william shatner . >> nothing says christmas like william shatner . >> i mean, gigi hadid. >> she's singing a duet. >> she is? >> no. >> she's just showing up and looking good. you're close to mother stepfather. >> kylie jenner's on the show, blake shelton. >> is there a time for you to sing a solo. >> i'm not actually singing. i just introduce these people. part of doing it this many years was being the host. i said it can't just be about me singing songs over and over. >> they did that for so long with the sweet, departed andy williams. and people look forward to it. >> i think the last time was dean who had a christmas special. >> there was kathie lee. sfwro did >> did you hear about that? >> how soon they forget. >> can i ask you something? that's obviously true. as joyful as it is, is it not the biggest pain in the ass ever? >> yeah, you know the hardest part for me was? the hardest part was they wouldn't let me have the people that i really wanted. they wanted the demographics. they wanted the da, they wanted the da, and everything that was hot and hip at the moment, and i shouldn't s

, and another fellow canadian. >> and nothing says christmas like william shatner. >> and i mean, gigi hadid. >> she is not singing a duet? >> no. >> she is just showing up to look good. and you are so close to her stepfather, david foster. >> kiley jenner is on the shelton is on the show. >> and is there time for you the sing a solo on the show? >> i am not singing, i get to introduce them. and no. part of doing it this many years is about being the host. and i said, look, it can't be about me just singing all of these songs. >> and you are a great host. and the newly departed ap di william s andy williams, and people looked forward to it. >> and there was the kathie lee. >> you had a christmas special? everf are ri -- every year? >> yes. >> and that is obviously true, and can i ask you something, because as joyful as it is, but isn't it a pain in the ass? >> but the hardest part of the of it was that the network that i was on, they wanted everything that was hot and hip at the moment, and -- well, i won't say, but for somebody who is so special and they would not let me have her, bec

thoughtful man filledwith humor and it always came out when he was with his good friend, william shatner>> if i said i could fit into that uniform, you think you could? >> the laughter he had. the laughs we shared. that laughter will remain. >> leonard passed away after struggling with a lung disease copd. >> live long and prosper. >> september 8th, 1966, the night we went on the air, after the first episode i called him and i said, bill, what did you think of the show? it's pretty good. you think it has legs? >> the answer is clear. speculation is unnecessary. >> the series while it was extremely good entertainment, i think at the same time offers food for thought. spock was helpful as a role model to me. i think i became a much more balanced individual pass a result of portraying spock. i shall simply say good luck. >> what a reveal. one popular tweet from 2015 was from leonard. he wrote life is like a garden. a perfect moment can be had but not preserved except in memory. leonard passed away five days after posting that message. >>> coming up with be more stars that we lost this year

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. >> william shatner made the movie. >> the u.s. army used it in drills. it was the language of their made up opposing armies. >> these intellectuals said we can make it better make a simpler language we can learn and everybody can speak to one another. there are two characteristics they were designed by someone to make sense and no one spoke them. government is forced and so what happens when government planners try to run lots of things? they really did try that in the soviet union. it didn't work. nobody tries that any more. >> why didn't it work? after all brilliant soviet mathematicians came up with formulas like these to allocate economic production. this was the brilliant rule for allocating water. the result of all of this planning. >> long lines waiting on shops for hours in the cold. >> inside. >> to show us a few unappetizing cans of fish maybe a chicken you would guess died of malnutrition. %ki=uim9ñaited in line for the products were lousy. east german sigh edgeses designed cars. >> this is what you get. this is a pride of the eastern block. >

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separately, there was a stage play turned into a film, calledg william shatner the "andersonville trial." the play and then the film about the trial are inspired and drawn out of the trial transcript that by the u.s.d government in 1869. the tnt miniseries was a three-hour miniseries that explored the prisoner experienced by drilling down to in 14 months of the drill down to something that is over and done in one month of the prison's history. it is a very dramatic story. the story of the raiders ultimately has a very nice, neat dramatic arc. beginning, a middle, their capture, and finally their execution. the confederate army come all thatay from richmond, ok'd . it has a nice beginning, middle, and end, but the truth is the true prisoner experienced, no one wants to watch it. you are dirty, hungry, you have to go to the bathroom -- there is a lot of sitting around and waiting on a fate that is very uncertain. the tnt film, the background detail is stunning. when i watch that, that is what into. into -- i key it is a very accurate for tail. portrayal. host: our guest is entered eric le

