William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy for Western Airlines 1985

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  • @starwarsrebel2006
    @starwarsrebel2006 Před 3 lety +1315

    They were both 54 years old in 1985. I was 18. Now, I'll be 54 in a few months. Time flies.

    • @MrRar66
      @MrRar66 Před 3 lety +77

      I'm a few months older...we have traveled through time together, let me know where the reverse knob is when you find it....

    • @davidcarroll8735
      @davidcarroll8735 Před 3 lety +27

      @@MrRar66 count me in!

    • @PoeLemic
      @PoeLemic Před 3 lety +26

      @@MrRar66 IF any of you find that Knob, please, let me have a few turns at it. Time has flown so quick, only wish Time slowed down for all of us.

    • @johnworrall3646
      @johnworrall3646 Před 3 lety +20

      Crazy how time flies !

    • @keithdunham2602
      @keithdunham2602 Před 3 lety +15

      Happy birthday.

  • @huskerjpg
    @huskerjpg Před 3 lety +338

    Don't know why youtube brought me this video, but I'm glad it did.

  • @MrBastilleDay
    @MrBastilleDay Před 3 lety +511

    This was genuinely a very good commercial. Not over the top, not corny. Just good,

    • @Nat3_H1gg3rs
      @Nat3_H1gg3rs Před rokem +36

      It was extremely corny. Take off your rose tinted Geordie visor

    • @phily8093
      @phily8093 Před rokem +22

      It was 100% corn fed

    • @peztopher7297
      @peztopher7297 Před rokem +18

      I thought it was corny. Not cringy, but corny.

    • @mastrake
      @mastrake Před rokem +5

      I just enjoy seeing the young versioni of those guys.

    • @BedwetterCDN
      @BedwetterCDN Před rokem +3

      Did we watch the dame thing ?!

  • @backbaconnbeer
    @backbaconnbeer Před 10 lety +972

    William Shatner: There's Somebody On The Wing Of The Plane! Leonard Nimoy: You've Forgotten To Take Your Medication Again Haven't You?

    • @scorchx3000
      @scorchx3000 Před 8 lety +14

      +backbaconnbeer
      Ha ha ha ha ha ha! I've not saw the twilight zone before, but I've heard about it and saw the twilight zone spoof on the simpsons. XD

    • @domainofthesun4400
      @domainofthesun4400 Před 8 lety +16

      +Michael Gaddass The TZ episode is friggin terrifying.

    • @kathyhorton4100
      @kathyhorton4100 Před 5 lety +4

      Ah~~an Outer Limits fan as well!

    • @iza724
      @iza724 Před 5 lety +1

      YESS

    • @JerryN7970
      @JerryN7970 Před 4 lety +16

      That’s exactly what I was thinking! A lot of people remember that Twilight Zone episode but don’t remember it was William Shatner that played that part.

  • @godblessamerica4025
    @godblessamerica4025 Před 9 lety +698

    They both shared such great chemistry. That's real friendship. RIP Spock.

    • @smoog
      @smoog Před 4 lety +29

      Shatner didn't go to Nimoys funeral, so the chemistry must have turned sour somewhere along the line.

    • @painkiller1968
      @painkiller1968 Před 3 lety +52

      @@smoog Nothing to do with it. He had a prior charity commitment he couldn't get out of.

    • @smoog
      @smoog Před 3 lety +37

      @@painkiller1968 You really think that's a reasonable explanation?
      Surely if there Shatner and Nimoy were still great friends, Shatner would have simply cancelled the gig. And surely the charity would have understood why he was cancelling, and perhaps just rescheduled Shatners appearance.
      Noone is going to begrudge a much beloved actor like William Shatner failing to show because he's at Spocks funeral.
      Especially not from a charity. They would recognize the damage to their public image if it came out they had forced Shatner, under threat of being sued, to miss Nimoys funeral. And I daresay any fans who had shown up to see Shatner would have understood why he wasn't there, so wouldn't be angry at either the charity or Shatner.

    • @LuckyFlesh
      @LuckyFlesh Před 3 lety +20

      @@smoog You're honestly saying that he should've told a CHARITY to go pound sand??
      Go look in the mirror.
      See that lump of feces?
      Yeah, that's YOU.

    • @ClassicRockLivesOn
      @ClassicRockLivesOn Před 3 lety +43

      @@smoog Shatner has talked about this. For whatever reason, for the last few years of his life, Nimoy cut off contact with him. Shatner kept trying to talk to him, but Nimoy never responded. Shatner said he stopped talking to his son too, for the last year he was alive.

