1975 THROWBACK: "William Shatner Geraldo INTERVIEW"

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
  • The Star Trekkies all come together for a huge convention at the Americana Hotel and the star of the old space show, "Star Trek," William Shatner comes on our show to discuss the renewed interest in star trek mania, his past role as Captain Of The Starship Enterprise, and what his plans are for the future.

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  • @rafaelramirez1507
    @rafaelramirez1507 2 года назад +81

    I feel so proud , I met William Shatner back in 1981, in N.Y.C. 11 west 25th street in the elevator on the 3rd floor , when we reached the ground floor , he asked me for directions to Sixth Avenue in which I directed him , he was with two ladies at the time that were waiting for him outside next to the building , When he thanked me , I told him God bless you and he turned to me and said with his Captain Kirk voice and said "No God bless you" , never ever forgot and will never ever forget that special moment that I shared with this special human being 🌟

    • @Mojo_Jojo_001
      @Mojo_Jojo_001 4 месяца назад +2

      That is the first positive interaction I've heard with him including people I know) I'm glad he has that side to show

    • @trekkiejunk
      @trekkiejunk 4 месяца назад +1

      Yeah, i met him, and thought he was a dick. And this was at a convention 20 years ago, where i paid a high price for his photo and autograph.

    • @quietlightning4063
      @quietlightning4063 3 месяца назад +1

      Given that Shatner is an atheist or agnostic, I don’t know.. sounds like a brilliant double entendre.. 😂
      Nice experience thanks for sharing!

  • @Notir072
    @Notir072 6 месяцев назад +27

    I never realized how much William Shatner looks like Lee Major. They both also played many heroes of our youth.

    • @seanstewart6893
      @seanstewart6893 5 месяцев назад +2

      I agree they could be brothers, both good-looking.

    • @richardellis2919
      @richardellis2919 5 месяцев назад +5

      Willam shatner guest started on six million dollar man

    • @HeartFeltGesture
      @HeartFeltGesture 4 месяца назад

      Lee Major has wider head /face, but I do see the similarity.

    • @altarp7331
      @altarp7331 4 месяца назад

      Probably why he got the gig.

    • @hellokitty777able
      @hellokitty777able 4 месяца назад

      Lee Majors looked more like Dick Sargent to me.

  • @TheWinterShadow
    @TheWinterShadow 5 лет назад +294

    William Shatner was homeless living out of his truck....he kept going forward...much respect.

    • @Evan_Almighty2049
      @Evan_Almighty2049 5 лет назад +49

      TheWinterShadow he wasn’t homeless. He chose to save money and rough it in his camper for the good of his family. He could’ve spent all of his money on himself but he chose to sacrifice his personal comfort for the people he loves. A true Captain.

    • @TheWinterShadow
      @TheWinterShadow 4 года назад +17

      @@Evan_Almighty2049 ‘A pickup truck, actually,’ Shatner admitted. ‘It was the early 1970s and I was recently divorced. I had three kids and was totally broke. I managed to find work back east on the straw-hat circuit - summer stock - but couldn’t afford hotels, so I lived out of the back of my truck, under a hard shell."
      Read more: metro.co.uk/2014/02/27/william-shatner-lived-out-of-a-truck-after-star-trek-4324743/?ito=cbshare

    • @TheWinterShadow
      @TheWinterShadow 4 года назад +4

      @Hairway to Steven ‘A pickup truck, actually,’ Shatner admitted. ‘It was the early 1970s and I was recently divorced. I had three kids and was totally broke. I managed to find work back east on the straw-hat circuit - summer stock - but couldn’t afford hotels, so I lived out of the back of my truck, under a hard shell."
      Read more: metro.co.uk/2014/02/27/william-shatner-lived-out-of-a-truck-after-star-trek-4324743/?ito=cbshare

    • @nowhereman5119
      @nowhereman5119 3 года назад +31

      He kept going forward....on Impulse power.

    • @TheWinterShadow
      @TheWinterShadow 3 года назад +11

      @@nowhereman5119 Good one.

  • @wolfganghasenmaier8350
    @wolfganghasenmaier8350 5 месяцев назад +37

    He has something nearly noone else has, an extreme intensity while calm at the same time. His aura.

    • @VicMikesvideodiary
      @VicMikesvideodiary 4 месяца назад

      What you are looking at it an actor who has some very well practiced and stylized movements and speech delivery and his narcissism prevents him from having the self awareness to see how obvious he really is.

    • @aldunlop4622
      @aldunlop4622 4 месяца назад +2

      Manliness, something lacking these days...

    • @Livinghighandwise
      @Livinghighandwise 4 месяца назад

      Tom Cruize can do the same most of the time.

  • @EmilBlueMan
    @EmilBlueMan 3 года назад +47

    And again William Shatner makes history, when he really did go to space. Great legend.

  • @EveSkincareInternational
    @EveSkincareInternational 3 года назад +100

    Shatner is 44 in this clip, he just turned 90 this yr and still look sharp as a tack. Amazing.

    • @289cobra9
      @289cobra9 4 месяца назад +3

      93 now.

    • @dannyH84
      @dannyH84 4 месяца назад

      Looks in his 30s

    • @Nobodyreallyatall
      @Nobodyreallyatall 3 месяца назад +1

      This is the most honest least BS I've seen Shatner in an interview about Star Trek, he wasn't sick talking about it yet.

