Watch William Shatner's Spoken Word Performance of "It Was a Very Good Year" 6.20K Matt Toder 12/31/10 04:15PM Filed to: Retro Retro William Shatner 2011 it was a very good year mike douglas The mike douglas show TV Video We're all well aware of William Shatner's love for performing pop hits in a goofy spoken word style, his "Rocket Man" is legend. Here's his performance of "It was a Very Good Year" from the Mike Douglas Show in 1969.[Boing Boing]