  • @toyman81
    @toyman81 Před 4 lety +914

    Take me back to 1985, I do not like where i see the world going these days.

  • @ferociousgumby
    @ferociousgumby Před 9 lety +207

    These two are adorable together

    • @milesmayhem5440
      @milesmayhem5440 Před 3 lety +3

      You would probably love Kirk and Spock homoerotic fan art then.

    • @jinzhang8241
      @jinzhang8241 Před 3 lety

      But who’s the Top and who’s the Bottom?

    • @titamuriel
      @titamuriel Před 3 lety

      @@jinzhang8241 normally, Spock's the top and Kirk the bottom.

    • @Solitude47152
      @Solitude47152 Před 2 měsíci

      They hated each other, Shatner intentionally missed Nemoys funeral

  • @TheOldcanadian
    @TheOldcanadian Před 3 lety +245

    Makes me want to cry, I want those days back. R.I.P. Leonard. I am happy the great Canadian is still around

    • @Nat3_H1gg3rs
      @Nat3_H1gg3rs Před rokem +6

      Your emotional problems are not logical 🖖
      "Get a life will you people" -William Shatner

    • @bjnowak
      @bjnowak Před rokem

      Still is today

    • @jdrancho1864
      @jdrancho1864 Před rokem +6

      with Nichelle Nickols gone, I think there are only two of the original crew left.

    • @bjnowak
      @bjnowak Před rokem +8

      @@jdrancho1864 Nimoy has been dead for years. It's shatner, Chekov and Sulu left.

    • @jamesbutler8821
      @jamesbutler8821 Před rokem +5

      Yeah, you always hope these people will stay the way they were or at least around, forever. Caught an episode of Bonanza the other day and started Googling and found that literally everyone associated with the show is dead. Scary how age gets us.

  • @apparently2
    @apparently2 Před 3 lety +192

    The kind of commercial that makes you want to buy whatever they're selling.

    • @davidsomerset
      @davidsomerset Před 3 lety +1

      How? Two wealthy actors making very easy money.

    • @apparently2
      @apparently2 Před 3 lety +5

      @@davidsomerset Envy spoils everything. One of the ugliest emotions. Stay away from it if you can.

    • @davidsomerset
      @davidsomerset Před 3 lety +1

      @@apparently2 I do. There is no envy, because I do not want to do what they are doing here. Selling their souls. Big money for virtually no work. Paid simply for their faces. Shameful.

    • @apparently2
      @apparently2 Před 3 lety +2

      @@davidsomerset I see what you're getting at. For some reason I do not hold this against them -- maybe it's the general affection I feel for the actors and what I perceive to be the pleasant vibe of the commercial. There's such a thing as the spoils of success and clearly Shatner and Nimoy are reaping it here. They are lucky to have been in a position to profit from this opportunity. If I had a famous face and someone offered me this kind of work, I would at the very least be tempted. There are so many things to be outraged over in this life, and there are certain people out there for whom I have much animus. I just don't feel it here.

    • @davidsomerset
      @davidsomerset Před 3 lety +3

      @@apparently2 That's also fair enough. I've just never understood why somebody would buy a product simply because a famous actor is being (over) paid to push it. Or why those actors would take money for doing so little, whilst the crew around them are paid so much less. It's an insane world.

  • @marcziegenhain8420
    @marcziegenhain8420 Před 6 lety +192

    And Scotty's in the cockpit. Givin' her all she's got.

    • @vintagevhstreasures4058
      @vintagevhstreasures4058 Před 6 lety +25

      Meanwhile, Chekov and Uhura are asking various passengers where the "nuclear wessels" are.

    • @LSOK38
      @LSOK38 Před 3 lety +13

      Actually Scotty was the flight Engineer. Sulu & Checkov were flying the plane !

    • @davewolf6256
      @davewolf6256 Před 3 lety +2

      @@LSOK38 This is either very high brow comedy, or you wrote this comment on your iPhone.

    • @LSOK38
      @LSOK38 Před 3 lety +4

      @@davewolf6256 A tablet actually, with a way too aggressive spell checker !!

    • @retroguy1976
      @retroguy1976 Před 3 lety +5

      warp speed mr sulu lol

  • @rh1507
    @rh1507 Před 3 lety +96

    The more I see things like this the more I miss those who we have all lost.