    • @michaeltnewyorknights8413
      @michaeltnewyorknights8413 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Nobodyreallyatallthe treckie phenomenon was still in its early stages.

  • @DamonBlack_Media
    @DamonBlack_Media 5 лет назад +106

    As Trek fans we owe a debt of gratitude to those many thousands who lifted their voices to have the show restored. 🙏🏽 🚀

    • @robinlillian9471
      @robinlillian9471 5 лет назад +4

      There were even letter campaigns to keep the re-runs on WPIX in New York.

    • @ivanj.conway9919
      @ivanj.conway9919 5 лет назад +3

      Agreed Damon, agreed.

    • @jessfucket
      @jessfucket 8 месяцев назад +3

      I wrote one of those letters to save Star Trek, to NBC headquarters in New York. Yes, I lie about my age. it's why there are no recent pics of me. I figure, If I admit it once a year, then I'm not lying; it's ART, see?

    • @trekkiejunk
      @trekkiejunk 4 месяца назад

      Twice. The first was for the 2nd season, and the second was for the 3rd season.

  • @brendarayford6304
    @brendarayford6304 3 года назад +30

    I watch Star Trek every evening. Fantastic show. I am proud to be a Trekkie!

  • @Tiberius291
    @Tiberius291 3 года назад +34

    Happy 90th birthday, hope you have many more. 🖖

  • @BillBadMule123
    @BillBadMule123 5 лет назад +76

    I Still love The Original Classic Star Trek

  • @DeaPeaJay
    @DeaPeaJay 3 года назад +37

    It’s crazy to think this interview happened before any of the movies happened. Really interesting interview

  • @aldunlop4622
    @aldunlop4622 4 месяца назад +9

    I was EIGHT years old when this aired, shit. Star Trek was on every Saturday afternoon in Australia, forEVER! It seemed like there were 10 seasons. It really shaped me to love learning, math and science and I was a straight A student, but also grounded, played sports, had lots of friends. It had a phenomenal affect considering all the rest of the crap on tv. Star Trek was very special to me in the 70s.

  • @happytyms
    @happytyms 4 года назад +34

    William Shatner is superiorly talented and an inspiration to many... He has my heart...

  • @MikeHorton-c1c
    @MikeHorton-c1c Месяц назад

    I've been a star trek fan ever since I was 6years old. Back in 66 I saw this interview on TV when I was 15years old. I'll be a trekie to the day I die. Live long and prosper.

  • @bernadettemurray2016
    @bernadettemurray2016 2 года назад +7

    I still enjoy the reruns in England, l was 7 when l first saw it in 1971. Was in love with him, then David Cassidy the next year.

  • @sidneymcdavid
    @sidneymcdavid 6 месяцев назад +48

    William Shatner was by far the most charismatic actor portraying any of the Star Trek captains

    • @xpusostomos
      @xpusostomos 5 месяцев назад +1

      Only someone like Tom Cruise has comparable charisma

    • @MXedits_1
      @MXedits_1 5 месяцев назад +2

      I like how Kirk and Sisko both had a weird way of talking.
      Picard is probably the most memorable for me, in terms of his voice.
      Janeway was soothing but fierce at times.
      Archer lol, I don't know what to say about his voice but I like the guy.

    • @paulmichaelfreedman8334
      @paulmichaelfreedman8334 4 месяца назад +1

      I think Anson Mount deserves an extremely worthy mentioning.

    • @STho205
      @STho205 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 except he is often a guest star in his own series. Sometimes with the B plot, and sometimes less.
      I like the episodes where he is the feature and in most of the scenes.

    • @newsbender
      @newsbender 4 месяца назад

      @@xpusostomos Cruise is a freak, a nut job. Charismatic my ass.

  • @pattykuvshin
    @pattykuvshin 5 лет назад +324

    Laugh all you want, but lots of people dedicated to science and engineering were inspired by that series. Me, an engineering student, among them.

    • @antonystringfellow5152
      @antonystringfellow5152 5 лет назад +20

      Never worked in the field of science myself but it was this series that got me interested in astronomy and astrophysics. I expect it did millions of others too.

    • @aarongranda7825
      @aarongranda7825 5 лет назад +5

      Здравствуйте! Я люблю стар трек!

    • @bluethunder4542
      @bluethunder4542 4 года назад +3

      Nerd

    • @1airdrummer
      @1airdrummer 3 года назад +7

      Who's laughing?

    • @Chinookman
      @Chinookman 3 года назад +11

      Definitely not laughing. According to Doohan as many as 50% of engineering students at a particular school credited his character as inspiration.

  • @mogznwaz
    @mogznwaz 5 лет назад +73

    There's something magical about Star Trek

    • @spaceman5089
      @spaceman5089 4 года назад +2

      It could be that it was a little boys dream

    • @duaneholcomb8408
      @duaneholcomb8408 3 года назад +1

      No magic its physics. Albeit. With a wild imagination,. And some fiction thrown in. Ok it was magic,,,, I agree

    • @leenguy
      @leenguy 3 года назад +3

      the new Star Trek is crap

    • @pasekmi
      @pasekmi 3 года назад

      @P L F Science Fiction

    • @annalaskowska-colan
      @annalaskowska-colan Год назад

      @@spaceman5089 .. and a little girl's dream. :)

  • @IndyCrewInNYC
    @IndyCrewInNYC 5 лет назад +57

    Bill is a world treasure. Appreciate and love him while life permits.

