Posted on 01/30/2012 10:47:11 AM PST by Hojczyk
"Save yourself - some money."
Those were William Shatner's last words as Priceline's "Negotiator." The discount-price travel booking site apparently killed off the television and movie legend last week in a TV advertisement.
In the commercial, which has been airing nationally and will also be shown during the Super Bowl pre-game show, Shatner's character saves the lives of fellow travelers as their bus teeters on the edge of a bridge. As the last passenger steps off, Shatner says "Save yourself - some money," handing his cellphone to a woman just before the bus falls off the bridge, bursting into flames as it crashes to the ground.
According to the company, Priceline is moving in a new direction - from negotiating to a fixed-price business model. In an official press release, Priceline's Chief Marketing Official Brett Keller said: "We felt it was necessary to go to extremes to grab the attention of every consumer in America and drive home the message that you don't have to negotiate to save money on a hotel at priceline.com. We know that The Negotiator has a lot of fans, and we hope that everyone understands this was something that just had to be done."
Because he accepted Priceline shares as part of compensation when the contract was signed in 1997, Shatner has reportedly earned $600 million as Pricline's pitchman. (Talk about smart negotiating!)
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
I always thought his “death” at the BEGINNING of Generations was more Kirk-like — doing something he shouldn’t be doing to save the Enterprise one last time.
I liked the one with the woman sticking pins in a doll that looked like her ex-boy friend.
The one who’s getting on my nerve is the woman who does the Hughesnet commercial. Lady, I haven’t been in grade school a long, long time. Talk like an adult instead of a grade school teacher talking happy, happy, joy, joy to her class.
Do you mean “Psych”?
The con man "dad" on Psych is played by Henry Winkler.
You mean when Cameron killed Kirk?
“Still better than the way Kirk died.”
Which time?
He may die in character, but Shatner is the ULTIMATE survivor. I don’t know how many times I have read that his career was over because he was too identified with this or that character. The only thing that I know for sure died was his singing career - thank goodness!
William Shatner On Broadway In SHATNER’S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT Music Box Theatre February 14 - March 4 Opening Night February 16
Television And Movie Superstar William Shatner Will Bring SHATNER’S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT To Broadway’s Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street) For A Limited Engagement From February 14 - March 4. Opening Night Is February 16.
The Two-Hour Show Will Take Audiences On A Voyage Through Shatner’s Life And Career, From Shakespearean Stage Actor To Internationally Known Icon And Raconteur, Known As Much For His Unique Persona As For His Expansive Body Of Work On Television And Film.
William Shatner On Broadway In SHATNER’S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT Music Box Theatre February 14 - March 4 Opening Night February 16
Television And Movie Superstar William Shatner Will Bring SHATNER’S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT To Broadway’s Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street) For A Limited Engagement From February 14 - March 4. Opening Night Is February 16.
The Two-Hour Show Will Take Audiences On A Voyage Through Shatner’s Life And Career, From Shakespearean Stage Actor To Internationally Known Icon And Raconteur, Known As Much For His Unique Persona As For His Expansive Body Of Work On Television And Film.
For those who don't follow the literary side of the Star Trek empire, Shatner co-wrote some Next Generation books where Kirk gets resurrected by Borg nanotechnology, but somehow escapes their influence and is happily living in the Next Gen timeframe.
James Tiberius Kirk: The Man Who Will Not Die.
uh....check that...not sure it is singing either
My Priceline investment is literally half of my retirement funds.
I invested heavily when Priceline hit it’s record lows in Jan 2003, and finally sold off the last of it last summer.
Now, if the same amount I had invested in Midwest Express Airlines had done the same, I’d be out next year. Oh, well...
When I saw that commercial, I thought they should play it out for about a month, than do another commercial from inside the bus, as it’s falling, with Shatner on his communicator, “Beam me up, Scotty!”
Also, Airline consolidation has really put the fork in “Name-Your-Own-Price” airline tickets.
United is basically the only domestic Airline still offering Priceline fares, with the demise of Northwest and Continental, and I know they are moving away from it.
Celebrity net worth has him at 200M too.
Likely he is worth 800M with this priceline stock number added in.
I prefer Scottish Star Trek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khrpy4V0-U4&list=FLrNJ1c_XGO8PasCtW4rfZmA&index=6&feature=plpp_video
I can see them putting a plug in that, if she gets too heavy.
I”m in the exact same boat. Seems that priceline has been cutting negotiating ties with hotels for around 6 months now, as I have not been able to get a deal in houston on priceline for around that time frame. I never had a problem prior to that. I’d often get rooms for $79 a night, now I don’t win a bid below $109.
Really stinks.
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