Ahahahah! Bravo silvercord! Bravo!!!!!!!! Whooooooo!!!

...indeed...The Transformed Man....smoking like he wants to be Serge Gainsbourg!!

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!

If you look through the lexicon of last 30 years of pop culture this clip is at the base. Look for it here in the Beck video for "Where It's At" (if you can't wait, 2:24 in)

http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=21724

Wasn't this posted in the past?

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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.

Damnit i´ve watched it to the end and so what? Where´s my surprise?

Good god. Awesome.

o no!!! busted??!! Quick someone find a replacement!

*dead recommended replacements
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3MGN899yE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8hykRC_0Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUfkdIzXaws

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Isn't this so good that it's *terrible?

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This performance happened exactly 30 years ago today, on January 16 1978. In honor of this auspicious occasion I offer the following *promote.

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Reminds me of Zapp Brannigan singing Leela (L-e-e-l-a, leeeela).

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 If you check my blog you will find a first generation copy of this historical document.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

*promote. Shatner may be awful...awful entertaining!

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How the hell did we survive the 70's?

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You gotta appreciate the sheer balls it takes to make a version like this.

Much better quality here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY

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*promote for Mr. Shatner's birthday!

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