All Summer Long (TV show), 43
The Amazing World of Kreskin (TV show), 160
American Sportsman (TV show), 43
The Andersonville Trial (TV show), 161–63
Barbary Coast (Cash & Cable) (TV show), 175–76, 178–79, 210
Barnaby Jones (TV show), 160
Ben Casey (TV show), 92
Billy Budd (Melville, TV play), 43
Blankety Blanks (TV show), 203
Blood Sport (TV movie), 223
The Bold Ones (TV show), 160
Boston Legal (TV show), 5–6, 9–11, 66, 207, 210, 241, 308, 324–36
Burke’s Law (TV show), 92
Celebrity Bowling (TV show), 203, 205
Checkmate (TV show), 92
The Cross-Wits (TV show), 203
The Defenders (TV show), 92, 95, 96
Disaster on the Coastliner (TV movie), 105–7
Dr. Kildare (TV show), 92, 95
Fast Cars and Superstars (TV show), 9–11
The F.B.I. (TV show), 160
For the People (TV show), 92, 95–97, 98, 113, 149–50
The Fugitive (TV show), 92
game shows, 202–9
Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV show), 43
Gunsmoke (TV show), 100–101
Hawaii Five-O (TV show), 160
Heroes and Sidekicks (TV show), 252
The Hollywood Squares (TV show), 160, 203, 205
The Horror at 37,000 Feet (TV movie), 165, 167–68
Howdy Doody Show (TV show), 41
Inner Space (TV documentary series), 185
Invasion, Iowa (TV show), 144, 294–301
Iron Chef USA (TV show), 206–7
Ironside (TV show), 160
Julius Caesar (TV play), 44
Kung Fu (TV show), 160, 263
Lamp Unto My Feet (TV show), 43, 97
Liar’s Club (TV show), 203
The Love Boat Fall Preview Party (TV show), 252
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV show), 94, 121
Mannix (TV show), 160
Marcus Welby (TV show), 160
Masquerade Party (TV show), 203
Medical Center (TV show), 160
Mission: Impossible (TV show), 160
Naked City (TV show), 92
The Night of the Auk (TV show), 67
No Deadly Medicine (TV play), 47
North Beach and Rawhide (TV movie), 174
The Nurses (TV show), 92, 95
Oedipus the King (TV play), 44
Omnibus (TV show), 44, 46
The Outer Limits (TV show), 88
The Outlaws (TV show), 92
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV show), 160
Perilous Voyage (The Revolution of
Antonio DeLeon) (TV movie), 165–66, 265
Playhouse 90 (TV show), 50, 53, 160
Play of the Week (TV show), 44
The Practice (TV show), 320–24
Rescue 911 (TV show), 253–60, 276, 280, 307
Rhyme and Reason (TV show), 203
Robert Herridge Theatre (TV show), 92
Saturday Night Live (TV show), 143–44, 197, 242
The School for Wives (TV play), 46
The Search for Houdini (TV show), 252
Secrets of a Married Man (TV movie), 38
Secrets of the Deep (TV documentary series), 185
Shatner’s Raw Nerve (TV show), 51
Show Me the Money (TV show), 206–10
Six Million Dollar Man (TV show), 160
Sole Survivor (TV movie), 167
Space Age (TV documentary series), 185
Star Trek (TV show), 114–25, 162, 198
Star Trek:The Next Generation (TV show), 143, 284–88
Star Trek: Phase II (TV movie), 199–202
The Storybook Squares (TV show), 203
Studio One (TV show), 43, 47, 48, 49, 50
Suspense (TV show), 43
Tattletales (TV show), 203, 205 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV show), 68, 242–43, 289–92
The Third Walker (TV movie), 265
Thriller (TV show), 43, 92
T. J. Hooker (TV show), 94, 102–3, 211–25, 226, 227, 229–30, 254, 74, 302
The Tonight Show (TV show), 139, 197, 339
To Tell the Truth (TV show), 203
The $25,000 Pyramid (TV show), 203, 204–5
The Twilight Zone (TV show), 27, 43, 93–94, 290
The Virginian (TV show), 92, 160
Voice of the Planet (TV series), 47–48, 186–88
The World Poker Tour (TV show), 182–83
The Shatner Show (UPPERCASE gallery,
Calgary, Canada), 291
Shatner’s Raw Nerve (TV show), 51
ShatnerVision.com, 66, 311
Sheen, Martin, 49, 162
Shepherd, Cybill, 38
The Shiva Club, 155, 210
Shoot or Be Shot (film), 293
A Shot in the Dark (play), 79–80, 84–86
Shout! Factory, 337
Show Boat (play), 203
Show Me the Money (TV show), 207–10
Showtime (film), 103
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
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 3rd 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, 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
Zimbalist, Efrem, 160
Zmed, Adrian, 214, 216, 217, 222, 223