...it's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there...
Victor sent me a link to the most horrible thing I've ever seen on the internets. This is way worse than the drunk dog fucking video, which at least was funny. No, this one is so horrible I almost want to cancel my internet service and never go online again. Cuz if that's what the internets have come to, if that's the kind of awfulness we are now able to witness at the click of a button -- I mean the kind of stuff that should have been burned, buried and forgotten, never to see the light of day ever again, where it will damage the eyes and ears and brains of millions of innocent unsuspecting people -- well then I think this whole internets thing has gone too far.
If you dare, click on this YouTube link. But I must warn you, It is shockingly baaad, and even Victor admitted that he was physically unable to watch the entire thing. I did, and I will forever be sorry.
Awesome.
I haven't been this turned on since I saw goatse man and tub girl.
I'll be sure to save this one for those lonely nights.....
Posted by: Spanky on Jun. 7, 2006Did you save this especially for poetry day? Cuz that is genius man.
By the way, I think I wore that tux to prom that year.....except it was powder blue, of course.
Posted by: Pursuit on Jun. 7, 2006I tried to watch that twice today, and I couldn't make it all the way through either time. When the second Shatner shows up, my mind recoils in horror. Oh, the humanity!
Posted by: DBrooks on Jun. 7, 2006Absolutely! What they don't show in the video is Bernie Taupin attempting to hang himself backstage.
Posted by: annika on Jun. 7, 2006Well, it's not at the level of Stewie's rendition, but still, I liked it. The man is seriously underrated as an artist.
Posted by: KG on Jun. 7, 2006KG, I think you misspelled "undertalented." But thank you for the hint about Stewie's version, which can be found here.
Posted by: Victor on Jun. 8, 2006The dog gave a better performance, and was more believable...
Posted by: BobG on Jun. 8, 2006I get that there are many important things to take from this video, but am I the only one who noticed that he wasn't inhaling from the cigarette? He was CLEARLY faking it -- all the smoke came out the second he opened his mouth.
What a wuss. If you can't smoke, don't fucking pretend you're smoking.
Posted by: The Law Fairy on Jun. 8, 2006I see this as a parody to poetry reading beatniks, though he is a tad too self-effacing.
Notice the barely contained smirks at the end "And I think its going to be a long, long time."
To balance this spoof out, see if you can view the Twilight Zone that featured Shat as a mental patient coming home on a plane, who witnesses something going on with one of the engines...
Posted by: will on Jun. 8, 2006I dunno, Will. I think it's a dramatic interpretation, just like his version of Harry Chapin's Taxi.
(Yeah, it's pretty bad, too.)
Posted by: Victor on Jun. 8, 2006When they started the 3-part Shatner harmony I was stunned beyond belief.
Posted by: Stephen Macklin on Jun. 8, 2006lol, Law Fairy. Like Sinatra, many great singers don't inhale.
Posted by: annika on Jun. 8, 2006He redeemed himself here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEcMUMZMEaQ&search=shatner%20people
Sorry about my weak posting skills...
Posted by: TBinSTL on Jun. 8, 2006Love it or hate it I suppose. It's self parody of a sort that only people with a collosal ego seem to pull off effectively.
Count me among his fans despite his huge flaws.
Posted by: Desert Cat on Jun. 9, 2006I LOVE this video! I can't watch it without laughing like a freakin' hyena!
Posted by: Beth on Jun. 12, 2006