Two Ladies in the Happy Days Universe
Monday, August 26th, 2013
Happy Days is one of those feel-good comedies of the 1970’s, and to a lesser extent, so is its spin-off Laverne & Shirley. Having met virtually all of the principal actors and actresses of both shows (excepting Ron Howard, Scott Baio, and Michael McKean – unfortunately), it is now time to shift my attention to some of the lesser-knowns who has parts in the show. At the Hollywood Show in Burbank on April 21, 2012, I was able to add two such encounters to my repertoire. Read the rest of this entry »
I for one think it’s a pretty big deal to meet one of the top-billed performers from the original Star Wars trilogy, and it’s rather rare to see them on the autograph circuit. I got lucky in the past getting a photo with 
When one goes to a celebrity show, one can be generally confident that if the price is right one will get the chance to meet each of the adverstised celebrities that one has come to see. Unfortunatlely, when hoping to meet certain performers after shows in which they’ve performed, it’s much more of a crap shoot. Life indeed does move pretty fast, and so do celebrities who don’t want to be encountered by the likes of me – so you have to be on your toes. When I go to a live stage production or even a concert, there is always the hope that I will get to meet whichever perfomer in whom I have interest. Sometimes I get lucky. Sometimes I don’t. Win some. Lose some. 
Ilan Mitchell-Smith’s presence at the Chiller Theatre show in Parsippany, New Jersey on April 27, 2013, was enough of a clincher for me to actually purchase my plane ticket to attend it. Sure, there were others, but it would have just been too incredibly painful to miss knowing that he would finally be making an appearance. Actually, this was his second autograph show; I had read recently of a Weird Science reunion at the Blood at the Beach event in Virginia Beach – but only after it occurred – at which he showed up for the first time. 
Okay, it’s a bit of a stretch to call Brandon Cruz my best friend. He probably wouldn’t even recognize me on the street – but it’s still a fun theme song by Harry Nilsson to quote. The theme song in question is to the TV series The Courtship of Eddie’s Father in which Brandon Cruz played young Eddie Corbett, the son of ‘Mr. Eddie’s Father’ – aka Tom Corbett, played by Bill Bixby. The low-key family sitcom last three seasons from 1969-1972. I remember it best for its quiet and subdued use of the laugh track. Interestingly Cruz and Bixby would re-unite in an episode of The Incredible Hulk in 1978.