  • @RevanJJ
    @RevanJJ 3 года назад +45

    He’s almost 90, has like 3 tv shows, does tons of interviews, and rides his horses on his ranch. Say what you, but William Shatner obviously did something very, very right in his life. Almost 90 and looks 65-70 with the energy of someone even younger.
    I think of him and Mr Nimoy (RIP) as excellent inspirations.

    • @abrahamlincoln1677
      @abrahamlincoln1677 3 года назад +4

      and he doesnt take himself too seriously, even though he is a legend

    • @MTknitter22
      @MTknitter22 3 года назад +3

      Young people need good role models like Bill - getting ahead on hard work, trying to do things right, not playing victim, not whining cuz boo hoo how hard things are. Kids hear too much of that.

    • @StevenStJohn-kj9eb
      @StevenStJohn-kj9eb 3 года назад +1

      @@abrahamlincoln1677 Abe - loved your work in The Savage Curtain!

    • @abrahamlincoln1677
      @abrahamlincoln1677 3 года назад +1

      @@StevenStJohn-kj9eb Thank you Sir!

    • @liamsandal6360
      @liamsandal6360 6 месяцев назад

      "Whoever heard of a Jew riding horses?"

  • @chrishaines5706
    @chrishaines5706 5 лет назад +161

    This was a low period for Bill, according to his books. When he was talking about being so busy he was just trying to promote himself as "sought after" for the next assignment. And he never loved Trek like the fans and had an ambivalent attitude toward it I am sure because here he is typecast and in an interview that's all about the cancelled show and not interested in him as a person or his other (more recent) work. I really think he spend the 70s and much of the 80s trying to not offend fans while also distancing himself from Trek for the sake of his career. A tough spot to be in, and it helps me understand why his words about the show were so careful and kind of unauthentic. His residuals had long run out, and he was fighting being typecast. And I do not blame him one bit.
    Later in his career I think he had made a bit more of a mark in other ways and Trek movies had come back to provide some income and I think he made peace with it. (And he seemed to see it as an opportunity to leverage in the form of books, appearances, etc.) but this video was during a low time for him and I am glad he came though it in the end. It must have taken a lot of character to endure all this notoriety that was also killing his career, and the generally goofy and disproportionately passionate persona Trekkies projected as a public image. But he did endure it, though at times it must have been almost soul-crushing.

    • @MegaMkmiller
      @MegaMkmiller 5 лет назад +16

      Those were tough times indeed. Now his net worth is around $100 million so he did something right. Good for him too!

    • @electric-man5113
      @electric-man5113 5 лет назад

      Shatner deserves to be in jail for murdering his wife. www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-11-me-64692-story.html

    • @mpjedi2
      @mpjedi2 5 лет назад +12

      @@electric-man5113 **sigh**

    • @mpjedi2
      @mpjedi2 5 лет назад +3

      I think I prefer ambivalent Shatner. I mean nothing critical in that, because I understand, personally, how hard it is to scramble for work. For an actor to not be just the sum of the last job, but, unfortunately, I think that's an unending cycle.
      But...I think a Shatner reaching for a new opportunity is more interesting than flogging Trek for one...more...documentary (don't get me wrong, some of them are really good, but c'mon).

    • @hankkingsley2976
      @hankkingsley2976 5 лет назад

      So do I get Linda's Beaver with a Toyota

  • @tjf7101
    @tjf7101 5 лет назад +40

    He really was a handsome guy back in the day.
    Going to see Wrath of Kahn early October followed by Shatner. Looking forward to it.

  • @MerkinMuffly
    @MerkinMuffly 5 лет назад +118

    Lmao, Shatner thought 5 years was a long time for the show to be defunct, how about 50 years later after the last show and still going strong Cap'n Kirk?

  • @raywideman7157
    @raywideman7157 5 лет назад +102

    How do you not love William Shatner, he is the male Betty White. I love how he just rolls with it.

    • @williamanthony9090
      @williamanthony9090 5 лет назад +9

      The male Betty White, without any of her charm.

    • @dan_hitchman007
      @dan_hitchman007 5 лет назад +4

      @Tye Bear To be fair, Shatner seems to have mellowed out a bit over the years. I think he realizes in some respects that he was not a very nice person. He has even tried to meet with some of his fellow Trek co-stars to bury the hatchet. Some forgave, some did not. Even Schwarzenegger used to be a major prick on and off set and now he goofs around, interacts with fans with more decorum and class, and doesn't take himself quite as seriously. It was famously discussed that Patrick Stewart had a major rod up his bum until the cast of TNG got him to lighten up and not be such a Grade A nob.

    • @JustinLodes
      @JustinLodes 5 лет назад +5

      Tye Bear in his defense he’s not obligated to appease or cater to anyone. Including the fans of Star Trek. Just because he did the show and movies doesn’t mean he has to spend the rest of his life as a slave to it. He worked hard and gave his best acting making this show and the trek movies amazing. He’s done his job. If you were in his shoes with all the demand of the fans, media etc you’d feel the same way. Maybe he didn’t always act accordingly but he’s only human too

    • @onegoodjoe
      @onegoodjoe 5 лет назад

      @Tye Bear Wow..What a dick!

