Nope, not that one. 
I saw him speak in 1974. This was in West Texas, and he was travelling around doing dinner theater at the time. Didn’t go to the play, though.
thanks for this - I’d semi forgotten about Night of the lepus, an old favorite of my husband. he’s a challenge to buy gifts for him, and now, he’ll get that dvd .
I’ve always understood that Shatner and Kelley were cordial on-set but didn’t socialize when they weren’t at work. Shatner was resentful of the cultural phenom that Spock became and pointedly noted to Roddenberry and others that they weren’t all working on The Mr. Spock Show, but never felt threatened by McCoy groupies.
And yet Nimoy was the one actor he was truly friendly with from all accounts.
Shatner must have been a lot of fun to work with back then. You never hear anything negative from his *TJ Hooker * cast, I wonder if he had matured by then after the early 70s had proved rather hard on him or if they just expected him to act like the “STAR” and so weren’t upset by it.
I’ve never read that he blamed Nimoy, who I agree was genuinely his friend, for Spock’s popularity. He just didn’t want Roddenberry, the producers and screenwriters to forget who was the captain of the USS Enterprise and the putative star of the show. And sometimes - often? - he was a jerk about it.
I’m not sure whether to laugh or to unleash the (checks armory inventory) swarms of giant flesh-eating fire ants on you. To be on the safe side I’ll do both.
**Sampiro ** is not the first to confuse Hobbits and Tribbles. They are both furry and have voracious appetites.
I’m confused. See, my desk is a page ripped out of my copy of Diophantus Arithmetica, on which I seem to have scribbled: “Note to self: Do not murder **What Exit? ** – I know you’re sometimes tempted, but there is a good reason to keep him alive, unfortunately too long for the confines of this margin.” Damned if I know why, though.
Arent’ wookies the things that don’t fall down? I remember my niece having a set when she was a kid.
There was the wookie mom, dad, little boy and girl. Maybe even a little dog.
The straight dope on Shatner and Kelley? They were two beautiful, strapping men in the prime of life, kept at very close quarters in a tiny space for the duration of their five year missions. Oh, they both talked a good game of getting it on with alien females, but it was code; all females were aliens to these bold Spartan warriors.
Sure, they would deal with their tensions in acceptable ways–snapping wet towels at each other in the locker room, starting brawls with those gorgeous, eager-to-accommodate “Klingons,” etc.–but they were passionate men, men, men eager to boldly go where no man had gone before. Repeatedly. Their phasers were permanently set on “hot.”
[hijack]The guy from Crash is the guy from Boston Legal! It all comes together for me now![/lightbulb][/hijack]
Please. They were on the Enterprise, not the Raging Queen.
Yes, but “Enterprise” is an anagram for “Terse ‘n’ Ripe,” a clear reference to macho gay sexuality. Next you’ll be telling us that’s a coincidence. Riiight.
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Krokodil is referring to the famous unaired “I Wish I Could Quit You, Enterprise!” episode. It featured the first male-male kiss on TV and the line “Damn it Jim this is Star Fleet, not the 18th century British navy!” (which curiously was spoken by Uhuru). It was the only episode written by George Takei, but Shatner insisted the focal characters be switched from Sulu and guest star Troy Donahue to Kirk and McCoy.
In deference to the mores of the era, this ep. did not feature a long string of spit, like that girl-on-girl kiss on DSN. Takei has expressed regret that his Enterprise didn’t have a holodeck or a steam room, like later iterations of the show, as that would’ve opened terriffic possibilities for the script.
Sampiro, that is brilliant. If only this was so… then we’d have:
[Flash-forwarding thirty years. Cue wavy picture distortion and spacey music]
The Simpsons: Ep. 261:
“Hi, I’m Troy McClure. You may remember me from such films as The Boatjacking of Supership '79, Earwigs, Eww!, Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die, The Electric Gigolo, and a very special guest spot on Star Trek: The Original Series…”
Ah, yes, I remember it well…
No, silly rabbit. Those were webelos – though I’ve never figured out what falling down has to do with scouting.