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William Shatner Discovers Poetry In Sarah Palin’s Nonsense


Did you see Sarah Palin’s goodbye speech? Neither did we! But we heard it was “special,” and that she even wrote it herself (which explains everything). Here’s Star Wars hero Dr. Spock reciting Palin’s mumbo-jumbo, with bongo accompaniment! [Conan O'Brien]


12:40 PM on Tue July 28 2009
By Ken Layne
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  1. I think I need a deadpan “Drill, baby drill” right about now.

  2. Dunno who I love more, Conan or Shatner. Damn, if Conan ain’t a tall drink of water, though.

  3. widget09 says at 12:45 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Hey Sarah…..STFU!!!!999!!!111

  4. user-of-owls says at 12:46 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Oh no, no, no…that had to be a dream. It was too perfect to be real.

  5. orange says at 12:46 pm, July 28th, 2009

    He’s the fatz.

  6. Uncle Bubba says at 12:47 pm, July 28th, 2009

    I’m still looking for Dr. Spock…

  7. V572625694 says at 12:48 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Shatner takes meta to new levels — quite able to laugh at himself, but still oozing self-regard. “Free Enterprise” is a very funny movie to some.

    Chances any Palinista would ever see this clip: asymptotically approaching zero.

  8. Whoa. I need 2 things right now. Shatner doing the full 20 minute speech like that, and a fat spliff.

  9. Bypartizoa says at 12:48 pm, July 28th, 2009

    This is a masterpiece! The funniest thing about it is that Shatner makes more sense than Palin. Also, too.

  10. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 12:52 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Oh man, that was Trig mouth-raping, A-Rod and Bristol-fucking, Levi cocksucking MADE OF AWESOME. And cue Snowbilly’s offended and wholly illiterate twats in 3…2…

  11. Bronkers says at 12:55 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Bypartizoa: Word. And more sonorously, too. Ol’ Bill looks sorta short and wide, but the man has a sense of humor that a certain snowbilly lacks. And, apparently, a lot more wisdom. Then again, and no bad cess on Mr. Shatner, Caribou Barbie sets the bar mighty low.

  12. DoctorCulturae says at 12:56 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Bypartizoa: Brilliant, but needs more time to cook. Nothing tops his Rocket Man.

  13. Mr Blifil says at 12:57 pm, July 28th, 2009

    For this Conan moved to Cali?

  14. KennedyAG says at 12:58 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Perfection!

  15. Lawndarts says at 12:58 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Love me some Shatner!

  16. Texan Bulldoggette says at 12:58 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Ha ha ha…that was 1:52 of awesome! Take that Snowbilly grifter!

  17. Gopherit says at 1:00 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Shatner can make any asshole sound like Emerson.

  18. jetjaguar says at 1:02 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Watch that video, and then this video: http://tinyurl.com/65tytr . It almost makes it all worth it.

  19. Bypartizoa says at 1:03 pm, July 28th, 2009

    “The Shat” is the shit!

  20. freakishlystrong says at 1:06 pm, July 28th, 2009

    I almost shat myself..

  21. the problem child says at 1:10 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Uncle Bubba: Stop looking. This is a logic-free zone.

  22. drpangloss says at 1:11 pm, July 28th, 2009

    I laughed, I cried, it was a perfect moment. Like the last episode of MASH or dramatic look hampster.

  23. Bypartizoa says at 1:11 pm, July 28th, 2009

    DoctorCulturae: Bronkers: Shatner has been able to walk that fine line of acting fooling without making a fool of himself.

  24. El Pinche says at 1:15 pm, July 28th, 2009

    I…loved it.

    Palin…Garbled……………………………………………..
    ……………………………………………………
    ……………………………………………………
    ………………………………..communications.

  25. Bypartizoa says at 1:18 pm, July 28th, 2009

    acting “foolish” that is

  26. Cape Clod says at 1:22 pm, July 28th, 2009

    And face it. While Shatner’s delivery was perfect, bongos make everthing better.

  27. Oh, Willy, you’re so fine!
    You’re so fine you make Sarah shine!
    Hey, Willy!

  28. worrierqueen says at 1:26 pm, July 28th, 2009

    We all stand on the shoulders of giants but only turtles stand on the shoulders of Sarah.

  29. jetjaguar: Wow. Fantastic. I love the way the conversation rises to the level of a junior high school council meeting (”Wait! We have to say ‘yea’!'”).

    “Is this the Indigo Girls?”
    “No, it’s the other one.”

  30. snideinplainsight says at 1:31 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Hey Shatne seems everything is funny to you.

  31. DoctorCulturae says at 1:31 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Bypartizoa: But with all the Palin fodder available imagine what it could be if they took more time to shape it as well as this (starting at c.0:30):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3MGN899yE
    Reinvented William Shatner career move #67.

  32. Leviathant says at 1:43 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Bill Shatner is a national treasure. He should open up for The Gonzales Cantata http://gonzalescantata.com

  33. norbizness says at 1:44 pm, July 28th, 2009

    If he can do a whole movie with Esperanto dialogue, he can crack this linguistic nut.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F77k6SQX7iQ

  34. Are you sure he didn’t play Dr. Who?

  35. KilgoreTrout_XL says at 1:55 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Haha, fucking Shatner. Awesome.

  36. Captain Kirk slammin’ atcha with words straight from the moose’s mouth.

  37. Lazy Media says at 2:03 pm, July 28th, 2009

    What? Did that fat Canadian just mouth-rape Our Sarah? Good for him.

  38. Crazybroad says at 2:18 pm, July 28th, 2009

    That was like Christmas, my birthday, and November 5, 2008 all rolled up into one.

  39. lawrenceofthedesert says at 2:19 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Darn, I missed it — NBC pulled the video as part of its wound-licking program. Some lawyer decided he didn’t want to be next in line for the GE guillotine. I’m sure that Shatner has learned the Leslie Nielsen Lesson well — and unlike Arnold Schwarzenegger’s, the comedy is intentional.

  40. ExecutorElassus says at 2:23 pm, July 28th, 2009

    lawrenceofthedesert: new ones come up as fast as the suits can knock them down. Keep looking.

    Jeezus, the Shat is walking performance art.

  42. FreshCliches says at 2:47 pm, July 28th, 2009

  43. Hah! I posted a link to this clip on my FB page before Wonkette did! Gettin’ kinda slow in that summer heat, are we, Ms. Wonkette?

  44. Crazybroad says at 2:57 pm, July 28th, 2009

    lawrenceofthedesert: You can go to NBC.com and get the clip all legal-like. They will even let you post it to FB, etc.

  45. facehead says at 3:16 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Shatner rules.

  46. doloras says at 5:11 pm, July 28th, 2009

    Shatner speaks Esperanto with an awful French accent, for some reason.

  47. Crazybroad: Yep, I went. Totally worth the trip. Jim Kirk–I adore you! And yes, he did make more sense than Palin.

  48. itgetter says at 9:03 pm, July 28th, 2009

    jetjaguar: Is that for realz? If so, I cannot believe that there are people out there who thought this woman was unqualified to be VPOTUS. She decided that crumb cake could be eaten during non-morning hours. MAVERICK! Also.

  49. Packherd says at 12:16 am, July 29th, 2009

    Arg! FU, NBC Universal!

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