BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time

Subject: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: gnu
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 01:09 PM

A hard fought battle just moments ago on the CBC Radio programme "The Debaters" has been won by the against and this was in extended format. Whereas the show usually carries two debates per episode, the entire episode was devoted to William Shatner, and justly so.

One can download full episodes of the programme on (from?) iTunes or something like that and somewhere else, I think. I download The Irrelevant Show and Laugh Out Loud right on the programme link if I miss them but that won't work for me for The Debaters. You can hear a clip or two from various The Debaters shows and it would be well worth it if yer technologically declined like me.

Today's show was a gut-buster. I needed a tissue twice. The silliness was at an elevated level. I had doubts when I heard Sean Cullen would be debating as he can be so 'wired and weird' that his comedy, IMO, requires substance abuse but he was a hoot and a half today and he was arguing for. His opponent was brilliant. If you missed it on Radio 1, it might be on 2 later (?). Well worth the effort. I hope Shatner heard it.

Laugh long and prosper.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 01:49 PM

Will Canadian flags be flown at half-mast?

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: gnu
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 02:18 PM

Yes, but only at half-passed during the CBC Radio news update.

Rumour has it that Gordon Pinsent will issue a statement soon while Gordon Lightfoot sings his new song in the background. The new song is a rap version of Shatner's "I AM Canadian" for which all proceeds will go to The Canadian Actor's Guild for Diction. The new song is entitled, "A Dick Dick Diction Eh?".

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 02:25 PM

"Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time "
Is this an example of a non sequitur?
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Bert
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 02:29 PM

Shatner is Shatner, and we like him because he is Shatner.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 02:38 PM

Noooooooo! Tell me it isn't true! Surely I have not been living under a misapprehension for all these years.

:D tG

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Ed T
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 02:53 PM

""Will Canadian flags be flown at half-mast?""

Should any flags be flown for the half assed?

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 02:53 PM

"Shatner is Shatner, and we like him because he is Shatner."
Beam me up Snotty
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 02:58 PM

A man who went far in a short time! (warp speed)

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: GUEST,Stim
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 03:59 PM

This thread should have pulled back our most ardent Shatnerphile, but he won't rematerialize, and I think we've lost him.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: gnu
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 04:03 PM

The man understudied Christopher Plummer at Stratford and took the stage. He is acting.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: gnu
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 06:03 PM

Stim... is that a complaint or an accolade?

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Gurney
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 08:55 PM

Admit it, Gnu, you are trying to get Little Hawk back on the site, aren't you!

I miss him, too.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Gurney
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 08:57 PM

Try a thread title like 'Shatner kicks Sausage-dog to death!'

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Bert
Date: 19 Apr 14 - 09:39 PM

You didn't get that Eh! Jim.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: GUEST,Stim
Date: 20 Apr 14 - 12:44 AM

When the transporter fails, it is very grave indeed.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: GUEST,Musket
Date: 20 Apr 14 - 03:07 AM

Shh. Don't say that!

Laurence Olivier on his death bed eventually had to come to terms with the fact that he is. He watched an episode of Star Trek and recognised the master when he saw it.

Same as Christopher Tolkien knowing his father's legacy was safe when Leonard Nimoy sang "Bilbo Baggins."

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 20 Apr 14 - 05:00 AM

"You didn't get that Eh! Jim.
You talkin' ta me?
Didn't get what?
I was a regular fan of Shatner's Start Trek - but like Topsy, "I growed".
Quite partial to Captain Janeway - and that Seven mmmmmm!!
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Bert
Date: 20 Apr 14 - 06:08 AM

That's right.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Apr 14 - 08:46 AM

It behooves me to say, alas, that there is a germ of truth in the thread title. When one considers the thespian abilities of Pee-wee Herman, well, to whom the crown belongs is less than clear.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Janie
Date: 20 Apr 14 - 03:42 PM

Hey! He has continued to "boldly go where no man has gone before."

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 20 Apr 14 - 06:11 PM

Shouldn't that be "baldly go..."?

I mean, what other actor can boast a website devoted to his hairpiece?

I rest my case.


Jay

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner NOT greatest actor of all time
From: Abdul The Bul Bul
Date: 21 Apr 14 - 03:45 AM

I came on expecting LH but I'll go look for the debate.
Al