shit. People aren't able to reconcile these two things.
He was a classic Prima Donna on Trek. He actively sabotaged the other actors behind the scenes whenever they were getting attention. That's why they all hate him.
Just totally selfish with a ridiculous ego.
But he sure is fun isn't he?
Damn Captain Kirk is 92 years old. Wowser he's gotten old now, time sucks.
He's old now, but he will be young again in the future.
Hes up there in age...and hes active. I have tons of autographs
That's my original childhood hero.
Shatner is one of those proofs that you don't have to get old as you grow older.
@@danieldickson8591 for real. Ive seen people by the age of 60 already looking older than Shatner
I've spoken to both Patrick Stewart and William Shatner on separate occasions. I was polite to both and told them how much I loved their work and both were rude to me. Never meet your hereos
Sadly, if you want a good experience with a celebrity, you'd have to catch them when they're in a good mood. Unless I run across one by accident, I'd also prefer to just appreciate their talents from afar and not meet them in person because I never know what experience I will get.
Be specific, how were they rude? People posting here, be it good or bad, is something I take semi-seriously at best because strangers mostly don’t have credibility. When you say they were rude to you and that’s it, it is very difficult to take that seriously without details. If I were a celebrity, I might get tired of people thinking it’s okay to invade my personal space, interrupt whatever I’m doing simply because they’ve seen me on TV. When they’re gracious, that’s great, but it must be challenging some days.
If your heroes are star trek characters, reaccess your life.
Maybe you shouldn’t have snuck into their bedrooms…
@@jgando111278Hey, real life heroes are great (in all seriousness). But don’t underestimate the inspirational power of fictional characters.
I've dealt with Shatner as an airline agent in the 70's and much later, backstage as a stagehand. The man is, by far, the biggest jerk I've personally ever encountered.
Details, or it did not happen.
@@jadapinkett1656 Nah we don't need to know people can be jerks. It's not illegal to be a jerk.
My brother says he met and talked to Bill Shatner in Montauk, New York. Says he and a friend were walking a trail when Bill and a couple of other people came by riding horses. Shatner asked them if they had any water because one of his companions was a little dehydrated. They talked for a few minutes and then went their separate ways with an invite from Shatner to see an off Broadway play he was doing in N.Y.C. They never made it to see the show. Nice guy.
Data is my all time favourite ST Character of all time, bar none. Thank you so much Mr. Spiner!
Data. Worf. Garak.
I know this is only a 3 minutes cut but I feel a little sorry for Spiner going there just to talk about what kind of person William Shatner is 😄 like dude, Data has feelings now. 😅
Brent Spiner, he’s one of the people I have always liked and rooted for. I can’t explain it but his Data is like a Jedi Knight hero of mine. Love the actor and the character.
Somebody tweet this to Mike Stoklasa. (It was never him, Mike.)
Good point!!!
I had the same exact thought. Mike's heart can rest easier, knowing that Captain Kirk doesn't hate him to his core.
Ha - I just commented the same. Was waiting for this clip to show up. Hopefully someone gets it to Mike.
I love Brent and I love William Shatner! They of course have played two of the most beloved and legendary SF characters ever. What Brent revealed about Mr Shatner's qualities doesn't surprise me. It is well known that people who hit their 90s and remain vital, healthy and vibrant do so because they have kept on learning, active and creative!
It's kind of ironic how Shatner looks pretty youthful and spry for a guy in his 90s, while Brent looks pretty worn out despite being at least 20 years younger. He used to be so gorgeous back in the day when he played Data in TNG and had lots of swooning fangirls.
Brent Spiner, is one of the finest actors of our day; doesn't get the credit he deserves!
I remembered Brent Spiner’s recurring character from Night Court but I never realized it was him until recent years. As soon as somebody mentioned that he was on Night Court several times, I instantly remembered that character. Weird how the brain works.
William Shatner is superb as the youngest of the three (well, four, really) Karamazov Brothers in the eponymous Yul Brynner film.
He's a great actor.
