David Bowie: In Memoriam
“Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon”
Faded Footprints
Just a few faded footprints
Left behind on the ground
Think of them as blueprints
To vision and sound
Living in the presence
For time is of the essence
But follow them I must
Before they fade into dust
An homage to Keith Michell, actor extraordinary; RIP
“The King is dead, long live The King!”
Homage to Keith Michell
Dennis Stanton
Henry the Eighth
Shakespeare, Ibsen
Radio, Television
Quite a long slate
For the “down under” mate
An actor from a different era
A painter and an illustrator
From musicals to theatre
A multitalented entertainer
The King is dead
Long live the King!
An homage to Robert Picardo, Many Happy Returns!
” I am a doctor not a doorstop” the Doctor, Star Trek Voyager
Homage to Robert Picardo
“I’m an actor not a…
Oh, I *am* an actor!”
Sassy, classy, suave
Who do we love?
Why, Robert Picardo
An actor extraordinardo
The Doctor, Mr Woolsey
Always acting kinda coolsey
Star Trek, Stargate
Always ready for the next slate
In the spirit of Trek
Live Long and Prosper, Doctor!
An homage to the one and only Sir Derek Jacobi, Many Happy Returns!
“Actors, I don’t think, ever really grow up. I’m hoping that that rejuvenating process applies to me, too. It has so far. I’ve been very lucky” Derek Jacobi
Homage to Sir Derek Jacobi
Loved you in Claudius
Adored you in Octavius
Excellent performance in Cadfael
Utterly radiant in Halifax
And completely hilarious in Vicious
On this special day
An homage I’d like to pay
With wishes most sincere
To an actor utterly revered
Sir Derek Jacobi
Homage to Tony Denison AKA Lt. Andy Flynn
“You wanna meet our newest contender for asshole of the year?” Lt. Andy Flynn
Homage to Tony Denison, Happy Birthday!
Smashing and dashing
Handsome and outstanding
Utterly fantastic
Sometimes sarcastic
But that is just fantastic
Good guy, bad guy
Always hitting the bulls eye
Whether in a suit and tie
Or just plain clothes
The attitude shows
Actor, humanitarian
Quite the veteran
Of stage, film and TV
And what we want to see
Now it is time
To end this rhyme
Do what I started
With wishes full hearted:
Many happy returns!
Homage to Walter Koenig: Happy Birthday!
“I’m always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play” Walter Koenig
Homage to Walter Koenig, Live Long and Prosper!
“It was invented by a little old lady from Leningrad”
“We are looking for the Nuclear Wessels in Alameda”
Actor, writer
Director, teacher
Chekov on Star Trek
Who could forget
That boyish charm
And an accent of Russian
Done with such passion
Taking us by storm
Bester on Babylon 5
A character done with style
Telepath and an antagonist
Quite the opportunist
Stirring up the soup
Better watch out for a coup
Whether on film or stage
Even fan productions made
You always deliver
Like a true winner
Leaving us in awe
And wanting for more
“I’ve always found that sci-fi fans are unbelievably generous” Amanda Tapping
Homage to Amanda Tapping, Happy 50th Birthday!
Blonde or brunette
Appearing on my TV set
Mainly the brainy one
But still, lots of fun
Stargate or Sanctuary
Quite the imaginary
Outwitted MacGyver
For that a high fiver
Actor, Director, Producer
You really are no looser
Activist and plain ol’ Mom
You still da bomb
Happy Fiftieth Birthday!
“Live long and prosper” – Spock AKA Leonard Nimoy
Homage to Spock AKA Leonard Nimoy
“It’s only a television show”
– Maybe so, but it got me through the best of times and surely through the worst of times
“Vulcan honours us with your presence. We come to serve”
– Mr Spock had me at hello
“Never meet your heroes”
– Maybe true, but this particular hero I will regret not meeting for the rest of my life
“These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise, Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.”
– And I will keep watching until such time they put me out to pasture.
Mr Nimoy, please reserve a room for me also in Valhalla!
An homage to Dame Helen Mirren
All Hail the Queen!
Happy 70th Birthday to the glorious, sexy, sensational, and über-talented Dame Helen Mirren!
“I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous” Helen Mirren
Ode to Dame Helen Mirren
The star of everything that matters
Stating this not just for the sake of flatters
The Queen, the Chief Inspector, a tart
Playing them all with very much smart
She is definitely not a prude
When prancing in the nude
Not afraid to speak her mind
Even if it meant to be a little unkind
A naughty word here and there
To make her point, if you weren’t clear
Pure perfection of talent and beauty
Always with the sense of duty
A rose by any other name
Let’s all hail to our Dame
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“I wouldn’t know a space-time continuum or warp core breach if they got into bed with me” Sir Patrick Stewart
A Very Merry Birthday To You, Sir Pat
Totally charming
Maybe even utterly harming
When you make us laugh
And make us cry
With a voice like that
Sir Pat in a hat
Canny as a cat
Who could resist
Of being kissed
By a great fellow
You’re hell of’
An actor, a Captain and a King
And even able to sing
Wishing you a merry, happy and utterly great Birthday
And as the cliche goes, if I may
Live Long And Prosper
Oh, Captain of Captains!
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