--- title: William Shatner Is Still Asking Us About Our Perfect Dates description: William Shatner partnered with Match.com to ask about a perfect date — just don't tell him it's April 25, á la 'Miss Congeniality.' canonical: https://time.com/5254772/william-shatner-perfect-date/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-25T21:15:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:26.491Z og:title: William Shatner Is Still Asking Us About Our Perfect Dates og:description: Just don't tell him it's April 25 this time og:url: https://time.com/5254772/william-shatner-perfect-date/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcd9f56382b031a6/69892eb022fb85d816e2570f/william-shatner-miss-congeniality.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: William Shatner And Sandra Bullock In 'Miss Congeniality' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: William Shatner Is Still Asking Us About Our Perfect Dates twitter:description: Just don't tell him it's April 25 this time twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcd9f56382b031a6/69892eb022fb85d816e2570f/william-shatner-miss-congeniality.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # William Shatner Is Still Out Here Asking Us About Our Perfect Date  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 25, 2018 9:15 PM UTC  William Shatner speaks into a microphone next to Sandra Bullock in a scene from the film 'Miss Congeniality', 2000\. (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images) William Shatner speaks into a microphone next to Sandra Bullock in a scene from the film 'Miss Congeniality', 2000\. (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images)Archive Photos—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 25, 2018 9:15 PM UTC [William Shatner](http://time.com/4633506/actors-musicians-crossover-bruce-willis/item/william-shatner/) wants to know about your perfect date. No, don’t tell him it’s April 25\. That joke, circulating once again thanks to the classic beauty pageant scene he acted in from 2000 movie [_Miss Congeniality_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212346/), has already been done. Instead, Shatner has partnered up with Match.com to help those looking for love find some [ideal romance](http://time.com/5254665/ben-platt-krasinski-blunt/). But he’s giving credit where it’s due: to Miss Rhode Island herself, of course. “Who knew that your response was going to turn into a national holiday? The perfect date, remember? Not too hot, not too cold, just bring a light jacket,” Shatner recites in an Instagram post publicizing his latest gig. To celebrate the everlasting power of that moment after nearly two decades, Shatner asked people to submit their own perfect date concepts. 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