'Star Trek' Actor William Shatner Set for Blue Origin Flight Days After 'SNL' Takes 'Star Trek'-Themed Jab at Jeff BezosThe stars seemed to align for this 'SNL' segment.
On Monday, Jeff Bezos's spaceflight company Blue Origin announced two new crewmembers for its NS-18 mission. In addition to Blue Origins's vice president of mission and flight operations joining the crew, 90-year-old actor William Shatner will also be onboard theNew Shepardrocket set to launchnext week.
Two incredible and inspirational people will join the#NS18crew. Actor@WilliamShatnerand Blue Origin's Vice President of Mission & Flight Operations Audrey Powers@AudreyKPowers.pic.twitter.com/xqI9nw1KX8
— Blue Origin (@blueorigin)October 4, 2021
In late September,TMZ reportedthat Shatner, who launched into stardom for his role as Captain James T. Kirk inStar Trek, would be going up to space with Blue Origin. This past weekend,Saturday Night Liveturned the news into an opportunity to make fun of Jeff Bezos in aStar Trekspoof.
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On Oct. 2,Saturday Night Live47季首映与欧文·威尔逊主机. One of the show's segments featured a parody titled "Star Trek: Ego Quest," in which Bezos (played by Wilson) flies around space with fellow billionaire Richard Branson (played by Alex Moffatt) and nonchalantly destroys a space station. And of course, the concept wouldn't have been complete without a villain, in this case Elon Musk (played by Mikey Day).
The sketch did not hold back, making fun of Blue Origin's first flight crew as well as thesuggestive design of the spaceship, in addition to referencing Amazon's working conditions, as Bezos beams up an Amazon employee (played by Kenan Thompson) to deliver a package and throws him anempty water bottlebefore beaming him back. Additional voiceover eschewed any hint of subtlety, calling Bezos's antics "a midlife crisis of cosmic proportions."
You can watch the sketch here:
Shatner, for his part, has beentweeting up a stormabout his Oct. 12 departure since the news became official, includinghis message to actor Jason Alexanderthat, "It's never too late to experience new things my friend."
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