William Shatner used his legendary beat poetry performance skills to interpret Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's resignation speech on "The Tonight Show."
Shatner always preferred solo dramatic readings to his roles on "Star Trek" and "TJ Hooker," best evidenced by his legendary reading of Elton John's "Rocket Man" on a 70s awards show.
Rock it, man.
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-04/1time%20red%20o%27neill%20platoon%201200.jpg?itok=w-2J41Bh "John C. McGinley as Sgt. O'Neill in Oliver Stone's "Platoon." (Orion Pictures)")