Posted on 07/15/2021 12:50:33 PM PDT by mylife
As Discovery’s Shark Week swims on, Monday’s special called Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek, featured Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, trying to conquer his fear of sharks by boldly going and jumping into the water with them.
“I am deathly afraid of sharks,” Shatner told the show’s host, Josh Gates. “I really am.”
So to ease the Star Trek actor into things, Gates started by taking Shatner through a couple of relatively safe visits with hammerhead and reef sharks, neither of which are known to eat or attack humans. But those were just the appetizer courses, the main course was swimming with potentially deadly tiger sharks, and hoping not to become the main course.
With Gates and a team of experts at his side, Shatner came face-to-face with various tiger sharks while underwater, some as long as 15 feet. And while there were a couple tense moments trying to predict when and where the sharks would swim next, Shatner seemed to genuinely love the experience.
“They’re so beautiful, they’re unlike anything I’ve ever seen,” he said.
And despite the danger involved, viewers on Twitter loved seeing Shatner in the water with the sharks, saying things like, “William Shatner is one of the greatest icons and greatest human beings, and to see him on Shark Week is beyond a treat. Thank you, sir.”
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Yep, not even close
He’s 90! What has he got to lose, really?
That guy has the most incredible work ethic of any human who has ever lived.
He’s 90 and could probably to to a typical SF convention and bed half of the women there if he wanted.
He did work for a travel company on spec -in exchange for stock - and made out like a bandit. (and making out with Nichelle Nicoles was a fantasy for more than just me, back in the day...)
Shows no signs of slowing down. He’s pretty much done whatever he wanted to do and gotten paid for it...
How many people tweet to the ISS and get a reply back!
An incredible person.
I hate when the shark and I swim into the same exact space.
Gotta love the guy! Truly iconic.
And he still owns Dobermanns.
An incredible person indeed.
“and bed half of the women there if he wanted.”
I’d be happy to meet his dogs and talk Dobes for a while.
:)
Tonight Show Sarah Palin Disses William Shatner December 11th, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BjR7kri6uo
Apparently Nichelle was Gene Roddenberry’s girlfriend, so hands off if you wanted to stay employed.
One of my favorite human beings. Live long and prosper, Bill!
Big fan of Shatner. The man is hilarious.
With Shatner being 90 the sharks swimming could be serving a dual purpose; he wants to overcome his fear of sharks and if it goes wrong he can avoid a lingering death from old age.
When I get up there in age and my body stats failing I may do something similar.
There were no disses. It was all in good fun, scripted and planned. Kudos to Conan for treating her with more respect than others.
Hey Bill... check out the 0:14 mark on this video from last year in Fiji...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf2GqoKUl6U
Ooffa!!
“The ones he swam with were probably like pussy cats.”< P>He swam with Tiger sharks.
THE Captain of Shark Trek.
Remember the Gorn fight? That thing was throwing boulders stuff at him. Bill Shatner used his hand chops to the Gorn’s ear holes to get out of the bear hug of death.
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