    • @electric-man5113
      @electric-man5113 5 лет назад

      The guy played a cop on TV yet the 911 operator had to tell him to get his dead wife out of the pool and try CPR. How does anyone love this fool?

  • @krisscanlon4051
    @krisscanlon4051 4 месяца назад +1

    Early nerds doing their thing...early days indeed.. so cool we took over! Geraldo and crowd looking good...wow history...I think Bill was gobsmacked by it all...cosplay early days...incredible...like a Beatle record...meant so much to us.

    • @michaeltnewyorknights8413
      @michaeltnewyorknights8413 2 месяца назад

      That ridiculous "cosplay" word was not around in 1975 so no, they were not playing that.

  • @halhenderson9020
    @halhenderson9020 4 месяца назад +2

    He certainly has a remarkable way of charm that is very inviting to people. Wonderful interview. Very enjoyable and engaging .

  • @willyboy6126
    @willyboy6126 3 года назад +20

    Bill's so handsome! : )

  • @feonjun
    @feonjun 5 месяцев назад +3

    I love how colorful the audience members are. The first time I saw Star Trek was in Thailand in 1979 in a hotel, which was a transition point after we left the refugee camp and was heading to the U.S. My family and I were war refugee after the Vietnam War had ended.

  • @Wolfinger1935
    @Wolfinger1935 5 лет назад +41

    I was there! I remember the gal leaping across the table to try and kiss Shatner. I think it was my 3rd Convention. The Commodore Hotel was my first in 73. Yeah... I was a geek... but I miss those days.

    • @robinlillian9471
      @robinlillian9471 5 лет назад +2

      I wish I had been there. I was too young to go by myself, and my Father would only take me once, and only for an hour or so. I never even got to see the Dealers' room, any of the bloopers or other videos, and certainly never got to stay late enough to see the costume contests.

    • @christopherallen9580
      @christopherallen9580 3 года назад

      I was also at the Commodore convention.

    • @mem1701movies
      @mem1701movies 5 месяцев назад

      She gave a nice view

  • @thechrisandmikeshow
    @thechrisandmikeshow 5 месяцев назад +5

    Gotta luv the Mugato sitting in the audience and applauding. 😂 - Chris

  • @289cobra9
    @289cobra9 5 месяцев назад +7

    3/22/2024. Happy 93rd William!

    • @melissajanaemiddleton6811
      @melissajanaemiddleton6811 4 месяца назад +1

      And I'm sure his reply would be, "Thank you so very much.... and you can call me Bill 😉"

  • @mogznwaz
    @mogznwaz 5 лет назад +38

    Sometimes it really upsets me to see someone in their prime and then see them when they're old. Life isn't fair, I wish we could all live forever 💔

    • @michaelsgarden3874
      @michaelsgarden3874 3 года назад +3

      he wasnt in his prime many say his prime was before star trek and primes subjective sean connery looked better as an old man and acted better

    • @abrahamlincoln1677
      @abrahamlincoln1677 3 года назад +3

      @@michaelsgarden3874 He means his physical prime dummy...and he was damn lot closer to his physical prime in this video than he is now. He's clearly talking about physical age, physical decline with age, and eventual death. Try to keep up.

    • @RK-db4oq
      @RK-db4oq 2 года назад +1

      John 3:16

    • @ka92010rock
      @ka92010rock 2 года назад

      That’s life we are born, then we grow if you’re successful you reproduce then you die. If you want to believe you’re going to live forever then there countless of religions that can help you with that predicament.

    • @tromboneman4517
      @tromboneman4517 2 года назад +6

      Well, for being 90+ now he’s in damn good shape.

  • @Eddie-ym1vq
    @Eddie-ym1vq 3 года назад +7

    I remember this interview. It was a late night show during a school night but my parents let me stay up to watch it. That was a time before VCR's and DVR so if you didn't catch it then you had to wait until the rerun if you were lucky.

  • @josefnitervol6415
    @josefnitervol6415 Год назад +3

    This is great I never seen this! I been watching Star Trek since I was a kid in the 70s. On another note, Geraldo been around for a long time.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge 4 года назад +37

    There is a little Elvis look about his face and the show was amazing for the time and back then, everyone pulled their weight and cared. The writers, the producer, RODDENBERRY, just so many reasons why it was a "phenomenon".

    • @panteraxenos4789
      @panteraxenos4789 3 года назад +5

      I ALWAYS thought so. The thing is William shatners demeanor isn't much like Elvis but Captain Kirk and the way he carries himself is very much like the real Elvis. Altho of course both Kirk and Shatner look like Elvis.

    • @RussRox95
      @RussRox95 3 года назад +2

      Also Roger Moore look

    • @Ruda-n4h
      @Ruda-n4h 3 года назад +4

      @@panteraxenos4789 Yes, Shatner has something of the air of Elvis in the 70s about him here that I had never noticed before - complete with the boots, flairs and large lapels.

    • @rubicon-oh9km
      @rubicon-oh9km 3 года назад +4

      Have you seen the man recently Truth? He's 90 and looks 60.

    • @magsk6721
      @magsk6721 3 года назад +3

      @@Ruda-n4h Think its called charisma!😉He was great eye candy but great actor also .Mel Gibson has it and clint Eastwood aswell 👍

  • @mrtrek64
    @mrtrek64 5 лет назад +7

    When all is said done, hearing that opening and watching an episode is what will always fill me with happiness contentment.

