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earlier this week you heard the smooth stylings of william shatner. a smooth rendition of sarah palin's farewell address. well last night on the "tonight show." >> alaska night, sensing summer already winding down with fire weed near full bloom finally sitting down to pen listening to big and rich. may it rain in juneau tonight. but consistent rain reminds us, no rain, no rainbow. >> william shatner with palin's tweets, everybody. and that is the mashup. tonight's newsmaker, president obama, he hosted what may be the highest profiled beer bash ever at the white house. so what did we learn from this teachable moment? >>> tonight's newsmaker, president obama, leader of the free world and tonight host of what was supposed to look like a casual beer, never mind that this happy hour with professor henry lewis gates and sergeant crowley and joe biden was watched around the world and has been talked about for nearly a week before anyone even took a sip. just minutes ago, sergeant crowley said that he and professor gates will meet again in the future. >> what

sp >>> speaking of sarah palin, william shatner is putting her words to poetry. he returned to conan o'brien to read palin's latest tweet the way conan says it was meant for you to hear. take a listen. >> god most creatively displays his diversity in alaska. tourists from across america, here loving their 49th state i'm reminded one heart, one hope, one destiny, one flag from sea to sea. >> think it's going to go to wax? >> it was funny one night. >> those are the things we thought you should know. one night is good, two nights pushing it. >> it was a funny bit. popped the numbers is they brought him back. should have left it alone. >>> the house of representatives leaves for its month-long august recess tomorrow. missing president obama's self-imposed deadline to pass a health care reform bill. but all eyes will be on the work of one house committee and whether it gives democrats and the obama administration some momentum on health care before the recess. >> let's get right to our next read on politics with the stories we'll be watching heading into tomorrow. ma

via william shatner. can i play this for you? >> god displays hiess most creative diversity in alaska. tourist across america, enjoying 49th. one hope, one destiny, one flag from sea to sea. >> those are actual tweets from sarah palin, turned into beat poetry. >> she's a poet. >> didn't know it. >> we're back, 2010 midterm elections setting up. they may seem far ahead but statistics don't hold well for this congress. whether we'll see a huge swing come 2010 if this keeps up. (announcer) before they give you the lowest price, some pharmacies make you work for it with memberships and fees. but not walmart. they have hundreds of generic prescription for just $4 for up to a 30-day supply or $10 for 90 days. save money. live better. walmart. "what do you mean homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods?" "a few inches of water caused all this?" "but i don't even live near the water." what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you. including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $119 a year. for an agent, call t

william shatner from vanderbilt university is one of the few experts who researched the bulb. >> another in florida, i suspect, if we had a dionly news lamp and could go around the united states, there would be cases now and then and in virtually every state. >> reporter: the manufacturers have warnings on the outside of the packaging but he thinks that is not enough. this is a symptom will fix and this is it. a type t bulb. it costs more but -- . >> if there is a crack in the outer shell, the light goes out. >> reporter: the fda said these reduce the risk inside gyms and put that message on its website a couple of years ago but apparently, some schools are still in the dark. >> we were lucky that it was the explosion was only for an hour. lucky that their eyes are back to normal. the pinellas county school district quickly replaced the type r bulbs with type ts which automatically shut off in every gym in the district so it won't happen again here, but -- . >> you know, you would hate for a 16- or 17-year-old kid to have eye problems the rest of their lives or some problem that may t go

i want to thank my guests, rainn wilson, rachel maddow, william shatner, andy richter, jimmy vivino and "the tonight show" band. stay-tuned for "late night with jimmy fallon." we'll e you torrow. bye, everybody, bye! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the lendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that was nice. the roots. that's nice. welcome, welcome, everybody. welcome to the show. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon." happy wednesday. it's almost thursday. [ laughter ] so excited former governor sarah palin, she's rumored to be interested in a new career as a talk radio host. it's a four-hour show but she'll be gone after two. [ laughter ] so, that's -- she says it's part of her deal. of course, you have to remember, radio host is now the most powerful position in the republican party. [ laughter ] "the

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. >> william shatner, he's a poet. he was on our show one time. he did the world news polka. he did the world news polka. there's a very funny clip of him and now he's doing sarah palin's going away speech on conan o'brien. >> soaring through nature's finest snow, denali the great one soaring under the midnight sun and then the extremes in the wintertime. it's sarah palin's exact words but done in shatner's way only he can possibly do. >> i love his voice so i'll listen to him on anything. >> we need to revive or resurrect the "world news now" polka. were you here when he did that? >> yes. >> was it funny? >> yes. >> good stuff. >> so now we sort of take a trip down the where are they now avenue. where are some of the people that we used to see so much of? first one we have to show you about, the jeremy tease oh so well is mr. kevin fedeine. federline used to be thin. ke a look at h h nimow. n >> some people chil m k-fat now.m >> i think this is even generous picture in terms of what we've seen. even his ex-girl friend is saying it's daddy weight, leave him alone. or scooter

. >> william shatner, he re-cre e re-created some things. >> while some mocked palin, others were sad to see her go. >> i love sarah palin. you have a former beauty queen and sportscaster who is in the role of dick cheney, and it's m mez ma rising. >>> number two, reality check. >> i want you to give me a hard time when we are 80 years old. >> just when a weary nation was in the mood for a good love story, along game bachelorette jillen. >> will marry me? >> absolutely. >>> a new low on reality tv? you make the call. >> can i see your face now. >> good, lord, that's number. >>> and then on tuesday, fox gave us more to love? >> do you know how to say kiss? do you want to show me? >> almost makes you long for "temptation island." and then the discussion of the week. >> and there is a discussion about he and i and the professor having a beer here in the white house. >> never has there been such a anticipation of this meeting at the white house. >> there will not be a lot of buzz about the conversation. >> i am going to with bud. >> the beer summit begins in eight hours. >> after a week o

yesterday we showed you william shatner on "tonight show" conan o'brien. here she monday night doing sarah palin's speech in the form of beat poetry. her farewell in fairbanks. a nice rendition. last night they brought him back. monday night was so good. this time shatner is reading actual excerpts from sarah palin's twitter feed. enjoy it. >> god most creatively displays his diversity in alaska. tourists from across america, here loving their 49th state, i'm reminded one heart, one hope, one definiteny, one flag from sea to sea. awesome alaska night. sensing summer already winding down with fire weed near full bloom finally sitting down to pen listening to big and rich. >> wow. >> big and rich. >> very good. cowboy. >> very good. >> from her twitter feed? >> from her twitter. so that's from sarah palin's twitter page. >> okay. >> i have great video here for you. you like slow-speed chases? >> sure. >> love them! they're not dangerous, right? >> there's a great twist here. watch this. sheriff deputies in utah got a call about a white car driving erraticall

>> -- with william shatner. have you seen it? it's going crazy on the web, all over the place. going viral, i think the kids call it. so, sarah palin in the long speech in alaska said some things that some have said were slightly off the wall. some people said they didn't know what she was talking about. well, bill shatner turned that speech into beat poetry. keep in mind as you listen to this, everything he's saying is verbatim from sarah palin's speech. she said all of this. here's shatner. ♪ >> soaring through nature's finest touch, the great one soaring under the midnight sun, and then the extremes in the wintertime. it's the frozen road that is competing with all of its frost frigid beauty. the cold, though, doesn't it split the chucacos from the sour doughs. in the summertime, such extreme, summertime, about 150 degrees hotter than just some months ago and then just some months from now. >> it all makes sense when shatner says it. it just flows, beautiful. poetry. >> i wish he had been there from the start for her. maybe things would be different. >> he's got a whole th