  • @jamesrichardson559
    @jamesrichardson559 Před 3 lety +16

    Western Airlines was great. Flew it many times between Denver and Salt Lake. Sure miss the carefree experience flying was back then.

    • @joevining2603
      @joevining2603 Před 3 lety +2

      We could have it again, but too many people have been convinced that severe overactive invasions of privacy and extra inconveniences are somehow keeping us "safe".

    • @jamesrichardson559
      @jamesrichardson559 Před 3 lety +2

      @@joevining2603 Also Washington should cease screwing around with foriegn countries that have nothing to do with the security of the American public. Every US military action in the last 60 years was sold to the public by Washington using proven lies.

    • @Clive697
      @Clive697 Před rokem +1

      @@jamesrichardson559 Absolutely true, but a bit heavy, man.

  • @khfan4life365
    @khfan4life365 Před 2 lety +73

    Bill and Leonard had such great camaraderie chemistry. They played really well off each other, be it in shows, movies, and commercials.

    • @supercyberfunk
      @supercyberfunk Před měsícem +1

      Even though Leonard didn’t like Shatner in real life.

  • @coashddjj2
    @coashddjj2 Před 3 lety +182

    We had so many more carriers back then, before they all merged. I miss Western. A friend of mine is a ticket agent at the counter at SFO and she told me that Leonard Nimoy appeared in her line one day (this was years ago). She said he couldn't have been a nicer customer.

    • @christianmotley262
      @christianmotley262 Před 3 lety +7

      How did she recognize him without the pointed ears?

    • @katiebohan4809
      @katiebohan4809 Před 3 lety +13

      @@christianmotley262 well his ID SAID Leonard Nimoy so that helped.

    • @dwightropp3014
      @dwightropp3014 Před 3 lety +6

      @@christianmotley262 -- Lol! But his speaking voice was like no other. I loved listening to him tell us things, anything!

    • @orbyfan
      @orbyfan Před rokem +1

      My parents and I flew on Western Airlines several times in the '70s, and always enjoyed it.

    • @jebise1126
      @jebise1126 Před rokem

      @@katiebohan4809 his ID probably did not say that since IDs dont talk and his name was not that anyway its just name for movies

  • @roberty7998
    @roberty7998 Před rokem +14

    These commercials are pure gold. The best

  • @jasondaniel918
    @jasondaniel918 Před rokem +4

    The commercial ended, and suddenly I heard Mary Hopkin singing "Those Were the Days, My Friend." "We thought they'd never end."

  • @Jeng4280
    @Jeng4280 Před 8 lety +200

    This is so great. I miss Leonard so much. :(

  • @JayKhwaja
    @JayKhwaja Před 3 lety +23

    I want to go back to the 80s 😢⭐💫🙏

  • @robertmorris8997
    @robertmorris8997 Před 2 lety +21

    I miss Western Airlines. And TWA. And Braniff. And Eastern.......

  • @tarb1320
    @tarb1320 Před 3 lety +330

    This 30 sec commercial had more Star Trek in it than anything made by Kurtzman.

    • @trevormoses5061
      @trevormoses5061 Před rokem +6

      😁😁

    • @purefoldnz3070
      @purefoldnz3070 Před rokem +18

      in the words of Shatner himself "Roddenberry would be spinning in his grave."

    • @odinthorson1830
      @odinthorson1830 Před rokem +6

      🤣🤣🤣👍🖖

    • @therealcaldini
      @therealcaldini Před rokem

      Ooh, the vitriol.

    • @wendynine-sc2sv
      @wendynine-sc2sv Před 2 měsíci +2

      Who or what is Kurtzman?
      Thanx for an answer ...
      Blessed 🐝, all Star Trek ❤- fans, actors, writers, crews, books too!

  • @kendallevans4079
    @kendallevans4079 Před rokem +3

    Nicely understated...they don't make them like that anymore

  • @TheaterPup
    @TheaterPup Před 3 lety +20

    I miss '80s Star Trek. IV was always my favorite. The whole trilogy of II, III, and IV really.

    • @alanfrost75
      @alanfrost75 Před rokem +1

      Loved those movies. Must have watched them (all except no 1) a million times. My fav, by a hair, is probably no VI though.

    • @guysalzmann9302
      @guysalzmann9302 Před rokem +1

      Yeah- the best 3! I & V sucked!

