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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jon Dennis

It's no good Jim, I'm cracking up

font size=1>Oh well, at least it wasn't Candle in the Wind

A couple of months ago, I wrote a devastatingly satirical blog about William Shatner's pop career. The music-buying public clearly had an even keener appetite for satire, however, as they bought Captain Kirk's version of Pulp's Common People in their thousands, propelling it into the charts.

Now i-am-bored.com has unearthed another gem: his rendition of Elton John's Rocket Man. Not a dry eye in the house as Shatner splits into three (oh yes) and gets jiggy with a ciggy.

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