Captain Yip Yap Rests Eternal (for now)

A Tribute to Richard Lewis

“Yip Yap Rest In Peace,” rendered by Farmer Josh using DALL-E

In loving memory of a man who made me laugh so, so much for so long. I will miss the great Richard Lewis (June 29, 1947 — February 27, 2024). Love always…I made this extra silly in honor of Him.

FADE IN:

EXT. VASTNESS OF SPACE — CONTINUOUS

(or not…maybe it’s a stage or a prison. They won’t tell us!)

The silence of the cosmos is punctuated only by the soft hum of Captain Yip Yap’s tic-tac-shaped Quantum Bus as it cuts an interdimensional path through the stars. The tranquility belies the recent tumultuous events on Earth Actual.

Yip Yap looks rough. Beat to shit. He is bleeding what looks to be rainbow-colored, metallic blood that evaporates the moment it renders out of his body.

INT. CAPTAIN YIP YAP’S SHIP — CONTINUOUS

Captain Yip Yap, weary yet resolute, stands before the viewing port, the captured Dark Soul Hole (DSH) contained within his sunglasses, a swirling vortex of shadows pulsating softly. He holds the glasses delicately, a trophy of his recent skirmish, his face a canvas of exhaustion and resolve.

CAPTAIN YIP YAP

(to Vora, his AI “companion”…there’s something hinky going on here…)