Vic 17 Posted April 7, 2011 George Takei, Star Trek‘s Lieutenant Sulu, can be seen in two new YouTube videos; one of which is a new commercial for the Social Security Administration and the other a promotion for his forthcoming role in Allegiance, a musical to appear on Broadway next year. In the Social Security commercial, the latest in a series of commercials that have featured baby boomer celebrities such as Chubby Checker, Takei teams up with Patty Duke to encourage seniors to sign up for Social Security benefits online. In the commercial, Duke is wearing Sciences blue while Takei is of course Lieutenant Sulu. Duke is trying to sell Takei on the benefits of signing up for Social Security online, while Takei worries that it will be “confusing.” “You’ve navigated through asteroid belts, right?” Duke asks Takei. “Well, compared to that, navigating Social Security.gov is a snap.” Then playing upon the Takei-Shatner dislike she adds, “It’s so easy even Kirk could do it.” Takei can also be seen on YouTube showing the world why he should be the next Spiderman. In the video, located , Takei, promoting Allegiance due out in 2012, claims to “want to be in a Broadway musical NOW,” and “Spiderman, Turn Off the Dark” is his choice of currently running musicals. Dressed in a Spiderman costume and dangling from wires, the actor shows off his “great moves” and “great musculature,” and battles bad guys, dispatching one of them with a Star Trek phaser. View the full article Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethlehem 7 Posted April 7, 2011 Wish it would have gave the YOU TUBE links, sounds like a hoot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted April 7, 2011 Here you go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaOmOo8pySk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeVYnPolfOo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npZOkB7QBU0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl-nUlPKkdg&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apayACD8cVY&NR=1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
He Who Shall Not Be Named 2 Posted April 8, 2011 What the hell does Social Security need a commercial for? If someone is signing up for Social Security now, doesn't it mean they were in the workforce for the past 40 years or so? Shouldn't they already know computers pretty well? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites