William Shatner ( in his autobiography Up to Now ) remarked that this format shift seemed like an attempt to emulate 48 Hrs., with him stepping into the Nick Nolte character.

Several suspects exist, including competition director and former pageant winner Kathy Morningside ( Candice Bergen ); her unpleasant assistant Frank Tobin ( Steve Monroe ); veteran emcee Stan Fields ( William Shatner ) who, like Morningside, is being replaced with a younger person ; and Rhode Island's Cheryl Frasier ( Heather Burns ), possibly a radical animal rights activist.

Other examples are My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss ( modeled after The Apprentice ), My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance, Hell Date ( modeled after Blind Date ), Superstar USA ( modeled after American Idol ), Space Cadets ( which convinced the hoax targets that they were being flown into space ), Punk'd ( involving celebrities in staged crises ), Invasion Iowa ( in which a town was convinced that William Shatner was filming a movie there ), and Reality Hell ( different target and premise every episode ).

The script states that Kirk is 49, but Shatner was unsure about being specific about Kirk's age because he was hesitant to portray a middle-aged version of himself.

Both Shatner and test audiences were dissatisfied that Kirk was fatally shot in the back in the original ending of Generations ; an addendum inserted while Shatner's Star Trek Movie Memories memoir was being printed expresses his enthusiasm at being called back to film a rewritten ending.

Shatner released a YouTube video expressing disappointment at not being approached for a cameo.

Slate, which called Pine " a jewel ", described his performance as " channel " Shatner without being an impersonation.

In Stephen King's Danse Macabre, King ( who admits to being more of a fan of The Outer Limits and Thriller ) wrongly says the episode stars William Shatner instead of Everett Sloane ( although Shatner does play a character battling a fortune telling machine in " Nick of Time ").

Shatner regretted that Kirk's angst at being outmoded was minimized in the final print.

Cohen describes him as being " half Captain Kirk, half actual William Shatner ", and that the initial premise for the character was " What if the real William Shatner was the captain of the Enterprise instead of Kirk ?".

Being identified so closely with one role left the show's cast with mixed emotions ; Shatner called it " awesome and irksome ", and Walter Koenig called it " bittersweet " but admitted that there was " a certain immortality in being associated with Star Trek ".

Shatner, being famous for portraying Captain Kirk, also makes occasional Star Trek references.

Produced by Paramount for the NBC Network, Roddenberry ’ s original 1964 pilot for Star Trek, called " The Cage " and starring Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike, was regarded as being too intellectual and slow-moving by the network: however, they had sufficient faith in the ideas behind the program to commission a second pilot, which replaced the character of Pike and all but one of the rest of his crew with the new crew commanded by Captain James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner.

William Shatner recalls in Star Trek Memories that NBC insisted their lips never touch ( the technique of turning their heads away from the camera was used to conceal this ); moreover, the episode portrays the kiss as involuntary, being forced by telekinesis.

Shatner plays a campy caricature of himself as he works on a one-man musical version of Julius Caesar in hopes of finally being taken seriously as a dramatist and musical performer.

When Altman and Burnett approached Shatner about being in Free Enterprise he was not interested: " I had played my persona as far as I wanted to go and probably as far as anybody wants me to go.

Shortly after the release of Star Trek Generations, William Shatner pitched the story of Kirk being brought back to life by the Borg for the next Star Trek film.

Incubus was directed by Leslie Stevens, creator of The Outer Limits, and stars William Shatner, shortly before he would begin his work on Star Trek.

The film, written and directed by William Shatner, follows Shatner as he interviews each of the other actors who played a Starfleet captain within the Star Trek franchise.

It was written by Abby Mann, directed by Stanley Kramer, and starred Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Werner Klemperer, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, William Shatner and Montgomery Clift.

* The 1962 film The Intruder, starring William Shatner and directed by Roger Corman, features scenes shot on location in downtown Sikeston and at the old courthouse in Charleston.

The film, written and directed by William Shatner, sees Shatner interview Plummer at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Theatre where they talk about their young careers, long lasting friendship, and Plummer's role as General Chang in Star Trek VI.

In the feature film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, directed by William Shatner, references are made to a " Great Barrier ," which lies at the center of the galaxy instead of surrounding it.