  • @Prospero812
    @Prospero812 4 месяца назад +2

    This is the time before William Shatner was resisting and not wanting to be reminded of his role in Star Trek. He didn’t want to be remembered as Captain Kirk for the rest of his life and he wanted the world to think of him as I’m more well rounded actor. But after several years, he realized he can’t beat what the people wanted, which was Star Trek and Captain Kirk so he did a 180 and embraced Star Trek and Captain Kirk till this day! 🎉

    • @watchmanonthewall14
      @watchmanonthewall14 4 месяца назад +1

      It was similar with Nimoy. He was so annoyed with it all, he wrote a book titled, 'I am Not Spock". Years later, he then wrote another book titled, "I am Spock". Star Trek changed both of their lives forever.

  • @SilentKnight43
    @SilentKnight43 Год назад +10

    William Shatner and James Doohan (RIP) - two of Canada's greatest entertainment exports.

    • @frankstrawnation
      @frankstrawnation 4 месяца назад +1

      And we can't forget Leslie Nielsen and John Candy.

    • @jaminova_1969
      @jaminova_1969 4 месяца назад +1

      @@frankstrawnation Or Michael J. Fox and Rick Moranis!

  • @brianarbenz7206
    @brianarbenz7206 5 лет назад +16

    This seems so innocent. There had never been anything like the fans rescuing a cancelled show. Today, dressing up like Enterprise crew or characters is cliched and dated. Then, it was fresh, and spontaneous. So fun to see this!

  • @Ozziemick
    @Ozziemick 5 месяцев назад +4

    i remembered he guest starred in The Six Million Dollar Man around this time of the interview

  • @porkwoofles3909
    @porkwoofles3909 3 года назад +12

    Amazing that people were already saying "he'll always be Captain Kirk" back in '75.

  • @Falconlibrary
    @Falconlibrary 4 месяца назад +4

    Bill busted out the good hairpiece for this interview.
    Who knew he'd still be with us all these years later?
    Shatner has the same place in the Star Trek universe that Connery does in the James Bond universe: the first and the best, always.

    • @boke75
      @boke75 3 месяца назад

      Yeah, I liked the way Captain Kirk used to say "Make it so" at the end of many episodes. No wait a minute. That was Picard, oh well.

  • @marcoevans2155
    @marcoevans2155 3 года назад +15

    So he actually talked that way naturally and wasn't overacting. That's crazy 🌈

  • @drcmac
    @drcmac 3 года назад +4

    Fantastic ❗ I loved & enjoyed this interview immensely ❕👋👽🛸❗

  • @dennydavila9407
    @dennydavila9407 5 лет назад +58

    That 70s style of dress and fashion is unmistakable.

    • @busterbiloxi3833
      @busterbiloxi3833 5 лет назад +2

      Fucking lapels and Geraldo's stupid hair.

    • @Robert_Manners
      @Robert_Manners 5 лет назад +1

      @@busterbiloxi3833 Indeed an ugliest point in fashion

    • @Schlipperschlopper
      @Schlipperschlopper 5 лет назад +6

      Best time on planet earth ever :-)

    • @ivanj.conway9919
      @ivanj.conway9919 5 лет назад +5

      Yes, we could do with a little more of it today, particularly in men's fashion.
      My Best. Out.

    • @ivanj.conway9919
      @ivanj.conway9919 5 лет назад +6

      @@busterbiloxi3833 : And you honestly, think the shit hair styles of today are better?! Come on!! Out.

  • @MikeBarbre
    @MikeBarbre 5 лет назад +17

    Okay...1975 was the year I was born. William Shatner, in this video, is 44 years old. As of April 2019, I myself turned 44 years old.
    I've watched William Shatner and Star Trek my whole life. To see him my age is blowing my mind.

    • @jacobbrown1690
      @jacobbrown1690 5 лет назад +3

      get more weird as u get older and watch old tv shows and u are the same age as the old guy.

    • @PhilipGaffney
      @PhilipGaffney 4 года назад +1

      Time is so strange 🤷🏼‍♂️ blows your mind. Doesn't seem normal for people to age

    • @JVLIVSPhotography
      @JVLIVSPhotography 4 года назад

      I’ll be 45 in July and your very statement both resonates with me and scares me at the same time. This dude’s hittin’ 90, and STILL has all his marbles. Should I live to be that old, I wanna live life to the fullest like Bill Shatner has done up until now...

    • @rsuriyop
      @rsuriyop 4 года назад +3

      Shatner seems to age _really_ slowly. If you didn't see his birth date, you wouldn't of known he was actually close to 90 now. Even Joe Biden in his mental decline looks and acts like a much older guy, even though he's several years younger. It's unbelievable.

    • @stuartbear922
      @stuartbear922 3 года назад +2

      He took good care of himself.

  • @mossadon
    @mossadon 5 лет назад +18

    Ladies and Gentlemen..... the worlds 1st Nerds !
    This is where it started, Gort bless em, each and every one.

  • @BT-ir5zl
    @BT-ir5zl 4 месяца назад +3

    Shatner seems a bit annoyed that he's getting jammed out of merchandising $
    Thanks for putting this up, it's cool.

