# George Takei **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129 "2005-05-16T20:44:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/1 "2005-05-16T20:44:33Z")
Spent the Second World War interned in Rohwer, Arkansas. [PBS](http://www.pbs.org/tvschedules/index.html?display_date=2005-05-16&display_time=19:30:00&feeds=759&station=KETS&zipcode=72210&transport=&provider=) has a program on tonight Time Of Fear about the internment camps in Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/2 "2005-05-16T20:54:02Z")
Jack Soo (Det. Nick Yemana) on _Barney Miller_ was also interned in one as a young man (he was later allowed out to join the U.S. Army (European theater, of course). ---
**Author:** ![Cadabra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@Cadabra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cadabra)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/3 "2005-05-16T21:41:17Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Spent the Second World War interned in Rohwer, Arkansas. > > [PBS](http://www.pbs.org/tvschedules/index.html?display_date=2005-05-16&display_time=19:30:00&feeds=759&station=KETS&zipcode=72210&transport=&provider=) has a program on tonight Time Of Fear about the internment camps in Arkansas. I’m sure he found a way to blame Shatner for that also! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/4 "2005-05-16T21:42:22Z")
> [@Cadabra](#): > > I’m sure he found a way to blame Shatner for that also! And I’m sure he did it with insanely precise elocution. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/5 "2005-05-16T22:23:13Z")
> [@Cadabra](#): > > I’m sure he found a way to blame Shatner for that also! OK, clue me in. I had no idea that he blames Shatner for stuff. (Please don’t let me hijack the thread, maybe you can just point me to a link or two?) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/6 "2005-05-16T22:40:05Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > OK, clue me in. I had no idea that he blames Shatner for stuff. (Please don’t let me hijack the thread, maybe you can just point me to a link or two?) Several cast members, including [Takei](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671890093/qid=1116283603/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-1597196-4283930), wrote books in which Shatner came off as a total screentime hogging drama queen in both the original series and the movies. He’s not terribly popular with any of the former co-stars save perhaps for Nimoy. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/7 "2005-05-16T23:10:53Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Takei wrote…Shatner came off as a total screentime hogging drama queen… Not to mention the fact Takei’s: (Queeny sounding) [Oh My](http://files.sporkstorms.org/george_takei/oh_my_laugh.mp3) and (Phony sounding) [Laugh](http://files.sporkstorms.org/george_takei/laugh1c.mp3) Are still heard quite regularly on the Stern show. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/8 "2005-05-16T23:35:33Z")
He came to a local elementary school to talk about his experience. Did I know in time to wait by the door? I did not. ☹ Did I pay $$$$$ to hear Shatner narrate at the Arkansas Symphony? I did. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/9 "2005-05-16T23:40:30Z")
I don’t think George Takei _blames_ William Shatner for everything. However, (as others have said), Shatner is generally hated by just about anyone associated with the Star Trek cast. He is an egomaniac. He thinks he is a great actor, singer, etc and he sure isn’t. Well, anymore about Shatner and this would be a serious thread hijack. I believe in Star Trek 6, George Takei insisted on not even appearing in the same scene with Shatner. Those “ship to ship” exchanges were done without Mr. Takei even _meeting_ Shatner. (I might be biased but I don’t blame George Takei at all). ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/10 "2005-05-16T23:54:43Z")
[The George Takei Soundboard](http://web.newsguy.com/anttrax/soundboard.html) Be sure to catch him saying “Young wet bitches” in his inimitable style. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/11 "2005-05-17T00:07:13Z")
With all due respect to the OP, I just wanted to say the title of this thread … could’ve been better. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/12 "2005-05-17T00:28:09Z")
At the Orange County Performing Arts Center, the back sides of the flats are often autographed by the famous celebrities who have performed on the stage. It’s a nice little “thank you” for the benefit of the stage crew. _“Thanks for making me look and sound so good!” – Julie Andrews_ or some such. Many is the time I have stood behind those flats, waiting to go onto the risers with the Pacific Chorale (not since 1994, though). Alongside George Takei’s signature, burned into my memory: “I’m Transported!!” And that’s the story of why **kaylasdad99** cringes in sympathetic embarrassment whenever he hears George Takei’s voice, or sees his grinning mug. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/13 "2005-05-17T00:37:52Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > [The George Takei Soundboard](http://web.newsguy.com/anttrax/soundboard.html) > > Be sure to catch him saying “Young wet bitches” in his inimitable style. :: swoon :: I could listen all day to George Takei reading the phone book. HE has the best voice I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei/304129/14 "2005-05-17T01:38:53Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Jack Soo (Det. Nick Yemana) on _Barney Miller_ was also interned in one as a young man (he was later allowed out to join the U.S. Army (European theater, of course). Someone once asked Soo, “What was your name, originally?” “Jack Suzuki.” “When did you change it?” “December 8th, 1941.”