explains in the book shatners overthetop priceline character i will get you a great deal led tv producer david e kelley to cast him as denny crane the aging litigator on boston legal and the practice a role that earned him two emmy awards and a golden globe but pushing the envelope has also cost shatner take his memorable performance of tambourine man on the tonight show shatners spokenword rendition of bob dylans famous song baffled johnny carson and the audience shatner said he saw carson mouth the words what the f after the performance it bothers shatner that it flopped he meant it as part of a twosong performance piece about drugs you need to hear the two pieces he said but they dont want me to do two pieces they want me to do one so i do mr tambourine man what the hell is he doing people thought because they dont get it in context william shatner does queens bohemian rhapsody now bravely shatner is releasing a new spokenword album called seeking major tom a musical voyage that imagines what happens after the david bowie song space oddity on it he also intones the lyrics to queens bohemian rhapsody i dont sing the way freddie mercury sings bohemian rhapsody but im an actor and i love the spoken word he said i love the musicality of the word and i love the rhythm of the word and so in a way speaking can become musical iambic pentameter he is serious theres a record that you might laugh at but i dont mean you to laugh at he said but its on the edge in fact its so on the edge that some people will laugh at it mock it to the extent that this shatner is a joke ill join in he said but he quickly added sitting taller in the saddle this is me right here on this horse click here for more stories and video from nightline