The film was written and directed by Shatner and featured the original Star Trek captain interviewing every other actor who had portrayed a captain within the science-fiction franchise.

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 ( also known simply as Loaded Weapon 1 ) is a 1993 crime-comedy film, directed by Gene Quintano and starring Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson and William Shatner.

George C. Scott directed and starred in the latter, along with William Shatner ; the movie was based on an earlier play by Saul Levitt, who worked on The Untouchables TV series.

Angoroj ( Esperanto for " Agonies "), 1964, was the first feature film to be produced entirely in Esperanto ; Incubus ( with English and French subtitles ), a 1965 black and white horror film directed by Leslie Stevens and starring a pre-Star Trek William Shatner, followed.

First released on December 10, 1982, the film was written and directed by Ken Finkleman and stars Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, William Shatner, Rip Torn, and Sonny Bono.

For the Stratford Shakespeare Festival ( now the Stratford Festival of Canada ) in 1956, Tyrone Guthrie directed another dual version, starring Donald Wolfit, William Shatner, Robert Christie and Louis Negin ; it travelled to Broadway, where it failed to impress — Eric Bentley, among others, panned it — although Anthony Quayle, who replaced Wolfit in the title role, received a Tony Award nomination for his performance, as did Guthrie for his direction.

The film was directed by Robert Michael Lewis and starred William Shatner and Andy Griffith.

Falcon Down is an action film from 2000 directed by Philip J. Roth and starring Dale Midkiff, William Shatner, Judd Nelson, Jennifer Rubin and Cliff Robertson.

Groom Lake, also called The Visitor, is a 2002 film directed by William Shatner and starring Amy Acker.

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Free Enterprise is a 1999 romantic comedy film starring Eric McCormack and Rafer Weigel, and featuring William Shatner, directed by Robert Meyer Burnett and written by Mark A. Altman and Burnett.

This was followed in 1965 by the first American Esperanto-production: Incubus, starring William Shatner.

Jason's own name recalls a heroic seafarer in Greek mythology who was once voiced by William Shatner.

Jason appeared in the Hercules episode " Hercules and the Argonauts " voiced by William Shatner.

It contained the same features as the other DVD version plus a quiz hosted by William Shatner and a sneak peek at the second film.

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew, led by Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), first officer Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ), and chief medical officer Dr. Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ), in the 23rd century.

In the end, the disease infected the crew members of the SCS Goliath, a powerful warship, whose commander, Raemes T. Quirk ( a rather blatant spoof of Captain Kirk, as portrayed by William Shatner ), subsequently attacks the Eureka.

The Alcubierre theory, or anything similar, did not exist when the series was conceived, but Alcubierre stated in an email to William Shatner that his theory was directly inspired by the term used in the show, and references it in his 1994 paper.

Kirk was first played by William Shatner as the principal lead character in the original Star Trek series.

Shatner and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens wrote a series of novels that depict Kirk's resurrection by the Borg and his ongoing adventures after the events of Generations.

Shatner wrote that " Kirk was a man who marveled and greatly appreciated the endless surprises presented to him by the universe ...

On January 6, 2009, he was interviewed by William Shatner on Biography Channel's Shatner's Raw Nerve.

Despite the show's recognition of Kelley as one of its stars he was frustrated by the greater attention that Shatner received as its lead actor, and Nimoy received because of " Spockamania " among fans.

Although he continued to work with William Shatner in the Star Trek movies, in private life Doohan didn't care for him, and was once quoted as saying " I like Captain Kirk, but I can't say that I'm very fond of Bill ," declining to be interviewed by Shatner for Shatner's first Star Trek: Memories book about the show.

As William Shatner was unwilling to return, Nimoy and Bennett spent eight months considering a prequel concept by Ralph Winter about the characters at Starfleet Academy, before Shatner received a pay increase and signed on to star.

Among other special features, it contains a text commentary by Michael Okuda and an audio commentary from director Leonard Nimoy and star William Shatner.

* Shelbyville holds an annual horse show, which is visited by many famous people including William Shatner.

Significant portions of the 1961 film The Intruder ( Directed by Roger Corman and starring William Shatner ) were filmed in East Prairie.