Happy 90th birthday William Shatner!

[Dem4Life1102]

[speak easy]

1. The one thing that has not aged well

is those Original Series uniforms (where no kitsch has gone before ... or since)

[MiHale]

4. Those uniforms caused the ...

boom in velour shirts, groovy man!

[speak easy]

6. yeah baby yeah

[TexasTowelie]

15. I had two short sleeve velour shirts (blue and purple) when I was in college, but I outgrew them.

I have a long sleeve black velour shirt that still fits though, but I haven't had an occasion to wear it in almost a decade. At least it is clean and hanging in the closet.

[MiHale]

27. Wore all mine out...nt

[Siwsan]

2. My One Degree of Separation from William Shatner

My brother was his driver during the first (I think it was the first) Star Trek movie. He said he was hoping to be assigned to Leonard Nimoy but was assigned to Shatner, instead. It took a while, but he came to really like the guy and Shatner wrote a letter of recommendation for him.

I guess that qualifies as a one degree separation.

[2naSalit]

5. That's pretty cool!

I think it qualifies!

It's interesting to meet famous people and see what they are like when not performing.

[Dave Starsky]

3. Happy Birthday, Rocketman!

[Maxheader]

7. Thought he was especially good working with...

Angie Dickinson....

[edbermac]

8. Happy Birthday Captain!

[Martin Eden]

18. I really like the episode whem he battled that reptilian alien

... when I was a kid.

Pretty cheesey now, but I love all the Star Trek shows and still watch them.

[dchill]

20. You are referring to the Gorn.

[Snackshack]

24. I loved that episode!

Never seen this gif. That’s awesome!

[riversedge]

9. I still watch the old star Trek shows --all of them. Happy BD william

[DownriverDem]

10. Still Watch it

H & I (Heroes & Icons) has Star Trek shows on M-F starting at *:00 pm.

[brewens]

11. I thought the Lincoln Project should have got him to play Denny Crane coming on as the former

guy's lawyer during the impeachment hearings. I loved him in Boston legal. He must have had fun playing that role.

[luvtheGWN]

13. Me too! Best role ever for Shatner.

A nice Jewish boy from Montreal who was first a Shakespearean actor. Breakout TV role on Star Trek and several series after that but my favourite was Street Legal.

Of course he's done umpteen tv commercials and is not afraid to laugh at himself -- a nice Canadian trait, btw!!! And kudos to his plastic surgeon!

[brewens]

14. So many great scenes as Denny. I loved it when he and Alan testified at the Supreme Court.

He had a $50 bet with someone that he could get Clarence Thomas to speak and he did! LOL

[multigraincracker]

12. I hardly ever watch tv series, but I never missed

Boston Legal.

[niyad]

16. Happy Birthday!

[Tetrachloride]

17. As a writer, let me take note of note of W. Shatner's styles.

1. In the picture above: A slight turning of the head, the uneven shoulders, the sidelong glance.

2. Walking: From my view, Kirk had a light step.

3. The herky-jerky pace of Kirk's dialogue is dynamic and a meme of its own.

4. The chair and the Enterprise bridge design fit together with the crew and the script. Even tho the chair didn't move, in my mind, it did.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. If anyone has actually read anything on his twitter account

he doesn't just throw barbs, he throws bombs. He is in a perpetual battle with twitter trolls.

And still hawking products, including for his birthday ("2-day celebration" )!

Link to tweet

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William Shatner
@WilliamShatner
A birthday this big deserves more than just a
🎂
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12:10 PM · Mar 21, 2021

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William Shatner
@WilliamShatner
Everyone needs to have a piece of cake on their birthday. That’s my philosophy. And any excuse to have two days of cake is ok
👍🏻
in my book!
🥳
🎂
1:05 PM · Mar 21, 2021

Still amazing to note that he was in this (Judgment at Nuremberg, which was a pretty good film) -

I did got to a Creation Con here a bit over 15 years ago and got his autograph in my copy of one of his co-authored books.



Happy birthday Mr. Shatner and here's to many more!

ETA - don't forget the role that sortof helped him break out of the "Kirk" role and this was well before "Boston Legal" ) -

[dchill]

21. May he live long and prosper.

[Hekate]

22. Happy birthday, sex-symbol of my late teens!

All us nerdy sci-fi girls had a crush on Capt Kirk — and Spock.

[marble falls]

23. I know it, but I don't believe it. His best role ...

[RVN VET71]

25. What has always impressed me about Shatner

is that he does have an outsized ego but is also humble, if that makes any sense. He laughs at himself, and seems to have enjoyed his career, his life, his fame and popularity. Also, didn’t he win a Tony Award for The Andersonville Trial, as well as be writer/creator of a successful science fiction series?

Hail and Hearty, here’s to you, Bill!

[MissMillie]

26. I feel like I've been stunned by a phaser!

Hard to imagine that he and my dad were born the same year, but yeah, my dad will turn 90 in 3 months.

[Skittles]

28. he and Leonard Nimoy were only four days apart

I wish they were both here