“Then my bud chimed in.....Shatner.”
Actually, the correct answer is Chris Pine. Chris Pine. :-).
Before Star Trek fans collectively kill me for that comment, I really hope I am still applying serious mathematics when I hit your age :-). I just fear that with the current trajectory society is following, I’ll be discarded in another 25 years or so :-).
Chris was a pretend Kirk. Shatner was real.