I received an email from a friend of mine, George, who is currently touring New York. He said he saw the most bizarre thing just yesterday. He was going up an escalator and David Hasselhof was coming down on the other side. The sequence of events were, apparently, something to behold. George had this to say:
"...but the spiciest thing was that he was being such a fool - literally can-can dancing down the escalator, then jumping off and pretending he was a cop (like a child) - cupping his hands into a gun and pointing it at people at the bottom. Incredibly incredibly spicy."
Well, having actually visualised that, I am a complete mess. What is going through The Hoff's mind? This brings up a topic that I have been throwing around for a while now - Is The Hoff aware that we're all just really joking? Does he know that we're just pretending to be in awe of him?
I don't know if he does - take that escalator ride for example....
Nonetheless, I was talking to my muse, The G-Man, and he suggested another example of someone unaware of the teasing - William Shatner.
Shatters
The ex Star Trek hero has come a long way and sort of lost his footing a bit. There is definite humour attached to William Shatner presenting a show on TV - no matter how serious the content. G-Man mentioned William Shatner having an album out which was created in the 70's. Apparently he recorded himself speaking the lyrics to songs - rather than singing them. I knew there were a couple of websites left on the intraweb that I had not seen, and we did a little search for all things bright and shatner. We found what we were looking for. After we listened to him doing Mr. Tambourine Man, we found something quite extraordinary..
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy William Shatner's rendition of Elton John and Bernie Taupin's 'Rocketman'. The clip starts (quite seriously in those days) at the 1978 Sci-fi awards with Bernie Taupin presenting Shatner's apparent genius. Brace yourself - you have NEVER seen anything quite like this.
Don't say anything. Just turn your computer off and go home.