He shouldered Star Trek and gave Leonard Nimoy and De Kelly a character to play off of.
My Shatner story is inappropriate and rude on my part, luckily he has a great sense of humor and still is a sexy guy who appreciates being flirted with.
I was at my first and only Star Trek convention, and had paid megabucks for three separate photos with Mr. Shatner. I was wearing a homemade "Mirror Mirror" costume, complete with thigh-high boots and midriff-baring microskirt.
The poor man was exhausted and looked grumpy by the time the very long line for photos was dwindling down to me.
I was desperate to see if I could get Mr. Shatner to crack a smile; to give him a little "something extra."
I spotted a piece of a Klingon's costume that had gotten caught on him, on his backside.
Eureka!
When my turn came, I reached around, smiled, picked off the plastic scrap from his rear end, and showed it to him.
His handlers jumped forward...
"Bill" said, "Hey, I couldn't feel it. There was something stuck to my ass."
His eyes crinkled and caught mine.
Emboldened, I surreptitiously tickled just lightly where the costume scrap had been and whispered, "Can you feel this?"
He laughed ( _mirable dictu_ ) and we had three amazingly great photos together.
I will always be grateful for his vitality, sensuality, and tremendous sense of humor.
Otherwise, I *certainly* deserved to be tossed out for my brazen hussy behavior!
I said nothing else but a sincere 'thank you' and am happy to report that he was still grinning when I walked away.
My god I've met your type 🤣
Had the pleasure of being unsulted by him on reddit, gotta admit, the man's still got it.
this guy is really underrated actor. brilliant in every role.
His performance in The Master of Disguise is positively Day-Lewisian!
Night Court.
Is Brent going to reprise his role on the Night Court reboot? I hope so.
Shortly after the cancellation of "Star Trek", I read that he was living more or less a "Hippie" way of life at one time in his life. I believe it was the TV Guild or something in those years of the 1970s. The man is amazing, at 92 years of age, he flew into space recently and has a current TV Series. The Man sold his soul to the Devil. We are gifted with an Actor that will not die. If he lost his weight, He can play himself once more as Capt. Kirk again. If I get to 92 years of age, I do hope I have that much energy to do stuff. The man is amazing, and his face is still young looking vs to other 92 years of age. In the article that I read about him from the 1970s, he admits he was doing pot. See what the effects of Pot do to you? Makes you live long and energic like William Shatner. Ok, I guess I will be heading to the Pot Shop since I am approaching my 70s in a few years. Long Live Capt'n Kirk! Long Live the Mummy called William Shatner, heh. When he leaves us all permanently, we will surely miss an actor with 70 years of acting. I have followed him in everything he has ever done on film and I will surely miss this actor. I am so glad, he was allowed to fly to outer space. It was fitting for a character that lived out there. "KHANNNNNN"! heh.
That is because he was flat broke after his divorce, living out of his pickup truck.
Don't forget he was doing serious work with likes of Spencer Tracy when he first started out.
Imagine being a Trek fan going out to a restaurant and seeing Shatner and Spiner at a table together.
With Christopher Lloyd as the waiter and Lursa and B'Etor as hostesses. The Duras pancake house?
Imagine a talk show with the two of them as hosts. Call it Shat & Spin.
My favourite role that Bill Shatner played was Denny Crane! I pictured him not really acting in that role, but playing himself.
I think it's super funny how George Takei STILL hates William Shatner. At first you'd be like, "Oh man, Shatner must be bad" but DECADE AFTER DECADE, Takei is still thinking and talking crap about Shatner and you realize George is just a bitter guy. Like a jaded ex that still talks about you decades later.
He publicly complained Shatner wasn't at Leonard Nimoy's funeral, but the reason was that he was scheduled for a charity event for the _Red Cross_ and he couldn't reschedule it and Will was like "I don't know why you hate me so much, but Nimoy knew all about this charity and would have absolutely demanded I stay and raise this money for them."
