I was pretty close to the target group at that time as well, and I remember it as hilarious, and no one in the larger ST community I knew personally was offended, though we heard of folks who were hurt.
I knew Shatner a bit for a while, as my mother ran a charity that he was involved with. He was nice to her (which is what I cared about) and professional, in that he always showed up on time and engaged with the participants (which is all my mom cared about). It was at a time in his career when he was keeping ST at arm’s length, and while he tolerated a little of my fan boi-ing when I first met him (I was a college student) he made it clear at all other contacts over the 5-7 years I would run into him that while he welcomed conversation about Hooker and, later, TekWar, he had little patience for geeky questions about ST (so I could not ask him my questions about “Assignment: Earth.” My mother heard from other people he worked with and she had contact with that he could be kind of a jerk, but he never was with her. On Sun, 5 Sep 2021 at 10:53 AM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Not sure presentism applies here. It was a one-joke bit that was executed > well enough (though if you told me it was beaten to death, I wouldn't > argue). As a member of the target group I remember it being a sore spot > then no more or less than it would be now. > > It wouldn't bother me at all if Mr. Shatner didn't use the socials that > much outside of promoting whatever project he's in, or new merch he has to > sell. It seems to encourage the cranky, old man part of him. > > FWIW, last month was the centennial of Gene's birth, so between that and > the show's 55th anniversary on Wednesday, Rod will likely be in the > entertainment news for a little while longer. > > David > > On Sunday, September 5, 2021, 10:12:02 AM PDT, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Gene's son grew up admiring "Knight Rider," not the "Trek" franchise... > "but I don’t condemn (the bit) in any way.... It's all fun." > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/william-shatner-snl-skit-gene-roddenberry-star-trek-disappointed-rod-roddenberry-1235007546/ > (link) > > Bill's reax on the tweetybox: "Isn't presentism just wonderful? 🙄 > #getalife" https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1434558263895343109 > (link) > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/d6bb1864-95d9-4a48-8bd4-adcf758fc2e3n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/d6bb1864-95d9-4a48-8bd4-adcf758fc2e3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1530210709.1605351.1630864380037%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1530210709.1605351.1630864380037%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B5yMbtb%2B%2B9HhScwxMXnLJSjB1vVWmMae-f%2ByhXu%3DtcFg%40mail.gmail.com.
