WEEKEND. HE IS SET TO PERFORM SUNDAY NIGHT AT 7 30. TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. HE IS AN
ICONIC TELEVISION AND MOVIE STAR
RACONTEUR MAN ABOUT TOWN AUTHOR
SPOKEN WORD JIM ARTIST WHO HAS
GRACED THE SCREEN SINCE THE 19
FIFTIES. THERE’S A MAN ON THE
WING OF THIS PLANE. AND IT’S NOT
T J HOOKER ON THE HOOD OF HIS
CAR. BUT IT IS WILLIAM SHATNER,
REITZ ME ON THE EDGE OF A ROCKET
TESLER UP ON A ROCKET. REMEMBER
THAT? YES, YES. SPACEX SO THEY
WERE GOING TO PUT ME ON THE TIP
OF THAT ROCKET. I JUST
ABSOLUTELY REFUSED TO BE ON THE
TIP OF THAT ROCKET. CAN WE LOOK
FORWARD TO A SEQUEL TO YOUR
SPOKEN WORD POETRY JAM RECORD
ANYTIME SOON. LISTEN MY DEAR,
YOU’RE MISSING A WHOLE THING.
THERE’S AN ALBUM OUT THERE NOW
CALLED BILL. OH RIGHT NOW, UH,
WITH THE LOVELY MUSIC AND LOVELY
PEOPLE ACCOMPANIED ME AND I WAS
INVITED TO PERFORM AT THE
KENNEDY CENTER. WHICH TOOK PLACE
LAST FRIDAY, AND IT WAS LIKE A
LIGHTNING SUCCESS WITH 60 PIECE
ORCHESTRA BEHIND ME AND ME DOING
MY THING, AND IT WAS FANTASTIC.
SO YES. YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK
FORWARD. YOU CAN LOOK BACKWARD.
YOU ALWAYS SURPRISE ATTACK. I’VE
LOST TRACK OF HOW MANY OF THESE
TALK BACKS THAT WE’VE DONE? I
THINK OF YOU AS BEING AN OLD
FRIEND, BUT YOU’VE NEVER EVEN
SEEN MY FACE. I DON’T THINK BUT
YOU WILL. YOU WILL SEE MY FACE
WITH BEAUTIFUL WORD. ARE YOU
HAPPILY MARRIED OR ARE YOU
LOOKING AROUND? WHAT ARE YOU
GALLIVANTING AROUND? NO, NO,
THAT’S THAT’S YEARLY. I AROUND
TOWN NOW, WILLIAM, YOU’RE COMING
TO METRO DETROIT THIS WEEKEND
FOR MOTOR CITY COMIC CON. THAT
WOULD BE MY BEST OPPORTUNITY TO
SEE YOUR FACE FACE TO FACE. SO
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WE
HAVE TO START. OF COURSE, WITH
YOUR TRIP TO SPACE. IT WAS NOT
AT THE TIP OF THE ROCKET. BUT IT
COULD HAVE BEEN YOU EVER IMAGINE
WHEN YOU WERE BACK FILMING STAR
TREK, THE SHOW AND THE MOVIES
THAT YOU WOULD ONE DAY ACTUALLY
GO. TO THE EDGE OF SPACE. YES NO
, ABSOLUTELY NOT. IT WAS
FURTHEST THING FROM MY MIND. BUT
AS YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT BEING
ON THE TIP OF THE ROCKET, YOU
KNOW THE PERFORMERS WHO. I THINK
IT’S AN ORCA, AND THEY STAND ON
THE NOSE OF THE ORCA AND THE
ORCHID LEAPS INTO THE AIR, AND
THE DIVER KIND OF TAKES OFF AND
GOES. WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN
SENSATIONAL IF I WAS ON THE TIP
OF THE ROCK TALKING ABOUT THE
OLD SEAWORLD SHOW? I KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT.
THAT’S WHAT SHOULD HAVE
HAPPENED. IF I EVER DO IT AGAIN,
I’M GOING TO BE ON THE TIP OF
THE ROCKET AND LEAP FORWARD. YOU
KNOW, GOD, THAT TAKES ME BACK
WATCHING VIDEO OF YOU FIRST
BEING WEIGHTLESS AND THEN COMING
DESCENDING WITH THE SHOOT.
