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...unmistakable cadence, William Shatner could make reciting the ingredients on a cereal box sound philosophical - or at least as if he thought they were. From his 1978 spoken-word rendition of Elton John's "Rocket Man" to his latest lyrical spoof of Sarah Palin's farewell speech on The Tonight Show, Shatner has proven himself to be the reigning master of self-mockery. TIME spoke with the Emmy Award-winning Star Trek icon turned Priceline pitchman about his off-camera relationship with Conan O'Brien, buying dinner for J.J. Abrams and why, when it comes to musical collaborations...
Your version of Sarah Palin's adieu to Alaska as beat poetry was so popular it even inspired an encore performance using the ex-Alaska Governor's tweets. How did the idea first come about? I had been on The Tonight Show a couple of weeks earlier telling a story, and then some papers tried to manufacture a feud between Conan and myself, which is, of course, ridiculous. So they called a few weeks later to do the Palin bit to solidify that we weren't feuding - the Conan O'Brien show and I are really good friends - and that...
...Just Eat In Tonight...
...have never known you to exhibit tumultuous or disorderly conduct. I certainly speak for myself and also, I trust, for all of AAAS, when I state that I believe your account of the events and support you in every way. Indeed, we are proud of you and rejoice that tonight you will receive acclaim by CNN for your scholarship and leadership in bringing knowledge of African and African American history and culture to a wide, even international public. We commend you for this, while also realizing that to be black in America brings painful situations such as what...
President Obama's news conference on July 22 is meant to be a foot on the accelerator of health-care reform, but all signs suggest that Capitol Hill is putting on the brakes. In the House, the Energy and Commerce Committee had expected to be finishing up its bill tonight; instead, the only one of the three health-related House committees that hasn't yet produced a bill has suspended its drafting sessions, while committee chairman Henry Waxman tries to work out his differences with a rebellious group of fiscally conservative Democrats known as the Blue Dogs...