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Tom Wilson, formerly known as Thomas F. Wilson, has made no secret of his irritation with fans who only know him as Biff or Griff or Mad Dog Tannen from the Back to the Future trilogy. He has refused multiple offers to appear at reunions, reality shows, and autograph signing events that would allow him to easily capitalize on this role. He’s even made public statements that he no longer signs autographs and his stand-up comedy act conveys a humorous disdain for geeky fans who ask him to pose for pictures, repeat lines from the movie, or to sign autographs. So I had very little hope of ever getting to meet this fine actor, and knew that if I did, there was no way I wanted to get on his bad side. Read the rest of this entry »

Re-Animator is one of the most enjoyable disgusting movies ever made. Where else can you expect to find a body carrying around it’s own severed head, forcing its/his affections on a naked girl strapped to a table? Probably nowhere. When I first met Bruce Abbott, the actor playing the most normal person in the film, I lamented to myself how much I’d love to meet the actor playing Herbert West, perhaps one of the strangest characters ever committed to any film. That day would eventually come over three years later on August 12, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Thanksgiving snuck up once again in 2012, falling on Thursday, November 22, this time around. I was somewhat ready for it I suppose, feeling good about what I had accomplished this year and ready to begin the big final-month wind-down. Naturally I was off this day, so I spent a somewhat lazy morning watching some TV. Leslie stopped by for a bit to bring some muffins and watch a couple episodes of Police Squad. Then I tuned into Cheers and took a brief nap. Read the rest of this entry »

I always enjoy a good time travel caper and thusly often enjoyed the TV series Quantum Leap, which ran for five seasons from 1989-1993. I had previously met Dean Stockwell who played the role of Rear Admiral Al Calavicci (as seen here). At the time, I didn’t think that there was ever any realistic hope of meeting his co-star Scott Bakula, so I opted to just have him sign a head shot as opposed to a photo from Quantum Leap. I was incorrect, and it cost me. Apparently I was not done with encounters from this TV show. Read the rest of this entry »

Because of the potential for horrid weather coming our way from Hurricane Sandy on the scheduled Trick or Treat date of Tuesday, October 30, 2012, it was postponed until Saturday, November 3 – effectively moving Halloween – or at least everything I associate with it – to November. In addition, as you’ll read, I attended a reunion of the film franchise Halloween, also oddly placed into November. In any case, it was a nice way to spend the weeks that fell between the real Halloween and the next of the ‘Big Three’ holidays, Thanksgiving. Read the rest of this entry »