GoldenPalace.com
Buys William Shatner's Kidney Stone
Captain's log. Star date: 011806.
William Shatner. Has gone. Where no man has
gone before. And sold a part of himself. To
online casino. GoldenPalace.com. For $25,000.
To benefit. Habitat for Humanity.
The
former Captain of the Enterprise passed a kidney
stone at warp speed and beamed it into the waiting
hands of GoldenPalace.com. The casino paid $25,000
for Shatner's specimen, the entirety of which
will go to Habitat For Humanity to help provide
housing for those in need.
Although
the kidney stone that broke down Shatner's shields
caused him more discomfort than a Klingon pain
stick, the sci-fi/pop-culture icon is more than
happy that his calcium offspring fetched such
a price.
"When
I was contacted about selling my kidney stone
to GoldenPalace.com for an original price of
$15,000 I turned it down knowing that my tunics
from Star Trek have commanded more than $100,000.
I offered the stone, stint and string for $25,000
and informed them that 100% of the proceeds
would go to benefit Habitat for Humanity and
I retain visitation rights."
"I
want to own it," said Jimmy Kimmel on his
November 14th show as he interviewed Shatner
about his stone. "It is the ultimate Star
Trek collectible. You know, it's like a real
dilithium crystal." Unfortunately for Jimmy,
GoldenPalace.com transported past all other
offers with their 25K.
With
more drama than a T.J. Hooker finale, Shatner
ended up on a gurney with stirrups. "It
was a gurney for pregnant women," said
Shatner. "They're wheeling me through the
hospital -- my legs are in the stirrups and
I'm screaming -- and somebody says, 'Look, there
goes Captain Kirk, he's having a baby!' Very,
very embarrassing."
"We
are very pleased to own this piece of TV history
and to be able to help a worthy charity like
Habitat for Humanity," said GoldenPalace.com
CEO Richard Rowe. "We're excited to have
a piece of him that can't be replicated, and
we intend to take it on tour with our other
unusual items. We are confident that this will
be our most enterprising advertising campaign
to date with the Captain on board." |
