Governor General Shatner?

Hey, why not.

Mr. Spock says it's about time Capt. Kirk got off his “butt” and got a real job.

Leonard Nimoy, who played the pointy-eared Vulcan in the original “Star Trek” series, is backing a bid to have his Canadian co-star William Shatner picked as Canada's next governor general.

A Facebook group touting the original James T. Kirk for the post has nearly 20,000 members.

Nimoy, who was in Alberta for a comic convention, says the job would be perfect because Shatner has just been “sitting around twiddling his thumbs” recently.

He says the job would give Shatner a sense of “self worth” and allow him to “get out and do something.”

Michaelle Jean's five-year mission as governor general will soon expire and Prime Minister Stephen Harper will pick her replacement.

Other names being bandied about as possible candidates include wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen, former top soldier John de Chastelain and Reform party founder Preston Manning.

Apparently GG is a ceremonial post with great prestige that happens every five years, much like being one of Liz Taylor's husbands here in the States. Hey, why not?  I bet Shatner will get a neat hat.