Althouse: "I'll take 28 and 9."

August 7, 2026

"I'll take 28 and 9."

My response when Meade texted me this photo from downtown:

48 comments:

Don B. said...: I saw Shatner do that show a couple of years ago and I marveled at how energetic and engaged he was. Very funny and poignant It’s definitely something to especially since at his age you probably won’t get another chance.; 8/7/26, 11:04 AM
Original Mike said...: William Shatner is doing live performances? Holy cow!; 8/7/26, 11:09 AM
Original Mike said...: Does he do it with a ripped shirt?; 8/7/26, 11:10 AM
D.D. Driver said...: Herb Alpert is still alive and touring?; 8/7/26, 11:12 AM
tim maguire said...: I enjoyed Broad City, but seeing Ilana Glazer live would probably ruin it for me.; 8/7/26, 11:14 AM
CJinPA said...: What a lineup. Plus Herb Alpert? Graham Nash? It's a time machine.; 8/7/26, 11:16 AM
Ice Nine said...: Looks like Graham Nash is in a time warp. I always knew there was something wrong with him.; 8/7/26, 11:19 AM
Smilin' Jack said...: 20 & 24 for me.; 8/7/26, 11:21 AM
Original Mike said...: If I were Shatner, I'd have a guy in a red shirt in my act. Trekkies would get it.; 8/7/26, 11:24 AM
Dave Begley said...: It would be totally worth it to hear Shatner say, "Khan!"; 8/7/26, 11:25 AM
Peachy+2 said...: I like the Will Shat high fiber bran cereal commercials he's doing.

I was in the mood for some Bruce Hornsby as I drove by Watertown. Tried to get Amazon music to play it. Nope.; 8/7/26, 11:28 AM
Joe Bar said...: Cary Elwes sounded interesting on Adam Carolla's show last week. Probably because he's a car nut.
Great lineup, in general, though.; 8/7/26, 11:43 AM
loudogblog said...: In the movie, Free Enterprise, Shatner has a line where he says something like: I want to do a musical version of Julius Caesar where I play all the parts. I know what you're thinking. It's crazy. It's insane. And it is...but I think I can pull if off.; 8/7/26, 11:48 AM
Anthony said...: 19, 20, and 28 for me.; 8/7/26, 11:58 AM
Anthony said...: "D.D. Driver said...
Herb Alpert is still alive and touring?"

Yup, 91 and still playing. I saw him a few years ago (probably 2016/7 or thereabouts) with his wife Lani Hall. I did not go to see her.

Funny bit: while Lani was singing something, Herb was sitting and waiting to come back in, and his trumpet mouthpiece fell out and rolled under the bench. So he's down on his hands and knees on stage digging around trying to find his mouthpiece and Lani is singing and side-eyeing him with a "WTF are you doing?" look on her face.; 8/7/26, 12:03 PM
rehajm said...: I gotta have my spanish flea…; 8/7/26, 12:08 PM
Enigma said...: I once saw George Takei (Sulu from Star Trek) speak as a community event headliner in a city park. Admission was free. His performance turned out to be a long long long long long convoluted story of trying and failing to get something done, and it was meant to be a comedic farce. It had nothing to do with Star Trek at all.

The person next to me: "When is he going to start his presentation? This is boring." -- expecting commentary about Star Trek and nothing but Star Trek. I suspect the Shatner audience would react the same way.; 8/7/26, 12:14 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/7/26, 12:15 PM
Chuckercanuck Alive Again said...: The greatest version of "Common People" ever. William Shatner is up there with Leonard Cohen for iconic Montrealers.; 8/7/26, 12:19 PM
Clyde said...: @ Peachy+2
I looked on Amazon Music and there's botha few albums by Bruce Hornsby & The Range as well as a much larger number of solo albums under his name.; 8/7/26, 12:52 PM
Olson Johnson is right! said...: #25 Kathleen Madigan can talk for 45 minutes about her family and her life and its so funny the way she tells her stories. Not really any jokes (set-up, response, punchline) but a hilarious evening. The Irish have a gifted way of speaking.; 8/7/26, 1:08 PM
Wince said...: For these older, wealthy guys, it can't be just about the money, can it?; 8/7/26, 1:25 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: People used to mock Bob Hope for being a pathetic applause junkie. Why doesn't he just retire? They'd say (Johnny carson among them).

But I guess that's was another viewpoint that just went away, when the boomers got old.; 8/7/26, 1:33 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: I would see Shatner, just out of curiousity. Tinajuana Brass would be nice too. I assume the other member of band more or less carry Herb at this point.; 8/7/26, 1:35 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Graham Nash is 84. I assume the theater comes with Depends dispensers on the aisle seat.; 8/7/26, 1:37 PM
Jamie said...: I would LOVE to attend both of those. The Princess Bride is my favorite movie anyway, so I'll always take an opportunity to watch it again. And seeing William Shatner commentating on Wrath of Khan would be fantastic. He's a funny guy.; 8/7/26, 2:00 PM
KellyM said...: I’d attend that show. He’d probably have a ton of interesting stories.

