Klugman Vs. Shatner

Here is our objective evaluation of two major icons: Jack Klugman and William Shatner. Please feel free to take notes.


Starship captaincy:

Shatner: 79 episodes of Star Trek, plus seven movies
Klugman: "Death Ship" in The Twilight Zone

Winner: Shatner, but only by a technicality

Positive Image of Law Enforcement

Shatner: TJ Hooker, playing a cop

Klugman: Quincy, playing a medical examiner 20 years before CSI


Winner: Klugman

Twilight Zone appearances:

Shatner - 2 (Nick of Time, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet)


Klugman - 4 (A Passage For Trumpet, A Game of Pool, Death Ship, In Praise of Pip).

Winner - Klugman

Sidekick

Shatner - Leonard Nimoy, annoying dude

Klugman - Tony Randall, not-so-annoying dude

Winner - Klugman

Head covering

Shatner - bad toupee


Klugman - hat

Winner - Klugman

Smells like:

Shatner - "lamb sausage" (according to James Spader)
Klugman - steak and bourbon, with a slight hint of Aqua Velva

Winner - Klugman

So, for all of you Shatner fans, although we admire his work, let's face it - he's no Jack Klugman.

Now go deal. Seriously.

Jack Klugman.

Our intention is to do for Jack Klugman what Zombie Tom does for brains.

Jack Klugman!

Jack Klugman!

You get the picture.

Coming Soon

In a future post, we will discuss Jack Klugman versus another pop culture icon, William Shatner.

Part of it is the behavior or Mr. Shatner's fans - let's face it, no self-respecting member of our church would call Mr. Klugman "the Klug", or refer to its members as "Klugmaniacs."

We will give Shatnerians the intellectual pimp-slapping they royally deserve.

A Deserved Honor

Jack Klugman from Carnegie Mellon.

O, Holy Day!

Now, we must eat soup.