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09-04-2006, 04:23 AM
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this next guest was also one of the nicest people at the con .. Linda Blair. Some guy was chatting her up and she gave him the boot because she saw my son looking tired (we waited a long time in that line).
Then she insist my wife be in the picture (who was only going to take the picture - she didnt want to be in any) ... but Linda wasnt taking no for an answer .. she was really sweet and funny ... and RIPPED ! hard as a rock - she looks like she's about 25 years old. She told us to use this pic as our christmas card this year :) 
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09-04-2006, 04:29 AM
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The longest line in the entire convention belonged to this lady : Carrie Fisher. she must have signed 5000 autographs Saturday afternoon. Out of all of them I was the only one who didnt give her something from Star Wars to sign (i gave her the slip cover from mt beta copy of Under The Rainbow which gave her a bit of a suprise. I love the movie so it meant a lot to me .. and i also know she tried to distance herself from Star Wars for a long time so i felt for her big time - dealing with an endless line of fanboys with the 'gold bikini princess Leia' photos they were going to put on ebay that night. I'll keep my signed movie for ever.
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09-04-2006, 04:33 AM
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Next up - Juliet Landau
I guess people know her from Buffy (i dont) but I got her to sign The Toolbox Murders. She had a small part in Ed Wood with her dad and told me where to look for it int he movie .. she has about a 6" waist. Another nice girl and very popular at the con.
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09-04-2006, 04:42 AM
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at this point - it was time for the photo, QnA, and signing for William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. they processed us through the photo session and the autographs like a meat packing plant but these guys were on a tight schedule - flying back to LA in the same evening. The money these fellows made in one afternoon is amazing. The Q and A was very entertaining and i laughed out loud the whole time (something i rarely do) they're both funny as hell, nimoy playing straight man to shatners animated funnyman.
if you ever get the chance to see these guys - take it - time flew by. if you dont get the chance - try to find Mind Meld - the film of them just chatting together about their experiences on Star Trek. Thats the DVD cover i got them to sign for me. I have a big professional picture with me and my son with shatner and nimoy which i'll scan and post later (be warned - shatner looks like hell in it .. not a good reflection of how fun and alive he was in the session with nimoy)
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09-04-2006, 04:55 AM
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the last guest was a suprise ... I had enough cash and patience to get one more guest's picture/autograph.
initially i wanted my son and i to get a pic with Roddy Piper (i got his autograph friday but i saved the photo for saturday when my son would be there - but we didnt get the chance) so when i got out of the shatner nimoy thing my wife and son were somewhere alse and i couldnt find them ..plus - Roddy Piper was gone ... he was in his Q and A and wouldnt be returning. so i thought - shit - the only guy left was Vern Troyer (Mini-Me) but every time i passed his line he didnt look like he was into the whole signing thing... but i thought what the hell .. I still wasnt thrilled because my son wanted to meet him and he wasnt around. I figured i might as well do it - i brought Goldmember to get signed and the guests were quickly starting to leave so i got in the short line. Man what a suprise ... he turned out to be one of the best guys there. He was talkative and super nice - my impressions from a distance were complete crap... I asked him about Michael Caine and we chatted about that for a bit ... if other people werent in the lineup i'm sure we could have talked for a long time .. I asked him if i could get a picture of him and he asked... dont you want to be in it and started asking a guy to take my camera and get a pic of us .. when just then my wife and son miraculously appeared - perfect timing - so my son joined me for the pic. he was eating this sticky gross sucker so i stopped him from shaking Verns hand just in time (that would have been lovely) so we all did the 'knuckle rap' instead .. a great way to end the con !
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09-04-2006, 05:15 AM
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shit i missed one !
another canadian filmmaker : Brett Kelly he made My Dead Girlfriend (and starred in it - he's pointing to himself in the picture) These are the guys who make you glad you came to the con ... The guys who make films - and appreciate your interest in them ..
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09-04-2006, 06:08 AM
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Cool pictures, sounds like a great time minus the lines and uhh..what's 'the knuckle rap'?
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