What are we hiding, Mr. Shatner?

I loved how he haltingly read some of the sentences in the book too - because that's how you sound when you read out loud - sometimes sentences catch you off guard and you stumble a bit, not like a perfect monologue you've practiced like you see all the time in movies. It's a nice touch :-)

High on a hill was a lonely goatherd

Not necessarily. When one sees a UFO, they are seeing something unidentified, not necessarily something alien and from outer space.
I once saw something that was initially a UFO to me, but using logic and information, I was able to figure out what it was.

Conan Doyle used "ejaculated" all the the time in his Sherlock Holmes stories; at first I was like, "Oh, I guess this was just a common expression back then," but then it started to be used with such frequency that I started to think he was just fucking with people.

….The fuck do the opinions of a bunch of writers have to do with my feelings on a particular narrative choice?

Waffle House doesn't allow its patrons to carry wasp spray, so the distinction is important.

Mad Men did a way better job on that front, especially after the first season. Don't listen to this trash talk.

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"Wouldn't it be weird if characters from a 2015 crime film randomly fixated on the rise of ISIS or Donald Trump's candidacy?"

I grew up in Minnesota, and in the 80s at the top of the IDS Center, which was the tallest building in Minneapolis, they had a whole exhibit about UFOs. I remember going with my family. Definitely culturally relevant.

I'll check with the local youth

Are you sure you weren't reading Sherlock fan fiction?

"Ejaculated" was pretty common in older books for suddenly interjecting and saying something.

(cries, rocks back and forth)

To be performed kneeling?

I remember learning about ejaculatory prayer in Catholic elementary school.

I loved how Patrick Wilson checked the book's cover after that line.

I'm pretty sure that was Five Little Peppers and How They Grew. Old time kids books use ejaculated for shout a lot. It's always hilarious.

"Oh, dear me," ejaculated Mrs. Pepper.