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Shatner Fools Iowa Town With Fake Movie Shoot ("He... He's PUNKED, Jim...!")
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| 9/30/04
| AP
Posted on 09/30/2004 11:58:02 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
The eastern Iowa town of Riverside -- whose claim to fame is that it is the future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk of "Star Trek" fame -- has been duped.
William ShatnerWilliam Shatner, who played Kirk, let Riverside in on his secret Tuesday night that the town is the unwitting cast of a reality television show.
Shatner originally said he chose Riverside as the location to shoot a science fiction movie he wrote called "Invasion Iowa."
But now the truth is out.
Shatner said the filming done in Riverside will be used for a show that will be shown in 2005 on cable channel Spike TV.
To soften the blow, Shatner and his co-producers are donating $100,000 to Riverside for community projects.
The cast and crew also passed the hat and collected $12,000 for a book fund at Riverside Elementary School.
TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: analysismrspock; invasioniowa; jamestkirk; noprimedirective; picardwouldntdothis; startrek; williamshatner
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
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posted on
09/30/2004 11:58:50 AM PDT
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
(I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
"Not chess, Spock ... Poker."
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posted on
09/30/2004 11:59:31 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Hollywood elites crapping on real people again.
Imagine that.
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posted on
09/30/2004 12:00:11 PM PDT
by
IGOTMINE
(The internet is the most empowering tool invented since Sam Colt created the revolver.)
To: presidio9
Ping.
They haven't played that song yet today, but I have a FRmail window open & waiting.
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posted on
09/30/2004 12:00:44 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Member, NLC™, Burger-Eating War Monkeys, Thoughtfulness Enemies Squad, Rapid-Repsonse Digital....)
To: IGOTMINE
I don't know. It's all in good fun and the city will benefit from the money for community projects.
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
William ShatnerWilliam Shatner, who played Kirk That's not REALLY his middle name, is it?
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posted on
09/30/2004 12:02:39 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Constitution Day
You've HAD that window open FOR... HOW... LONG?
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posted on
09/30/2004 12:03:13 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(Ya know, "Amity" means friendship...)
To: Izzy Dunne
That's not REALLY his middle name, is it? His agent's suggestion. Those Hollywood Squares offers aren't rolling in anymore, the way they used to.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. :)
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posted on
09/30/2004 12:04:51 PM PDT
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
(I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
To: presidio9
Not long. It's minimized, anyway.
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posted on
09/30/2004 12:07:18 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Member, NLC™, Burger-Eating War Monkeys, Thoughtfulness Enemies Squad, Rapid-Repsonse Digital....)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
The cast and crew also passed the hat and collected $12,000 for a book fund at Riverside Elementary School. That one expensive book.
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Shatner, you fat chipmunk son of a ______!
(just kidding)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Jim, is she still at the bottom of the pool? ha you've been punked!
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posted on
09/30/2004 12:10:53 PM PDT
by
pipecorp
("never know where you're going till you get there." the philosopher Insectus Harem)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
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posted on
09/30/2004 12:10:56 PM PDT
by
Freepdonia
(Victory is Ours!)
To: Bluegrass Conservative
People that don't do a few lines of coke before breakfast will be portrayed as hicks and ignorant slobs.
Sure, the town scores a few bucks, but only after having been misled.
When are we going to see a Hollywood reality show...stars thrashing around in withdrawal while in rehab? Now THAT would be funny!
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posted on
09/30/2004 12:11:31 PM PDT
by
IGOTMINE
(The internet is the most empowering tool invented since Sam Colt created the revolver.)
To: macamadamia
Anybody seen his new TV show?
He's hilarious!
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posted on
09/30/2004 12:11:49 PM PDT
by
Restorer
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
At least he's not wearing that damn yellow bracelet
To: Restorer
The one where he plays the crazy lawyer? He's good in that.
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posted on
09/30/2004 12:13:31 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(Only dummies play poker with George W. Bush.)
To: IGOTMINE
Try "The Surreal Life" on VH-1. You might easily come to that conclusion with some of the participants.
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