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Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship With A Remarkable Man
by William Shatner
I actually really enjoy reading books by William Shatner (if he is in fact writing them himself and not using a ghostwriter). I find them easy to read and he can be quite funny. Saying that though, it is universally known that Shatner is a bit of a dick. We have heard many stories over the years about the guys ego and how much he loves himself. In his books he is very candid about the fact that his costars hate him but follows it up with "I don't really know why...." This shows him to be either a complete liar or someone who is totally insensitive and unaware of how he comes across.
In the final two chapters, Shatner speaks with regret that he "somehow" upset Nimoy and "doesn't know why". I can guarantee he did something quite big to upset him, something normal people would say "ooohh" to but he is oblivious to it.
In this book, he writes about how he once got Nimoy to re-enact a scene where Spock screams "pain, pain". Nimoy did and Shatner said "someone get that guy an aspirin" and the cast all laughed. Nimoy was furious and didn't speak to him for a week but in another of his books Shatner mentions this story but follows it with "everyone laughed and we carried on". He clearly isn't telling the full truth.
Another story tells of his endless prank with Nimoy's bicycle where he hung it from the rafters, chained it up, his it in his dressing room, towed his car with it in.... It's reminiscent of all those YouTubers who scream "it's just a prank" after doing something genuinely hurtful.
So, while I enjoyed this book, I couldn't help but think about how much was being used to try to show Shatner as a good guy. It would have been interesting to hear Nimoy's side of some of these tales.
In the final two chapters, Shatner speaks with regret that he "somehow" upset Nimoy and "doesn't know why". I can guarantee he did something quite big to upset him, something normal people would say "ooohh" to but he is oblivious to it.
In this book, he writes about how he once got Nimoy to re-enact a scene where Spock screams "pain, pain". Nimoy did and Shatner said "someone get that guy an aspirin" and the cast all laughed. Nimoy was furious and didn't speak to him for a week but in another of his books Shatner mentions this story but follows it with "everyone laughed and we carried on". He clearly isn't telling the full truth.
Another story tells of his endless prank with Nimoy's bicycle where he hung it from the rafters, chained it up, his it in his dressing room, towed his car with it in.... It's reminiscent of all those YouTubers who scream "it's just a prank" after doing something genuinely hurtful.
So, while I enjoyed this book, I couldn't help but think about how much was being used to try to show Shatner as a good guy. It would have been interesting to hear Nimoy's side of some of these tales.