Archive for the '2010’s – Late' Category
Protected: October and the Great Fall of 2015 – Part 1
Friday, December 18th, 2015It’s Their Move
Monday, December 14th, 2015
I wouldn’t be so silly to try and make the case that the obscure TV show It’s Your Move carries the same kind of quality or weight as, let’s say, the films of Laurel and Hardy. No sir, not by a long stretch. But here’s the thing: somehow this little show that ran for just 18 episodes in 1984-1985 has taken on some serious acreage in my landscape of nostalgic loves. In that regard, the show has become just as sacred as the masterwork films of Laurel & Hardy. Therefore it would stand to reason that like actors from the Laurel & Hardy films, the actors from It’s Your Move are highly sought out by me when it comes to celebrity encounters. Of course considering that the TV show was made just over 30 years ago, and the L&H films were made roughly 75-85 years ago, meeting the IYM actors hasn’t quite taken on the same urgency. Read the rest of this entry »
Protected: My Birthday, Much Food … and Possibly Cedar Point
Monday, December 7th, 2015The Ladies’ Man Comes to Dayton
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
It isn’t all that easy meeting celebrities in Dayton, Ohio. Book signings in the area generally leave me in a state of disappointment when they almost always insist on not taking photos with the signer. This naturally is after making a special trip to pick up a line number, taking off work to attend the signing, and fighting the intense crowd of desperate housewives who thrive on any celebrity encounter in the Midwest. But I’ve found a loophole, or I guess exception is a better word, that proves the rule: comedy clubs. Read the rest of this entry »