Comments on: Nimoy Talks To A Bug In VW Ad

By: Linda Kay

Linda Kay — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:16:08 +0000

Actually, the voice of Max is Bronson Pinchot. : )

By: Go Spock!

Go Spock! — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:47:53 +0000

hee hee, nice :)

By: Mov

Mov — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:12:45 +0000

Tee hee… silly, but funny. I laughed.

By: Spocko

Spocko — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:44:04 +0000

Nimoy’s eyebrows look like Zachary Quintos.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:58:07 +0000

Nimoy is a legand!

By: Shatner_Fan_2000

Shatner_Fan_2000 — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:14:43 +0000

#49 … Agreed! It would be FANTASTIC if Leonard appeared in a 2-part Boston Legal season or series finale in May of ‘09, right ahead of the debut of the movie. I can’t imagine much better, and it would help boost him even further into the publicity limelight. I have no doubt the clever writers of that very witty series would honor him with a wonderful role.

As much as he and The Shat obviously enjoy each other, I cannot understand why Nimoy hasn’t previously agreed to be on the show!

By: Commodore Wesley

Commodore Wesley — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:01:49 +0000

“Kraft durch Freude” translates more closely to “Strength through Joy.”

If we’re going to still bash VW for its origins, maybe we should bash the Apollo Program due to the involvement of Von Braun and all of the other German rocket scientists.

Worse yet, let’s throw away all of our Star Trek toys and models (along with 90% of all consumer products, it seems) mostly now made in China. Communism, historically, has caused approximately 100 million deaths to date.

The racism, sexism, sadism, etc. of Nazism were evil to the extreme, to be sure. But why keep bringing up the origins of a car company, when the vast majority of the current employees of that company, and buyers of its products, weren’t even alive during WWII?

Jeez.

By: Dierna

Dierna — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:29:43 +0000

Oh yeah… I forgot about the Hitler connection. No wonder Nimoy beamed out so quickly. He must have gotten a telepathic message saying “Dude! You’re talking to a car created by Hitler!” :P

Seriously tho. Volkswagon’s trying to get out of all the “I was created by Hitler” stuff. It’s the main reason they refuse to allow their vehicles in war movies (aka sorry Transformers fans but Bumblebee can’t be a bug….).

As for the accent of the car. Voiced by an American named Dee Bradley Baker who minored in German in college. He’s also the voice of Klaus the Nazi fish in “American Dad” and the current VA of Nightcrawler.

So Nimoy talking about being typcast is alot funnier when you know the VA is typecast as German folk as well…even tho he’s American (Nimoy is first Gen Russian American BTW).

By: sean

sean — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:25:04 +0000

#50

So true, so true. Even though that wonderful character he now portrays is on a show I feel has fallen greatly from its former glory, I can’t deny the appeal of Mr. Denny Crane. Or Captain James T. Kirk, for that matter.

And by all means, I will be happy to add you to my Christmas card list! Assuming you have time to read it between going through all those bags of fan mail! ;)

By: Iowagirl

Iowagirl — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:30:11 +0000

#47

Of course, I could go the straight route and point out that self-mockery (ah, we all could use some more, couldn’t we) and that tick of slapstick are not only ingredients of the greatest character of pop culture, but obviously have also been the perfect preparation for another wonderful character for whom Shatner is being showered with Emmys and a Golden Globe, as well as with the affection of old and new fans alike, but instead I will thank you for your tribute, inform you that my tireless effort is a labour of love and therefore invaluable, and that I’m looking forward to *your* next Christmas card instead. If I can squeeze it in while arranging all those Shatner-Defense-Colloquia, I even might write back. ;)