Shatner Week: Today's quote
"When I got into my car to drive home I turned the radio to a local music station. Suddenly I heard the male host say to his female co-host, "We've got William Shatner's new record here." They're going to play my record on the radio. This was thrilling; within hours I'd sung on the Tonight Show and I was about to hear my record being played on the radio for the very first time!
"Yeah," the female host responded. "What an a**hole."
"You're right," the male host said. "He really is an a**hole."
Here's what I did NOT think: I've got the title for my next album. Instead I got on my cell phone and called them. "This is William Shater," I said. "And I am not an a**hole!" Finally I asked them, "Listen, would an a**hole call a radio station to complain that he is not an a**hole?" I stumped them with that one.
We spoke for about five minutes and then hung up. The female asked, "Was that really Shatner?"
And her partner responded, "Yeah, it was. And he's still an a**hole."
Well that started a whole discussion. People kept calling the station to state their opinions. "I don't think he is an a**hole." "Well sometimes he can be an a**hole." "It depends on your definition of the word 'a**hole'". For the entire segment the topic of conversation was, is William Shatner an a**hole?"
(The ** are mine, by the way. And I have taken tips from the above for my next Any Answers...)
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re 1,
'ang about if Eddie Muir can use the a**hole, why can't I?
all i said woz....
""""""""Well, wot can one say?
He is definitely not an a**hole, he may have a different acting style that has evolved into something quite unique but he aint no a**hole!""""""
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Will the real William Shatner please stand up?
Maybe being called Captain in all those scripts for so long went to his head.
Maybe playing the part of an a**hole Captain became so much a part of him he thought he was Kirk.
Maybe you have to be an a**hole to become and be a celeb in Hollywood California.
I think that last one nailed it. Hollywood would have been the a**hole capital of the world...were it not for Paris France.
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I told a friend in the US that if I called anyone an a**hole on this blog that the post would be deleted. I guess I got that wrong.
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What if you substituted $$ for **??
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Since I can't get back to the bit of video of Shatner selling a Commodore, I'm posting this here:
Galaxians!!! Wow, bring it on!! Pleeese!!!!
Here's hoping you're on AQ and AA soon. You exposed Greg Dyke's o'er-vaulting ambition last time you were on.
It was the best moment of the decade on that show.
As, for PM, was your getting John Bolton to say majority voting in Pakistan was against US interests. (US - the anti - democracy oligarchy)
Is this another creeping Americanism? Aren't there two 'e' in a**hole?
Is an American a**hole an English ar**hole? Can DMcN tell us?
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pmLeader 6, In the US we say a**hole (the ** is ss), but I've got used to using the British a***hole (with *** being rse). Or just a*** as the old priest said on Father Ted. Always glad to be of help with such technicalities.
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7. Glad you're there for a**holes and ar**holes both sides of the pond.
There are three or four other American usages I'd like to run past you, but I'm on a yellow card, moderately speaking.
But I'll risk this one:
Is a vagrant called a b*m because of his rent (old) boy potential? If so, how sexist is THAT!!!
Sorry about this interest in American b*ms and a**es, but how else can one come to terms with a donkey - like Bush
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A b*m in the US is a vagrant, a tramp (not in the female sense), nothing to do with rent arrears. Unless we are talking about Beethoven's First Symphony, b*m b*m b*m b*mmmm or the old Dragnet TV program theme, b*m b*m b*m.....b*m b*m b*m b*m b*mmm....b*m b*m b*mmmmm. The other thing is a backside, a tush, buttocks, derriere, er, um, f*nny or an a**.
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pmLeader 8 (Make that in 9 as well.), Anybody who knows anything about US politics knows that Bush, being a Republican, is an elephant. The Democrats are donkeys.
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Yeah, I'm an ignorant b*m, a real donkey. What could be worse? Being a Republican, I suppose.
Thanks for the etiology, I really needed it.
But you didn't cover the question that (for strictly legit reasons) I needed to be filled in on.
More than somewhat**.
Dare not even hint.
Can you give me the answer without knowing the question? Or would that be back to front (so to speak)? That's how I'd like you to go, but I guess that's not on.
** Sorry, I'm Damon Runyon trained.
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pmLeader 11, I answered the only question that asked. I said b*m had nothing to do with rent arrears.
Lay off the booze. It's too early. Time for Songs of Praise. I'll pray for your unnatural habits.
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Don't. That's not the best way to acquire them.
In fact, I lost them by doing that very thing.
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"I have taken tips from the above for my next Any Answers..."
Oh boy, Eddie, I can't wait for that. Please be sure to give us a full week's notice so that we can ring in with some real humdingers for you. ;o)
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All this talk of Bottoms and Republicans should lead be into my world famous "no one like a bush" joke, but it’s late and I’m tired…..
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With all this talk of bottoms and anuses, let's hope we keep at the rear end of that part of the anatomy and don't start talking about the front end (the bit where different genders have different configurations)...
Otherwise we'll probably see quite a few posts consisting entirely of:
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Wahey! I've killed discussion on yet another thread :)
Seems to be a bit of a habit...
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mittfh 17, Stop butting in.
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My favourite William Shatner story's one of Wil Wheaton's - when he was a kid, playing Wesley Crusher, he had the misfortune to run into his hero on the bridge of the Enterprise:
http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2007/03/geek_in_review_.html
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