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Do you think there's one really obsessed T. J. Hooker fan out there who gets super pissed off that everyone always looks at William Shatner and thinks Star Trek? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Or possibly a big Boston Legal fan?

HE'S NOT KIRK, DAMN IT! HE'S DENNY CRANE!

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There's something... On the plane!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Everyone always talks about that episode, but no one ever talks about the stupid and boring other episode he's in for some reason!

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

The John Lithgow version is better. Partly because it's better produced, but also because Shatner... Well... He shatners the shock of it all.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Captain Crunch?

Kirk?

Who?

Bill Shatner?

Oh yeah, he made TekWar!

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

Oh. You mean The Big Giant Head.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Buck Murdock!!!

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I first saw Morena Baccarin on Firefly, with the detailed costuming and saucy retorts, and it was a strong first-impression.

[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ditto. Didn’t work for me in “V”, but in Deadpool, um, yeeessssss!!

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 6 points 3 weeks ago

Of course there are, and they're very rude.

[–] DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes. I have a buddy who is this person. I'm not kidding.

He is a big Star Trek fan, but he is also literally the only T.J. Hooker fan that I've ever met, and he was a T.J. Hooker fan before he was a Star Trek fan. (It's worth noting we're both in our late 40s.)

Coming across this randomly on a Wednesday evening renews my faith in The Internet. I was starting to think the whole thing was a bad idea. Thank you!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I knew there was one!

[–] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

I remember as a kid growing up in Canada, he was always on TV doing commercials for supermarkets. More recently, he was the spokesman for All Bran, and then he was selling CPAP machines I think? No wait, I think it was some sort of machine that cleans CPAPs.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is that the same William Shatner of Rescue 911 fame?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Possibly.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not to mention esperanto fans.