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Post by crowfan on Mar 7, 2009 21:40:01 GMT -3
While I won't be there in person, I will be there in spirit, and I hope those who go post pictures and stories. It should be a lot of fun for you guys!!!
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Post by Queen Shadowrama on Mar 10, 2009 13:43:53 GMT -3
Calandra is going right? Like always, I expect a full report and plenty of awesome fangirly pics! Try to y'know, not pass out.  |
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Post by crowfan on Mar 10, 2009 15:31:44 GMT -3
Yeah, she's going. She's really looking forward to it.
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Post by Creepy Girl on Mar 11, 2009 0:01:30 GMT -3
Wooo. I'm enjoying being able to vicariously attend each of the these shows through my fellow forum friends. :]
Have fun, Calandra!
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Post by Robyn on Mar 13, 2009 7:40:23 GMT -3
This isn't really related to the Seattle show, but it took place IN Seattle so - On Livejournal there was a very excited post from an employee of Scarecrow Video. Apparently it was up to her to pick up the CT gang from their hotel and drive them to Scarecrow Video for a signing. There were many squees to be had. And here's the followup! MOAR SQUEES! |
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Post by OxfordProle on Mar 13, 2009 18:48:24 GMT -3
Satellite News just linked some really cool coverage of the event. I haven't even finished it yet, but when I read the following, I definitely thought of everyone here: "Last was Joel. He created MST3k and Tom Servo. I asked him what he thought about Tom and he really went over him. Checked under the hover skirt and everything! He told a few stories about making Servo, like how he, with a silver paint pen, decided to color in the silver bits on the torso and then “just went for it” and colored the beak. I asked if he still made robots and he said that he made one for his son’s fourth birthday. Mostly it scared him. But in his family, 'at the age of four, we have to defeat a robot and become a man.'" Now my own dad was awesome, but this may very well qualify Joel for COOLEST DAD EVER!  |
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Post by Queen Shadowrama on Mar 13, 2009 22:13:31 GMT -3
OMG JOEL HAS A SON!!!! I'm also dead from the "at the age of four, we have to defeat a robot and become a man" bit! XD XD XD XD
Oh also, both Joel and Trace seem to have lost the facial hair.
I LOVE it when I get tidbits like this. ;D
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Post by Creepy Girl on Mar 14, 2009 1:21:05 GMT -3
WE NOW KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT HIS OFFSPRING. THIS IS TRULY AN AUSPICIOUS DAY IN FANGIRLDOM. Y'know, for some reason I always thought of him as having two girls. Don't know why. |
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Post by Katana on Mar 14, 2009 13:04:09 GMT -3
Y'know, for some reason I always thought of him as having two girls. Don't know why. I totally blame that on the conspiracy theory between our minds that Joel has two daughters. It's like, he's only ever talked about his "two kids", so we, for some reason, went "TWO GIRLS IT MUST BE". Perhaps to match the Nelson son duo... Aw, but this means a boy and a girl Joel has. >w< He can teach his son the ways of being a man (like defeating robots) and then dote on his daughter with cute little things (omfg, can you imagine them at like, a Daddy-Daughter dance?). Agh, the cute, it overwhelms! XD Now my own dad was awesome, but this may very well qualify Joel for COOLEST DAD EVER! Which reminds me that he called my dad the "coolest dad ever", probably because he willingly let me drag him to the CT show. XD; |
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Post by Creepy Girl on Mar 14, 2009 20:35:02 GMT -3
...and then dote on his daughter with cute little things (omfg, can you imagine them at like, a Daddy-Daughter dance?). Agh, the cute, it overwhelms! XD |
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Post by Queen Shadowrama on Mar 14, 2009 21:18:22 GMT -3
So it's like what, 5 PM on the west coast right now? Calandra's excitement must be reaching critical mass... |
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Post by Queen Shadowrama on Mar 15, 2009 20:04:47 GMT -3
Soooo? How was it?? ;D
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Post by Creepy Girl on Mar 16, 2009 0:45:42 GMT -3
TELL TELL TELL. <3
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Post by Cerrita on Mar 17, 2009 23:03:50 GMT -3