And I LOVED Takei as a kid man. So that was a hard pill for me to swallow as I grew up. I didn't start off disliking Takei and join some "hate Takei" bandwagon. But seeing a grown man who is still salty about something that happened sixty years ago gets funnier and funnier every year.
[edit] Shatner was quoted:
"People ask about a legacy. There's no legacy. Statues are torn down. Graveyards are ransacked. Headstones are knocked over. No one remembers anyone. Who remembers Danny Kaye or Cary Grant? They were great stars. But they're gone and no one cares,'" Shatner continued. "But what does live on are good deeds. If you do a good deed, it reverberates to the end of time. It's the butterfly effect thing."
Shatner is just wrong there! What we do in life echoes in Eternity (Maximus) and Many Great people are remembered by Many! To say No One remembers anyone is just plain wrong. I love Shatner the actor, especially in the role of Captain Kirk. Hopefully good deeds are remembered too and change the world for the better/ Pay them Forward/
Takei is the biggest power tool you could ever meet.
I don't think you can really judge Mr. Takei unless you were in his shoes. It's no secret that Takei and Shatner didn't get along and that Bill was a bit of a diva back in the day and to an extent, he still is.
There's no mention of Shatner "flipping out" in the conversation.
True, it's called "Click Bait"
Spiner was referring to the text he had received and how it wasn't actually from Shatner. That's why the title has 'William Shatner' in quotes - to show it wasn't really The Shat who texted.
I met Bill in a small cafe in NOHO years ago... he ordered a breakfast sandwich on a croissant and I literally lost my mind as I heard him order from the table behind me... I turned and said,, Sorry sir,, I dot want to bother you,, and Bill.. being the MOST awesome Celebrity I have ever met.. and I've worked with a few... said... its ok .. bother me.. and I will never forget that moment till the day I die,,, He is,,, the absolute STAR of Hollywood. and a pioneer of space and r travel....
I sat next to him on a TWA flight and when the stewardess offered him some, "complimentary TWA coffee," he replied, "I would REALLY like to have some of your TWA tea!" 😅
I remember seeing him at a small venue in an Agrodome.
I had my young ( about 4 yrs old ) daughter with me, and she asked:
'Who are we going to see? - Captain Pork?'
And the entire line broke into laughter.
Good times.
Shatner has been around so long just about everyone in the business, and every fan, has a story about him, and their opinions of him as a person are usually based off that, i.e. the one encounter they had 27 years ago in a con hall in Topeka. That's human nature. I definitely put more stock in the opinions of people who have actually worked closely with him over time, such as Brent, than someone like, well, me, who met him once and liked him. The sole exception is Takei. I don't trust anything that guy says.
Yeah, I'm afraid that Takei is just completely irrational when it comes to Shatner. The last straw for me was when Takei couldn't even be bothered to say something positive about Shatner's trip into space and even implied he wasn't healthy enough to make the trip. I unfollowed Takei on social media after that.
What makes George disreputable?
@@r0bw00d I personally believe that his Shatner-bashing is calculated for the attention it gets him. I met Takei (once) and away from cameras he was quite complimentary of Bill's acting. I do believe he dislikes him as a person and may have cause to do so, but I think decades of public attacks show that he's either a vindictive tool or just a very calculating person who wants attention.
BRENT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS. I ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE MANY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES HE PORTRAYED IN Star Trek...his acting and singing abilities WOW..
I briefly encountered William Shatner at Ticonderoga (a long trip from Newcastle, Emgland). I stood on the engine room set in awe, looked around and saw a guy had appeared off my left side who was also in awe. Took me a second to realise who it was, Mr S. All I could say was "y'all right?" He looked around, smiled at me and was ushered away by the guys.
Brent , you’re a legend. No one will forget your amazing contributions to startrek. When you disabled your emotion chip in first contact remains an epic memory.
