LF: Official What's Sarah Wearing Thread : Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin spars with William Shatner on 'Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'

Title: Official What's Sarah Wearing Thread : Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin spars with William Shatner on 'Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'
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Published: Dec 12, 2009
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Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin spars with William Shatner on 'Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'

Originally Published:Saturday, December 12th 2009, 2:54 AM
Updated: Saturday, December 12th 2009, 1:35 PM

Sarah Palin traded comedic jabs with William Shatner on 'The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.'

NBC

Sarah Palin traded comedic jabs with William Shatner on 'The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.'

"Going Rogue" author and former GOP VP hopeful Sarah Palin has a sense of humor after all - maybe.

The former Alaskan governor showed up on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" to trade barbs - of sorts - with actor William Shatner.

The iconic "Star Trek" captain has made several appearances on the late-night talker in recent months, mocking Palin's speeches and tweets via her Twitter page by reading them as beat poetry.

Friday night had the 78-year-old Emmy winner parodying Palin's recent tome, "Going Rogue."

"I looked down to see the moose's eyeballs lying in his palm, still warm from the critter's head," Shatner said, her book open in his hands.

Palin, who has been touring the country to promote her book, came out on stage and turned the tables - making poetry out of lines from the original Captain Kirk's 2008 autobiography, "Up Till Now."

"My whole being resonated with incredible feeling that I was going to go visit with an elephant, on a starless, moonlit night in Africa," Palin said, Shatner's book in her lap. "And I was going to visit that elephant in my underwear."

The gag scored laughs, and both Shatner and Palin departed the stage holding hands.

"It's good to finally see those two together," Conan quipped afterwards.

I actually watched last night and was surprised at the warm reception Palin received in the leftwingnut den. Of course, a reasonable person might suspect warnings were issued about rudeness being unacceptable and the penalty expulsion.