06.18.09 SHATNER RULES

William Shatner was the second guest on “The Tonight Show” last night (he was originally supposed to be the first, but Kobe Bryant was a last-second booking, bumping Christopher Mintz-Plasse from the show), and the original Captain Kirk showed up bloated, red-faced, and shall we say — ahem — “out of sorts.”

About five minutes into the interview (clip below), Shatner tries to make the Vulcan salute and fails miserably (he had to tie his fingers together with fishing line to do it on the original Star Trek), and Conan rightfully mocks him.  That leads to Shatner giving Conan the finger, and Conan ends up on top of his desk, and… well, can I just say for the 300,000th time how wonderful it is that Jay Leno no longer hosts “The Tonight Show”?  Because I never want to stop being thankful for that.