but it was not to be.
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!)
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The killed off the BURGER KING..... I cried for days..
Maybe Mayhem will run over her and then step on that darn gekko.
http://youtu.be/W-WA90u0f0Y
Check this ST parody if you dare...........
Now if Priceline’s Capt. Kirk would have only taken that stupid duck with him!
but it was not to be.
I was getting tired of the no-talent Gecko until I see he learned the Texas Two-Step.
Not the gecko! Flo the friendly front lady for that socialist bastard Peter B. Lewis, OK, but not the charming little cockney lizard from Atlanta.
Shatner played Juliet's dad on the show. That character was a con-man.
Shawn, the main character uses the psychic con to get work with the police, but he actually does solve crimes, and isn't ripping folks off. His dad on the show is played by Corbin Bersen.
I don't think Henry Winkler's ever had a gig on the show.
I’m a redhead, and she makes us all look dumb and egotistical-worse than any blonde. Those commercials make my teeth itch...
I would have done the commercials for way less and saved Priceline a ton of money.
Thanks, guys.
Jack, I’ll have a look at that video cut at my first opportunity. It’s bound to be a scream.
:)
Kayak is better and the only way to go
We're being chased by a 1968 Chrysler Imperial with a tinted windshield and retractable headlights.
It actually looks like a Chevy Nova.
No, first on the list is that idiot with the blue phone:
We should be gentle with the Shatner unit. He is 80+ years old now.
I wish Shatner could have been as dramatic in his Priceline death as he was in this scene from the original series of Star Trek.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvRBDQqSmY
$600 million? Aww, poor guy.
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