The Terrible Catsafterme

Oddly enough, I had bypassed getting an autograph of Cindy Morgan in the past, and had only put her on my ‘maybe’ list when Denise and I met up with at the Chicago Hollywood Celebrities and Memorabilia show on Saturday, September 25, 2010. In the past, I had known only that she was in Caddyshack, but before I went to the show this time, I made sure that I checked out her and her character Lacey Underall in the film. In the end, I walked away with a great picture with the sexy Cindy Morgan, two signed photos, and a real admiration for her. Read the rest of this entry »

One of my favorites of the classic 80’s teenage boobie films is the 1984 movie Revenge of the Nerds. It fit right into the mold of some of the other raunchy comedies of the era, while possessing extremely likable characters and a good heart. So I was pretty ecstatic that the Hollywood Show that I attended on Saturday, October 9, 2010, was having a Revenge of the Nerds reunion of a half-dozen cast members. Had Don Gibb, the large fellow who played Ogre, shown up as he was scheduled to do, we would have had seven. This posting will highlight the first three. Read the rest of this entry »

When I was in my ‘heavy metal phase’ of 1987-88, I wasn’t much into girl singers at all. There was death metal, heavy metal, glam metal, and pop metal – and virtually nothing else that held my interest for that short one-year period of my life. Girls weren’t really allowed on MTV’s Headbangers Ball as far as I was concerned, unless they were there for eye candy. One of the very rare exceptions was Lita Ford, whose song Kiss Me Deadly and then, in a duet with Ozzy Osbourne, Close My Eyes Forever would often show up on music television. Read the rest of this entry »

Sean Young has had a wide and varied film career, starring in many that I have enjoyed over the years. Perhaps most notable is her part of Rachael opposite Harrison Ford in the cult classic sci-fi thriller Blade Runner – a film that I first saw after our meeting. But I had seen her in several films before our encounter at the Hollywood Show in Burbank, on Saturday, April 24, 2010. For instance, Stripes, Wall Street, Dick Tracy, Kingpin, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Read the rest of this entry »

I had been very disappointed back in February 2009, when I not only missed the Hollywood Show on the weekend of the 14th, but I also missed seeing Marvin Kaplan in a play that evening in Hollywood. Marvin was a funny character actor seen in numerous films and TV shows from the 1950’s until the modern day. In addition he provided the voice of Choo Choo in the Top Cat cartoons. You might recognize him bestas frequent Mel’s Diner patron Henry Beesmeyer in the TV show Alice. Or perhaps as Mr. Gordon in four episodes of Becker. Or the hotel desk clerk in Midnight Madness. Or even in a more ominous role like Uncle Pooch in Wild at Heart. Read the rest of this entry »