Back in the late 60s, William Shatner
Then about ten years later, Shatner performed this video rendition of "Rocket Man," in similar style. Shatner, in a tux, idly smoking a cig, and stiffly enunciating:
"She packed my bags.... last night, pre-flight...... zero hour, nine A.M....... And I'm gonna be hiiiiiiiigh........... [eerie music: Woooooo-eeeeeee-ooooooooh!] as a kite by then..."
And from there on, it only gets worse. Much worse. Multiple images of Shatner onscreen... one, idly smoking a cigarette... the other, gesticulating and stiffly enunciating: "And I think it's... gonna BE... a long, long TIME..."
Not singing. Enunciating. Stiffly.
Yes... yes... "To boldly go where no Elton John has gone before!"
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One can only ask why.
ReplyDeleteOf course, as an amateur of economics, I know why: Shatner thinks there's a market for it out there, somewhere. How could he imagine such a thing?
The most plausible explanations, drugs and booze, are inconsistent with the rest of what we know about him. Which leaves only one other possibility: the Klingons finally got him.
Willie, we hardly knew ye.
If one visits the archives at Portal of Evil (caution! often not work-safe), one will find that the "People" category is divided into five subcategories: General, Insane, Losers, Shatner, and Teenagers.
ReplyDeleteYes, William Shatner merits his own subcategory at Portal of Evil.
What was it that Hillary was saying about the Internet's needing a "gatekeeper"?
ReplyDeleteWhy am I put in mind of that?