Oh No, We Missed "International Talk Like William Shatner Day," You Guys!
Yesterday was "International Talk Like William Shatner Day," declared this guy.
"This guy" is apparently Maurice LaMarche, a voice actor who's done work on Futurama and The Simpsons and Harvey Birdman, and stuff. So it will be up to you to decide whether or not that qualifies him to declare international holidays. I'm sort of leaning towards no, no it does not. Sorry nerds. Even he admits that he's only the third best William Shatner impressionist in the world. THIRD! Presumptuous! But even if talking into a video camera while you're driving in your car and then just posting it to you YouTube seems to lack the formality and pomp that you might expect from the declaration of an international holiday, there's no denying his enthusiasm. He clearly wants to paint, exercise, and talk like William Shatner, and in that we must support him. Good luck with your thing, guy!
Posted by Gabe at 9:30 AM in WebJunk
Tags: Maurice LaMarche | William Shatner
This was not a good way to start my morning.
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anything to get people to stop it with the 'talk like a pirate day.'
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You forgot that he also did the voice for The Brain (which is obviously heavily influenced by his Orson Welles impression- see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hliTwpIGeA) That alone I feel gives him qualification for making a day about doing impressions.
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When he said "what do you think, bill?", part of me really wanted William Shatner to be riding shotgun. Other than that, I want my 5:41 back.
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Shatner's old hat...but I think he might be on to something with his Welles. Do I, as an anonymous internet commenter, have the authority to declare May 6th International Talk Like Orson Welles Day? Everyone participating needs to find their own personal Bogdanovich impersonator to film them driving around and pontificating.
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