But he'll always be Quark to me. =)

kishi | November 05, 09:55 CET

Happy birthday, Mr. Shimerman!

Ameer | November 05, 10:36 CET

Love him as Snyder, but like alcabongtv, for 7 glorious years he sparred with Odo, and that's how I'll always love him most.

Andy Dufresne | November 05, 10:41 CET

Yeah that's one of the great sci-fi friendships IMO (in fact Bashir/O'Brian - same show obviously - is another) both actors played it very subtly (and through a load of prosthetics too).

Happy birthday Mr Armin Shimerman esq. and many more. I'd say infinity more but that's impossible - in fact, it's just the kind of woolly-headed liberal thinking that gets people eaten ;).

Saje | November 05, 11:10 CET

Happy birthday indeed :). Fantastic, wherever he turns up (love the Quark/Odo stuff and will need to revisit at some point in the not too distant future).

zeitgeist | November 05, 14:41 CET

I cant believe how many roles he's played. Damn!

alexreager | November 05, 15:34 CET

In a show with so many stand-out lines that you'd have to cart them around in a truck to remember them all, that line has always been one of my absolute favorites, as a perfect summation of the conservative attitude to liberalism.

And how much do I love the fact that Principal Snyder ended his own career by being eaten.

Incidentally just recently rewatched "The Pack" with a friend I have been introducing to Buffy and he was stunned by that development, even though I had told him _in advance_ that Principal Flutey gets eaten. He thought I'd meant it in some metaphorical way. I had to tell him, when someone gets eaten on Buffy, they get eaten.

[ edited by barboo on 2008-11-05 16:08 ]

barboo | November 05, 16:08 CET

Another shout-out to how great an actor Armin Shimerman is, his channeling of Marlon Brando in "Restless" was freakin' amazing.

barboo | November 05, 16:16 CET

Principal Snyder may have been "an impotent nazi with a bug up his butt the size of an emu" as Cordelia said, but I always loved the actor who portrayed him! It's nice to see that he continues to be so busy.

Happy birthday Armin Shimerman!

Capt. Logic | November 05, 18:20 CET

Dude, you were the worst authority figure ever! Congratulations on a job superbly done, and Happy Birthday, Armin!

Pointy | November 05, 18:43 CET

If I'd been asked how many episodes of BtVS Armin had appeared in I would have guessed a good bit higher than 19. Doesn't seem enough, considering you are talking three seasons and a cameo type appearance in Restless.

Loved Snyder. Well, actually couldn't stand the little rodent, but loved the fact that I couldn't. Happy birthday, Armin!

Highlander | November 05, 18:47 CET

One of the best non-demons ever! Wishing a happy birthday.

Madhatter | November 05, 19:22 CET

Wow, it's strange how few he was in. It felt like he was always lurking around the corner...

daylight | November 05, 20:11 CET

Happy birthday to our favorite principal - or should I say, the principal that everyone loves to hate. ;) Happy Birthday Armin. Wishing you many more years of continued happiness and success!

Jossfan_21 | November 05, 22:41 CET

I'll join in the Snyder and Quark love/hate. Happy Birthday, sir!

ActualSize | November 06, 01:34 CET

And he lost both jobs at the same time :-(. (and I suppose we'll never know; was his defiance of the Mayor-Snake at the end a decison to finally display decency and courage, or was it just a control freak losing control from hysteria and "yelling at the tide.") Happy belateds, Armin.

DaddyCatALSO | November 06, 02:21 CET

But he'll always be Quark to me. =)

It was delightfull when in the non-canon Blooded Buffy coments that Snyder seems like the Ferengi from Star Trek.

Happy Birthday!

Brasilian Chaos Man | November 06, 15:05 CET