Addendum, which I will make a new comment, because I fear an edit would get lost. If http://www.videosift.com/video/Rocket-Man-is-Real was worthy of discussion, how could this not just immediately be seen as a dupe: it's a much clearer case.

wow.
i wonder if he did a cover of 'Rocket Man' as well.

so i could watch this, and Shatner, and see which one
makes me feel more like i just ate peyote.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'shatner, keep it gay, rocket, tambourine' to 'shatner, nice, tux, rocket, man, elton, john, bernie, taupin, tambourine, keep it gay' - edited by my15minutes

hey papple? i gave you an upvote for the attempt, sure.

but this one, is very much a dupe.

http://www.videosift.com/video/William-Shatners-Singing-Career

alternate footage, even...

http://www.videosift.com/video/I-Found-It-The-Original-Shatner-Rocket-Man

but keep trying. just think of slightly more obscure stuff, at first. and search well, before you go to the trouble of embedding & describing it.

After further review, I don't think it gets much better than that.

Thanks.



In reply to this comment by youdiejoe:
The honor would be mine! please do.

In reply to this comment by silvercord:
Mind if I embed your YouTube version instead??

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In reply to this comment by youdiejoe:
Today is the 30 year anniversary of this performance. If you check my blog you will find a first generation copy of this historical document. Also my YouTube post of this vid is getting pounded today as it was FARKED

The honor would be mine! please do.

In reply to this comment by silvercord:
Mind if I embed your YouTube version instead??

Sc

In reply to this comment by youdiejoe:
Today is the 30 year anniversary of this performance. If you check my blog you will find a first generation copy of this historical document. Also my YouTube post of this vid is getting pounded today as it was FARKED

Mind if I embed your YouTube version instead??

Sc

In reply to this comment by youdiejoe:
Today is the 30 year anniversary of this performance. If you check my blog you will find a first generation copy of this historical document. Also my YouTube post of this vid is getting pounded today as it was FARKED

Today is the 30 year anniversary of this performance. If you check my blog you will find a first generation copy of this historical document. Also my YouTube post of this vid is getting pounded today as it was FARKED

http://www.videosift.com/video/I-Found-It-The-Original-Shatner-Rocket-Man
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4914955612284240990&vt=lf&hl=en

You're supposed to take the gnome and put it in the missile with lamarr. It's an Achievement. "Little Rocket Man" I believe.

woah. thanks for the awesome list !

qruel

In reply to this comment by meow:
Here you go:
Drama King
Star Wars Kid
Numa Numa
Back Dorm Boys
Napster Bad
Winnebago Guy Mad
Bert is Evil^
Goatse (WIKI, not direct link)
Jib Jab
G.I. Joe
You're The Man Now Dog
Spongemonkies Like the Moon
Superbowl is Gay
Ask a Ninja
Average Homeboy
LonelyGirl^
House of Cosby
Chad Vader
Ze Frank^
Lazy Sunday
Kid from Brooklyn
Bubb Rubb
George Lucas in Love
Kramer
Myspace the Movie
Chuck Norris List^
Geriatric
Kiss You Guy^
Kubrick Audition
Leroy Jenkins
Homestar Runner
Grape Stomp Lady
Paris Hilton (Wiki)
All Your Base
Diet Coke and Mentos
OK Go
Shining Trailer Remix
Sneezing Baby Panda
Dick in a Box
Rocketboom Amanda
Yacht Rock
Sn
akes on a Plane / 2
Angry German Kid
Otters Holding Hands
Daxflame
Bride Cutting Hair
Colbert Disses President
Little Superstar Moves
Lightning Bolt LARPers
Kelly Likes Shoes
Tom Cruise Shocks Oprah
Weird Al - White and Nerdy
K-Fed Popozao
George Washington
Ashlee Simpson
Boom Goes the Dynamite
Lily Tomlin in a Fight
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Christmas Lights
Shatner Sings Rocketman
Evolution of Dance
Chocolate Rain
Zombie Kid Likes Turtles

Appendix (not referenced in video):
Will it Blend^
Badger Badger Badger
Kenya
Gonads and Strife
Hamster Dance
And anything from Albino Blacksheep's popular flash videos.

Here you go:
Drama King
Star Wars Kid
Numa Numa
Back Dorm Boys
Napster Bad
Winnebago Guy Mad
Bert is Evil^
Goatse (WIKI, not direct link)
Jib Jab
G.I. Joe
You're The Man Now Dog
Spongemonkies Like the Moon
Superbowl is Gay
Ask a Ninja
Average Homeboy
LonelyGirl^
House of Cosby
Chad Vader
Ze Frank^
Lazy Sunday
Kid from Brooklyn
Bubb Rubb
George Lucas in Love
Kramer
Myspace the Movie
Chuck Norris List^
Geriatric
Kiss You Guy^
Kubrick Audition
Leroy Jenkins
Homestar Runner
Grape Stomp Lady
Paris Hilton (Wiki)
All Your Base
Diet Coke and Mentos
OK Go
Shining Trailer Remix
Sneezing Baby Panda
Dick in a Box
Rocketboom Amanda
Yacht Rock
Sn
akes on a Plane / 2
Angry German Kid
Otters Holding Hands
Daxflame
Bride Cutting Hair
Colbert Disses President
Little Superstar Moves
Lightning Bolt LARPers
Kelly Likes Shoes
Tom Cruise Shocks Oprah
Weird Al - White and Nerdy
K-Fed Popozao
George Washington
Ashlee Simpson
Boom Goes the Dynamite
Lily Tomlin in a Fight
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Christmas Lights
Shatner Sings Rocketman
Evolution of Dance
Chocolate Rain
Zombie Kid Likes Turtles

Appendix (not referenced in video):
Will it Blend^
Badger Badger Badger
Kenya
Gonads and Strife
Hamster Dance
And anything from Albino Blacksheep's popular flash videos.

Find a working substitute for Shat's rocketman. Why is this being pulled from GooTube. This is fair use. Greedy bastards.
http://www.videosift.com/video/I-Found-It-The-Original-Shatner-Rocket-Man

Here's some other things to consider: first, it IS Bernie Taupin that introduces Shatner. I have never seen him anywhere else in my history. Although I haven't seen everything I think this is pretty rare.

Next, if you don't watch this video to the end you miss something special.

The following is from Wikipedia:

The song has been performed by many others (for example, Kate Bush) but arguably the most famous performance was in 1978, at a science fiction film awards ceremony, Bernie Taupin personally introduced William Shatner's unique interpretation of Rocket Man. Shatner's version utilized then-modern chromakey video techniques to portray simultaneously three different facets of the Rocket Man's character. A low-resolution video circulates on the Internet [1]. This performance has built up a cult following, and was parodied on the U.S. animated series Family Guy, Freakazoid, Futurama, Canadian CGI series ReBoot, as well as in the video for "Where It's At" by Beck.

All right, here's some background on this clip: Shatner is performing this interpretation of "Rocket Man" at the 1978 Science Fiction Awards.

I don't think it gets much better than this. Classic moments throughout. Enjoy!