    • @Vagajammer
      @Vagajammer Před měsícem

      @@guysalzmann9302 To be fair, they were doing a cash grab with TMP, and it was sortakinda an expanded script from a Animated Series episode
      As far as TFF goes, there was a writers strike going on, so they were stuck with an early draft...and they should've gone with an ILM B-team instead of a VFX company that was over their head...and Shatner shouldn't stuck with acting

  • @fobypawz418
    @fobypawz418 Před 3 lety +14

    If there’s anything about these old vintage videos is that it shows what we have lost over the years.

  • @christophercringle896
    @christophercringle896 Před 3 lety +31

    "THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE WING......SOME.....THING!!!"

    • @toddwalker4301
      @toddwalker4301 Před 3 lety +1

      Hell yes there is! Lmao!

    • @Clive697
      @Clive697 Před rokem +1

      Shatner's acting was great in that episode. One of the best.

    • @OptimusGPrime
      @OptimusGPrime Před 28 dny +1

      I read that in the voice of Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura.

  • @timmyp6297
    @timmyp6297 Před 2 lety +29

    His performance in Airplane! 2 from this time is criminally underrated.

    • @zombiedodge1426
      @zombiedodge1426 Před rokem +6

      Shatner's character one of the few things about the sequel that wasn't blatantly rehashed from the original.

    • @InfernosReaper
      @InfernosReaper Před rokem +6

      @@zombiedodge1426 Yeah, that movie was so uninspired that it was partly a clipshow of the first movie. That's what happens when you nix the original creative team and do a lazy cashgrab .

    • @chrisw6164
      @chrisw6164 Před rokem +3

      I was just thinking about that movie. Shatner slipped right into that style of comedy

  • @michaeltaylors2456
    @michaeltaylors2456 Před 3 lety +92

    What great memories of a lovely era long ago and a nice commercial. This is when you could buy a ticket at the counter on whim and waltz onto the plane in literally 15 minutes before departure. No TSA and no trouble.

    • @robertpreston2220
      @robertpreston2220 Před 3 lety +2

      Good old days!

    • @michaeltaylors2456
      @michaeltaylors2456 Před 3 lety +5

      @@omi_god. There were very very few. I can find only a few alleged disgruntled employees attempting to take control of the plane. An intentional ditching into the Hudson River, Sully style is statistically far more likely to happen, especially with armored cockpit doors, and Air Marshals now normal.

    • @CB-py1xh
      @CB-py1xh Před 3 lety +6

      @@michaeltaylors2456 We had the highjackings in Europe back in the day. Google it. Their fu**ed up bots delete my comment over and over again when I try to explain the circumstances.

    • @michaeltaylors2456
      @michaeltaylors2456 Před 3 lety +8

      @@CB-py1xh Yes, they were a very few, and well publicized hijackings. Statistically nothing to worry about, and with a few simple measures, like locking the freaking cockpit door and keeping an occasional incognito armed guard aboard just to keep assholes guessing, it’s no longer even a statistical blip. It doesn’t exist . We are needlessly being strip searched, our belongings taken apart, probed, get millimeter wave scanned, groped publicly and held in human cattle chutes . it’s really just humiliating conditioning by the government

    • @jreese7436
      @jreese7436 Před 2 lety +8

      Food for thought; the TSA is stress tested several times each year. They have failed to prevent 9 11 repeatedly for the last near 20 years. All the body scanners and shoes off stuff is pointless. Makes me miss the 80s even more

  • @frankaaaa384
    @frankaaaa384 Před rokem +8

    I remember that commercial when I was a kid. Life was so simple then.

  • @Bart-Did-it
    @Bart-Did-it Před 3 lety +6

    When life was epic

  • @lukewise1227
    @lukewise1227 Před 3 lety +97

    How blessed some of us are to have grown up when entertainment involved actors who always seemed relevant. Legends, both of them, and so many more.

    • @vanpenguin22
      @vanpenguin22 Před 2 lety

      And on a format where we weren't getting some leftist ideology rammed down our throats in the guise of entertainment.

    • @honkhonk8009
      @honkhonk8009 Před rokem

      Glad the internet exists.
      My dad loved star trek and all these old shows.
      Only reason I can watch them now is cus of the internet.
      If it was up to the cable companies, we would be forced to watch the same toddler stimulation that they put up on CZcams kids.
      As corny as it sounds, theres a reason why kids nowadays watch so much anime.
      The Japanese dont insult the intelligence of their viewers.
      The Japanese also dont tolerate braindead bullshit as much as Americans do.

