The Petersen Kids
August 26th, 2012
Paul Petersen had a rather lucrative TV career for nearly thirty years. He appeared in such shows as My Three Sons, F Troop, Lassie, The Flying Nun, Matt Houston, the unsold pilot of High School U.S.A., and in the Walt Disney film The Happiest Millionaire. But without a doubt his most notable role was in The Donna Reed Show, in which he portrayed Donna’s son Jeff Stone in 275 episodes. Back in the late 1990’s, I had my friend Bob pick me up a signed photo of Paul Petersen (directly below), but my chance to meet him didn’t come until February 11, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
My friend Dean is a huge fan of Laura Vandervoort. He was willing to stand in line again, buy another autographed photo, and take advantage of the $45 photo op, even though he had already met her before at a Superman Celebration in Metropolis, Illinois. Me…not so much. Of course it’s true that I love all things Superman, and of course Laura is smoking hot both onscreen and in person, but I just can’t call myself a big fan. This was the conclusion that I came to when I got the chance to meet her at the Wizard World Comic Con on August 11, 2012. 
I first met June Wilkinson at the Hollywood Collectors Show on Saturday, June 8, 1997. At that time, I was more into the Playboy connection, and was seeking out autographed photos of the Playmates. She was one of the classics to be sure, having appeared in a spread in June of 1958. She told me that she was only seventeen during the shoot and consequently, her spread didn’t appear until after her 18th birthday. I learned another little tidbit about the shoot that day as well – from Hugh Hefner himself.