Denny Crane!

As you all know by now, I'm a huge fan of William Shatner. Obviously I first became aware of the Shat as Captain Kirk in Star Trek, but I was also a fan of him because of TJ Hooker, which also starred Heather 'be thy name' Locklear. In fact, Hooker and I share the same initials, which I think was a stunning piece of forethought on the part of my parents. Go Mum and Dad!

The man is a genius.

Don't believe me?


"IT'S A CHEVY VAN" is my new favorite catchphrase, although it did piss Marcosy off a fair bit when we walked past the Chevy stand at the London Motor Show the other week and I JUST. KEPT. SAYING. IT.

Anyway, I'm off to a wedding-party thing on Wednesday night (do you think I can get away with jeans and a wifebeater?), and the Shat has once again come through as a major influence on my life, courtesy of his new show Boston Legal, which I've been watching a bit too much of recently.

Yes, I shall be dancing like this:


Though truth be told, probably not with James Spader.

And if you haven't seen Boston Legal, it's just like Ally McBeal but without Ally McBeal or the CGI fantasy sequences, and it's generally a bit dull unless Shatner and Spader are onscreen; when they are it's just sublime TV. Shatner's character just randomly says his name all the time, a habit I think I might take up...

Denny Crane!