    • @user-qt5xh9mt7x
      @user-qt5xh9mt7x Před měsícem

      And if you lived in 1985 you would call them shit and call for 1930s actors.

    • @lukewise1227
      @lukewise1227 Před měsícem

      @@user-qt5xh9mt7x I lived from the 60's onwards and a lot of 1930's films, and their actors, were so melodramatic it was like watching paint dry or grass grow. Only the cream rose to the top.

  • @zoyataylor
    @zoyataylor Před 12 lety +38

    at laest they act in a descent way about their old age and don't pretend to be young again. they meet the oldness with honor. and it makes them even more respectful.

  • @MrSpeed-lt8gr
    @MrSpeed-lt8gr Před rokem +9

    Western Airlines; it’s the only way to fly. Miss those commercials.

  • @julianhermanubis6800
    @julianhermanubis6800 Před 3 lety +31

    Western Airlines: gone.
    Leonard Nimoy: gone.
    William Shatner: still hanging on.

    • @Clive697
      @Clive697 Před rokem +6

      Shat is still here! 92 this year (2023). AND he went into space for real recently!

  • @alexandrebertrand-lafleur3114

    Let's fly with Kirk and Spock in Western Airlines

    • @gregholman2431
      @gregholman2431 Před 3 lety +8

      Western Airlines could be some kind of a transportation service aboard the USS Enterprise, in the distant future, perhaps.

    • @johnw2026
      @johnw2026 Před 3 lety +7

      @@gregholman2431 Spock would be the only guy that could figure out a way to get a Boeng jet to speed up to Warp 1 without falling apart! 😂

    • @gregholman2431
      @gregholman2431 Před 3 lety +5

      @@johnw2026 Him and Scotty, very well perhaps.

    • @wiscgaloot
      @wiscgaloot Před 3 lety +2

      Pretty tough to do, Western Airlines brand ended only 2 years after this commercial aired.

    • @rickster100100
      @rickster100100 Před 3 lety +1

      @@wiscgaloot So true. Unfortunately it was merged with Delta Airlines. That trash airline.

  • @maswellasm
    @maswellasm Před 13 lety +113

    Geez, it doesn't get much cuter (or cheesier) than that, I'm afraid. There's something about Shatnoy in Hawaiian shirts going on vacation together that makes me feel like all is right with the world. =D

    • @goldenlionness7317
      @goldenlionness7317 Před 3 lety

      Star Trek 5. On their way to Yosemite

    • @c.l.7525
      @c.l.7525 Před 3 lety +2

      You obviously aren't here for 2020-2021.

    • @Clive697
      @Clive697 Před rokem

      I'm from your future. Sorry guy, world went bats**t crazy from 2020-2023. Might not be here soon.

    • @stevendebettencourt7651
      @stevendebettencourt7651 Před 11 měsíci

      @@Clive697 We've pulled ourselves out of worst messes than this. Don't panic, listen to your doctor, and try not to think the worst of others. Do your bit to help.

  • @MadameDeForklift
    @MadameDeForklift Před 12 lety +23

    These two are absolutely adorable, no matter what they do. XP

  • @leonardnimoy7
    @leonardnimoy7 Před 3 lety +11

    Spock. My heart is still broken 💚

  • @TodaysDante
    @TodaysDante Před 3 lety +26

    I don't remember ever seeing this commercial! Just more evidence of how great the 80s were!

  • @tracybeckett4107
    @tracybeckett4107 Před 3 lety +19

    I love these guys. Sadly Leonard has passed but their acting contributions will live forever🥰🥰

  • @shannondelong3248
    @shannondelong3248 Před 2 lety +17

    My family got to see the play Caligula, starring Leonard Nimoy in Dallas Texas. We got to sit in the front row and as kids we didn't understand the play or care but we were "Star Struck" (excuse the pun!) by Leonard Nimoy. We got to watch Star Trek Reruns and were fans. He was a amazing actor. ❣️❣️

    • @ecotrekker8184
      @ecotrekker8184 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Have you seen his play, "Vincent"? There is a copy or two of it floating around on CZcams. The man could act. I think he was underrated, possibly due to typecasting.

    • @Vagajammer
      @Vagajammer Před měsícem

      @@ecotrekker8184 I recommend scouring YT for "Spock vs Q" (and its sequel) His chemistry with John deLancie was awesome

  • @BBQFanNo1
    @BBQFanNo1 Před 2 lety +8

    God bless them both! RIP Leonard and thank you for the special memories of my lifetime and millions of others.

