Posted on 12/07/2009 7:52:15 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I called the teaser on ObamaCare surreal, but you know what the most surreal part of this ended up being? The sheer chumminess of it. Not that I expected a kal-if-fee between them over, say, cap and trade, but Shatner could have gone the provocateurs route here and picked a fight if only to drum up buzz for his show. Instead, they spend very little time talking politics, just a few minutes or so on what conservatism means and how it applies to health care starting at around 5:45. The rest is devoted to growing up and personal struggles, with Rush delving into the agonies of withdrawal near the end.
If youre pressed for time, Id suggest watching at around 9:30 for their commiseration on hearing loss. A nice job here by the captain; if hes smart, hell have on other political guests.
CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO OF THE INTERVIEW
Thank you. That was one of the few video postings on FR I’ve seen worth watching.
Dittos!
That was a real treat! Thanks so much for posting this.
Tiberius & Hudson go well together!
Terrific show and interview. Really liked the interexchange.
Pretty interesting :)
An ex girlfriend of mine worked on Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country and during filming she described Shatner to me as being the most unliked person on the set. The animosity on the set towards Shatner was constant and palpable. According to her, he was mercilessly mocked, ridiculed, and generally despised by pretty much all of cast and crew who'd worked with him previously.
As a longtime fan of Shatner at the time, I simply refused to believe that the ultra-cool hero of my youth,"Captain Kirk", was in reality the workplace jerk.
for tomorrow viewing.
lol
Did you know Rush and Howard Stern have the same birthday - wild huh?
A friend and I were at a Border’s Books in Louisville a few weeks ago and we bumped into Shatner (literally in my case). He and a friend were in the history section, trying to pick out a book on World War Two in the Pacific. I recommended they try “The Eagle Against the Sun”, so they checked it out, thanked me for my advice, and headed over to pay for the book.
Here is a clip of Shatner providing an example of gun control.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0D78JtxmqI
Dirty Denny
LOL, the stupid hold-upper did not even cock his gun until well later into the video. Only Hollywood can think of something like this.
Me, too. I learned things about Rush that I didn’t know before.
Was gonna link to that...that was a scream! Very clever.
DENNY CRANE!!
He may have been a different person when he was younger and doing the original series.
I dunno. Hollywood gives young studs those leading roles as Alpha Male and then the cast and crew hate ‘em for it when they become stars for playing the lead role as an Alpha Male...
thought you might be interested in the interview.
Mark for later.
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