William Shatner (Captain Kirk) turns eighty-eight today. He was born May 22, 1931--same year as my father (r.i.p.).
A favorite pick-me-upper:
Shatner singing a snippet of "Keep It Gay" on the Mike Douglas Show in 1969:
The song is from a 1950s Broadway show, Me and Juliet.
I'm inspired by how Shatner's never embarrassed. Whatever terrible acting job he accepts, he gives it his hammy all.
He sure got a lot of practice in Star Trek.
Here, in the episode that gets my vote of Most Excruciatingly Embarrassing, "Plato's Stepchildren" (1968), he maintains his dignity while draped in a tablecloth with a plastic wreath on his head––
or, anyway, he doesn't let looking ridiculous stop him from fully inhabiting the role.
A favorite pick-me-upper:
Shatner singing a snippet of "Keep It Gay" on the Mike Douglas Show in 1969:
The song is from a 1950s Broadway show, Me and Juliet.
I'm inspired by how Shatner's never embarrassed. Whatever terrible acting job he accepts, he gives it his hammy all.
He sure got a lot of practice in Star Trek.
Here, in the episode that gets my vote of Most Excruciatingly Embarrassing, "Plato's Stepchildren" (1968), he maintains his dignity while draped in a tablecloth with a plastic wreath on his head––
or, anyway, he doesn't let looking ridiculous stop him from fully inhabiting the role.
Screencap from the treasure trove of images TrekCore: http://tos.trekcore.com