William Shatner goes to Galaxcycon every year and he is so funny. The man knows how to entertain. He always has a line of people to ask questions but he only gets through a few people cause he goes off telling stories. Sometimes, they are life stories and sometimes Star Trek stories. He can be cantankerous for sure. But when you reach 92 years old, ill bet you'll be cantankerous too!! 😁
I met William Shatner and DeForest Kelley when I was a kid at Paramount Studios when they were filming the original Star Trek series. The two of them and some of the women on, I assume the episode being filmed, were all in costume at the Paramount cafeteria. Already a big fan of the series I found some paper and a pen and asked them for their autographs. Of course, they were trying to have lunch and taking a break, but they were both so generous and kind to me signing autographs for me. The older I get the more I appreciate their kindness in the middle of lunch. Wow what a memory!
I was expecting this clip to be throwing shade at shater.. should have know Brent is too classy for that..
Onr hears all sorts of stories about especially well-known public figures in the entertainment business. As a voracious, eclectic reader myself, and an aspiring novelist, it delights me to hear this.
Shatner did Shakespeare before he got into TV. He was a classically trained actor who often found the silliness of Star Trek and other programs grating. Let’s face it, some of the scripts were awful. Then the comic con craze hit, and nobody took ‘no, thanks’ for an answer. Some of the Trekkies were out of control. I don’t blame the guy for putting his shields up.
Just wanna thank Brent Spiner for all his hard work. StarTrek has been one of my best friends during some dark chapters I can thankfully say I sailed through. Likely because of the incredible works of art Star Trek presented to me through story telling. When my brain had lost interest in life StarTrek provided anouther avenue for my thought process and kept the train on its track.
@texasdaveinla That's odd you mention your brain losing interest. I've had a long history of concussions and neurological problems but it's true the brain will rewire itself. One of my self taught therapies was reading newspapers end to end and re-reading every book in the house. I've also discovered the clever and ahead of it's time writing of every ST TV show and movie, even the odd stinker. Always wear a helmet and life will get better.
Brent Spiner is one of my favorite actors. I adore him in all his film roles. I was really young when TNG aired but old enough to like it, especially the funny episodes. Watching them again makes me remember how gorgeous Mr. Spiner was.
You are not alone ! No matter what the crisis in my life is or how bad it is...I always turn to Star Trek for consolation, escape, rebuilding and sleeping.
His acting on tng is incredible.
Like his scene where he disciplines worf.
I'm sorry if this has ended our friendship..
Worf: no. It is *I* who has jeopardized our friendship.
If possible, I would I would like to continue to be your friend
Data: I would like that too
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Yes. You understand more and more of the show, and you see episodes from New angles, the older you get. Been watching since junior high school 30 years ago.
Now I see Q as a good guy. And also that captain jellico who fights with Riker
I met Mr. Shatner coming from an Airport 2016ish? and spoke with him. I would hope that he remembers it, but probably not. I told him I thought he did not get enough recognition as a comedian (SNL) and how he can make fun of himself (CanCan Dance Star Wars) and to be that type of person is a class act. I think he was pleasantly surprised that I did not bring up Star Trek, or TJ Hooker. He thanked me and said something like you actually remember that?
Of course, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" with the gremlin on "Twilight Zone." On another episode his co-star became the co-owner of the Cleveland Browns. That would be my comment for William Shatner, just a great guy.
@@ARIZJOE or when he and his girlfriend were stuck at the diner with the devil box etc.
@@erikwhitney7403 It was the Busy Bee Cafe, and his girlfriend was played by Patricia Breslin. She quit acting and became Pat Modell, co-owner of the Cleveland Browns with Arthur B. Modell, and was responsible with her husband for moving the franchise to become the Baltimore Ravens. Nice lady, good actress, not much of a businesswoman - a good match for her husband.
As a fellow Canadian all i can say is there are still depths to read and contemplate, dear friends.
From everything I have read, William Shatner was not very well liked by many of his castmates from the original series. I read one of his books in which he quoted Nichelle Nichols confirming that. However, I think he has changed for the better since then. It's long overdue for George Takei to let go of his grudge and end his feud with him.
I think Shatner might have been the male equivalent of a diva back in the day and to an extent, he still is. Like most celebs, he can be nice if you catch him while he's in a good mood but for me, I prefer to appreciate his talents from afar and not want to meet him in person.