So it's like what, 5 PM on the west coast right now? Calandra's excitement must be reaching critical mass... My excitement reached critial mass at 7:30, when I say Trace in person and realized that it wasn't a fantasy, it was REAL! (I posted this on forrestcrow already, but why not?) What an awesome weekend! Granted, it got off to a rough start. Mrs. Torgo agreed to meet me at the airport, but it wasn't until my plane had actually landed did we realize we hadn't arranged a meeting place. And I accidently left my cell phone at home. Enter an hour of us running about the airport trying to find each other. I'd called her husband twice before we finally stumbled together by the baggage claim. Me and Mrs. Torgo went to Pioneer Square on Friday, including the underground tour. That afternoon we met up with Mighty Jack, went to dinner and watched some episodes. There was a lot of episode watching over the weekend. Saturday morning I hung out with my cousin and her family, touring Pike Place Market, and that evening was the show. Mrs. Torgo (Jennifer), MJ (Shawn), and I (Alicia) got to the theater about 7, hanging out in the lobby and looking for Eric. (We were informed that he was a tall redhead from Cananda, so every redhead got questioned. Turns out he was the third we asked, and the second named Eric. Go figure!) We introduced ourselves to Trace, and got thoroughly freaked out by his wife. Jennifer and I were looking over the episodes for sale when a charming looking woman approached us and said "Are you Mrs. Phyllis Torgo?" much to Jen's surprise. She then turned and addressed me correctly as Cerrita. We spent the rest of the evening trying to figure out how she knew us. Then came the show itself. The opening act was a comedian named Gruber, who was amazing. Then Josh came out, and did a wonderful sketch with him. First he complimented MST fans on having an attention span, then provided a hypothesis about the grim future. Instead of hearing your favorite song on the radio, you'd hear your favorite clips from your favorite songs. Josh then let loose on a compliation of classic song opening lines and choruses. Frank joined them, and presented his concept for an action hero, Convluted Man. Talk about a super hero down on his luck... Out comes the rest of the cast, Mary Jo and Trace full of energy; and Joel kinda slinks out, hands clasped, head down. Dynamite Brothers was a terrible mix of a black-sploitation/Chinese kung-fu, and the riffing was golden, I don't think there was a riff that didn't get at least a solid chuckle. 10:30, the movie ends, a "Best of CT" encore plays, and it's time to stand in line for an hour and get autographs. Ron pulled us aside and presented our group with the show poster, which we decided to let Shawn have, thanks to his donation of the two extra tickets he had. Finally, we get to the autograph table, and I'm so nervous I can barely think. I got autographs from Trace and Mary Jo, then appologized to Josh for almost skipping over him. I let Frank know I'd watch Convoluted Man if it were on. Then Joel... I'd always had the idea that Joel was a shy guy, just sort of sitting there as fans oogled and crowded around for pictures. Imagine my surprise when I get to him; he stands, extends his hand confidently, and thanks me for attending the show. I'm so nervous I don't think I actually said anything to him. Someone took my camera from me and snapped the greatest photo in my entire life:  Shawn was behind me, and got this jem of his own (which came out better than I thought it was going to. Stupid camera):  I went back and got photos with Trace and Josh, then Mary Jo and Frank, but those pictures weren't good enough quality to post  . Back to Jennifer's place, where I got a lovely pic of Mrs. and, uh, Mr. Torgo.  The best weekend of my life. Na. |
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Post by Queen Shadowrama on Mar 17, 2009 23:14:10 GMT -3
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! Calandra, that is such an adorable picture! I love it!!! I'm so glad that you had a great time, and have now joined the growing collective of us that have gotten to meet Joel! He's such a dream! XD Creepy, you're next. |
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Post by Katana on Mar 17, 2009 23:15:25 GMT -3
The elusive Mrs. Beaulieu appears...XD
Dayum, sounds like a good time. :D I can't wait to be able to make an event out of going to a show as well. XD; Mine seems to have been the most uneventful (yet I was able to ramble for hours on end).
And yeah, Joel is weird like that. I remember staring at the table and watching my DVD case when suddenly, a hand shot into my vision. I almost wet my pants it scared me so much. XD;
WASN'T IT AMAZING IT WAS AMAZING RIGHT?! 8D
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. Back to Jennifer's place, where I got a lovely pic of Mrs. and, uh, Mr. Torgo.