MUSIC FROM SPACE: William Shatner - ROCKET MAN

A few minutes of absolutely exquisite awfulness for a lazy Sunday... William Shatner's dramatic performance of Elton John's Rocket Man, introduced by none other than Bernie Taupin, the man who co-wrote it.

This clip has been endlessly parodied (most notably by Chris Elliot and Family Guy,) but no parody can hope to top the original for sheer, surreal awesomeness. Here Shatner seems to be doing his own Shatner impression, amping up the self-importance and dramatic... pauses... to a ridiculous... new level.

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