tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post5241294373614455414..comments2024-03-27T05:06:05.811+01:00Comments on Shatner's Toupee: Showtime - a toupological analysis.ShatToupBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17135455289206032317noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-61985658049845878122012-05-09T00:41:49.414+02:002012-05-09T00:41:49.414+02:00@Anonymous - that toup looks similar to the one he...@Anonymous - that toup looks similar to the one he wore in "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon" - http://shatnerstoupee.blogspot.com/2011/08/loaded-weapon-1-toupological-analysis.html<br /><br />Sort of a transitional piece between "TJ Curly" and "Denny Katz" (though Star Trek: Generations sort of shifted him back to a greying TJ). The two-tone qualities make the real hair-versus toup transition rather obvious. (The false beard is a nice touch, though.)Clayton Forresternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-52962480640654404042012-05-07T00:05:32.869+02:002012-05-07T00:05:32.869+02:00If you watch the link I put up for Arsenio Hall Sh...If you watch the link I put up for Arsenio Hall Show (webmaster I don not know how to get the information to you). Shat has style of 'hair' I have never seen before. I urge people to look at it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtB5bPPnKXI&feature=relatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-16544074505627798962012-05-04T06:44:24.407+02:002012-05-04T06:44:24.407+02:00I have to hand it to you, Shat Toup, the way you e...I have to hand it to you, Shat Toup, the way you edited those clips actually makes this movie look good. I laughed out loud at the Shatner bits and the outright lost it after the hood dive, when De Niro asks, "You OK, TJ?"<br /><br />While "Showtime" was filmed firmly into the Denny Katz era, it led me to question whether toupologists have identified the transition from the TJ Curly to the DK. Did Bill pop into Katz's for a routine toupee tune-up, see the brand new Denny glistening in the window and walk out a changed man? Or, was it a more gradual change, with the TJ getting darker and less curly? If so, then is there a Missing Link toupee that emerged during Rescue 911?Ratty Lost Years Piecenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-42819302149784536122012-05-01T03:38:27.246+02:002012-05-01T03:38:27.246+02:00The Denny Katz is truly a toupee masterpiece - qui...The Denny Katz is truly a toupee masterpiece - quite lifelike, and robust to the Kirk-/TJ Hooker-style "toup roll" demonstrated by Shatner in the clips.<br /><br />Previous commenters have noticed the parallel "hair"-styles of Shatner and Burt Reynolds (known Katz customer) over the years. But, I wonder if the same might be true of Ricardo Montalban (Khan himself)? He went through an 80's "Curly" phase followed by a lighter phase later in life as well. Maybe there was a toupological struggle for supremacy between Kirk and Khan all those years? (Can a toup be made of soft Corinthian leather?)Clayton Forresternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-11910539653508777852012-04-26T21:57:08.513+02:002012-04-26T21:57:08.513+02:00Interesting interview on Arsenio Hall Show. Shatne...Interesting interview on Arsenio Hall Show. Shatner's hair looks interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtB5bPPnKXI&feature=related<br /><br />Also the Clive James interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om6SeHnc3jkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-42255137177482542712012-04-26T15:36:30.778+02:002012-04-26T15:36:30.778+02:00remember Eddie Murphy was almost cast in Trek IV i...remember Eddie Murphy was almost cast in Trek IV in the Gillian role. <br /><br />Showtime was sucky tho - apart from the shatner bits. theyd have been better off if theyd turned it into a proper TJ Hooker movie playing it straight with Murphy as an Axel Foley type cop being paired up with Hooker trying to bring down psycho cop killer De Niro <br /><br />if it had been an official TJ movie i wonder if shats would have brought back the TJ Curly? or would he have done a Riggs a la Lethal Weapon 4 and got with times and worn the Denny?Thomas Jefferson Curlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-20180714262726801112012-04-26T07:10:43.230+02:002012-04-26T07:10:43.230+02:00If anything, "Showtime" proves yet again...If anything, "Showtime" proves yet again that it's Shatner's world - we're just accidental inhabitants. In this film, Shatner gets the last laugh at the expense of two iconic actors, with a little help from the toupee.<br /><br />Recent work not withstanding, De Niro is one of the best dramatic actors of his generation. In this role, he plays a cop-turned-failed-TV-star. As a failed dramatic actor turned TV star, turned icon, it's great to see Shat give him a little ribbing.<br /><br />Eddie Murphy established himself as a leading comedian, only to let his reliance on prosthetics marginalize his comedic legitimacy. In contrast, Shatner's use of prosthetics has been a key component to the overall mythology and cemented his status as an ironic and accidentally humorous icon.Ratty Lost Years Piecenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-75890528889667606862012-04-26T02:18:11.069+02:002012-04-26T02:18:11.069+02:00I'am with most jerk, on this one. The film its...I'am with most jerk, on this one. The film itself is utter rubbish! (trash) but anything that shows off either a new toupee, or and existing one in a new light is fine by me. But to be perfectly honest I do feel like his hair (still not 100% sure that this is a toup, at first I did! Think it's transplant now) does look slightly like his Columbo "shades of grey“ hair. But it's less curly, this hair has bits of many styles, so little jkl here, a tiny tiny bit of tj curly, and small bits of lost years.. Most interesting.shats own real syrupnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-76879982160928484782012-04-26T01:49:12.420+02:002012-04-26T01:49:12.420+02:00"That guy is the worst actor I've ever se..."That guy is the worst actor I've ever seen". That Bill Shatner can say this about Robert DeNiro with a straight face--that they can both appear in a movie that so knowingly winks at the history of both of these fine actors--makes Showtime worth the viewing. With nine words, Shatner salutes and sends up both their images. It's why he's the greatest TV actor EVER and DeNiro the greatest movie actor ever. Makes it worth the price of buy--watching Showtime on late night TNT reruns.Kirk Herenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-26040382802348419852012-04-26T00:47:18.228+02:002012-04-26T00:47:18.228+02:00When I was in my 20’s my favorite words in the Eng...When I was in my 20’s my favorite words in the English language were “Would you like to come over to my place?? Now that I’m in my 40’s its become “Let’s move swiftly to the hair” I’ll get right to the point. I love this piece. It’s following of all the rules of Shat’s most successful toups and that simply is to “Keep it light” Obviously a student of toupology long before it became fashionable, Katz pays tribute to the JKL with a slight frontal swoosh along with the right density and color makes this a winner. As ST pointed out, the back still leads something to be desired. Its’ too thick, doesn’t blend nearly as well and there is that slight scalp show. Nevertheless, this is a shining example of Shat becoming an early adopter of the finest in Toup technology. He’s making atonement for the disastrous “Lost years” and “TJ Curly” and he’s doing it in style.Most Jerknoreply@blogger.com