As William Shatner embarks on a real-life space voyage subsequent week, the “Star Trek” star’s upcoming mission created lots of buzz on Twitter.
The unique Captain Kirk “Star Trek” will launch to suborbital space on a Blue Origin rocket no sooner than Oct. 12. He is the starring member of a four-person crew that features a Blue Origin vice-president, the co-founder of Planet Labs and a co-founder of a medical analysis platform.
Shatner, 90, is a long-time person of Twitter (he is @WilliamShatner) and had comedic responses to a number of superstar tweets. For instance, the actor-comedian instructed former NASA astronaut Clay Anderson he will not have the flexibility to tweet from Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule (which is far smaller than the bridge of the united statesS. Enterprise Shatner he helmed in fiction, as Captain James T. Kirk.)
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😳Dial up‽ 😖 🤔What baud fee? 😉 https://t.co/sYp1B7CPKAOctober 5, 2021
The dialog additionally included footage of one other “Star Trek” captain, Jean-Luc Picard (performed by Patrick Stewart) and Anderson flashing the “Live Long and Prosper” symbology from the Vulcan alien race of “Star Trek.” Shatner’s co-star, Leonard Nimoy, performed the Vulcan Spock and helped in creating that signal.
🤔 Snack bars in Space? How is cell service? 😳🤷🏼♂️🤣 https://t.co/3Kv1lLRSrvOctober 5, 2021
Comedian Stephen Colbert identified space will not be as enjoyable as Shatner imagined.
More Trek lore jokes got here from “The Big Bang Theory” co-creator Bill Prady, however Shatner delved even deeper down that gap with a comparability of Romulans to cats.
🤨The Romulans are pussy cats. Didn’t I Cosplay as considered one of them and crash their occasion and steal their liquor?🤔🤷🏼♂️ It was one thing like that. https://t.co/33OfqkrlHTOctober 5, 2021
Shatner obtained a bizarre advertorial for recycling amongst his congratulations.
We had been much less shocked to see Priceline, which has run advertisements that includes Shatner for a few years, sending their finest needs.
I’ll be negotiating all the best way! 👍🏻🥳 https://t.co/xI84iCRYvsOctober 5, 2021
Senior NASA official Bob Jacobs, lately promoted from his long-time administrator of communications function to deputy affiliate administrator for media operations and expertise, tweeted his help for Shatner, too.
Also in dialog with Shatner had been actress Lynda Carter (of “Wonder Woman”), actor Vincent D’Onofrio (“Men in Black” and “Daredevil”), comic Stephen Fry (of “Blackadder”) and comic Jason Alexander (of “Seinfeld”), often together with a joke about their respective franchises.
Those who watch comedy often will even recall Alexander was the “roastmaster” for a 2006 Comedy Central particular that includes Shatner referred to as a “roast”, by which a visitor of honor is subjected to embarrassing jokes and commentary (meant to be taken in enjoyable) from long-time associates and colleagues within the business.
I’ve little doubt you’ll get that invisible airplane, Lynda.😉 👍🏻 https://t.co/Bz8merek7oOctober 4, 2021
🤣 It’s by no means too late to expertise new issues my buddy. Hope you’re effectively. 👍🏻 https://t.co/90mVBUKRxqOctober 4, 2021
The singular, Golden Globe-winning Mia Farrow (a long-time buddy of Shatner, judging by how they often tweet one another) despatched a easy however candy message.
Mia my expensive, thanks a lot! ❤️ https://t.co/7cTTqdOQ1NOctober 5, 2021
Of course, anyone needed to point out that rocket form: comic and Emmy winner Tom Bergeron of “Hollywood Squares” and “American’s Funniest Home Videos.”
One of lately I’m going to have an extended discuss with that boy….😳🙄 https://t.co/BdTGTCEWgw pic.twitter.com/HMaZg8ULxzOctober 6, 2021
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