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William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

DonPardoCalrissian — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:41:35 EDT

@mladen: As far as Shatner and his sister are concerned, I think hummingpenguin said it best "i love how exquisitely weird they are together."

I consider Shatner's duet with noted 'mo Joe Jackson to be the definitive version of "Common People."

DonPardoCalrissian

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

biden_my_time — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:45:25 EDT

Kidding aside (which is difficult) -

DS9 definitely had a gay episode. Jadzia Dax (female), whose former host was a dude, hooked up with said dude's dead wife's new host, who was (also) a hot lady. Lesbianacy ensued.

biden_my_time

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

raincoaster — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:13:34 EDT

@mladen: I believe he'd do that. The Shat is a strange, strange man.

raincoaster

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

mladen — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:38:10 EDT

It's hard to believe a thread on Shatner and gayness could get this far without somebody mentioning Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton's claim, made in many interviews (and I think in Please Kill Me), that around 1975, just before the Stooges broke up, he (Ron) ran into Shatner in a bar on the Strip and the latter drunkenly tried to pick him up. In 2002 Shatner did an online interview with Slashdot and when people were asked to send in questions someone brought this up. But I can't tell from the Slashdot site if Shatner was actually asked about Asheton's story.

Then there was the time, about a month after his wife drowned, that some people got into an elevator in a Manhattan hotel and found a couple smooching. One was a woman in her 20s. The other, the passengers soon realized, was old Bill. When the doors opened for his floor he broke the clinch and walked out with his babe. Then he turned to the people in the elevator and, as the doors closed, said: "It's all right; she's my sister." (Since he's Canadian you gotta believe him.) I think that was in Page Six.

mladen

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

hummingpenguin — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:42:47 EDT

@afraidofauntieem: as charming as it was the first time. i love how exquisitely weird they are together.

hummingpenguin

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

Mike_Jahn — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:14:26 EDT

@Mike_Jahn: And what about the episode where Kirk switched bodies with a woman?

Mike_Jahn

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

Mike_Jahn — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:12:27 EDT

@CaptainHangNail:
Didn't Captain Picard wear a gown once? Kinda like Prince Charles' old one?

Mike_Jahn

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

raincoaster — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:08:44 EDT

@BullfightsOnAcid: Closer may well be the greatest mashup video of all time.

raincoaster

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

raincoaster — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:04:58 EDT

No. No, we are not allowing TNG.

raincoaster

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

ifstone — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:55:47 EDT

Wasn't "Deep Space Nine" filled with gay characters? And isn't that title a double entendre?

ifstone

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

In Other News... — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:28:41 EDT

@Lucia Toledo: Find that discussion, among other places, here:

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In Other News...

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

miss_msry — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:56:46 EDT

"He's gay Jim." -- Dr. McCoy.

miss_msry

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

VirusWithShoes — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:55:49 EDT

@MisterHippity: I actually pondered that grammatical dilemma too.

Obviously, not for too long.

VirusWithShoes

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

afraidofauntieem — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:52:42 EDT

@In Other News...: "Anything Denny Crane can do I can do backwards and in heels." Alan helps Denny practice for his wedding dance. This might be the most adorbs thing I've seen on TV in ages. Enjoy!

[www.livevideo.com]

afraidofauntieem

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

DonPardoCalrissian — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:43:03 EDT

"You remember the Star Trek Wars."
"Where all the fans of Star Wars moved across the galaxay?"
"No, that was the Star Wars Trek."

DonPardoCalrissian

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

DonPardoCalrissian — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:39:24 EDT

Remember the Hawaii 5.0 episode where John Ritter played a gay? McGarrett was very understanding. That show had giant balls that just kept getting bigger because of ongoing volcanic activity.

DonPardoCalrissian

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

MisterHippity — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:38:10 EDT

@MisterHippity: Oh and the captain is Jewish, too. I can't belive none of your remembers this episode.

MisterHippity

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

TedSez — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:37:02 EDT

@moff:
"COOOOOOOOOOOOOHEN!"

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TedSez

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

MisterHippity — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:31:51 EDT

@VirusWithShoes: You know, I hate grammar nerds as much as the next guy. Nevertheless, I have to point out that the past participle of "gay" is "gayne."

"To boldly gay where no man has gayne before."

MisterHippity

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

BaconCat — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:27:56 EDT

@moff: If you read any of the books you would know that there were huge advances in gaydar technology in the 22nd century.

