{"id":98305,"date":"2025-07-28T02:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T02:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/98305\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T02:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T02:59:35","slug":"william-shatner-on-the-dallas-cowboys-where-to-eat-ribs-and-the-best-time-to-be-alive-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/98305\/","title":{"rendered":"William Shatner on the Dallas Cowboys, where to eat ribs and the best time to be alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

William Shatner was born in Canada, but he became an American treasure. Actor, spoken-word artist, the first 90-year-old man to travel to space. Once infamous as Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise, Shatner has soared across the decades as cop T.J. Hooker and lawyer Denny Crane. He even lent his famous voice to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, July 30, he lands at the Majestic Theatre for his \u201cWilliam Shatner Live on Stage<\/a>\u201d tour. On the phone, he is exactly as you might expect. An original.<\/p>\n

Bill Shatner! How are you doing? <\/b><\/p>\n

So well. It\u2019s such a pleasure. Come on. <\/p>\n

News Roundups<\/p>\n

Catch up on the day’s news you need to know.<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m gonna be in your city at the Majestic Theatre. The film The Wrath of Khan is quite elderly, so they refurbished the sound, and it\u2019s one of the best Star Trek films ever made. After it\u2019s over, I\u2019ll talk to the audience and answer any question they have \u2014 except my home address. <\/p>\n

\"WilliamWilliam Shatner (foreground) and Leonard Nimoy star in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.”(Paramount Pictures)<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s play a word-association game. What things do you associate with Dallas?<\/b><\/p>\n

Oh! The Cowboys, of course, which led to great emotional fatigue for me when they would play the Rams. That football team personifies Dallas, and the way they fight and struggle and make mistakes that are so human. And the passion! <\/p>\n

Dallas with its high buildings and business and Texas. It\u2019s a noble city. <\/p>\n

Tex-Mex or BBQ?<\/b><\/p>\n

They\u2019re two very different things. I\u2019ve been watching TV \u2014 well, I\u2019ve been watching Wimbledon, but I\u2019ve been watching shows on BBQing and different techniques. Wild game! I love ribs. I need a recommendation for ribs, and I\u2019ll take that from you or from the Dallas audience.<\/p>\n

Pecan Lodge<\/b><\/a> is downtown. <\/b><\/p>\n

What now?<\/p>\n

Pecan Lodge is not far from the Majestic.<\/b> <\/p>\n

[Pause.] Now Tex-Mex is an entirely different thing. The cuisine is more varied. With BBQ you need the right wood, but Tex-Mex you need herbs and peppers. <\/p>\n

\"WilliamWilliam Shatner (center) helps announce the release of a Texas Lottery “Star Trek” scratch-off game at the Dallas Convention Center on March 30, 2013.<\/p>\n

True enough. You\u2019re a storyteller, an actor, a writer, a spoken-word performer. I\u2019m reminded of that talking to you. Your voice is so round and robust and beautiful. <\/b><\/p>\n

Like me! I am my voice! <\/p>\n

[Laughs<\/b>.<\/b>] Yes, like you. You\u2019ve been to space and around the world. Where have you not been that you\u2019d like to go?<\/b><\/p>\n

Listen to me: The world is magical. Now, I have a new album with Brad Paisley. It\u2019s sensational, and it\u2019s ready to go. I think it\u2019s going to be called Things I Had Loved, or What I Have Loved, and it\u2019s not necessarily about a woman. Love of health. If I\u2019m not healthy, I can\u2019t love you. Love of past, future, the variety of things that mankind can think of I\u2019m trying to sing about. It may be the best album I\u2019ve done. <\/p>\n

\"ActorsActors Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner and James Doohan from the original “Star Trek” series. (Paramount Pictures)<\/p>\n

You\u2019re 94. What\u2019s the best time to be alive?<\/b><\/p>\n

We\u2019re in such a time of turmoil. I\u2019ve read so much. The Hundred Years\u2019 War, the Greeks and Athens and their neighbors. So many dramatic things have happened \u2014 but I don\u2019t think they rival what\u2019s going on now. The turmoil, the changes. We\u2019re on the lip of greatness or destruction. <\/p>\n

What a time to be alive.<\/p>\n

Details<\/p>\n

\u201cWilliam Shatner Live On Stage\u201d with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan at 7:30 p.m. July 30. Tickets<\/a> $50 and up.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Hepola: My trip to WorldSprings in The Colony, an EPCOT for day-drinkers in bikinis<\/a><\/p>\n

The viral social media hot spot has been called the largest outdoor mineral springs experience in the United States. I braved the waters.<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>Ditch your Louis Vuitton! Dallas luxury handbag designer on blazing your own path<\/a><\/p>\n

Five questions with Deseri Kelley, whose \u201clittle pieces of confidence\u201d are a status symbol in a once-stuffy city trying to change its stripes.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Hepola: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders\u2019 400% pay bump broke a cherished value. Tradition<\/a><\/p>\n

The 400% pay increase announced in the Netflix series \u2018America\u2019s Sweethearts\u2019 had many obstacles \u2014 including the cheerleaders themselves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William Shatner was born in Canada, but he became an American treasure. Actor, spoken-word artist, the first 90-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":88598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,11321,185,1596,8998,19892,53,358,173,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-98305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arts-entertainment","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-dallas","12":"tag-dallas-cowboys","13":"tag-high-profile","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tv","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114928626219127160","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}