They haven't dared to tell Shatner's sidekick yet.
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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They haven't dared to tell Shatner's sidekick yet.
I think he made money cause he didn’t take himself serious. He’d take any part that came along. With the money he’s hade and how long he has been on TV maybe he was right in having a big ego....like Rush says it’s not a lie if you can do it....:O)
LOL he saved the Universe, that matches his ego...:O)
That’s a good point.
What’s he doing for a second act?
When I first saw the pig commercial my though was they don’t want any muslims as customers....LOL but I hate that commerical, especially the one with the woman driving the car and the pig is in the back seat...
A violent choking death would be befitting for that one.
We can hope.
Promise!
-PJ
Don’t know what he will do, but I’d buy myself an island in a warm climate and live on the beach drinking margarita’s..People allowed only by invitation....:O) I’d invite you for a drink, OK :O) (I do like bourbon also)
No, that's not Psych, that's NCIS.
And that's not Henry Winkler, it's Robert Wagner.
Note: begin write-in campaign to kill Flo.
Back in the day, I had one of his records that I would literally put on to get rid of guests that wouldn’t take the hint and leave.
His version of “Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds” got rid of them every time!
oh sure....its a free market....and people will pay for what they want whatever the market will bear...
but 99.99999% of people don't even get a chance...not an audition...not a tryout....nothing...
its seems the riches keep circling around in the "elite" groups and if you're not part of it, forget it...
He didn’t get paid $600,000,000. He was paid with stock that could have ended up being worth $0. Risk & Reward.
The best part of Hotwire is their customer service. I reserved a room for one of our employees through Hotwire and it turned out the hotel actually didn't have any rooms available. A customer service rep called me and told me of the error, found another hotel room for our employee and refunded the entire purchase amount.
The same thing happened with another employee when I booked a room through Price Line. I didn't know about it until the employee showed up at the hotel and they told him there were no rooms available. I called Price Line, was on hold for at least 20 minutes, had to explain the situation to 3 different people, and ended up having to find another hotel with no help from them. All the while my employee had to wait about an hour and then drive to another hotel after he had been working and driving all day. I hate dealing with them and refuse to unless I have no other choice. With Hotwire you deal with one person, they actually care about problems, and best of all English is their first language.
My bad, I meant Royal Pains.
That was the “In for a Penny” episode in 2011.
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