William Shatner

ABC's 'Boston Legal' Mocks Reagan's Alzheimer's

A practical joke on last night's "Boston Legal" had mad cow disease-afflicted lawyer Denny Crane (played by William Shatner) believing the RNC wanted him as the presidential nominee. 

And it left "Boston Legal" writers with plenty of opportunities to slam Republicans, like this exchange that suggests former Republican President Ronald Reagan had mad cow disease instead of Alzheimer's:

ALAN SHORE: Do they know you have mad cow?

DENNY CRANE: They're looking for the next Ronald Reagan, and he had it at the very end.