Up Till Now (47 page)

Sidney, Sylvia,
159

Silvera, Frank,
165

Simon & Schuster,
287

Simpson, O. J.,
195
,
275

The Simpsons
(TV show),
93

Sinatra, Frank,
40
,
138
,
189

Six Million Dollar Man
(TV show),
160

The $64,000 Question
(TV show),
207
60

Minutes
(TV show),
254

Skerritt, Tom,
166

skydiving,
156
–
58

Small Medium at Large
(TV show),
51

Smithsonian Institution,
149
,
151

Snider, Dee,
193

Snow White
(fairy tale),
203

Sole Survivor
(TV movie),
167

Something of Value
(film),
51

song writing and singing career,
3
,
15
,
138
–
39
,
177
,
188
–
90
,
253
,
278
,
335
–
40

South Pacific
(film),
61
,
62

South Pacific
(play),
61

Space Age
(TV documentary series),
185

space aliens,
81
–
82

space program (U.S.),
Star Trek
(TV show) and,
150

Spader, James,
321
,
330
–
33

speech pattern,
78
–
79

Spelling, Aaron,
212
,
215

spiders,
107
–
8

Spike TV,
294
,
301

“Spock’s Brain” (
Star Trek
episode),
132
–
33

Springford, Ruth,
19

stage career.
See
Shatner, William, stage career stage fright,
27
–
28

Star Trek
(animated film),
170
,
171
–
72

Star Trek
(film series),
104
,
148
,
198
–
99
,
225
,
284

Star Trek
(TV show),
65
–
66
,
79
,
80
–
81
,
104
,
114
–
38

cancellation of,
133
,
136
,
158

cast and character roles in,
119
–
21
,
127
,
148
–
49
,
190
,
210

conventions,
139
–
45
,
192
–
93
,
242

episode numbers,
116

merchandising,
114
–
16
,
123
,
129
–
31

popularity of,
116
–
18
,
127
–
28
,
131
–
32
,
137
,
149
–
50
,
184
,
198

reviews of,
122
–
23

schedules,
161

syndication market,
136
–
38
,
140
,
168
,
169
–
70
,
184

time slot for,
132
–
33

U.S. space program,
150

Star Trek: Generations
(film),
174

Star Trek: Phase II
(TV movie),
199
–
202

Star Trek:The Experience
(Las Vegas

Hilton, Nevada),
149
,
151

Star Trek:The Motion Picture
(film),
198
–
99
,
225
–
26
,
262

Star Trek:The Next Generation
(TV show),
143
,
284
–
88

Star Trek:The Return
(Shatner and

Reeves-Stevens),
287

Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan
(film),
226
,
291

Star Trek III:The Search for Spock
(film),
126
,
225
–
28

Star Trek IV:The Voyage Home
(film),
229
–30

Star Trek V:The Final Frontier
(film),
225
,
230
–
37
,
247

Star Trek XI
(film),
341

Star Trek Memories
(Shatner),
148

Star Wars
(film),
119
,
199

Steiger, Rod,
50

Stern, Howard,
98
,
192
,
193
–
95
,
197

Stevens, Leslie,
88
,
89
,
90

Stevens, Roger,
28

Stewart, James,
79

Stewart, Patrick,
174
,
175
,
284
,
287
,
311

stock market,
34

stock options,
195
–
98

The Storybook Squares
(TV show),
203

The Stranger
(
The Intruder
(film)),
74

Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Stratford,

Ontario),
19
–
20
,
21
,
22
–
28
,
37
,
41
,
166

Stravinsky, Igor,
189

Studio One
(TV show),
43
,
47
,
48
,
49
,
50

stunts,
100
–
108
,
217
–
19
,
234
–
35

Sturgeon, Theodore,
184

suicide,
229

Sullivan, Ed,
44

Sultan’s Great Day (horse),
4
,
302
–
3

Supreme Court (U.S.),
68

Suspense
(TV show),
43

Sykes, Wanda,
171

syndication market

Star Trek
(TV show),
136
–
38
,
140

T. J. Hooker
(TV show),
223

Takei, George,
121
,
148

Tamburlaine the Great
(Marlowe),
28
,
35
–
36
,
68
,
161

The Taming of the Shrew
(Shakespeare),
28

Tattletales
(TV show),
203
,
205

Taupin, Bernie,
188
,
189

TBS television network,
186

Teamsters Union strike,