  • @healthybeans3161
    @healthybeans3161 3 года назад +18

    Geraldo looks like he should be singing Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog

  • @wkanost
    @wkanost 4 месяца назад

    I was 12 when this aired and I remember watching it. I was one of the kids watching in the afternoons after school that made Star Trek such a huge hit in syndication. It would routinely beat every other show airing opposite Star Trek and that includes the evening news programs which HAD been the ratings kings in every market. It wasn’t just “popular” it was a phenomenon unparalleled in television history.

  • @yolamontalvan9502
    @yolamontalvan9502 5 лет назад +21

    I always like to watch The legendary, the amazing, the fantastic, the heroic, the historic, the courageous, the man who cheated death JAMES TIBERIUS KIRK.

  • @lazyhazeldaisy9596
    @lazyhazeldaisy9596 3 года назад +6

    Oh if he only knew what was going to happen in the next four years, I thought it was sweet when that little boy with his Captain Kirk uniform ran to William at the end adorable!😍

    • @peanut1001x
      @peanut1001x 27 дней назад

      so lovely the way Bill held on to him like a father

  • @v8valiant68
    @v8valiant68 3 года назад +1

    i was three years old when this interview took place, i remember watching reruns in the late 70s and through out the 80s, and the movies at the theater very awesome,

  • @apb38
    @apb38 3 года назад +14

    Networks dropped the ball when they cancelled this series. Shatner still looked fresh and young. And Geraldo's hair! Omg.

    • @krane15
      @krane15 3 года назад +3

      They're still making money to this day, but I bet they wised they had run the show another 3 seasons. The show was extremely controversial, and way ahead of its time.

  • @michaelanderson9792
    @michaelanderson9792 5 лет назад +41

    the 3 season tv show that changed tv forever

  • @333angeleyes
    @333angeleyes 5 лет назад +8

    I LOVED Shatner's movie 'The Captains'... In it he revealed not liking being seen as Captain Kirk after the show ended. I think he did a wonderful job hiding it in this interview AND I love the old Shatner now who honestly wholeheartedly embraces that he is Captain Kirk.

  • @gregorypaulwatson1088
    @gregorypaulwatson1088 4 года назад +6

    Star Trek was so far an
    Head of it’s time, it is without doubt one of the best TV shows ever! Whilst I agree it lost its way a bit in the third season the first two were just awesome! I’m not a Shatner fan per se but Kirk was a great character! It was the relationship between the main characters that made it! It is still shown every day on sky over and over so folk must still be watching

  • @michaelkeeble1480
    @michaelkeeble1480 4 года назад +2

    Iv never seen this interview before so a massive thanks for the upload of it. You just got another sub !

  • @pilsnrimgaard2507
    @pilsnrimgaard2507 4 года назад +17

    "Terror at 20,000 ft was my favorite of his. The Twilight Zone

    • @krane15
      @krane15 3 года назад +1

      The man in the monkey suit?

    • @rster536821
      @rster536821 4 месяца назад +2

      there's a man out there....

  • @luisernestoramirez39
    @luisernestoramirez39 3 года назад +2

    How many memories !!!
    My favorite series, Star Trek. I don't think I missed any episode of the original series with W. Shatner.

  • @MeditativeMoments1
    @MeditativeMoments1 5 лет назад +3

    Shatner was fantastic. Loved him in those Hollywood sport games they used to have back then. And star trek of course.

  • @CoachatCole
    @CoachatCole 4 месяца назад

    Truly an iconic actor. Kirk, TJ Hooker, Raw Nerve, 911, Priceline, Denny Crane

  • @InformationIsTheEdge
    @InformationIsTheEdge 5 лет назад +10

    Just two years prior to this interview, the animated Star Trek concluded and two more after this, Star Trek the Motion Picture began production. (more or less.) For more than 50 years Star Trek has been part of the cultural landscape. I came to the party late, but I'm glad I made it!

    • @InformationIsTheEdge
      @InformationIsTheEdge 5 лет назад

      @Charles Ross NO WAY! I just re-watched the entire series on DVD about 2 weeks ago. It took me 2 weeks to do it but it was Awesome!

  • @TruthnautBegins
    @TruthnautBegins 3 года назад +15

    He always looked better with light, straight haired toupees VS that bushy toupee style he used later. This toupee was better than any he used in the early 70s, all through the 80s and 90s.

    • @johnfury6481
      @johnfury6481 3 года назад +3

      If memory serves, I believe he used Frank Sinatra’s guy.

    • @NeilPeelParanormalPeepShow
      @NeilPeelParanormalPeepShow 5 месяцев назад

      Not his toupee though. They used his as the saucer section of the Enterprise. ​@@johnfury6481

    • @TruthnautBegins
      @TruthnautBegins 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@johnfury6481 And Burt Reynolds. That's why the both had the same awful bushy style through most of the 1980s.

    • @peanut1001x
      @peanut1001x 27 дней назад

      they're Kirk toupees he took from the show

  • @mikeyh0
    @mikeyh0 5 лет назад +39

    Little did they realize what was to come later. many movies and more TV shows.

    • @HerrEllsworth
      @HerrEllsworth 5 лет назад +1

      This was during that "interim" period, those four years or so when Star Trek wasn't being presented in tv or movie form.

    • @mikeyh0
      @mikeyh0 5 лет назад +1

      @@purefoldnz3070 Yeah, but they always looked pretty good.