Always loved when Brent threw humor into his character. Never was expected and that is what made it much more funny
Everything he's done...
The good..just gets better... because he's Shatner!
The bad... he always gets a pass on... because he's Shatner!
The Ugly...becomes legend... *because he's SHATNER!*
❤ William Shatner ❤
Bill has the amazing ability to make you feel like you're his long lost best friend. We always talked horses
Would like to hear Shatners side of Bob Justmans story how on TOS Bill almost got in a fistfight with a film editor who asked him to “not telescope your reactions so much”” as these were hard to cut around.
I too was blocked on Twitter some years ago by Shatner. The tweet that did it was something like, "So like, do you tweet all by yourself, Mr. Shatner, or do you have your great-grandson Patrick to do it for you?" I guess I now know that it was in fact his great-grandson "Patrick" who was helping him and who blocked me.
Twitter is the downfall of the human race, I believe
Years ago, Kansas State marching band punked rival Kansas University. They formed a jayhawk with it's mouth wide open and a giant phallus ramming down it's throat. When the outrage came, the KSU fans said the phallus was a Klingon Warbird (looked like a d!ck). The outrage continued until KSU called-in a favor. They contacted Captain Kirk. Shatner reviewed the film and confirmed it was a Klingon ship ramming down the throat of the jayhawk. Defer to authority. You can't argue with the ship's Captain. :-)
LOL! That is funny!
I need the t-shirt Michael is wearing. Anyone know where I can score one?
Lucile Ball we thank you from the bottom of our Star Trek hearts.❤❤❤❤❤
Without this one oerson, there would be NO Star Trek
And Jim Kirk alais Shatner would never have been. Or Spock, o....all of our heros past AND present❤❤❤❤❤
And desi. Babalu
I was a fan of Mrs. Ball from the show I love Lucy. But when I learned that she greenlighted Star Trek. That gave me more appreciation for her and her vision for the show. Just adds to her amazing legacy.
@@Kallan007 all she cared about was inserting herself into Ricky's Babalou extravaganza
Hi, Brent. Thanks for coming to do the interview. Do you mind if we spend the entire time asking you about Bill Shatner?
Nice to hear positive comments about Mr Shatner.
Yes it is!
I cooked for Bill a couple of times. He returned for the 2nd time because he liked the food. Quite the compliment from a man who can eat anywhere in the world. We joked, took photos, and he even autographed some stuff for a charity auction.
He's a pretty awesome guy in my book
Data and Captain Kirk having dinner together. Must be a sight to behold.
The first time I saw 'Inside of You' was on TH-cam and came away with a greater appreciation of Michael Rosenbaum's interview skills.
He is amazing!❤
its strange but fun to think Data and Kirk hang out now and then and occationally text each other (its also crazy they never even had a scene together in Star Trek VII)
How epic would it have been to have Kirk meet the rest of the TNG crew?
Good thing that was brought up, a lot of Star Trek fans are unaware that Mr Shatner is a prolific reader and also an author, he wrote over a dozen novels. It is what he has mainly been doing the past 30 years.
I've only made it through one "Shatner" novel, _Tek War._ It was clearly written by Ron Goulart, both by style and by the fact that when the protagonists had to go undercover they used the names of the main characters from Goulart's short-lived comic strip _Star Hawks._ Were the others ghostwritten too?
@@DeaconBlues117 hmmm most likely.
For anyone who has some personal hate for Shatner get a grip. Imagine not being able to grab a coffee or go out for a quiet dinner without "your biggest fan" wanting a selfie and three autographs. What? You've never had a bad day. Bing Crosby beat his kids, Kanye is just nuts and Taylor Swift has a "squad" of groupies, start with that.
Well, that's kind of the price you have to pay if you want to be a star. Most of those people became actors/singers, etc. by choice. That being said, I don't hate Shatner. I just prefer to appreciate his talents from afar but not ever want to meet him in person.
I love the reference to Shatner in Fight Club.