If I recall correctly, Elwes made a film in the 90s, around the time of “The Princess Bride” with Alicia Silverstone. It was the classic young girl with crush on older man plotline, except she was the family babysitter who became obsessed with Elwes’ father character. Very creepy.

He also did a turn on the last couple of seasons of the TV show “Psych”, and his part, the gentleman thief Despereaux, was written in that same sort of quippy, snappy way that made Wesley so endearing in “The Princess Bride.”; 8/7/26, 2:24 PM
Xmas said...: Oh...these "Celebrities talk before or after an old movie of theirs" thing is really catching on. I saw John Cleese doing rounds for "Holy Grail", which was fantastic to watch on the big screen. Wrath of Khaaaaaaaaaan would be amazing to watch.; 8/7/26, 2:32 PM
Ted said...: For a Writer's Guild benefit celebrating the 60th anniversary of "Star Trek" later this month, a group of actors -- including several from "The Pitt" -- are doing a live reading of the first Original Series episode. Noah Wyle is playing Captain Kirk. I wonder... if he's going to try... that unique Shatner cadence... which is full of pauses, but sometimes goesveryfast!; 8/7/26, 2:32 PM
JaimeRoberto said...: What year is this from?; 8/7/26, 2:34 PM
J L Oliver said...: Jaime: my thought exactly!; 8/7/26, 3:08 PM
Whiskeybum said...: Where’s Patti Smith for September 22? Another Oldie-Moldy.; 8/7/26, 3:11 PM
William50 said...: 24 & 9 for me.; 8/7/26, 3:13 PM
John henry said...: I was amazed to see that Herb Alpert was not only alive but still playing!

I hope I can play a trumpet at age 91. (I need to start lessons pretty soon as I can't play one now.

He's got 10 years on me and I can barely blow a kazoo.

John Henry; 8/7/26, 3:15 PM
mccullough said...: Legends; 8/7/26, 3:17 PM
Temujin said...: Love William Shatner, but I don't think I could watch that. Kathleen Madigan is pretty funny. And she hates conservatives so she'll be playing to the right crowd. That is, the correct crowd. But I'm thinking you don't like stand up, Professor. I could be wrong.; 8/7/26, 3:35 PM
Quaestor said...: "Graham Nash is 84. I assume the theater comes with Depends dispensers on the aisle seat."

Shatner is 95, and still going. Compared to Nash, the Kirkmeister is a spring chicken. Nash's 84 years includes a solid 68 years of drug and alcohol abuse. (Is there such a thing as non-abuse use?); 8/7/26, 4:33 PM
Anne in Rockwall, TX said...: Herb Alpert is there on my birthday. I love me some Whipped Cream!; 8/7/26, 5:35 PM
Meade said...: Early happy birthday, Anne in Rockwall, TX.
If I had any doubts about my sexual orientation by 1965, that album cover unambiguously confirmed for me that I was an incipient heterosexual.; 8/7/26, 6:00 PM
Lazarus said...: I loved Shatner's album with Ben Folds.

He needed someone to write songs based on his own personality, rather than covering the pop hits of the day.; 8/7/26, 6:08 PM
Quaestor said...: "I loved Shatner's album with Ben Folds."

Search for his version of "Hey, Mister Tambourine Man". It's 100% USDA kosher ham, yet far superior to the thoroughly addled version recorded by the Byrds.; 8/7/26, 7:35 PM
Fred Drinkwater said...: I attended such a celebrity event, years ago. Cyd Charisse interviewed before a screening of Silk Stockings (a musical remake of Ninotchka). Cyd was great despite the mediocre interviewer.; 8/7/26, 8:15 PM
Fred Drinkwater said...: Whipped Cream, yes. Alpert was ok, but we also had Brubeck.; 8/7/26, 8:21 PM
Wince said...: The first album I ever picked out for myself (in first grade) was “The Beat of the Brass” by Herb Alpert & TB.

That was the same yellow covered album Keira Knightly clung to as one of her character’s favorite possessions, shown in the movie poster for the apocalyptic movie “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.”; 8/7/26, 8:54 PM
Tina Trent said...: William Shatner is a gift of an actor. Plus, his role in Yale's Oedipus Rex, his first filmed show, is immortal. You don't see his face, but you can recognize his voice.; 8/8/26, 4:23 AM
FredSays said...: I’d go see Beth Hart. She’s a fantastically powerful bluesy singer. You’ll really enjoy it.; 8/8/26, 9:10 AM
kbaud said...: And while you are down there, tell 27 ,"That's just the way it is."; 8/8/26, 10:13 AM
Lazarus said...: I'll be attending Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers ... with my earplugs.; 8/8/26, 2:24 PM