It is NOT all about you, Bill Shatner!

[Book Lover]

The History Channel tonight premiers a show called "How William Shatner Changed the World" which seems to be about how Star Trek inspired inventions that changed our world. A few names are here written to correct this disgusting error:

Gene Roddenberry (Oh yeah, that guy. What'd he do again?)

Gene Coon (The forgotten Gene and no joke. He created the Klingons, the Prime Directive, and Khan)

Herb Solow and Bob Justman, without whom Lucille Ball and her cohort of bean counters would never have let the show film past the first season.

James Doohan (when did Bill get *his* honorary Doctorate of Engineering for inspiring hundreds of men and women to become engineers?)

Thank you. Rant off.

[LeftyMom]

1. Oh thank god somebody else is irritated about this

It really should be "How Gene Roddenberry Changed the World." Shatner was too busy counting lines to make sure Nemoy wasn't upstaging him to change anything.

[Book Lover]

2. Yeah, I forgot about Len!

The deeply resonant vocal tones of the man who narrated "In Search Of" and "Ancient Mysteries" (not to mention his books of poetry and non-ghostwritten autobiographies) deserves his two cents, too.

[LeftyMom]

6. He also helped write and directed The Voyage Home

which is my 2nd favorite Star Trek movie, behind The Wrath of Khan.

[Cannikin]

3. I agree..should be about Gene

[ReadTomPaine]

4. For Mr. Shatner, it will forever and always be about him.

I get a kick out of Bill, but his ego knows no bounds. He's been this way for over 30 years. And no, Bill, being self deprecating about your massive ego doesn't make it ok.

[malmapus]

5. Nice rant, been ranting about Gene too when I see those commercials

William played a freaking character created in a universe created by another person(s). They should give credit where credit is due. :rant:

[hfojvt]

7. "set phasers to ego deflate"

"Why, they never seem to work anyway?"
"Good point. Scotty, beam us out of here."
"I'm doing the best I can, Captain, but the transporters won't be operational for a couple more hours."
"Again? This seems to happen every week too!"
"My god, Jim! You accidentally put on a red shirt! We've got to get you out of here, or you'll die!!!"
"Stay calm Bones. How about if I just take my shirt off?"
"Logically, Captain, you will look bad next to Khan."
"Dammit Spock, you are always trying to upstage me. You just wanna be Captain, don't you? Get out the chess pieces and we'll settle this again!"

Ah, how I loved that show, but I don't think it changed my life.

[ContraBass Black]

8. What about Uhura?

[Book Lover]

9. Forgive my omission

I remember her story about how Rev. King told her that she had to stay with Star Trek (she had met him at a function, he told her how much he enjoyed her performance in Trek, and she said that she was thinking of leaving for varied reasons) because it was so important for society to see a strong black woman in a position of authority. And also that Whoopi Goldberg saw her on the show, and ran to her folks said cried out, "Come look. There's a black woman on tv and she ain't playing no maid!"

[Canadian Socialist]

10. It's a Canadian production

that is done tongue-in-cheek...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Capt. James Kirk's alter-ego, William Shatner, really did shake up the cosmos.

The irreverent documentary How William Shatner Changed the World features the actor examining the ways Star Trek technology inspired real-life innovators, whose inventions include communicator-like flip phones and medical equipment reminiscent of the starship Enterprise's sick bay.

Airing Sunday on the History Channel in the U.S., the show kicks off the network's Out of This World week, featuring explorations of comets, meteors and UFOs. The channel is not available in Canada; the program, commissioned by Discovery Channel Canada, aired here a few months ago and garnered strong ratings.

The documentary studies how Gene Roddenberry's sci-fi series helped energize scientific explorers who created gadgets we could only dream about when Star Trek premiered in the 1960s.
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