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Shatner’s World: We just live in it

Posted on by D. Parker

shatner4I don’t care what anyone says, I adore watching William Shatner, in just about anything.

Sure he’s narcissistic, but he uses his superpowers for good, not evil.

He’s also funny, silly, asinine, but always charming. If you can see this one-man show live, awesome, luckily there’s also a DVD.

Dressed casually Shatner leads us on a magical tour of memories, ours and his.

He shares very personal stories, famous encounters, ridiculous  exploits, and talks about Star Trek (of course) all in that oddly heartening, exaggerated style that’s so many have mocked over the years.

It might be his age, but in this one-man show (then again, isn’t that everything he does, really?) Shatner ponders death, those he has lost as well as his own mortality. Yet somehow it’s all comforting and poignant, not morbid. “Love is the difference between the cold light of the universe and the warmth of the human spirit and life doesn’t have to end when love is present.”

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If you’re a Shatner fan you’ll enjoy the well over an hour of Trek talk, how his kidney stone became $25,000 for Habitat For Humanity, picking out a pine casket for his father because he thought his Dad would appreciate the thriftiness, his, er, singing career, broke living in his truck, meeting Koko the signing gorilla, acting with Christopher Plummer and James Spader…

If you’re not a Shatner fan, watch something else.

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“Death is the final frontier.”

The whole show was pure Shatner – eccentric, engaging, and egocentric, but with a heart as big as his head (tough to do). He makes me smile.

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12 thoughts on “Shatner’s World: We just live in it”

  1. And it sounds like he covers a lot more than just Trek. I always enjoyed Star Trek, but more the whole Trek Universe. The other shows and books and all too. But Shatner had a huge role in bringing that Universe to life by…making it all so…fun…

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    1. That is so nice of you and I feel exactly the same. That is one of the 3 awards I’ve been so lucky to receive. But I thank you for the nomination. I’m happy and overwhelmed by all the wonderful people I have ‘meet’ on WordPress so far. Thanks Jenn, you’re awesome, as is your blog. Gentle Fibro hugs. 🙂

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    1. Thank you, thank you, for sharing all these posts!
      Sorry I missed this, don’t know how, but I’m here now, thank you.
      I’m off to share and visit. 🙂
      Hope this week treats you kindly. 🙂

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