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GET A LIFE!
WILLIAM SHATNEK
WITH CHRIS KHESKI
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This is a book about fans. Not the handheld fluttery
kind, disturbing nothing but wind, but the steadfast kind,
those standing on terra firma. The fans who are with you
despite cancellation. The fans who love you despite cata-
strophe. The fans who, with depth and time, become fam-
ily. I am, of course, talking about the fans of Star Trek: The
Trekkies, Trekkers, trekonovich, trekki, and trekoo, and all
— JAMES T. KIRK
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
— JAMES T. KIRK
Star Trek Generations
•* •
MEA CULPA
April 1999 — Somewhere over the Midwest
on any and you can't help but spot them, skipping playfully
day,
along the moving sidewalks, whistling as they check their bags,
always making sure they arrive at least two hours before their
scheduled departure. Kids, adults, old people, these happy pas-
sengers come in all shapes and sizes. Inside the flight cabin,
you'll invariably find them sitting in their assigned seats, buck-
led securely, smiling, sipping slowly at their little plastic cups
full of 7-Up. They are courteous, well-behaved, and cheerful at
all times. They keep their tray tables in the upright and locked
position, and they'd never dream of causing a moment's trouble
for their flight attendants. They're the lively, life-of-the-party
people who'll brighten your flight by yelling "He-e-e-e-e-ere we
go-o-o-o" as you take off, and later, launch into an appreciative
round of applause as you land.
These people make me sick, and I'd like to personally smack
every one of them in the head.
I hate flying; flat-out hate its guts. The boredom, the irrational
gets any easier. In fact, anyone who's ever seen the old Twilight
Zone gremlin episode, where I got to wreak havoc as an impos-
sibly freaked out coach-class crazy, has witnessed a pretty close
takes off and it gets even weirder. Let's put it this way: I may be
the only passenger in the history of the airlines stir-crazy
enough to sit through Home Alone 3 . . . twice. Further, were it
peting —never before has any place this tacky looked this good.
I'm on the ground, I'm still in one piece, the FAA has made no
attempt whatsoever to incarcerate me . . . my flight's been an
unqualified success. I take a deep breath now, and smile.
Ever notice how every airport smells exactly the same? As
far as I can tell, it's an endlessly recirculated mix of old coffee,
Past the airport bookstores that seem to sell only the pa-
perback works of Stephen King and John Grisham, past the gift
shops where you can buy six aspirin tablets for $7.75, as well
as the finest in shrink-wrapped, low-rent "men's magazines"
and last-minute "whoops" souvenirs (" Whoops, I forgot to buy my
kid a T-shirt ). Picking up speed now, we double-time it down
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ber where the hell he parked the car. Not to worry; ten seconds,
GET A LIFE! 7
maybe twenty, it always hits them. The lightbulb goes on, the
driver points, the two of us jog, and seconds later we're both
diving into the car. Over the years, I've probably seen more than
a hundred drivers get that panicky "Uh-oh, I'm gonna be wan-
dering all over the parking lot with Shatner" look on their faces,
but never have we failed to find our ride . . . yet. At any rate,
once inside the car, it's time to gun the ignition and roll.
I can hear the crowd on the other side of the curtain now.
I can gauge their size, soak in their enthusiasm. A rush of
adrenaline begins pounding through me, and I try to maintain
my composure. I take deep, cleansing breaths. I guzzle a bottle
of water. I quickly take one last look at my chicken-scratched
story notes, and I'm ready. I may throw up, but I'm ready. Fi-
nally, mercifully, the house lights dim, the strains of Star Trek's
theme music kick in, and my convention organizer gives me a
GET A LIFE! 9
thumbs-up. When I return the gesture, they take the stage to in-
troduce me.
"Ladies and gentlemen, William Shatner!" booms a muscle-
bound PA system, at which point, trying very hard to look very
cool, I jog in from behind a curtain, and lose my breath.
Though I've been through this drill literally hundreds of
times now, with every convention entrance, I'm floored all over
again. There's booming applause, and a guaranteed standing
ovation, but I've actually gotten used to that. What I've never
gotten used to, and what I've never come close to experiencing
scribed as a loud, long, percussive "I love you." You can never get
used to it. You can never prepare for it. It's a message that gen-
uinely overwhelms me, every single time it hits. It's unique; a
heartwarming, mind-boggling, ego-inflating, plainly staggering
experience.
Quite obviously, by the time I hit center stage, I'm walking
on air. Adrenaline rushes, my energy skyrockets, and all's right
with the world. For the next hour and fifteen minutes, I get to
telljokes and stories, to answer questions from the floor, to
communicate one-on-one with Star Trek's biggest fans, and
to kid around with my audience. There's always tremendous en-
ergy in the room, applause, laughter, goodwill, and in the mid-
dle of it all, "I'm the man," the six-hundred-pound limburger,
the biggest of all possible cheeses.
Seventy-five minutes later, long before the audience and I
had no idea where Star Trek's conventions came from, nor any
inkling as to how they worked, or what, if anything, they might
have to offer outside the speaker's auditorium. In an even
broader sense. I simply couldn't fathom why Star Trek itself
invoked such rabid and undying loyalty, such enthusiasm,
such public displays of affection, and such slightly aberrant
behavior.
Ebullience, love, friendship, goodwill — I'd seen and felt
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