Viral Video: William Shatner deep fried turkey remix

An online video showing Canadian actor William Shatner dispensing safety tips on deep frying turkeys has gone viral.

The video, made by insurance company State Farm, was released just in time for American Thanksgiving.

The company teamed up with William Shatner in 2011 to produce a short video dramatizing an actual accident where the celebrity was burned in a turkey fryer mishap on Thanksgiving.

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As a result of the video and safety campaign last year, State Farm grease & cooking related fire claims occurring on Thanksgiving Day were carved in half, and the daily average for the entire month reached a seven year low.

To help get the safety message out in 2012, State Farm worked with John Boswell, aka melodysheep on YouTube, to auto-tune the Shatner turkey fryer video.

Called “Eat, Fry, Love: A Cautionary Remix”, Boswell injected the perfect blend of creativity and repetition to create a Thanksgiving safety anthem sure to have families clamoring for a moister, tastier and turkey.