Check out some vintage video clips with William Shatner: a 1966 interview(1) on the set of Star Trek, a 1980's commercial(2) for Commodore Computers, and a spoken word rendition(3) of Rocket Man from 1978.

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92-07M_g8zI
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUEI7mm8M7Q&NR=1
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3MGN899yE