William Shatner is 87 years old today. EIGHTY SEVEN YEARS OLD!

[nolabear]

Truth be told I'm not a fan of the actual guy. I had a friend who had some rather unpleasant exchanges with him over horses years back and he's known to be a dick. BUT, he's an icon and I enjoy watching him and he's bloody eighty seven years old. He's been doing a silly little series on world travel with George Foreman, Terry Bradshaw and Henry Winkler, and his pomposity is a running joke, which warms me to him a bit, but damn. Traveling the world at eighty seven?

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

1. Rumor is he will make an appearance in

Star trek discovery

[nolabear]

3. That would be fun!

I'm all for Kirk living long and prospering.

[RKP5637]

2. I loved him on Star Trek and the whole gang. Damn, now I feel a bit older!

[nolabear]

4. You and me both.

[longship]

5. There's some THING on the wing!!!

R&K for William Shatner's birthday.

Love the original Star Trek.

[Kittycow]

12. I watch so much Classic TV that I'm always surprised

to see some of the actors that are still around looking kind of old.

[Ron Obvious]

6. I get the impression he's mellowed with age

He seems to be more self-deprecating than I remember. I recently read his biography of his friend Leonard Nimoy, and unless he's misrepresenting himself, he comes across as quite nice. I thought they hated each other.

[nolabear]

9. I got that feeling too. Funny story...

My friend’s husband was an American Saddlebred judge and Shatner showed his horses so wasn’t above sucking up. He gave her a REALLY nice USSEnterprise jacket which she complained she could never wear because all the old guys wanted to know about her time in the Navy. 😄

[sdfernando]

7. I can't wait to say

"He's dead Jim"...."No, I really mean Jim is dead!"

Alas, DeForest Kelley is already gone so we can't have the real Bones say it.

[nolabear]

8. I loved DeForest Kelly. Gone too soon.

[MissB]

10. I wouldnt mind him as potus

I mean, compared to the current orange idiot-in-chief

[Skittles]

11. I have always found him very entertaining

not the strongest actor but there's just something about him, and I love his voice