Did Captain Kirk's Drinking Habits Predict His Future Weight Gain?

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Wasn't the original Star Trek's "White Rabbit" episode the most ridiculed? No wonder they call it dope!
 
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Loren Booda said:
Wasn't the original Star Trek's "White Rabbit" episode the most ridiculed? No wonder they call it dope!

That was "Shore Leave", and that was a great episode compared to the purely laughable mess that was the legendary "Spock's Brain" (3rd season, of course).
 
Scenes from shore leave:





And the episode preview:

 
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George Jones said:
Also, there was an early seventies made-for-TV movie called http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucS-J60ShF0". Look for William Shatner as the father at about the 55 second mark. I'm not familiar with the song played in the video.

I remember reading that book when I was a kid. I didn't know they had made a movie out of it. LOL - Shatner's so versatile.:smile:
 
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slider142 said:
That was "Shore Leave", and that was a great episode compared to the purely laughable mess that was the legendary "Spock's Brain" (3rd season, of course).

Hey, that episode made for some great theater:

Star Trek "Spock's Brain" news story & live show clips
 
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Trivia question:

What was the name of the episode where the Enterprise returns to the Planet from Shore Leave?

HINT: It was from the animated series.

 
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Janus said:
Trivia question:

What was the name of the episode where the Enterprise returns to the Planet from Shore Leave[/u}?

HINT: It was from the animated series.


Ahh dear! It takes some skill to animate as badly as the original model shots. You have to love it.
 
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Oh sure, you couldn't ask that ten years ago? :frown:
 
Math Is Hard said:
LOL - Shatner's so versatile.:smile:

Want to see something really funny? (Or sickening?) ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yerCiByca4"

Shatner, a Canadiian, originally trained as a Shakespearean actor, which explains his Star Trek acting style.

In the seventies, Shatner did a series of commercials for a major Canadian grocery chain in which each commercial ended with Shatner saying "By gosh, the price is right!" My grade seven teacher is the sister of William Hut, Canada's foremost Shakespaearean actor, and she bitterly bemoaned the fact that Shatner was reduced artistically to this.
 
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George Jones said:
Want to see something really funny? (Or sickening?) ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yerCiByca4"

That was so...hmm..I can't find the right word.

I'll be back. I need to go look at Nimoy's Hobbit video again before I make any judgements.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
LOL - Shatner's so versatile.:smile:

Did you ever see him in Incubus; done in Esperanto? [edit]

He really is a very brave man. :biggrin:
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Did you ever see him in Incubus; done in Esperanza?

He really is a very brave man. :biggrin:
I wish they had dubbed it in Klingon. :biggrin:
 
Esperanza? Not mixing your languages with your Latin American locales, are you?
 
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I didn't know Shatner was a Shakespearean actor too -- I hereby decee that this is the reason ST:TOS and ST:TNG were much better than the other Star Trek series. :Smile:
 
Gokul43201 said:
Esperanza? Not mixing your languages with your Latin American locales, are you?

I sure was! There is no hope. :biggrin:

Esperanto
 
Hurkyl said:
I didn't know Shatner was a Shakespearean actor too -- I hereby decee that this is the reason ST:TOS and ST:TNG were much better than the other Star Trek series. :Smile:

Perhaps NASA should consider this factor when selecting mission commanders. Clearly Shakespearean actors make the best Captains.

...and they would certainly be more entertaining during news conferences.
 
Okay, I'm really slow...I just got around to watching the video. :smile: That was great!

As a totally irrelevant observation...I used to think Capt. Kirk was a much beefier guy...just goes to show how much heavier people are nowadays that he now looks skinny to me! :bugeye: (Shatner has definitely gained a few pounds since then, though.)