Last week, we examined the period in 1969 when, after more than a decade of faithful service, Bill Shatner bid a fond farewell to his beloved "Jim Kirk lace". Pointing to a moving performance of "It was a Very Good Year"on the the Mike Douglas Show, we asked whether the lyrics to that song contained a subtext in which Bill Shatner was reflecting upon his hair-loss and his beloved toup.
Well, reader "Unanimous" took it one step further, coming up with a wonderfully poetic set of alternative lyrics:
When I was seventeen
I still had very good hair
I still had very good hair that would stand up well
Under studio lights
However bright
They might have been
When I was seventeen
When I was twenty-one
I still had pretty good hair
I still had pretty good hair, though fewer curls
Didn't yet need to wear
A rug to keep my career
From coming undone
When I was twenty-one
When I was thirty-five,
I didn't have such good hair
I didn't have such good hair for leading man roles
In films and TV
A toup was necessary
To keep my image alive
When I was thirty-five
But now the toup is short
Or are they transplants up there?
And when I think of my piece from vintage Trek
The fine old lace
Captain Kirk wore in space
So his scalp wasn't bare
That was some very good hair
And now either he or someone else (let us know!) has produced a video, subtitled with these very lyrics:
All of us at the William Shatner School of Toupological Studies and its public information department Shatner's Toupee applaud such creativity. As we've suggested here many times, Bill Shatner's toupee offers the prospect of everything from personal redemption, to artistic flourishing, to world peace to those who chose to study and be inspired by its true meaning!
