Sadly, there were probably five hundred people there, and I was #395 in line. I only had an hour to wait because it started at 6:00 and I had to be somewhere at 7:00. At 6:45, I gave up and gave my book to be signed to some guy that I met in line, and we made arrangements later for me to pick it up.
It did work out - there was a screening later that night at the Magnolia theatre of Bruce's new movie, The Man with the Screaming Brain. I hopped over and got my signed book back, with the name spelled correctly. I am sort of sad that I didn't actually get to shake his hand, although I can tell he currently sports an Elvis haircut and wears bowling shirts to signings.
Posted by MattB (Member # 1116) on :
Which book? _If Chins Could Kill_, or the novel? I haven't read the latter yet.
Did he write anything? I can just picture 'Give me some sugar, Katie - Bruce.'
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
So jealous. A friend got me a personalized signed copy of "If Chins Could Kill," But I didn't get to meet him. And I missed an appearance he made at the local debut of "Bubba Ho-Tep" because I was away at school.
Bruce and OSC are at the top of my list of celebrities to meet, and I've had near misses with both.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Sadly, the inscription doesn't say that. That would be awesome! Instead, it says "Hey Katie - *scribble* 7/7/05"
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Dag
Come to OrneryCon next year and you might be able to meet OSC.
msquared
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
If it's the same time of year, there's no chance: bar exam next summer.
My inscription from Bruce says "Come get some."
We had long-running dispute at my company: The aliens have landed (or the zombies have arisen, or whatever). Who do you want to be on the scene to save the day: Ash from Evil Dead/Army of Darkness or Jack Burton from Big Trouble in Little China.
All right-thinking people, of course, choose Ash. Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
NO KIDDING.
Jack was a doofus. Everything he did right was done by mistake.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
June 24. A week later than this year.
msquared
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
So that's a big ol' "no."
Unless I end up clerking in Dayton or something.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Did you know that he hates all Batman movies, all Spiderman movies, all Superman movies, and all Star Wars movies? His favorite movie is "Bridge on the River Quai," which, I admit, is quite good (Alec Guinness is by far my favorite actor), but, still, suspend your disbelief from time to time.
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
I've seen Bruce Campbell too! At Barnes and Noble a few years ago. He was promoting his (first?) book. He's pretty.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
Is is bad that I only recognize that name from Tachyon: the Fringe? I suppose I should have known that he did... other stuff... too.
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