  • @jinzhang8241
    @jinzhang8241 Před 3 lety +41

    Hot edible food in a plane? Definitely Science Fiction worthy of Star Trek!

    • @nawtsurprised
      @nawtsurprised Před 3 lety +1

      I'm guessing you haven't flown Singapore Airlines. EVA isn't bad either.

    • @jinzhang8241
      @jinzhang8241 Před 3 lety

      @@nawtsurprised i am referring to US carriers. Rumor has it Orville Wright had a heated salami sandwich on his maiden flight but after that it’s been all downhill as far as inflight meals on US carriers

    • @nawtsurprised
      @nawtsurprised Před 3 lety +1

      @@jinzhang8241 In regards to US carriers, I'm in absolute agreement. And it's not just the food which leaves much to be desired, but the quality of service and demeanor of the flight crews as well. It's completely horrible, which is why (in the past) I've spent the extra money and time simply to avoid them whenever possible.

    • @latsnojokelee6434
      @latsnojokelee6434 Před 3 lety +1

      And real actual metal silverware with cloth napkins (1970's).

  • @CherrylMaree
    @CherrylMaree Před 11 lety +10

    Drop dead gorgeous both of them.

  • @PersianAustralian
    @PersianAustralian Před 11 lety +19

    Oh my goodness, they're so cute!

  • @andreaskallstrom9031
    @andreaskallstrom9031 Před 3 lety +5

    I love Shatner’s laugh

  • @budster111
    @budster111 Před 3 lety +12

    At first, I thought Shatner said "Now I got better hair". When I replayed it, then I realized he actually says "I like it better here".

  • @alinarendon2099
    @alinarendon2099 Před 6 lety +19

    These two. Such cinnamon rolls. 😂💙🖖

  • @brianjoyce9040
    @brianjoyce9040 Před 3 lety +9

    Wonderful seeing them laughing together

  • @Nefarioso
    @Nefarioso Před 11 lety +16

    "Theeeeeeere's something-on-the-wing! This THING!"

  • @jasonirelan4487
    @jasonirelan4487 Před 2 lety +4

    I miss Leonard Nimoy so much.

  • @FirstLastOne
    @FirstLastOne Před 3 lety +5

    I remember the dry ice volcano on Western Airlines as a child when my parents flew us all from SEA to HNL for the Christmas holidays. Now that was service! "The only way to fly".

  • @buckeyefangirl1976
    @buckeyefangirl1976 Před rokem +1

    Love this❤️❤️ They were great together. Miss you Mr. Nimoy❤️😥

  • @MrMustard2U
    @MrMustard2U Před rokem +2

    And William Shatner is still Trucking Along here in 2023... RIP to Leonard Nimoy...

  • @matthewronson5218
    @matthewronson5218 Před 4 lety +5

    Western Airlines commenced operations: April 17, 1926
    Ceased operations: April 1, 1987 (1987-04-01) (merged, with Delta Air Lines)

    • @4seeableTV
      @4seeableTV Před 3 lety +1

      Western, Eastern and Northwest are all gone now. The only directional named airline left is Southwest

    • @davidlisowski5245
      @davidlisowski5245 Před 3 lety

      @@4seeableTV Southern, Northeast and Southeast are also gone. Not sure if there was a Northern Airlines but there was North Central.

  • @bradleycotton3237
    @bradleycotton3237 Před 3 lety +4

    RIP, Leonard Nimoy. 🖖🏼

  • @keithwilson6060
    @keithwilson6060 Před rokem +2

    It always freaks me out when Leonard smiles and laughs.

  • @Buc_Stops_Here
    @Buc_Stops_Here Před 3 lety +2

    This is probably one of their last commercials, because soon thereafter Delta Air Lines started negotiations which resulted in them buying Western in 1986. Their major hub (Salt Lake City, UT) is still one of their larger hubs today.

  • @paul16451
    @paul16451 Před rokem +4

    Ah, back in the days when airlines truly had to compete, had quality service and amenities and it was actually fun to fly. I remember flying on Eastern, Delta, AirCal, PSA, TWA, and Western...I miss all of them. Delta is of course still around, but nowhere near as good as it once was.

