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And if you’re planning to cook a deep-fried turkey this holiday season, watch this very funny short video starring William Shatner. It takes a humorous look at man’s arrogance when it comes to frozen poultry and peanut oil. (The safety-suit-clad firefighters are a nice touch. The CGI flames on Shatner’s arm? Purposely ridiculous.)
Actually, it’s no joke. According to an article at Insurance.com, Butterballs may become fireballs and cause serious injury and/or major damage. The piece notes that deep-fryer fires cause more than $15 million in property damage each year.
Even though the video is very funny, please do take it — and the Insurance.com article — quite seriously.
That said: Who besides me has noticed that William Shatner has more fun playing William Shatner than just about anything else? I think we should introduce a new adjective for his artistic style. Shakespearean. Wagnerian. Shatnerian.
Would Shatnerian describe any performance wherein an actor plays himself but more so?
“John Malkovich put in a truly Shatnerian performance in Being John Malkovich. He was born to play this part.”
“The Shatnerian Neil Patrick Harris returns for a third time with Harold and Kumar this Christmas.”
I’d go on, but I can’t think of any other examples.
The whole deep-fry a turkey thing has always been a puzzlement to me. Isn’t it hard enough to haul the carcass of a a bloated 20-pound freak turkey out of the oven? Why add a vat of boiling oil to the chore?
SDXB used to join a group of mule riders out in the forest every Thanksgiving. This bunch would ride their critters into the sticks, laden with all the TG fixin’s and a bunch of turkey deep fryers. They’d deep-fry the turkeys, party, and then camp over the weekend.
Imagine the forest fire an exploding Butterball could create…hmmmm….
My brother-in-law tried this one year at our house, and we had a circle burned into our grass well into the next summer! Although it was delicious!!
My SIL actually built a fryer onto her home patio if you can believe that. She was so proud of the turkey that came out of it every TG although most of us were suspicious of deep fried turkey and still are. Years later, the fryer’s still there and so is her house. I love William Shatner. One of the reasons I go to Priceline is to see Bill’s ads 🙂
In south Louisiana, fried turkey for the holidays is like a given. I’m terrified of doing it myself, though, so I buy it already cooked.
LOVED the video! Shatner is so awesome, and I totally agree, he seems to really enjoy perpetuating that over-the-top caricature — all I know is that I enjoy watching him do it! He’s a hoot!
I think he should take over the Naked Gun series from the late Leslie Nielsen. After all, he WAS T.J. Hooker!
The best head start for the holiday shopping is holding a line at walmart for black friday.
William Shatner in the Naked Gun series…I like that! I think he be great for that part
Shatner, Deep fried turkey, $100 Amazon card — this posting has it all!
Thanks for the link — harbor such affection for that guy and didn’t even realize how funny he was until “the Big Giant Head” days on “Third Rock.” Such a brilliant suggestion for the Naked Gun series.
Shatnerian. Can we call your writing style Freedmanerian?
@Paula: I prefer the more dignified “Freedmanic.”
Just bought a Butterball Turkey Deep-Fryer that sits on the kitchen counter. It’s electric and much safer. The downside is it only holds a 14 lb bird. So I’m making two! There was another one next to it at Lowe’s which I swear should have had a label, “Want to burn your house down? Choose this one!”
@Glenn G. Millar: Ha! And offer a free fire extinguisher with each purchase.
AND Shatner is 80…and seems to be as “sharp as a tack” without taking himself too seriously. A breath of fresh air in today’s society!
OMG I love Shatner and I love deep fried turkey. My two loves, now together, lol.