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Authors: Wil Wheaton
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2001
Who was the Weakest Link?
I just got back from my taping of Weakest Link .
I'm bound by contract to not say a single word about the show, like who did what, or who won, or anything like that . . .
BUT!
I can say something that is going to rock everyone's world. It certainly rocked mine.
I sat in the green room (a place where actors hang out while they get stuff ready—there's food, drinks and TV, usually) and watched the World Series.
Not a big deal, right?
Well, I watched The World Series with WILLIAM FUCKING SHATNER.
It was so goddamn cool. I was sitting there, talking about baseball with him, discussing Randy Johnson versus Curt Shilling (who was better), the various strategies employed by the teams during the few innings that we were watching . . . and he was so cool to me, I didn't even know what to do. He was nice. He was funny. He was warm, genuine and basically just a 100% cool-ass guy.
Matter of fact, I can say this one thing about the show: William Shatner was the funniest I have ever seen him, or anyone who was in Star Trek , ever.
William Shatner has earned 50,000 cool points with me, after tonight. One for each monkey at this site.
In retrospect, it was probably just a strategy move, so I wouldn't vote him off in the early rounds. I've seen him once since and he didn't seem to remember me.
. . . but I didn't care. When Captain Freakin' Kirk is cool to you, you don't take it with a grain of salt, man. You take it with a double shot of whiskey and leave a fiver on the bar.
Hanging out with Captain Kirk and bonding over baseball felt too good to be true, so over a year later, when Bill (yeah, I get to call him Bill now) did an interview with the website Slashdot.org, I asked him . . .
Seriously . . . are we cool?_by CleverNickName
Hey Bill ,
Are we cool, or what? I mean, I always thought you didn't like me, but I had a good time with you at Weakest Link watching the World Series .
So are we cool, or was that just pre-game strategy?
Wil
Bill:
Dear Wil ,
We are so cool, we're beyond cool. We are in orbit man. I don't do pre-game strategy .
I look forward to some personal time with you .
Right there, in front of every geek in the world, WILLIAM FUCKING SHATNER told me we were "cool." Of course, the "personal time" he's talking about could be in a Turkish prison, but I'm not going to read into this one too much.
Bill was voted off early in the game, but not before he'd done some incredibly funny stuff, including "making out" with Anne Robinson, Captain Kirk-style. I made it all the way to the final three before I froze up on some really easy questions and was voted off.
When we were finished, the producers informed us that we were the smartest group of celebrities they'd ever had, so they didn't give us the typical "Who is buried in Grant's Tomb" questions that they usually give celebrities to make them look good. They gave us the same questions that they gave real contestants.
On my way out of the studio, I literally ran into Anne Robinson in a backstage hallway. Seriously, I almost knocked her down.
"Oh god. I am so sorry!" I said.
She gave me the biggest smile I've ever seen. "Oh my dear! It was my fault. I wasn't watching. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," I said. "Listen, I know we're not supposed to talk to you and stuff, but I wanted to let you know that I had a great time on the show. Thanks for playing with me."
"I had a lovely time with you all. You were very good contestants," she said. A girl from the network rounded the corner and approached.
"I'd better go," she said. "It ruins my image when I'm seen fraternizing with the contestants. I'm supposed to be a horrible person, you know." She winked.
"Understood. It was nice talking with you," I said. She was out of the hallway by the time the girl reached me.
"Wil," she said.
Oh shit. I'm busted for talking to Anne Robinson. Perfect .
I cleared my throat. "Yeah?"
"I'm from NBC publicity . . ."
Uh-oh .
". . . and we all
Who was the Weakest Link?
I just got back from my taping of Weakest Link .
I'm bound by contract to not say a single word about the show, like who did what, or who won, or anything like that . . .
BUT!
I can say something that is going to rock everyone's world. It certainly rocked mine.
I sat in the green room (a place where actors hang out while they get stuff ready—there's food, drinks and TV, usually) and watched the World Series.
Not a big deal, right?
Well, I watched The World Series with WILLIAM FUCKING SHATNER.
It was so goddamn cool. I was sitting there, talking about baseball with him, discussing Randy Johnson versus Curt Shilling (who was better), the various strategies employed by the teams during the few innings that we were watching . . . and he was so cool to me, I didn't even know what to do. He was nice. He was funny. He was warm, genuine and basically just a 100% cool-ass guy.
Matter of fact, I can say this one thing about the show: William Shatner was the funniest I have ever seen him, or anyone who was in Star Trek , ever.
William Shatner has earned 50,000 cool points with me, after tonight. One for each monkey at this site.
In retrospect, it was probably just a strategy move, so I wouldn't vote him off in the early rounds. I've seen him once since and he didn't seem to remember me.
. . . but I didn't care. When Captain Freakin' Kirk is cool to you, you don't take it with a grain of salt, man. You take it with a double shot of whiskey and leave a fiver on the bar.
Hanging out with Captain Kirk and bonding over baseball felt too good to be true, so over a year later, when Bill (yeah, I get to call him Bill now) did an interview with the website Slashdot.org, I asked him . . .
Seriously . . . are we cool?_by CleverNickName
Hey Bill ,
Are we cool, or what? I mean, I always thought you didn't like me, but I had a good time with you at Weakest Link watching the World Series .
So are we cool, or was that just pre-game strategy?
Wil
Bill:
Dear Wil ,
We are so cool, we're beyond cool. We are in orbit man. I don't do pre-game strategy .
I look forward to some personal time with you .
Right there, in front of every geek in the world, WILLIAM FUCKING SHATNER told me we were "cool." Of course, the "personal time" he's talking about could be in a Turkish prison, but I'm not going to read into this one too much.
Bill was voted off early in the game, but not before he'd done some incredibly funny stuff, including "making out" with Anne Robinson, Captain Kirk-style. I made it all the way to the final three before I froze up on some really easy questions and was voted off.
When we were finished, the producers informed us that we were the smartest group of celebrities they'd ever had, so they didn't give us the typical "Who is buried in Grant's Tomb" questions that they usually give celebrities to make them look good. They gave us the same questions that they gave real contestants.
On my way out of the studio, I literally ran into Anne Robinson in a backstage hallway. Seriously, I almost knocked her down.
"Oh god. I am so sorry!" I said.
She gave me the biggest smile I've ever seen. "Oh my dear! It was my fault. I wasn't watching. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," I said. "Listen, I know we're not supposed to talk to you and stuff, but I wanted to let you know that I had a great time on the show. Thanks for playing with me."
"I had a lovely time with you all. You were very good contestants," she said. A girl from the network rounded the corner and approached.
"I'd better go," she said. "It ruins my image when I'm seen fraternizing with the contestants. I'm supposed to be a horrible person, you know." She winked.
"Understood. It was nice talking with you," I said. She was out of the hallway by the time the girl reached me.
"Wil," she said.
Oh shit. I'm busted for talking to Anne Robinson. Perfect .
I cleared my throat. "Yeah?"
"I'm from NBC publicity . . ."
Uh-oh .
". . . and we all
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