Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large
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Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large
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Overview
You love William Shatner. You admire his many and varied talents. You appreciate his creativity and willingness to take risks. You want to learn his master negotiation techniques. You wish you could hang out with him. Admit it. You want to BE William Shatner. And now...you can (almost).
To be Shatner, you must follow the rules included in this lively, entertaining, and thought-provoking volume. This collection of rules and fun factners, illustrated with stories from Bill’s illustrious life and career, will show you how Bill became WILLIAM SHATNER, larger than life and bigger than any role he ever played. Shatner Rules is your guide to becoming William Shatner. Or more accurately, beautifully Shatneresque. Because let's face it...Shatner does rule, doesn't he?
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451236487 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 09/04/2012 |
| Pages: | 272 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d) |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Chris Regan is a five-time Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who has written for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Lopez Tonight. He was one of the contributors to the Daily Show's bestselling America (The Book) and is the author of Mass Historia: 365 Days of Historical Facts and (Mostly) Fictions.
Table of Contents
Introduction: RULE: Start Every Book with an Introduction 1
Chapter 1 RULE: Say "Yes" 5
Chapter 2 RULE: To Be Shatner, You Must Know Shatner 15
Chapter 3 RULE: Busy Is Measured in Units of Shatner 21
First Rule for Turning 80: Just Smile. You're Lucky You Made It. 31
Chapter 4 RULE: Go West, Young Man. And Leave the Map at Home. 35
Chapter 5 RULE: Stay Hydrated 45
Chapter 6 RULE: It's Good to Bury the Hatchet-So Your Former Costars Won't Find It and Use It on You 51
Chapter 7 RULE: Get the Damn Line Right! 61
Chapter 8 RULE: Always Have a Spare Set of Underwear on Hand 71
Chapter 9 RULE: Eat What You Kill! (Provided It Doesn't Kill You First!) 77
Chapter 10 RULE: If Anyone Asks You to Star in a Movie Shot Entirely in Esperanto. Say "Kiam Kaj Kiel Multa?" 87
Chapter 11 RULE: Balls Are Important, but Stones Are Money 95
Chapter 12 RULE: You Can Always Find a Good Friend in a White Crowd 105
Chapter 13 RULE: Know When to Turn Shatner On, and When to Turn Shatner Off 111
Chapter 14 RULE: Grab Life by the (Golden) Throat 121
Chapter 15 RULE: Respect the Artistic Process of Others, Even If Their Process Takes Forever 129
Second Rule for Turning 80: Don't Be Afraid to Ask for Help. 137
Chapter 16 RULE: Don't Trust the Facebook 139
Chapter 17 RULE: Remember Where You Came from…Eh? 155
Chapter 18 RULE: If You Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth, You Might Find More Gifts! 165
Chapter 19 RULE: Know Which Conversations Require a Bulletproof Vest 173
Chapter 20 RULE: Talk Is Cheap-Unless You Can Make Money with a Talk Show 183
Chapter 21 RULE: Birds of a Feather Flock Together. But They Make for Dull Football Parties. 191
Third Rule for Turning 80: You're Eighty. Say What's on Your Mind. 195
Chapter 22 RULE: If You Go to the Land Down Under, Thumb It! 203
Chapter 23 RULE: Dying Is Easy. Dying Onstage While Doing Comedy Is Easy, Too. 213
Chapter 24 RULE: Settle for Second Billing Only If the Top-Billed Act Can Beat You Up 221
Fourth Rule for Turning 80: Get. Out. Of. Bed. 231
Chapter 25 RULE: Don't Die. You'll Miss Out on All the Lifetime Achievement Awards. 239
Acknowledgments 249
Photo Credits 251
About the Authors 255