The effectiveness of the treatment is monitored throughout its duration
I remember seeing the late, great SNL legend Phil Hartman bring it up on a late night talk show sometime in the late 80s-early 90s, saying there was a videotape of it being passed around through his comedy buddies, but it didnt gain real notoriety until another comedy legend (that thankfully is still with us) Chris Elliot parodied Shatners spoken word spectacle on an episode of Late Night with David Letterman on June 12, 1992: Since then its also been targeted by Beck (from the 1997 video for Where its At): And Family Guy (And the Wiener is... S3E5, broadcast on August 8, 2001: Whats funny about these takes is that none of them really satirizes what Shatner did in his immaculate presentation of the iconic pop classic, they just do what he did as it cant *be* parodied, only imitated
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therefore, the mess is minimal
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Rudl says he created it due to passion and curiosity, and almost seems surprised by its growth