Tag: 4 Stars

Westinghouse Studio One – “The Defender: Part 2” (03/04/1957)

Time for some good old courtroom trickery!

Hello, ShatnerWeb readers! I’m back! I was stuck in outer space for the last few years, and lost track of all time. Hopefully I’ll be able to make sure I continue to bring you Shatner reviews (still in chronological order) at a relatively steady pace. What that pace might be, I have no idea…but hopefully it’s steady.

This post will be a review of Studio One’s The Defender: Part 2. Part 1 was only partially complete when published a few years back, so I hope that you go back and fully inbreathiate the finished product before moving on to Part 2 below. Come on, you know you want to. It’s like getting 2 for the price of 1!

Thanks for being patient and, as always, for reading!

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General Motors Theatre – “Billy Budd” (04/26/1955)

The only extant television appearance for Shatner during his formative era at the CBC.

Shatner (from everything I know) made at least 19 appearances in CBC television programs from 1954-1956. Of these, only one is viewable. That one is an episode of General Motors Theatre, “Billy Budd.” This is a review of that episode.

That’s right, folks! It’s time for a gen-u-ine review, complete with pictures and videos! Break out the champagne (or the harder stuff) and settle in for this (unintentionally?) homoerotic production of “Billy Budd.” I promise to be gentle.

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