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famous people you meet who were jerks
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Rudest person i've ever had the misfortune of meeting has to be Lou Ferigno at comic-con a few years ago i wanted to just to take a picture with him and walk away thats it, He screamed at me and said give me 35 dollars i was shellshocked
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thenammagazine
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Do you like working for free?
People are supposed to pay for autographs and photo ops and Ferigno's all about business at conventions. You're not really descriptive about what you did, but on the surface it looks like you were trying to be sneaky and didn't ask permission.
Yup that is the impression I get as well.
I would never pay either, I would pay the price of admission to a horror convention or a comic convention yeah,
but not for their autograph, I would rather just take a pic of them from away, not with me on the pic but just a pic of the person, as memory maybe,
I guess even a pic With the person might even be kinda cool,
but their signature in a piece of paper for 50 bucks? or 30, or a 100 (in some cases)
no freaking way,
meeting them or seeing them up close is much more valuable for me as an experience than a piece of paper
thenammagazine
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I don't look at it like that. The autograph is a bonus. Every time I've ever gotten an autograph, I've had the fortune of having a brief conversation with the star. Those little moments are worth the measly $25-$35 or in the case of Mark Hamill who chatted with us for about 15 min, worth the $100
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I feel that autographs are kind if an old thing now since it's so easy nowadays to take pics, plus it's more personal (and convincing) than a signature. I have paid for photo ops twice in the 4 years I've been going to the Toronto fan expo.
One thing that made the UFC fan expo really great is that all of the fighters' photo ops and autographs were free. They also all seemed genuinely happy to meet the fans.
One thing that made the UFC fan expo really great is that all of the fighters' photo ops and autographs were free. They also all seemed genuinely happy to meet the fans.
I don't look at it like that. The autograph is a bonus. Every time I've ever gotten an autograph, I've had the fortune of having a brief conversation with the star. Those little moments are worth the measly $25-$35 or in the case of Mark Hamill who chatted with us for about 15 min, worth the $100
yeah I guess that makes sense, I guess what youre saying is you are paying the 30 bucks to talk to them, I guess I could see that,
But I still would not pay for it, like Ween said,
I've met lots of celebrities at conventions and they are usually quite generous and pleasant, the only one that left a bad impression on me was Tom Savini... He was at the first Texas Frightmare Weekend and the room he was in had about five other guests as well. The lines were formed so that you got to go by each table and meet the celebrity there. He was at the last table and kept ranting to the two convention volunteers working with him that it was taking too long for people to get to his table. Not really an a-hole, but certainly seemed to have very little patience with the process. When I got to him< i expressed my gratitude at being able to meet him and he just signed my photo and continued venting to the volunteers...
On the other hand Sid Haig, Kane Hodder, Ray Park and Thomas Jane were class acts all around.
On the other hand Sid Haig, Kane Hodder, Ray Park and Thomas Jane were class acts all around.
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I have a bit of a story about Tom Savini, but it takes to damn long to type on this phone. I'll have to wait until I'm using a desktop again.
thenammagazine
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UFC fighters are generally under contract to do promotional work, so they're being paid. The stars at these cons, on the other hand, unless they're paid for their appearance (which rarely happens), the money you pay for an autograph is all they earn sitting at that table. And when you factor in that there's airfare, hotel, food, transportation, booth fees, etc., you can begin to see the bigger picture.
I don't look at it like that. The autograph is a bonus. Every time I've ever gotten an autograph, I've had the fortune of having a brief conversation with the star. Those little moments are worth the measly $25-$35 or in the case of Mark Hamill who chatted with us for about 15 min, worth the $100
Yep.
I always strike up a conversation if I'm meeting a star in an autograph line. Otherwise what's the point? Just buy a signed photo on ebay and call it a day. Truth be told even though actors profit from autograph charges if they were free then it'd be one of those insane "wake up a 4:00 in the morning and camp in line" type of deals to meet them. FORGET THAT. I've got more money than time and am perfectly okay with plunking down some cash and then waiting a measly hour or so tops to meet a favorite star.
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