Leonard Nimoy, who is most famous for his work as the host of Standby: Lights! Camera! Action! (although he's widely regarded as a genius for his performance in Leonard Nimoy Demonstrates the Magnavision Videodisc Player ) is the focus of an AP profile today. The occasion is his upcoming cameo in this weekend's highly anticipated Star Trek movie, as well as a role in the season finale of Fringe. Fair enough. Good for him. He deserves an AP profile. But it opens with one of the most ridiculous paragraphs in journalism. From the AP:
Outside of Leonard Nimoy's Bel Air home, workers are busy constructing a new driveway, replacing flagstone with sleek cement as part of an ongoing conversion from Mediterranean to modern. Though the 78-year-old actor is also undergoing a metamorphosis of sorts, he isn't paving over his past.
Haha. Writing!
Woof. So, just to recap, Leonard Nimoy is NOT paving over his past, but he IS paving over his driveway. Got it.
Stereogum extra-credit:
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did he lay you down in those?
the names on the stones were all erased
and Leonard Nimoy thought it was you that he had chased
Leonard Nimoy don't remember this too well
glad he has the scrapes to prove
prove it was Leonard Nimoy who fell
and the names were all we knew
and the names were all erased
A drink in every hand
Leonard Nimoy's hand on your heart had been replaced
And he thought it was you that he had chased
I want a raise, boss.
