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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 3, 2020 16:37:14 GMT -5
Another autograph story - I was exactly the right age to be a big fan of Soupy Sales' TV show in the mid-1960s. When Archie Comics put out a Soupy comic, I bought it eagerly and haunted the newsstands for months for the second issue, which never arrived.
In the early 90s I lived in southern California, and Soupy appeared at a nightclub in San Juan Capistrano - the same place where I saw Dr. John, NRBQ and Bela Fleck. A lot of people brought their old Soupy record albums for him to sign; I was the only one with the comic book. As he was signing it, I asked if there was a story behind the one-and-only issue; he said that it just hadn't sold well enough for them to put out another. Personally, I think that if Gold Key or Dell had published it instead of Archie, there would have been at least half-a-dozen issues.
Anyway, I have my ticket stub from that nightclub in the bag with the signed comic.
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Post by Calidore on Jan 3, 2020 20:09:51 GMT -5
I won the donation from Rich Koz (local horror movie host Son of Svengoolie, who I watched religiously in grade school): a signed Svengoolie t-shirt and, even better, a signed rubber chicken from the show. How does one sign a rubber chicken? I mean, other than 'very carefully'.  With a sharpie. He actually wrote a small paragraph on it, stating that it wasn't to be sold on eBay (not a chance!) and that it was so scuffed and dirty because it had been used on the show a lot. It's in storage, but I'll try to remember to get a picture next time I'm able. |
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Jan 6, 2020 14:43:14 GMT -5
The wife and I saw Ronnie Spector at a small club in Detroit (Dec. 2018) and got this nifty autographed reissue of the Ronettes classic album. A nice memento of a terrific show.  |
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Post by foxley on Jan 6, 2020 16:57:57 GMT -5
My most prized comic book autograph (I have several autographed photos of me with Doctor Who alumni that are important to me) is the Neil Gaiman autograph on the cover of my The Sandman #1.
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Post by badwolf on Jan 6, 2020 20:13:17 GMT -5
Not a single autograph, but my most prized item is my copy of Doctor Who: The Key to Time:  I brought it to a big DW convention when I was fifteen (1985). My mum sprung for the tickets that got us into a luncheon with the guests! Anthony Ainley ended up sitting at our table (we didn't know who we would get beforehand); there was also Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Janet Fielding, John Levene, and Carol Ann Ford. At the end we were allowed to mingle around and get stuff signed, so they are all in my copy of that book. It is one of the greatest memories I have and it is the first thing I'd grab in a fire after the cat. |
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Post by foxley on Jan 7, 2020 0:08:20 GMT -5
Not a single autograph, but my most prized item is my copy of Doctor Who: The Key to Time: I brought it to a big DW convention when I was fifteen (1985). My mum sprung for the tickets that got us into a luncheon with the guests! Anthony Ainley ended up sitting at our table (we didn't know who we would get beforehand); there was also Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Janet Fielding, John Levene, and Carol Ann Ford. At the end we were allowed to mingle around and get stuff signed, so they are all in my copy of that book. It is one of the greatest memories I have and it is the first thing I'd grab in a fire after the cat. You have no idea how jealous I am of this! And that you had the opportunity to meet all of them!
(Although I have met John Levene and I have to say that he is such a genuinely nice and sweet man. When I told him that as a child, Benton was my favourite character after the Doctor, because I knew I could never be the Doctor, but maybe I could grow up to be Sgt. Benton, he seemed genuinely touched.)
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Post by badwolf on Jan 7, 2020 11:41:33 GMT -5
Not a single autograph, but my most prized item is my copy of Doctor Who: The Key to Time: I brought it to a big DW convention when I was fifteen (1985). My mum sprung for the tickets that got us into a luncheon with the guests! Anthony Ainley ended up sitting at our table (we didn't know who we would get beforehand); there was also Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Janet Fielding, John Levene, and Carol Ann Ford. At the end we were allowed to mingle around and get stuff signed, so they are all in my copy of that book. It is one of the greatest memories I have and it is the first thing I'd grab in a fire after the cat. You have no idea how jealous I am of this! And that you had the opportunity to meet all of them!
(Although I have met John Levene and I have to say that he is such a genuinely nice and sweet man. When I told him that as a child, Benton was my favourite character after the Doctor, because I knew I could never be the Doctor, but maybe I could grow up to be Sgt. Benton, he seemed genuinely touched.)
That's cool. All the guests were super nice when I went.
As a slightly embarrassing side anecdote, I did not recognize Ainley when he first sat down at our table and was very nervous till I finally twigged it, as I was sitting right next to him. He did not have a beard nor moustache nor any of the other makeup they use to make him look villainous on the show. I don't think I realized then how heavily done up some actors get for their roles. (Jon Pertwee on the other hand was dressed as the Doctor! Not that I wouldn't have recognized him anyway.)
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