Zonies
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
I’ve had a tremendous affinity for the classic series The Twilight Zone since I was a young kid. In fact I think I added the definitive book about the series The Twilight Zone Companion to my collection in about 1982, and read it from cover-to-cover, often taking it to church with me to read during the service. During the late 1990’s I was able to assemble nearly a complete collection of TZ episodes on VHS tapes as they ran them on the Sci-Fi channel. Eventually, I replaced them season by season on DVD. As for autographs, I collected them when I can. Unfortunately, I skipped out on the Twilight Zone reunion that was held at the Hollywood Show in October of 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
I was going to purchase a signed photo of Michael J. Pollard, no questions asked, when I saw that he was going to be appearing at the Chicago Hollywood Celebrities Show on October 1, 2011, based solely on the strength of him being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as C.W. Moss in the classic Bonnie and Clyde. Although I have seen the movie, I could not specifically remember what Pollard looked like, and it wasn’t until we met face-to-face that it clicked that I knew this fella! 
It is definitely my affinity for Superman that led me to put actor Julian Sands on my list of celebrities to meet whist attending the Hollywood Show on Saturday, April 2, 2011. He had portrayed Jor-El in the modern-day Superman interpretation phenomenon known as Smallville. He was, in fact, the second actor who had portrayed Jor-El that I had the opportunity to meet, following 
I think that Fast Times at Ridgemont High is one of the great American teenage high school romps. It presents teen life in a fun way, but doesn’t glorify any of the pitfalls of sex, drugs, or ticket scalping. Robert Romanus played the ultra-cool always-in-control Mike Damone, for whom things begin to unravel slowly. His protégé Rat is under Damone’s constant advisement in the dating department, and it’s during one of these exchanges that Romanus utters my favorite line of the movie: “This shyness routine is really starting to aggravate me.”