    • @JustinLodes
      @JustinLodes 5 лет назад +2

      Purefoldnz doesn’t matter because shattner was one suave amazing looking dude. I envied his looks. He’s one of the few actors I would look like if my face got blown off and they said they could make me look like any actor with reconstruction lol

    • @JustinLodes
      @JustinLodes 5 лет назад +3

      Purefoldnz most actors do but I’m talking about when he was in his prime. Women swooned over him

    • @DiannaAtherton
      @DiannaAtherton 5 лет назад

      @@AndroidDreams2049 obviously Bill Shatner. Several Movies, the Practice.

  • @jonathanswift2251
    @jonathanswift2251 3 года назад +16

    He's never looked more like Kirk (post Star Trek TOS) than here. Even down to the lighter hair color and straight toupee weave, just like Kirk's.

  • @debbiegonzalez6272
    @debbiegonzalez6272 3 года назад +2

    In those days Star Trek was one of my favorite series and is still is...William Shatner was my favorite character along with Spock. All the characters on Star Trek were wonderful.

  • @garylopez8805
    @garylopez8805 5 лет назад +11

    I grew up watching star trek early 70's

  • @pikemeredith5604
    @pikemeredith5604 3 года назад +4

    He is 44 here, so handsome. Now he is 90 in 2021.

  • @Czechbound
    @Czechbound 4 месяца назад

    Geraldo seems here like a real fan. I really William Shatner. He's his own man, and is always moving forward, even now ( 2024 ) in his 90's.

  • @BladeRunner-td8be
    @BladeRunner-td8be 5 лет назад +2

    I watched every original Star Trek episode at least 5 times. I was hooked on it the second it came out and nothing in this universe could pry me, at 6:00 PM, PST from watching. (ok slight exaggeration there). My point here is, even after that much exposure to that innovative and revolutionary show I STILL get goosebumps almost every time listening to the intro music paired with Shatner's voice.

  • @richardbehrle1496
    @richardbehrle1496 5 лет назад +2

    I remember watching the bloopers at all the conventions of the day not knowing who was behind them, Billy Blackburn a cast member that was on as many episodes as all the main people and yet filmed behind the scenes footage that was so endearing.

  • @stevefowler2112
    @stevefowler2112 5 лет назад +3

    When Star Trek started I was pretty young teen but when I saw Captain Kirk I still remembered him as the crazy man on the airplane flight with a Gargoyle (?) tearing the engine apart in mid flight in a Twilight Zone episode I saw as a very young child....

    • @nohayamor
      @nohayamor 5 лет назад

      I remember him putting coin after coin after coin into that devil faced fortune telling machine,haha

  • @kendo4242
    @kendo4242 5 лет назад +14

    If William Shatner wound up being a bit mystified by the attention he got from that little 3 year long show, I would say that is what you get for being so damn good!

  • @sharonmeeks5841
    @sharonmeeks5841 3 года назад +1

    William shatner is. A beautiful man

  • @Justin_Beaver564
    @Justin_Beaver564 6 дней назад

    It's so weird that they weren't able to bring a show that popular back to television until 1987.

  • @jaminova_1969
    @jaminova_1969 4 месяца назад

    Two icons, great interview!

  • @harryfox3139
    @harryfox3139 5 лет назад +8

    Live long and prosper Wm. Shatner.

  • @southerncomfort971
    @southerncomfort971 5 месяцев назад

    HOW DO YOU APPLADE the performance of a giant years after the event. Mr. William Shatner is in my mind one of if not the greatest actor to ever acted on a TV series, or Movie screen. Only to go on to become the oldest man in space. Mr. Shatner is without a doubt living or dead the person I would chose to have a conversation with ever given the opportunity. Not just because of his acing ability but because he recognize the role he made infamous and the effect it had on the WORLD. Thank you Mr. Shatner.

  • @misternewoutlook5437
    @misternewoutlook5437 5 лет назад +2

    In those early days in the aftermath of the series, there wasn't much discussion for a movie. It wasn't until Star Wars came out in 1977, that the buzz started. Star Wars brought back a 1930s serial type spectacle to sci-fi refined into a much different form. The "hard sci-fi" period of the late 1960s and early 1970s as cerebral and welcoming as it was, began to wear out. Star Trek was thus a perfect show to ride on the heels of the Star Wars phenomenon with other space films of the time because it had both spectacle and cerebral elements ingrained.

  • @NHseacoast
    @NHseacoast 5 лет назад +4

    If they had a crystal ball ! Star Trek turned into a cultural phenomenon. The red headed kid in the audience was Mason Reese ;”
    Between the years of 1969 to 1984, Mason was everywhere you looked. Being a veteran of over 75 commercials, seven of which won Clio awards, including the coveted best male actor Clio. Mason was a guest on countless variety and talk shows, his charm and sense of humor made him a fan favorite on the Mike Douglas Show of which Mason appeared over 25 times and Co hosted three separate weeks. Mike dedicated many pages to Mason in his autobiography, and claimed that Mason received the highest ratings in the history of the show. Mason also graced the covers of every major magazine including the ever popular T.V. Guide. When Mason was 7, he was hired by WNBC, in New York, to be a contributing field reporter and present family oriented pieces for the newscast.”

  • @havitcold
    @havitcold 4 года назад +2

    Jerado and Shatner 1975 what a trip... both young and Shatner has no idea what was coming extraordinary Shatner didn't think ST would come back. haha great interview

    • @krane15
      @krane15 3 года назад +2

      Both in bell bottoms no less.

