William Shatner made an appearance on Oprah.

Today, William Shatner boldly went where he’d never been before, The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shatner was featured as one of Oprah’s ‘TV icons’ series. The show also included Happy Days’ Fonzie, Henry Winkler and soap opera singing sensation Rick Springfield (who was also Zac on the original Battlestar Galactica). No big news (besides seeing Shatner using a cane) and no questions about the new movie, but was still interesting to see Shatner in this environment.

John Tenuto’s article on Shatner’s appearance continues. Watch the video in its entirety here.

It was an endearing appearance.

Shatner’s “Star Trek” and “Boston Legal” successes are well known. He has had success in music with his 2004 album, “Has Been.” Here’s another side of William Shatner: his appearance on the Tonight Show performing “Common People” (from “Has Been”) with Joe Jackson and Ben Folds. “Common People” is a cover of a Pulp song and this is a performance as indescribable as it is compelling.