Posted on 09/05/2010 10:29:32 AM PDT by Nachum
Hes late. He calls to explain. A mix-up, he says, and then, I read all your stories. Pause. You. Are. A. Grrreat. Writer. Another pause. Whats your name? I tell him. He says, Of course it is. I ask what his name is. MY NAME? I. Am. William. Shatner!
Well, yes, but which William Shatner? The child actor from Canada, descended from Eastern European rabbis? The 23-year-old Shakespearean whom Sir Tyrone Guthrie called the Stratford Shakespeare Festivals most promising actor? The young actor who made his debut on Broadway two years later, in 1956, in Tamburlaine the Great, then appeared in his first Hollywood film, The Brothers Karamazov, with Yul Brynner in 1958 and starred on Broadway in The World of Suzie Wong that same year and A Shot in the Dark in 1961? That actor was mentioned in the same breath as his contemporaries Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Robert Redford until, without explanation, his career faded before it bloomed.
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LMAO-y thing.
Thanks ApplegateRanch! He’s 80 (maybe 81 by now) and unlike 99 per cent of actors his age, he’s A) still alive and B) still getting roles. When he won an Emmy a few years back, he said, “what took ya so long?” Best. Emmy. Speech. Ever. :’)
http://www.trektoday.com/news/130904_01.shtml
http://www.amazon.com/review/R27JB69MPDPDJ1/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
He just strikes me as someone who is just having fun with what he is doing. He looks like he considers it to be more fun than work. Some of his best recent stuff was in Brad Paisley’s music videos...
The shows that Stern did with Shatner down in the "Homo Room" are classic. Shatner really IS a good actor.
His CD ‘Has Been’ is actually really good. Really.
Yep, Leo, that’s THE “Rocket Man”! The one and only!!!
Thanks for posting it!!!!!!!
Hi, Grig! Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll check it out!!
Have a great weekend!!
Very happy someone appreciates it!
It’s on my iPod.
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