Everyone's favorite Vulcan, Leonard Nimoy, died last week.
We always liked this song from the 1967 record, Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space.
It seemed that for a large part of Nimoy's career, he could not escape the shadow of his most famous character, Mr. Spock. (He even penned a 1975 autobiography entitled I Am Not Spock.) However, in retrospect, how many actors can honestly say that are responsible for one of television & movies' most iconic characters? Everyone knows Spock. His monotone voice. His pointed ears. The Vulcan greeting. "Live Long & Prosper", etc.
By 1995, it would seem that he came around to embracing his role as pop culture icon, when he published his second autobiography entitled, I Am Spock.
All in all, he had a great career. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan still has one of the most heartbreaking scenes in any Science Fiction film ever.
The documentary-style weekly Television series, In Search Of... introduced a generation of wide-eyed nerds to such unexplained phenomena as lost civilizations, extraterrestrials, myths and monsters, missing persons, magic & witchcraft! Its where I first heard about Bigfoot, The Loch Ness Monster & The Bermuda Triangle!
Of course, the apex of his career was his appearance on The Simpsons...
That is unless you consider this to be the high-point of his career...
Or this...
RIP Leonard Nimoy!
Enjoy the giant pon farr in the sky!
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