  • @christoph404
    @christoph404 3 года назад +5

    three years later Star Trek was back, and in a big big way, Star Trek The Motion Picture started shooting in 1978, who would have thought!

  • @bobyounger6109
    @bobyounger6109 4 месяца назад +1

    One things for sure, it beats the pants off of Constipation street. My aunt has an oil painting: Star trek voyager,I did years ago

  • @allison9090
    @allison9090 5 лет назад +10

    He was sooo sexy. I was madly in love with him back in those days.

  • @em23
    @em23 5 лет назад +19

    you can tell that he's ready to yell, "IT JUST A TV SHOW!...YOU, HAVE YOU EVER KISSED A GIRL?"

  • @sajohnmello
    @sajohnmello 4 месяца назад +2

    Geraldo with that signature laughing arrogance. Today, Shatner laughing in space and now living legend.

    • @aquariandawn4750
      @aquariandawn4750 4 месяца назад +1

      90+ yrs old,still sharp and active.

    • @sajohnmello
      @sajohnmello 4 месяца назад +1

      @@aquariandawn4750 Yep! :)

  • @edmmitch
    @edmmitch 4 месяца назад

    God bless you Captain

  • @MattHalpain
    @MattHalpain 5 лет назад +1

    so cool to see this video, I was just a baby in 1975

  • @absolutelydisgusted3319
    @absolutelydisgusted3319 3 года назад

    I could listen to William Shatner speak for days...❤️

  • @erickjason9092
    @erickjason9092 4 месяца назад

    I love the cheesiness of the old shows!

  • @scringe1
    @scringe1 5 лет назад +37

    Shatner looks younger than 44 here.

    • @starwarsrebel2006
      @starwarsrebel2006 5 лет назад +6

      And today he looks younger than 88.

    • @resellerworldnj
      @resellerworldnj 5 лет назад +2

      sinjin K His wig was in prime form

    • @TheWinterShadow
      @TheWinterShadow 5 лет назад +1

      Who cares...he is successful at any age.

    • @resellerworldnj
      @resellerworldnj 5 лет назад +1

      TheWinterShadow True enough

    • @johnandersen6752
      @johnandersen6752 5 лет назад +1

      Russell Huneke Actors will sometimes wear wigs even if they are not bald in order for their hair to look thicker, fuller and the right length and color for the character. Christopher Reeve wore one even though he had a full head of hair to play Superman so that his hair style and color would always be perfect. I think Shatner did wear a toupee to play Kirk and many other characters, but this looks like thinning real hair to me. In the last few years I think he did get a hair transplant.

  • @gutz1981
    @gutz1981 5 лет назад +27

    Why did he switch from this hairpiece for the curly one some 4 years later when he started filming Star Trek the motion picture I will never know. He still looks like the old Kirk we remember from the series at this point. That other hairpiece aged him some 10 years or more.

    • @jonathanmoore3130
      @jonathanmoore3130 5 лет назад +3

      From what I heard, Shatner's hair is naturally wavy, but at this time in his life he straightened it.

    • @andrewmichaelscollectibles
      @andrewmichaelscollectibles 5 лет назад +3

      I totally agree with you on that! His hairpiece got a little darker over the years.

    • @busterbiloxi3833
      @busterbiloxi3833 5 лет назад +3

      Poor lifestyle choice.

    • @tonycrossley2869
      @tonycrossley2869 5 лет назад +2

      Simple...Billy was copying Mike Brady's Hairstyle !...

    • @dalebaker9109
      @dalebaker9109 5 лет назад +8

      He started wearing the curly toupee in 1976, this old kirk toupee looks a billion times better. There is an article, that came out in 1957, that said he had a thinning crown even then.

  • @prjohnnyrivera6612
    @prjohnnyrivera6612 4 года назад

    I was 9 yrs old in 1975. I'm 53 and Bill turned 89 today March 22, 2020. Good memories...

  • @saxonsteve
    @saxonsteve 4 месяца назад

    I surely would like to know, what his longevity secrets are living into his 90’s are. He looks amazing these days! I really liked Star ⭐️ Trek! God Bless You, William! May you Live Longer and Prosper!

  • @PopularesVox
    @PopularesVox 4 месяца назад +1

    It seems bizarre to me that NBC reduced the budget of what was a very popular TV show, and eventually cancelled it.

  • @jhj9296
    @jhj9296 5 лет назад +25

    after all this time Geraldo's mustache is still the same lmao

    • @tomthumb2660
      @tomthumb2660 4 года назад

      Shatner bore a "Dirty Sanchez" in Columbo once as a guest ☆☆☆☆☆.

  • @pasekmi
    @pasekmi 3 года назад +1

    Shatner's Kirk was due to his experience doing Shakespeare in Canada. A small town Stratford Ontario. So he played him like he was onstage doing live theatre.

  • @softyme63
    @softyme63 5 лет назад +3

    This was a great show (was unhappy when canceled). Geraldo has some very good guests.

    • @HerrEllsworth
      @HerrEllsworth 5 лет назад

      Amazing how he looks today. His voice is a little deeper but he still has handlebars on that moustache.

  • @MRALAINMICHAEL
    @MRALAINMICHAEL 5 лет назад +4

    Geraldo is Rambo. He has 50 years experience in investigative journalism. He’s awesome. Thank you Geraldo.