Also, Space Jesus converted all the remaining jews in 2304.

BaconCat

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

MisterHippity — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:27:03 EDT

There's a gay character in this episode: [acceptable.tv]

MisterHippity

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

chicoleo — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:10:49 EDT

"Trek is strangely devoid of Jews, too."

What a strange comment. Spock being Jewish and Kirk being half Jewish doesn't count for anything?

chicoleo

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

Private Hangnail — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:05:17 EDT

@VirusWithShoes: That's a tough one. If the Obama rule applies, Uhuru would be the Muslim.

Private Hangnail

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

VirusWithShoes — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:01:47 EDT

@moff: "You couldn't be a doctor, could you, like that nice McCoy? He gets a tricorder, you with your stuck at the console, you."

VirusWithShoes

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

Moff — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:01:12 EDT

@fiveinchtaint: Hey, I accept my fans as they are. And that's a lesson I learned from Star Trek.

@ChromiumSwitch: So Spock's mother was a shiksa?

Moff

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

fiveinchtaint — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:00:06 EDT

Spock's cock on the Captain's Blog was pretty gay.

fiveinchtaint

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

BullfightsOnAcid — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:59:53 EDT

Why wouldn't you put up the greatest Star Trek gay mash up of all time - Closer:

BullfightsOnAcid

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

VirusWithShoes — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:59:39 EDT

@CaptainHangNail: I assumed they were Quakers!

Who were the Muslims again?

VirusWithShoes

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

Moff — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:59:00 EDT

@VirusWithShoes: Chekhov might have been Jewish. His mom was always pointing to McCoy and going, "Now him! He made something of himself!"

@CaptainHangNail: Yup. They kilt it, apparently.

Moff

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

Lucia Toledo — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:57:41 EDT

Darlings, it was the Ferengi who were the Jews, if we're allowing "The Next Generation" (though I can't believe I am bothering to mention this)...

Lucia Toledo

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

ChromiumSwitch — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:57:20 EDT

Fickle, fickle, fickle. And wordy. Just like trying to fuck a semiotics major. No wonder Kirk kept poking random aliens.

BTW Moff- it's the Vulcans that were Jewish. Nimoy based that "live long and prosper" gang sign on the ancient gesture of the Kohanim.

ChromiumSwitch

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

fiveinchtaint — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:55:40 EDT

@moff: But the balance was upset by your extremely graphic homosexual fan faction.

fiveinchtaint

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

Private Hangnail — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:53:34 EDT

@VirusWithShoes: Actually, the Romulans always read as Jewish to me...

Private Hangnail

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

Sarcastro — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:51:33 EDT

@Sarcastro: Joke, rather.

@VirusWithShoes: Set phasers to phablulous?

Sarcastro

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

Private Hangnail — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:51:18 EDT

@moff: In the first season of The Next Generation some of the figurant male crew members wore skirts, but by the second season these skirts had disappeared. I'm guessing the gay was cured then.

Private Hangnail

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

DonPardoCalrissian — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:51:10 EDT

I just figured Star Trek was so gay they didn't even have to mention it. Like how you just assume Buffy is a Social Democrat.

DonPardoCalrissian

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

Sarcastro — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:50:30 EDT

@moff: I was about to make the same juke substituting the Velvet Underground for the Buzzcocks and heroin for smoking.

Sarcastro

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

VirusWithShoes — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:49:52 EDT

Set phasers to fabulous!

VirusWithShoes

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

Helman — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:48:48 EDT

@moff: I hear you. I played Dungeons and Dragons only when dressed like Betty Boop.

Helman

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

In Other News... — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:47:38 EDT

Richard - you should watch Boston Legal? The hand-holding, sleepovering, fishing-trip relationship between Alan Shore and Denny Crane is the cutest thing going on network TV. No slashfic needed.

In Other News...

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

VirusWithShoes — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:47:29 EDT

@moff: I think there were "issues" with early incarnations of the transporter beams.

I thought the Klingons were Jewish, no? Is this the show with Gil Gerard?

VirusWithShoes

William Shatner's (and Star Trek's) Gay Panic

Moff — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:47:24 EDT

@Helman: I would only watch it while I was wearing a leather jacket and listening to the Buzzcocks and smoking, though, which should have balanced it out.

Moff