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William Shatner on Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos and Space Travel I Fly on the Wall

June 14, 2023 / 03:27

This episode covers Jason Ehrlich's proposal for a space trip with Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos's involvement, and the experience of going to space.

The conversation begins with producer Jason Ehrlich discussing his past work on the series "Better Late Than Never" and how he suggested a space trip to the host. Ehrlich emphasizes the excitement of the opportunity, despite initial reluctance from the host.

The discussion shifts to the visit to Amazon's headquarters in Seattle, where they encounter various Star Trek memorabilia and Jeff Bezos. The host shares his thoughts on the significance of the trip and the unexpected nature of being selected for a space flight.

As the conversation progresses, the host reflects on the thrill of weightlessness and the implications of going to space. He expresses skepticism about the attention he would receive compared to more prominent figures.

The episode concludes with a light-hearted exchange about the experience and the unexpected excitement that comes with such an adventure.

TL;DR

Jason Ehrlich discusses a space trip with Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos's involvement, highlighting the thrill and unexpected attention of the experience.

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two years ago
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a young producer who produced uh better
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late than never a series that went on
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went around the world run away with with
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some great guys and it was very
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successful but it was too expensive then
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it were canceled after two years so this
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guy Jason Ehrlich was the the producer
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of it so he says to me one day you know
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blue origin is going to send a spaceship
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up there and uh they're going to get uh
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passengers and you should go and I said
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Jason nobody
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why would I want to go I don't need to
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go I don't need to go I've got [ __ ] to
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do yeah exactly I got I got interviews
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to me he goes it's 12 minutes you're
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like okay everyone's got 12 somewhere so
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uh he says no they we really really
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would so he calls Seattle calls them and
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they say great idea come on up so we fly
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up to Seattle and we enter the lobby of
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of Amazon which is a giant room filled
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with Star Trek paraphernalia oh wow
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unbelievable number the spaceship itself
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the Enterprise itself is in a big glass
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globe and people flock there and men and
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there comes Jeff Bezos hey Jeff and we
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take pictures around the city the
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Enterprise then we sit down at the table
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and they say oh yeah that's you know
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it's a that's a really cool idea so we
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leave Seattle thinking Hmm and I'm
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thinking well I suppose uh you know go
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up in a space
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covid hits a year goes by and nothing
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happens and then they call and they said
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you know Jeff is going to go up
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uh that's what we hear
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so uh Jason Ehrlich says well maybe Jeff
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will pick you newbie is uh I don't know
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Sadie Hawkins a lovely lady and he picks
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a very young guy and that those so now
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they go up and I said to Jason you see
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somebody
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and then he cares about me nobody cares
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about it so now they announce the second
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vehicle is going to go up and Jesus in
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the second film and and I said listen
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that's like the vice president you know
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no you they want the president the
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president went up the vice president
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never appears you know I'm not going to
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go I don't need to go too much trouble
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around the desert I read with they call
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Chad or would you like to go
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I'm thinking you know
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space
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I like that I like it weightlessness
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what's this space yeah no no Pilots we
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don't you know press a button like a
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ride maybe they'll need a pilot yeah
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you were trying to take over if it sucks
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I could get voice commands all right uh
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I agree to go based on the thrill of
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going up it's purely and only yeah to my
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mind
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nobody's going to pay any attention they
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weren't going to obey any attention to
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begin with second shot forget about it
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just oh no
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is going into space it was so big I mean
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if who who knew I could have predicted
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it but I I know from your point of view
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yeah if I had called you if you just
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said call me I'll tell you what it's
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gonna be like but no you kept your
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silence and what and what did I know

Episode Highlights

  • A Journey to Space
    After much hesitation, the producer agrees to go to space, driven by the thrill.
    “It's purely and only...”
    @ 02m 53s
    June 14, 2023

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  • Meeting Jeff Bezos01:18
  • Space Adventure03:05

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