  • @vassa1972
    @vassa1972 Před 5 lety +5

    Great stuff RIP to Mr spook and live long and prosper to everyone

  • @buckeyefangirl1976
    @buckeyefangirl1976 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Still watching and loving this♥️♥️ R.I.P. Leonard and Bill? You keep on going handsome awesome man♥️👍

  • @markjohnston3502
    @markjohnston3502 Před 3 lety +2

    Nice ad. Brings back memories and Western just got the Boeing 737-300. They had 3 with 14 on order when Delta acquired it.

  • @COLETHORN10
    @COLETHORN10 Před 3 lety +75

    The 15 down votes were Klingons

    • @markbarnes4777
      @markbarnes4777 Před 3 lety +3

      That is funny.

    • @raymondweaver8526
      @raymondweaver8526 Před 3 lety +3

      Romulans

    • @fionam3554
      @fionam3554 Před 3 lety +2

      @@raymondweaver8526 no, I don't think Western went to Detroit..... (Wayne County airport is in Romulus, Michigan. Seriously)

    • @bladerunner3314
      @bladerunner3314 Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah, Romulans more likely, Klingons have honor ... unless it's the Duras family!

    • @overcomerbtbojesus
      @overcomerbtbojesus Před 3 lety +3

      I’d say the down votes were capt picard 😂🤣😂🤣

  • @ahknabi
    @ahknabi Před 3 lety +12

    I miss the 80s

    • @BrotherPatriot
      @BrotherPatriot Před měsícem

      Anyone from that time, knows why you say that.
      Me too.

  • @neilgrosskopf5554
    @neilgrosskopf5554 Před 3 lety +2

    I think now when you look at this gen who grew up with these years will say these where the best years for our gen or world

  • @OTRTrader
    @OTRTrader Před 3 lety +2

    My very first time flying was on Western Airlines, I was around 6 YO. Very fond memories.

  • @laranaarana
    @laranaarana Před 3 lety +4

    I remember this commercial! Back then many more movie actors did commercials for TV.

  • @SlatheTheSpaceMarine
    @SlatheTheSpaceMarine Před 9 lety +77

    This was a lot wittier than the other commercials.

  • @JoeVideoed
    @JoeVideoed Před rokem +1

    I'd normally look negatively at commercials clogging up my video space, but this was 1 of the better 1s.

  • @LectronCircuits
    @LectronCircuits Před 3 lety +2

    Awesome folks, classic commercial. Cheers!

  • @acox3527
    @acox3527 Před 3 lety +3

    I remember flying to Hawaii with my family on a western DC-10 back in the early 80s

  • @txkid1
    @txkid1 Před 8 lety +14

    Classic Star Trek.

  • @mycattypedthis2827
    @mycattypedthis2827 Před 2 lety +1

    god i miss mr. Nimoy so much... thanks youtube for showing me this video. i hope he's in heaven now

  • @shionkreth7536
    @shionkreth7536 Před rokem +2

    Aw, that warms the heart.

  • @nicholausbuthmann1421
    @nicholausbuthmann1421 Před 9 lety +11

    I remember this ad quite well. They used to run it during T.J. Hooker.

  • @attsealevel
    @attsealevel Před 3 lety +8

    Remember when they used to roll out lots of great food? I remember flying in 1968 (when people still got dressed up). It was early morning and I was flying with my grandparents. I had pancakes, eggs, toast, bacon (oj and milk). I really liked the breakfast but got scolded for spilling the syrup. Nice memory though sitting next to my grandpa and 1st flight.

    • @leegraves101
      @leegraves101 Před 3 lety +2

      I remember flying when I was a kid and the stewardess handed out chewing gum. I thought it was really neat, but it was so our ears wouldn’t pop. Good old days. And no , Wilber and Orville weren’t flying the plane.

    • @attsealevel
      @attsealevel Před 3 lety

      @@leegraves101 Yep, I remember getting chewing gum too (forgot all about that).

  • @gyorgyor7765
    @gyorgyor7765 Před 3 lety +2

    If I owned this airline, I'd bring these commercials out of retirement.

    • @Vagajammer
      @Vagajammer Před měsícem

      If you owned this airline, you'd be broke. It went out of business years ago

  • @geoffjoffy
    @geoffjoffy Před 3 lety +1

    Love this!! Shatner is so Kirk here.

