William Shatner Rates Captain Kirk vs. Picard | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

He's alive and funny, as always. Saw him at Steel City Con in Monroeville, PA on August 11, 2023. Got his autograph and got a picture of him and me together. Long live Captain Kirk.

"If it was Captain Kirk, I would really be in trouble". 😂 Good one.

Shatner has that old fashioned, articulate, deep and peculiar voice that actors had in the 1940’s. I heard it a lot in 1970’s from the Dean Martin, Peter O’Toole, Humphrey Bogart generation. I could listen to it all day

Kirk vs. Picard couldn't be a fight to the death. They both always spare their adversaries at the last moment, proving the goodness of mankind. Remember the Gorn?

That anectdote with the kid and the spaceship is wonderful and heartwarming. I'm glad Bill saw fit to include it in his book and Conan made light of it, as is his job, but Bill deserved more credit for that. He made that kid's day, week, month, and year.

Gotta love Shatner's humor.

Picard had his moments- but there is really only one Captain Kirk... live forever Bill.

Denny Crane on Boston Legal was one of Shatners best roles.

Live long & prosper, William Shatner! Thank You for being a great part of my childhood!

love Mr Shatner but his work on Boston Legal is his best work ever , he just fires on all 8 cylinders and how can you beat Denny Crane and Allen Shore , an underrated comedy duo

Cpt. Picard was more of a diplomat than anything else,you really have to shake him hard to bring out the fight in him but Cpt. Kirk was a cold warrior who has no fear of launching Starfleet regulations out into space and blast it into a billion pieces.

Not a trekkie or a trekker, but I'm well awarer of the main studf. I met the guy who played Riker (i think... Dude with a beard on TNG?) in Toronto at a bar, and spoke to him for a bit. Mentioned that i wasn't necessarily a fan, but i appreciated his work. Ended the conversation with, "It was a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Shatner." Didn't just get a laugh... Man called William freaking Shatner to tell him about our conversation. Asked "Want to speak to him? He's also Canadian." And then said to me, "looks like he hung up."

It's hard to tell where the truth ends and where the make believe begins, but it's easy to believe that at some point William Shatner, Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise, really was living out of a pickup truck camper going from appearance to appearance. It kind of reminds me of the characters from the film Galaxy Quest, except perhaps even worse off. It's interesting to think about how a celebrity can go from fame to obscurity, and then back to fame based partially on the nostalgia of a maturing audience.

Shatner is GOAT.

William Shatner & Patrick Stewart are legends and the best Captain s from Starfleet It’s impressive how well is Mr Shatner for a man his age

Captain James T Kirk is the chuck Norris of the 23rd century

He tells a similar story about this period in his life. On one particular day, thinking about how ironic it was, that he was gazing up to the moon listening to a broadcast of the moonlanding, while he "the man of the stars" was laying in the back of his car homeless and feeling forgotten by the world. That day was July 29 1969, when Niel Armstrong became the first man on the moon. Shatner has lived quite a life. Legend.

I have always appreciated watching the interviews with William Shatner. Funny guy. Great actor.

Remember when late-night TV was entertaining and the guests were hocking books and such instead of lecturing you on politics? Good times

Everybody knows that Kirk would beat the shit out of Picard. 🤣