# It's the Shat's birthday today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-shats-birthday-today/811047 "2018-03-22T22:56:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-shats-birthday-today/811047/1 "2018-03-22T22:56:18Z")
Wow! The big 87! :eek: Happy birthday, Bill! You’re in command! 🆒 [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOCM8No1HAM) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-shats-birthday-today/811047/2 "2018-03-22T22:59:13Z")
He’s…80…7? Are…you…kidding.me? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-shats-birthday-today/811047/3 "2018-03-22T23:08:22Z")
Happy b’day Capt. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-shats-birthday-today/811047/4 "2018-03-22T23:25:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He’s…80…7? Are…you…kidding.me? Nope. Born 22 March 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-shats-birthday-today/811047/5 "2018-03-22T23:31:13Z")
Live long and prosper Bill. Wait, I guess you have done just that. Anyway…happy… birthday…and…best…regards. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-shats-birthday-today/811047/6 "2018-03-22T23:32:06Z")
Also Andrew Lloyd Webber’s B-day and Stephen Sondheim’s, too. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-shats-birthday-today/811047/7 "2018-03-22T23:46:51Z")
Four more days to Leonard Nimoy’s 87th, too. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-shats-birthday-today/811047/8 "2018-03-23T00:13:28Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Four more days to Leonard Nimoy’s 87th, too. Except he’s dead. And singing about [Bilbo Baggins](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGF5ROpjRAU) in my heart. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-shats-birthday-today/811047/9 "2018-03-23T00:14:49Z")
A Canadian treasure. I caught his one-man show “Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It” several years ago. A most enjoyable evening of stories. In some circles it’s considered cool to make fun of Bill and call him a Has-Been. Well, you know, [I can’t get behind that](https://youtu.be/q-eJQ1mTVzA). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-shats-birthday-today/811047/10 "2018-03-23T01:16:27Z")
If any of you start a speech with “Four-score and seven years ago…,” I will find you. There’s a holiday movie starring WS called, [“A Christmas Horror Story.”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3688406/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_21) He was really good as a radio DJ. I liked it–especially Santa Claus fighting off zombie elves and then Krampus. 'Tis the season. Sorta. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-shats-birthday-today/811047/11 "2018-03-23T01:37:55Z")
What I like about Shatner is that he doesn’t take himself seriously. Yeah, I know other TOS members had a hard time with him when they returned for the first movie, but I believe that’s all been put to rest. He seems like a very decent guy who knows he got lucky in becoming a cultural icon.