YOU’RE COMING TO COMIC CON THIS
WEEKEND. IT’S A CHANCE FOR THE
FANS TO MEET YOU. AND OF COURSE,
I FEEL LIKE I BROUGHT THIS UP
EVERY TIME THAT WE’VE TALKED
ABOUT THE FAMOUS SATURDAY NIGHT
LIVE SKIT WHERE YOU SAID
SOMETHING LIKE, WHY DON’T YOU
PEOPLE HAVE LIVES OR WHY DON’T
YOU PEOPLE GET LIVES? AND IT
SORT OF BECAME THIS WINKING
THING. IT MADE YOU EVEN MORE
ENDEARED TO YOUR FANS. UH DID IT
WAS ACCEPTED WITH THE SAME HUMOR
THAT IT WAS MEANT SO I WAS
DELIGHTED BY THAT BECAUSE THERE
WAS SOME TALK. YOU KNOW? WHAT
WILL THE HOW WILL THE AUDIENCE
REACT AND I REMEMBER SAYING I
THEY UNDERSTAND YOU’VE DONE SO
MUCH IN YOUR CAREER. IF THERE
WAS A MOMENT ON A SHOW OR IN A
MOVIE THAT YOU COULD RELIVE
AGAIN, WOULD IT BE A T J. HOOKER
HOOD SLIDE? OR WOULD IT BE A
DRAMATIC TURN ON STAR TREK OR I
DON’T KNOW, YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW
WHAT I DID ON FRIDAY NIGHT? WITH
STUFF THAT I WROTE WITH ROBERT
SURE KNOW THE LYRICS SYSTEM. DAN
MILLER, THE MUSIC A 60 PIECE
ORCHESTRA AND THEY WERE THERE. I
WAS THERE IN FRONT OF THE 45
MINUTES AND THEY STOOD AND
CHEERED AND WOULDN’T LET ME HAVE
THE STATE TOOK THREE AND THIS IS
IN A CONCERT HALL. THEY WOULDN’T
LET ME OFF THE STAGE AND WE HAD
TO OPEN THE LIGHTS AFTER THREE
CURTAIN CALLS, AND THEY WERE
STANDING AND YELLING AND
CHEERING. ONE OF THE GREAT
MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. UM AND IT’S
GOING TO BE A TELEVISION SHOW
AND HOPEFULLY AN ALBUM. THAT WAS
PERHAPS CERTAINLY OF LATE. THE
MOST WONDERFUL MOMENT. I CAN
THINK ABOUT IT. I WAS SO TUNED
IN. THERE WAS A PERFECT NIGHT. I
WORKED VERY HARD ON THE WORDS
AND OVERCOMING SOME OF THE
PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD ON TRADING.
IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE
ELECTRIC NIGHTS, AND THERE WAS
INCREDIBLE. SO, YES, IF I WERE
GOING TO POINT AT SOMETHING THAT
I CAN REMEMBER IT WAS A NIGHT SO
A REAL QUICK ABOUT 30 SECONDS
LEFT IN OUR SATELLITE INTERVIEW
HERE. WERE YOU AND ADAM WEST TO
ACTORS WITH VOCAL TENDENCY
SHOWING WE SAY, WERE YOU AWARE
OF EACH OTHER AROUND 66 THAT YOU
WERE BOTH? KIND OF HAMMING IT UP
ON SCREEN. WELL UH, WE WERE IN A
MOVIE. WE DID SOMETHING TOGETHER
. UM NO. I MEAN, I DON’T KNOW
WHAT ADAM WAS DOING. I WAS
TRYING TO MAKE MUSIC.
UNFORTUNATELY BUT I’VE LEARNED
I’VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT HOW TO
DO WHAT I DO. UH BETTER EVERY
TIME I DO IT, SO IT LOOKED LIKE
IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL ON
FRIDAY. EXCELLENT SO WILLIAM
SHATNER. I DON’T KNOW. THERE’S
BEEN SO MANY TIMES THAT I’VE HAD
TO SAY GOODBYE, AND EVERY TIME I
SAY I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME, BUT
IT’S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SPEAK
WITH YOU, MY FRIEND. YOU CAN SEE
WILLIAM SHATNER AND SEVERAL
OTHER STARS THIS WEEKEND AT
MOTOR CITY COMIC CON. IT’S