Archive for October, 2007
Protected: Susan and Charles’ Wedding and the Changing of the Guard
Friday, October 5th, 2007Leonard Landy 1980
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
I know for a fact that I had no idea who Leonard Landy was when I captured his autograph in my little blue book on July 31, 1980 at the Our Gang reunion meet-and-greet during the Sons of the Desert Hollywood ’80 convention. Looking at his signature in my book for a year or so after the fact caused me to scratch my head and wonder who exactly this was. In fact, Maltin and Bann’s Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals was unable to identify his character in the cast listing of the films – so his name meant little to me. It was only in the appendix to the book did he receive a byline indicating that a man has identified the character of ‘Leonard’ as his cousin Leonard Landy. Read the rest of this entry »
Chewbacca
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
In December of 1997, several cast members of Star Wars made an appearance at the Bookery, a comic and card shop in Fairborn. I recall that I only got to meet John Hollis (Lobot) and Kenny Baker (R2-D2). Dave Prowse (Darth Vader) had been and gone by the time my friend Eric Flinn and I made it there, but he left behind some autographed photos to sell. There were also some signed photos available for purchase from cast members Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett) and Kenny Baker(R2-D2). I purchased all of them. Read the rest of this entry »
Meeting Olive Brasno 1995
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
It’s encounters like the one that I had with Olive Brasno that make me believe in fate. Had I not been browsing Bob’s book The Munchkins of Oz by Steve Cox during my 1995 visit to California, and had I not then fortuitously met that same Steve Cox at the Hollywood Collectors Show that very same week, and finally had I not had a trip to Florida planned several weeks later, it is likely that I would have never crossed paths with Olive. As it was, I had the opportunity of a lifetime to meet an actress that I had long admired. Read the rest of this entry »