The wonderful world of Shatner

Upon hearing this morning that William Shatner will join opera star Frederica von Stade in singing the theme from Star Trek at the Emmy Awards this month, we began to reflect on the whole Shatner phenomenon. Where would Shatner be without those old Priceline commercials? They launched one of the weirdest celebrity comebacks in history. As Fametracker puts it, “Shatner’s had ten careers. He’s had twenty. He’s had entire careers before breakfast. You could tell your life story twice in the time it would take him to tell the story about that one time he pantsed DeForrest Kelley.