Listen, pally:
I’ve spent the last year rewatching every episode of Deep Space Nine from the beginning and I truly believe it’s the best Star Trek show ever made.
One thing I’d almost forgotten since the last time I watched it was Vic Fontaine. He was one of the biggest reasons, to be honest, I started getting into Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin music and, for that, I’m eternally grateful.
Since watching the show, I’ve even bought a CD James Darren put out with most of the Vic Fontaine music on it. Darren is a fantastic actor (seriously, he was a bad ass in The Guns of Navarone, holding himself up against Anthony Quayle, David Niven, and Gregory Peck) and a wonderful vocalist, taking standard lounge tunes and making them his own without seeming stale. Buy a CD here. You won’t regret it.
In any case, I just wanted to share some of the best of his moments and numbers with you guys…
Late in Season 6 (with the episode “His Way”) Vic helped Odo come to terms with his feelings with then-Major Kira. Here, Vic does a fantastic rendition of “Come Fly With Me”:
When Nog is dealing with a personal problem and takes to living with Vic in the holosuite, Vic’s version of “It’s Only a Paper Moon” isn’t quite as good as Ella Fitzgerald, but fun nonetheless…
Later in that episode, Vic belts out a truly joyous version of “I’ve Got the World on a String”:
And here’s Vic consoling Quark and Dr. Bashir with “Here’s to the Losers”:
One of my favorite moments came when Captain Sisko finally made it into the holo-suite and joined Vic for a duet of “The Best is Yet To Come” in the episode Bada-bing-bada-bang.
And the one that capped off the series: