Does George Takei have writers?

[Initech]

In a week dominated by news that the National Security Agency was intercepting Americans’ emails and phone records en masse, some of George Takei’s 4 million devoted Facebook followers had more important things to worry about: unexpected evidence that the former Star Trek star hires ghost-posters.

In an interview with longtime media blogger Jim Romenesko, comedic TV writer Rick Polito casually mentioned that he wrote jokes for Takei’s Facebook page at a rate of $10 per gag. With most other celebrities, this sort of outsourcing would come as no surprise, but Takei followers seem to feel an especially personal bond with the star, whose feed is a quirky and seemingly authentic combination of science fiction jokes; lolcat-style animal pictures; heartfelt posts on gay rights, racial discrimination, and animal welfare; and pictures and quotes with inadvertently sexual undertones, which become subjects of Takei’s online catchphrase “Oh Myyy.”

As such, some followers of the star – including the social media savvy – were caught off guard by the idea that he doesn’t personally produce all his own material, perhaps while sipping tea in pajamas on his porch.

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/06/george-takei-facebook-jokes/

He is pretty awesome, but I always wonder how he comes up with this stuff.

[monmouth3]

1. He is a very talented guy so I would not be surprised. Keeping up with 4 million followers is

(not all at once, of course) is a lot but I'll bet he writes most of his own stuff.

[Mr. David]

6. As referenced to "Oh Myyyy... (there goes the Internet)"

An EXCELLENT book. Worth the read.

He discusses his experience with the Internet...

http://www.amazon.com/Myyy-There-Goes-Internet-ebook/dp/B00AHP5NY6

[monmouth3]

9. I will look for it, thanks..n/t

[dipsydoodle]

2. I had thought he did it all himself

as does Anna Rice.

[UTUSN]

3. where is the outrage nt

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. If he does or he doesn't, no big deal.

Just imagining him saying it, with that voice of his, sends tingles up one's leg.

Heck, Cary Grant didn't write his own dialogue, and we KNOW how many original thoughts St. Reagan or ex-pResident Shit-fer-Brains had!

[Ohio Joe]

5. An actor that does not write all his own lines...

The shock... The horror...

Sheesh.

[caraher]

7. I suppose the same people who are shocked by this...

are surprised to learn Arianna Huffington doesn't produce all the content at Huffington Post.

George Takei is a person, but he's also a "brand" in a certain sense. I'd assumed that most of his stuff was collected rather than written himself, except the commentaries on issues near and dear to him.

[marshall]

8. After the Ashton Kutcher debacle I hope Takei at least has an editor

Not that he would write anything as gross as Kutcher blindly defending a pedophile, but when you have that many readers you need an extra level of scrutiny before you release your random thoughts.