  • @GeneralGeorgeS.PattonJr.
    @GeneralGeorgeS.PattonJr. Před 3 lety +3

    Love how they both narrated the ending too. 👽

  • @KatorNia
    @KatorNia Před 3 lety +4

    Got a recommendation of a decade+ old video, of a 3½ decades+ old commercial.
    _CZcams works in mysterious ways..._

  • @fadetoblond
    @fadetoblond Před měsícem

    I'd give anything to go back to the early 80s when I was in my 20s. Best decade of my entire life. It's been a slow roll down the misery hill ever since.

  • @nolanueno1060
    @nolanueno1060 Před rokem +2

    Why are classic commercials so better than modern days ones?

    • @Vagajammer
      @Vagajammer Před měsícem +1

      Because they weren't over-produced.

  • @RB-xj5zv
    @RB-xj5zv Před 3 lety +4

    They were so young then and best friends.

  • @fernandorivera2395
    @fernandorivera2395 Před 3 lety +3

    Wow I was 12 yrs old when this was made & don't remember seeing it back then but glad I found it here 👍 Must've been aired around the same time as Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

  • @cyberleaderandy1
    @cyberleaderandy1 Před rokem +2

    The actual friendship between them shines through in thus.

  • @davidahrens2841
    @davidahrens2841 Před rokem +1

    two of the most iconic figures in film

  • @jayclyde6045
    @jayclyde6045 Před 3 lety +3

    This maybe the friendliest and kindliest CZcams comment thread I have ever came upon!!! You can literally feel the maturity oozing from these comments, so refreshing!! I am 40 and I still can relate to people better that are so much more older than I, most of the time! My heart breaks a little each year I hear another part of the "wiser" generations go away.

  • @zackthebongripper7274
    @zackthebongripper7274 Před rokem +3

    When commercials made you feel good.

  • @Kodachrome40
    @Kodachrome40 Před měsícem +1

    My first trip to Hawaii in 1985 was on Western Airlines and they did have that volcano punch bowl giving everyone some punch before landing.

  • @jime6688
    @jime6688 Před 3 lety +2

    Never seen before. Thanks for posting.

  • @vicproulx5625
    @vicproulx5625 Před 3 lety +3

    In the 50s, it was a cartoon bird, leaning up against the vertical stabilizer as the clouds fly by. He is drinking champagne, and says "Western Airlines, it's the only way to fly." A ten second spot.

  • @janehafker
    @janehafker Před 11 lety +15

    Hey William Shatner, all these comments talking about how you look older, well, honey, back in the day you were drop-dead georgous. Period. No one can ever take that away from you and now you still look great, but not unapproachably awesome!
    So I bet you have a lot more friends.
    :)
    Also a great wife. Love her.

  • @reneeolson4881
    @reneeolson4881 Před 3 lety +1

    That made me smile. Thank you!

  • @bbcala9719
    @bbcala9719 Před 2 měsíci

    Wow, Classic from the Starship Enterprise. Great commercial with both of these great actors

  • @deputyvanhalen6386
    @deputyvanhalen6386 Před 3 lety +18

    They should've followed it up with "Bones" saying to the air hostess, "I'm a doctor not an airline pilot!"
    And Scotty saying over the announcer, "she cannot take anymore Captain!?!"

    • @leeshackelford7517
      @leeshackelford7517 Před 2 lety

      Scotty offering to get a bit more out of the engines

    • @tyrese3745
      @tyrese3745 Před 2 lety

      Sulu, Chekov and Uhura (George Takei, Walt Koenig and Nichelle Nichols), too.

  • @engage1942
    @engage1942 Před 3 lety +3

    "Because I'm not the captain"
    Ahahaahh! Good one

  • @tkralva.6668
    @tkralva.6668 Před měsícem

    The fact that they famously had a personal conflict, it shows a level of proffesionalism that on screen they had great chemistry.

  • @crazyaces4042
    @crazyaces4042 Před měsícem +1

    love this! just found this.

  • @whoopigoldberg5871
    @whoopigoldberg5871 Před 5 lety +4

    My wife and I met William Shatner in Phoenix, AZ. Nice guy. Hard to believe he’s that old.

  • @coolcat6303
    @coolcat6303 Před 9 lety +18

    4 Klingons may have disapproved of this but I thought it was great.

    • @tomf3150
      @tomf3150 Před 4 lety +1

      Cool Cat Oh god there's eight of them now, what are these, tribbles ?

  • @bendingspring
    @bendingspring Před 3 lety +1

    Love the Shat!👍👍

  • @bernadettemurray2016
    @bernadettemurray2016 Před 3 lety +1

    I was 21 in England.....blimey so long ago!