# Live long and prosper! Leonard Nimoy retires from acting..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-long-and-prosper-leonard-nimoy-retires-from-acting/536906 "2010-04-21T19:15:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robbin\_Hood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Robbin\_Hood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robbin_Hood)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-long-and-prosper-leonard-nimoy-retires-from-acting/536906/21 "2010-04-22T18:11:12Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I was hoping he would cameo on future _Star Trek_ reboot movies. Damn classy of him not to. The torch has been passed. Enjoy your retirement, Mr. Nimoy! ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-long-and-prosper-leonard-nimoy-retires-from-acting/536906/22 "2010-04-22T18:17:29Z")
Just so long as he’s here in town on the weekend for the local Comic-Con so I can get my picture taken with him, I accept and approve of his retirement. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-long-and-prosper-leonard-nimoy-retires-from-acting/536906/23 "2010-04-22T18:48:15Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I’d bet good money that within a year the BBT producers will drive a dump truck full of money up to his house and make him unretire for a 30 second cameo. They could even make the story line revolve around him being retired. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-long-and-prosper-leonard-nimoy-retires-from-acting/536906/24 "2010-04-22T19:09:46Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I was hoping he would cameo on future _Star Trek_ reboot movies. I think they said they weren’t planning on bringing him back anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Spy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Robot\_Spy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Spy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-long-and-prosper-leonard-nimoy-retires-from-acting/536906/25 "2010-04-30T00:28:55Z")
Nimoy will be back for the ST sequel. I have the inside skinny. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-long-and-prosper-leonard-nimoy-retires-from-acting/536906/26 "2010-04-30T11:12:33Z")
Prosthetic Ear Model ? ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-long-and-prosper-leonard-nimoy-retires-from-acting/536906/27 "2010-04-30T11:58:26Z")
> [@Bean\_Wrangler](#): > > Well, it seems he may be continue with his singing career… > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kvOwPgAo6U](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kvOwPgAo6U) I didn’t even click the link and that awful awful song is stuck in my head. I think I hate you now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-long-and-prosper-leonard-nimoy-retires-from-acting/536906.md?page=1)