My favorite storyline about Shatner was the prevailing one, at least the one I was reading, around 1975: that he was the coolest guy in the world, women swooned over him, and the cast all loved each other like family.
I'd be happier if that story had survived. But a handful of people who worked with him briefly had to become puffed-up, preening haters to supplement their own stalled careers.
Probably due to the conventions. People started to treat the supporting cast like rock stars and they started to believe it themselves.
Back on topic, as another poster noted doesn't The Galileo Seven kind of disprove the whole line counting thing?
