An aspect of Shatner's work often overlooked is his star turn in the series T J Hooker, in which he played a hard-boiled police detective. My favorite episode...well, it was the only one I saw...was a very special one, in which Shatner befriended a young delinquent orphan. The kid was street smart and cynical, and all T J Hooker's efforts taking him to baseball games, going bowling, etc could not convince the kid that it was cool to be straight. Finally, T J said "if you're not busy, I've got a couple of tickets to ...A BEACHBOYS CONCERT!!" then adding "they're old friends of mine." For some reason the kid thinks this is wonderful, and they go to the show. Right after the Beach Boys finish Help Me Rhonda, Mike Love says "we'd like to just take a minute to say hi to a good friend of ours in the audience. TJ, are you out there?" Shatner stands up as the boy gawks at him in wide-eyed idolatry. Then Love says "we use to call him 'The Big Kahoona'." Shatner just stands there grinning and giving Mike Love the "ain no big ting bruddah" sign.