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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 11:05 AM
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Why is Captain Kirk doing stupid-ass commercials for some lame price comparison site?
I don't watch TV so I only know this because one such commercial was at the beginning of KO's "jawbone of an ass" Worst Person In The World video (on the front page of DU now).

WTF? Set phasers on stun.

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area51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 12:12 PM
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1. Shatner
Didn't he also used to do commercials for a brand of margarine?

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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 12:27 PM
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2. most of shatner's net worth is from priceline/hotwire
seriously who doesn't know that this time of century?
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 12:28 PM
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3. Couldn't he just do one of those "whip around the Sun" things and go back in time to change that?
:shrug:

Hell, they even did it in a Klingon Bird of Prey!

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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 12:33 PM
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4. Hmm, sounds
like a Klingon black mail issue, there is no way he would do those commercials on his own free will...

:D
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 12:36 PM
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5. Might be paybacks for violating Romulan space and stealing the cloaking device...
"The Enterprise Incident".

Spock almost got laid in that one!!!!
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 01:03 PM
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6. The Enterprise needs a new paint job. nt
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 01:04 PM
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7. I'm thinking something like Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem did to Fozzie's car.
:evilgrin:

Wouldn't THAT make for a good episode!!!

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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 01:08 PM
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8. Those toupees aren't cheap.
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kimmerspixelated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 06:20 PM
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9. Yes, he's been doing this for awhile now.
Hey, he still gets to be overly dramatic, so I imagine he's cool with that!
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 08:23 PM
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10. He seems to be having a blast at it. He's done it for years now.
He gets to be a parody of himself (and really, with Shatner what choice is there these days?) and make a bloody fortune as well.
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pinboy3niner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-10 08:58 PM
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11. "I'm a doctor, not a mindreader!"
With apologies to 'Bones.' :)
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Graybeard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-10 12:21 AM
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12. Since now he's looking more and more like Buddy Hackett...
...why not make a lot of money doing Buddy Hackett's

kind of schtick?
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whistler162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-10 12:55 AM
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13. It's a Canadian thing......
Edited on Sat Dec-18-10 12:56 AM by whistler162
or his horses eat a lot.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-10 04:24 PM
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14. His deal made him extraordinarily rich.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-10 04:43 PM
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15. The big floating head in Star Trek 5 actually nabbed the Enterprise
and everything since has been a cover-up.
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