When news broke that the creators of Will & Grace sold a sitcom pilot to CBS based -- of all things! -- on a Twitter feed called Shit My Dad Says, it rocked the Hollywood firmament. Forget sitcoms about nothing. This was a sitcom about less than nothing -- borne out of 50 odd tweets, allegedly transcribed by the live-at-home son of a salty old-timer with a functional knowledge of 21st Century pop culture and a flair for kvetchy philosophizing. (Here's our FAQ on the subject.) But who could serve lines like, "I like the dog. If he can't eat it, or f*ck it, he pisses on it. I can get behind that" with just the right cocktail of lovable fuddyduddyness and a dash of bitters? How about William Shatner.
The Emmy-winning Boston Legal star has signed on to star as the dad, THR reports, satisfying the casting contingency and putting the series, final title pending, into production. Will Shatner's penchant for hamminess sink the sitcom-ready material? Will the unfortunate yet seemingly inevitable phrase "My Dad Shat" figure prominently in marketing? Will George Takei guest star? Will Takei's wildly popular character eventually being spun off into Shit My Gay Neighbor Says? Stay tuned...
ยท William Shatner in Shit My Dad Says [THR]