Magical Musical Halloween 1983: William Shatner, "The Raven"

[MaximumRD]

SPOCK!!!!!!!

[flynntheman90]

Its terrible but i can't help but imagine every sentence ending with--- Mr Spock

[kaylenfalse]

THIS EXISTS! YES!!! I'm doing my English homework and thinking, "William Shatner would be excellent at reading 'The Raven.'" And here it is.... That's amazing.

[RialtosAnonymous1]

Are You All Fucking Retarded?!?!? The Simpsons Are You Serious?!?!?

You Can't See The Real Fucking Genius Here, Edgar Allen Poe!!!

This Poem Is Incredible And So Is All The Mans Other Work What A Legend Indeed.

(I Can't Believe I Had To Make A Dam youtube Account To Give This Poem The Respect It Truly Deserves!)

[cyberlord64]

@RialtosAnonymous1 No you are. People may have heard this on simpsons but subconciously the words they heard awoken enough curiosity in them to bother look this up. And yet here you are. Acting like a smartass. Don't fool yourself. Judging by your responce i can tell that you can't see the "Real Fucking Genious" either. Climb down from your pedestal man

[vashydana]

@RialtosAnonymous1  yes, yes they are. but the intelligence level of people lately isnt past yesterday ;-)

[BigFatAl666]

How can you not LOVE Bill Shatner? This reading is really well done. 

[BarryDennen12]

This is brilliant. But I love the Raven; Christopher Walken does it great, and so did James Earl Jones (even though that was as a part of the Simpsons).

[FireCrash112]

The only one to decide who's miscast when reading Poe would be Poe. And actually I like this one.

[greenpinkflowerpot]

hoho, he got paid for this????

[redheadedgolem]

This was the show that gave us Jermaine Jackson teaming up with Devo.

[dorodevil]

i love the guy, but he´s miscast here...

[radiootoo]

Vincent Price

[stompyhollo]

I met Fred Travelina back in the 80's. Stupidly, I called him Jay Leno... Years later I saw him doing impressions on a cruise ship. Then I heard he had died and it was kind of sad...

Now Shatner, my first and last paid acting jobs were both with Bill...

[drummerboi415]

lols, hje left out a line, its it goes ah, distinctly i remember it was in the bleak december... then you continue eagerly i wished the morrow - vain had sought to borrow...

[mxwllrnld]

Nice tan.

[sinatrabooth89]

I like Shatner's reading better than that of James Earl Jones.

[libraryjim59]

Ugh, the scariest thing was the commercial at the beginning!

[fenrig13]

Too bad he botched several lines. Poetic license not valid when reciting the works of Poe.

[losermonster]

Ah, he's Canadian so it's hard to trash talk him but...he's ruining The Raven!!! It sounded promising at first but he was leaving out one, two lines at a time! That just won't do!

[SirNewerbeg]

Denny Crane!

[loveacarrot]

I love it

[circeannumber6]

May that man live forever...

[midgyman]

wow, that is truly awful. try the vincent price version, or even the simpsons version. Better yet, read the poem yourself.

[Dunkleosteus9]

Wasn't he a politician in some 70s show episode? He wanted to be defamed in order to lose the election on purpose.

[Zabimaru1221]

who else decided to search up this poem because they saw a simpsons halloween special about it?

[cyberlord64]

@Zabimaru1221 I did!!!

[lauripolla]

@Zabimaru1221 I dont need a simpsons episode to find a beautiful poem

[WolfGirl4455]

u ruined it man, 

[Cyb3rHyp3r]

*Scottish accent* Dammit Jim!, You're a captain not a poet!

You ruined it man!... Shoulda just stayed on the Enterprise making out with green women!

[sweeneytoddlovea]

dude its never more!!!!!!! why must you ruin it shatner!?!!

[Engage777]

Well, it's no Rocket man, but....*golf clap*

[graziepeppa]

I love it all too much!

Shatner, my muse-man. <3

[StephyC]

Lol. Hmm it's ok if you don't watch the video. The camera panning does nothing to add atmosphere.

[flowmytea]

How come Shatner never sought political office? I'd love to watch debates & speeches in his bizzare ham. Shatner for president!

[mccartybh]

@flowmytea

Sadly, if you're wishing Shatner to run for US president, it can't happen. William Shatner is Canadian by birth, thus disqualifying him to run for the office of President. But I bet he'd give one hell of a State of the Union speech : )

[sweeneytoddlovea]

nevermore

[sweeneytoddlovea]

isnt it nevermore

[petrovskification]

lol!