with other acts i've got jay leno, william shatner, gigi ha de hadad.'ve god -- geez, louise, blake shelton. too many people. it's awesome, vai. basically, dude, the fact that each year i've been invited into so many people's homes to bring them what i think is a best of the nation television show for the whole family is a great honor for me. >> and it's become a tradition in homes throughout the country to sit and watch this show. michael, you're a husband and father now. little noah, i don't recall how old he is. but i know this summer you and your wife announced you're having another baby. tell me how being a father, being a dad, having children and celebrating christmas has changed for you, if it has. >> well, vai, do you have any kids? >> i've got four, yeah. >> well, then you know better than anyone that it gives you a renewed sense of spirit. i mean, you look at it through their eyes and it means everything and my little boy gets it. he loves santa claus. he calls him ecos. he's excited. he wants minions, candy, baby beluga and hockey. he loves h

separately, there was a stage play in 1970 that was turned into a pbs film starting william shatner called "the andersonville trial." that was a dramatization of henry wurts. the play and the film about the trial, inspired, drawn out of the trial transport published i about the u.s. government in 1869. the tnt miniseries is, you no a three-hour money series that explores prisoner experience by drilling down to something that, you know, it's a 14-month story and they drill down to something that is over and done one month before the worst moments of the prison's history. it's a very dramatic story. the story of the raiders ultimately has a very nice, neat, narrative arc. a beginning, middle, capture and trial by fellow prisoners and finally their execution by fellow prisoners at the permission of not simply the prison authority but the confederate army all the way to richmond has okayed that. that's got a nice beginning, middle, and an end. the truth is, the prison of war experience, the day in and day out of it nobody wants to watch it. you're hungry. you're dirty. you have to go to the ba

william shatner, professor at vanderbilt university.being with us. >> good to be with you. >> another strain of e. coli with different dna, according to the cdc. why can't they find the source of any of these outbreaks? >> what public health tries do is track back the source. they try to help the restaurant, in this case the restaurant chain, find out what the problem is so they can prevent it in the future. the way chipotle keeps its food records, it's hard to trace back to the source. so the restaurant chain, the cdc, everybody is working hard to get to the root of this problem. but we're not quite there yet, i think. >> based on your knowledge of previous e. coli outbreaks, a lot of experts point to the produce, tomatoes, let us, cilantro, versus the proteins which have to be cooked as the potential culprits. do you agree with that or could it be coming from the employees themselves? >> that's always a possible. all of the separate outbreaks, the number of outbreaks in the same chain, that's unprecedented with different causes. it co

what are you, william shatner, the very best at? >> the gift of gab. [ honking ] >> that's my talent as well. i did that. >> that was an internal beep? >> yes. >> do it again. [ cricket noise ] ]. >> i feel most people don't listen. >> it's part of conversation. >> what? >> touche. and you can see a full half hour of "talk stoop" with cat greenleaf every sunday at 9:00 p.m. on our cable station cozi-tv. host to a whole lot of terrific programming. >>> we have the rockefeller tree. brazil has the world's largest floating christmas tree. fireworks filled the sky as the lights were turned on last night. the tree is a massive metal structure. it stands 174 feet tall, weighs 386 ton, and uses 2.5 million microlightbulbs. >> pretty. >> it's tall. >>> coming up next at 7:00, we're going to have a check of the forecast. and of course our top stories. >>> now on "today in new york," six trucks parked at a u.s. postal service garage go up in flames. what we know about that fire. >>> plus, a surveillance photo of a woman police believe tried t

. >> and then we got to get to shatner too. i mean, what was up, like, he's been here. got -- he couldn't have played anyone but the captain, right? >> he revels in it. the center seat. surrounded by all the other people. >> those, you know, in the over acting did not matter. it was better. he had to do it that way. >> called for a bigger than life character, and he filled it. >> i asked, did you want to hit him? working that close for so long every day? >> no, i'm not that kind of guy, but maybe hit on him. [ laughter ] >> different star, different ego, i wanted to ask about a friend of yours, you're the voice of him, howard stern, what do you think of the deal he made? >> fantastic, isn't it? i kind of thought -- he's the guy who has a sense of responsibility. there are a lot of just plain jobs involved. he's an industry. he's also a savvy guy. >> do you think for a second he was not going to do the deal? >> well, i did have my doubts. he has a lot of options. one of them being retirement. you know? >> how long does he do it for? >> he enjoys what he does, rechrech re