Sometimes I write birthday odes. I am trying to stop. There is no way in hell I’m doing them for all the actors in this series. Or even for any others. Just this one.
Richard Sommer was born on my favorite day
When thoughts of spring are first allowed to come out and play
He blogs about things that are funny and quirky
Like scary book covers or some kind of annual meat turkey
Rich is a junior (or is it a second?)
(I’m a Jew so this info is infrequently beckoned)
His daughter Beatrice is among the cutest humans alive
If on a date with her, my nephew Benjamin would drive
Okay I might have made the ode a little about me here and there.
Re, the SAGs: “It’s good just to be in the running”
But the Lovely Virginia was a date beyond stunning.
Richard Sommer seems like one very sweet man
Who remains courteous to me despite the fact I’m a fan
Even glasses and man-panties can’t make him look nerdy
So please raise a glass to Rich on the day he turns thirty
Unfortunately I don’t have the technology yet to include audio. But Rich, if you’d like a personal recitation, feel free to contact me. My birthday odes, not unlike a Shakespeare play, only really come alive when read aloud.
February 2, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Ooh! And it’s Jennifer Westfeld’s birthday, too! Next year, the Mad Men cast should have a big three-way birthday party.
February 5, 2008 at 1:09 am
Rich has come a long way from when I remember him at Concordia stripping down to women’s underclothing, “just like his dear papa”. Ah, what a lumberjack he was! On Mad Men, he looks exactly the same, even wearing pretty much the exact same glasses he wore in college! Crazy dude!