The Terrible Catsafterme

I’ll be honest when I say that The Munsters was really never one of my favorite sitcoms. It was okay fodder when nothing else was on, but I never really cared for the monster comedies. Perhaps I’ll give it a second look one day, but for now I’m just going to respect it as an iconic 60’s institution. Because of that respect, I’ve never passed up a chance at a good autograph or celebrity encounter opportunity involving cast members of the show. Read the rest of this entry »

Michael Rooker has one of those instantly recognizable faces and he’s well-adept at playing about any role. But usually he plays a nut. In fact, after seeing Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, it was hard to believe that he was the same guy who played mild-mannered D.A. assistant Bill Broussard in the Oliver Stone film JFK. He can be seen in films such as Tombstone, Mallrats, and Eight Men Out – and his current job is playing loose cannon zombie survivor Merle Dixon. Naturally when I met him, I had him sign a portrait of him as Henry. My favorite line comes as a result of a bartender asking him “How about those bears?” Read the rest of this entry »

I won’t go so far as to say that Edward Furlong was nasty or mean, but he was certainly the most un-enthusiastic celebrity I think I’ve ever encountered. Still I am glad I got my chance to meet this star of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which I consider to be one of the greatest action films ever made. Amazingly, through the drug addiction problems, the domestic charges and restraining orders, the supposed affair with Paris Hilton, bankruptcy, the public intoxication arrest near Cincinnati, and amazingly, a pretty constant stream of acting work – he was able find time to appear at the Wizard World Comic Con show on Saturday, August 13, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

For fans of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, it was a major score to finally get Barrie Chase to attend one of the Hollywood Shows. Although she had been known to sign frequently through the mail, fans of the film often had cast photos, records, or programs that had been signed by multiple actors and didn’t want to risk sending them through the mail. I happened to be one of them. Read the rest of this entry »

Clearly I’m not referring to the real Anne Frank, although I did visit the real Anne Frank home in Amsterdam three years ago. I am of course talking about the young actress Millie Perkins who made her acting debut in the 1959 film The Diary of Anne Frank. Perkins, who at the time had no experience as an actress, was hand-picked by Oscar winning director (and former Hal Roach Studios cinematographer and director) George Stevens, who had only seen her on the cover of several magazines. Read the rest of this entry »