Shatner was teased for treating each individual word as a sentence . That's what this joke is about. Shatner, though I don't like him much now, did have a sense of humour about being parodied...he has, or had, the grace to laugh at himself. That's one good thing.

I LOVED the new movie - and sis and I were hard-boiled Trekkies for the original series!

In the new movie - seeing the Enterprise as a NEW ship - I was nudging Norman and saying, "Isn't she BEAUTIFUL??!"