and still, Shatner was the funniest person in the room
Saturday, October 07, 2006
I just finished watching the Comedy Central roast of cultural icon William Shatner, and while Superwife and I were laughing our asses off, I found myself wondering why any person would be willing to endure an entire night of downright nasty remarks from a bunch of mostly washed up Has Beens.
I also found myself noticing that notwithstanding Betty White's hilarious routine (Kee-rist is she ever a dirty old lady!), William Shatner was far and away the funniest person in that room.
After getting told that he couldn't act, that he was a fat old man, and more than once to go fuck himself, Shatner got the last (and loudest) laughs by being given the opportunity to dish it right back to the roasters, far better than they got him. One of his best lines concerned the shockingly poor quality of jokes there had been, considering how many years of crappy material he has given for material.
Sure he created an acting style that has inspired generations of mockers, and yes he's been in some terrible shows/movies, and yeah he gets the Reeves-Stevens' to write all his books for him.
But in the words if not the intent of Wil Wheaton, he's William Fucking Shatner. And like him or not his legacy will likely live on for a lot longer than most celebrities have any right to expect.
If I live so long I can only hope to be such a class act.
I also found myself noticing that notwithstanding Betty White's hilarious routine (Kee-rist is she ever a dirty old lady!), William Shatner was far and away the funniest person in that room.
After getting told that he couldn't act, that he was a fat old man, and more than once to go fuck himself, Shatner got the last (and loudest) laughs by being given the opportunity to dish it right back to the roasters, far better than they got him. One of his best lines concerned the shockingly poor quality of jokes there had been, considering how many years of crappy material he has given for material.
Sure he created an acting style that has inspired generations of mockers, and yes he's been in some terrible shows/movies, and yeah he gets the Reeves-Stevens' to write all his books for him.
But in the words if not the intent of Wil Wheaton, he's William Fucking Shatner. And like him or not his legacy will likely live on for a lot longer than most celebrities have any right to expect.
If I live so long I can only hope to be such a class act.
Labels: star trek
posted by raistlinsghost at 10/07/2006 11:51:00 PM
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