247

technology, popular education in,
184
–
88

Teenage Space Vampires
(film),
238

TekLab
(Shatner),
245
–
46

TekWar
(Shatner),
193
,
245
–
48
,
251

TekWorld
(TV comics series),
248
–
50

television.
See also
Shatner, William, television career Canada,
37
,
41
–
42

documentary series,
185
–
88

game shows,
202
–
9

live TV,
45

United States,
41
,
42
–
51
,
53
,
66
–
67
,
82
–
83

There’s a Girl in My Soup
(play),
159

Thinnes, Roy,
168
3
rd Rock from the Sun
(TV show),
68
,
242
–
43
,
289
–
92

The Third Walker
(TV movie),
265

Thompson, Larry,
314

Thriller
(TV show),
43
,
92

time travel,
230

tinnitus,
228
–
29

T. J. Hooker
(TV show),
94
,
102
–
3
,
211
–
25
,
226
,
227
,
229
–30,
254
,
274
,
302

Tobias, Michael,
188

Todman, Bill,
202
,
205

Tolan, Michael,
165

The Tonight Show
(TV show),
139
,
197
,
339

Top Flight
(TV show),
253

To Tell the Truth
(TV show),
203

Tracy, Spencer,
76
,
77
,
78

The Transformed Man
(album),
139
,
188
,
196
,
242
,
252
,
335
–
37
,
339

travel,
3

Travolta, John,
166

Trekkies,
127
,
140
–
45
,
225
,
227
,
241

“Trelane: The Squire of Gothos” (action figure),
91

Trimble, Bjo,
131

Trimble, John,
131

Turner, Ted,
186

TV Guide
(magazine),
96

TV’s Funniest Game Show Moments
(TV show),
253

The $25,000 Pyramid
(TV show),
203
,
204
–
5

The Twilight Zone
(film),
93
–
94

The Twilight Zone
(TV show),
27
,
43
,
93
–
94
,
290

Twisted Sister (band),
193

Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs),
80
–
81

U.S. Steel Hour
(TV show),
43
,
50

Universe
(animated documentary film),
185
–
86

UPN television network,
206

uranium market,
35
,
195
,
198

USA television network,
248
,
250
,
251

Valium,
274

van Gogh, Vincent,
137

Vanilla Ice (rap singer),
178

Variety
(magazine),
50
,
54
–
55
,
122

Venice Film Festival,
90

Vidal, Gore,
67

video games,
185

Vietnam War,
151
,
212
,
220
–
22

The View
(TV show),
317

Vincent
(play),
137
,
147

The Virginian
(TV show),
92
,
160

Voice of the Planet
(TV show),
47
–
48
,
186
–
88

von DĠniken, Erich,
185
,
199

Wagon Train
(TV show),
118
–
19

Waiting for Lefty
(play),
16
–
17
,
47
,
80

Walker, Gordon,
156

Wallace, Tommy,
151

Walter, Jessica,
96

Walters, Barbara,
317

Walters, Violet,
13

Wayne, John,
78
,
164
,
246

Web sites,
66

The Wells Fargo Hollywood Charity

Horse Show,
110
–
11

West, Adam,
98

“What Have You Done?” (song),
278

Wheeler, Burt,
151

White Comanche
(film),
104
–
5
,
173
–
74
,
184

Whitehead, Robert,
28

Widmark, Richard,
76
,
77

The Wild
(animated film),
170

Wild Wild West
(TV show),
175

Williams, John,
233

WilliamShatner.com,
66
,
91
,
94
,
144
,
165
,
173

Williamson, Marianne,
313
–
14

Willis, Bruce,
90
–
91
,
171

Winfield, Paul,
168

Wise, Robert,
200
,
201
–
2

“With a Little Help from My Friends”

(song),
41

The Wizard of Oz
(film),
237

Wolfit, Donald,
55

work ethic,
9
–
12

The World of Suzie Wong
(film),
65

The World of Suzie Wong
(play),
56
,
60
–
65
,
66
–
68

The World Poker Tour
(TV show),
182
–
83

World Science Fiction Convention,
131

World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Hall of Fame,
250
,
251
–
52

Wrath of Khan
(action figure),
66

wrestling,
246
,
248
,
250
–
52

WWF Hall of Fame,
250
,
251
–
52

Wynn, Keenan,
166

Zamenhof, Ludvic Lazarus,
88

Zen,
11
,
27
,
187