Vic Fontaine

T'Pau.

Vic Fontaine is a cool name, no doubt about that.

Niels Barris, also from The Trouble with Tribbles.

Leonard James Akaar.

Or I guess off-brand Dean Martin more, I guess.

I don't know what Vic Fontaine's supposed to be.

A

Rat Pack,

Officer Jim Corrigan and T.J. Hooker with William Shatner.

And to continue that William Shatner Star Trek thing, he was in Deep Space Nine playing the Rat Pack-style hologram named Vic Fontaine.

And because he was a recording artist, that actually sparked some interest, that role in Deep Space Nine, in his recordings again.

All right, if you want to get back to the breakdown and talk about Sabrina meeting Anton Tarloff.

We need this, we need this." And it's Nog is, you know, sealed himself inside the Vegas holodeck thing, where he insists on doing his rehab, whatever.

And we said, "Okay, why has he chosen to wall himself off in Vic Fontaine's Holosuite program for his, uh, rehab?" And I swear to God, this is Ron Moore's actual answer.

"How the hell do I know? It's your story."

[laughs]

A tour de force.

Yes.

He and, uh, and the guy who played Vic Fontaine.

Oh, God, Jimmy Darren.

And, you know, TJ Hooker, I'm like, yeah, all right, Jimmy, Dan, whatever.

For me, I mean, my God, Vic Fontaine was just so great.

And I'm a big fan of that great American songbook era of crooners like Sinatra and Tony Bennett.

And Jimmy has just really slipped in.

hey, they've got a new character who they can, like, pair up in different situations and new backstories and all that.

Yeah, because, like, Vic Fontaine was a fun addition, but he doesn't change the dynamic

of

DS9.

And she works for the Alliance.

As if on cue, we hear phaser fire and Vic fucking Fontaine, who is not a hologram, barges in only to be phasered by Bashir.

I have to assume that this is just a bit of fun for the actor who plays Vic Fontaine to get to wear something else and then get killed.

And

In 2024, multi-talented American actor, director, and teen pop singer Mr. James Darin passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 88.

He left behind a rich pop culture footprint spanning from his role as Moondoggy on the Gidget shows and movies to Vic Fontaine on Star Trek Deep Space Nine.

In 2024, iconic Detroit session vocalist and solo artist Pat Lewis passed away at her home at the age of 76.

Highly celebrated in the UK's Northern Soul community, she spent decades as a backup singer for legends like Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes, and George Clinton.