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Captain James T. Kirk has been added to the bridge of Chicago’s all-hands-on-deck bid to try to woo Amazon to build its second headquarters here, say aldermen who saw the city’s pitch video.
On Wednesday morning, City Council committee chairmen and other aldermen whose wards include potential sites for Amazon’s HQ2 were treated to a private screening of the presentation that city officials will make to the company.
William Shatner, the hammy actor who played the confident, daring Starfleet captain in the original “Star Trek” TV series and movies, does the narration. That’s an attempt to curry favor with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who’s a rabid fan of the franchise and even appeared as a heavily made-up alien in last year’s “Star Trek: Beyond.”
Mayoral spokesman Grant Klinzman said the city economic development agency World Business Chicago is picking up the tab for the presentation. He declined to discuss how much Shatner was paid for the voice work, or other costs of the presentation.
Unfortunately, the video is still under wraps. I’ll post it if it ever surfaces.
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 9:37 am
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Logical.
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 9:42 am
William Shatner is scheduled to be on “Dad’s Home State” working with the main character “Bruce” on new costume ideas to boost the popularity of “Bruce”.
It’s a light episode.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 9:52 am
Set phasers to “fun.”
Hopefully, he doesn’t do “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “Rocket Man,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” or any of his other hits.
Links not posted to for fear of a lifetime ban.
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 9:53 am
Chicago is really Kling-ing-on to Amazon HQ2 hopes, huh?
PS. I’m here all week..
Comment by ughhh Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 9:53 am
Set phasers to stun.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 9:53 am
Dang it Word.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 9:54 am
Good thing Bezos is not a fan of the Godfather franchise, that’s more up Rahm’s alley.
Comment by Swift Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 10:11 am
They boldly went to where no promotional video has gone before.
Comment by Montrose Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 10:13 am
Clever. Know your audience. +1
Comment by Ghost Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 10:13 am
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Don’t tease.
Comment by A guy Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 10:19 am
Live long and proper.
Comment by Chicago 20 Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 10:34 am
Nice, subtle touch, that.
Question of the Day suggestion: Adapting McCoy’s “I’m a doctor, not a X” to Illinois, what would Madigan’s or Rauner’s version be?
Comment by Northsider Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 10:49 am
The lede threw me, I thought Mark Kirk was leading the charge. “We are a bro with no HQ”.
Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 11:08 am
“Dammit Jim, I’m a rich kid from Wilmette, not a leader”
Comment by SammyG Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 11:09 am
I don’t know why, but this just seems like the right time to post this:
https://youtu.be/KXWEM4gZhg4
Comment by AC Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 11:58 am
“Beam Amazon up, Scotty.”
Comment by G'Kar Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 12:21 pm
Throw in some Romulan ale and it’s a done deal.
Comment by Generic Drone Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 1:54 pm
Genius
Comment by Shytown Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 2:47 pm
I wish them the best in their “Enterprise”.
Comment by Often Blocked by Rich Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 3:02 pm
Unfortunately, when Rahm ordered his team to “get a $&@#%+% little Enterprise” for the big day, meaning a classy scale model, they returned with a Mitsubishi Mirage from Enterprise Rentacar.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 3:40 pm
So much for the confidential screening………
Comment by Deni Thursday, Oct 26, 17 @ 5:03 pm
We have pocket gophers and chipmunks but no tribbles.
Comment by cc Friday, Oct 27, 17 @ 3:56 am