Tom Smith
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| Fan | |
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| Name: | Tom Smith |
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| Type: | Filker |
| Fandoms: | Filks, multifandom |
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| URL: | Tom Smith Online |
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Tom Smith is a filker known for his wide range of humorous parodies, as well as original works. He is best known for the song "It's Talk Like a Pirate Day", which has since become the official anthem of International Talk Like a Pirate Day. He is a popular performer at conventions, including MARCon, WindyCon, and Dragon*Con.
Smith describes himself as "Weird Al with more books, JoCo with more jokes",[1] The winner of fourteen Pegasus Awards, he was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 2005.
Notable Fanworks
- "Five Years" - Babylon 5
- "Callisto" - Xena: Warrior Princess
- "Superman Sex Life Boogie" - Superman
- "500 Hats" - Dr. Seuss
- House on Cthulu Corner - H.P. Lovecraft and Winnie the Pooh
- "Telly Taley Heart" - parody of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart".
- "Crystal Gayle Killed Frank Herbert" and "Kwisatz Haderach" - Dune
Links
References
- ^ Tom Smith Online, author info sidebar