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Beth and I are both sick now. I'm not sure how that happened with her, but for me I think it was eating some old cake that was in the refrigerator. I had to leave my temp job early yesterday. I'm feeling better now, but still kind of off. Thanks to that and the fact that I was away this past weekend, I haven't written a post in a while.
We went to Monster-Mania on Saturday, along with Beth's cousin Dorothea, whom we hadn't seen in a while. As usual, we sat through the question-and-answer panels, even the ones that didn't interest us that much. It's easier than leaving and then coming back and trying to find a seat. One panel was with John Kassir, best known for being the Cryptkeeper.
While I never watched Tales from the Crypt, I like the idea of a host who talks primarily in puns. He also did a lot of voice work, including Meeko the Raccoon in Pocahontas and taking over from Charles Adler as Buster Bunny on Tiny Toon Adventures. He also talked about playing Shemp Howard in a Three Stooges biopic that was produced by Mel Gibson, which is odd considering Gibson's well-known prejudice. The next panelist was Robert Carradine, who was in a bunch of things I never saw, including Revenge of the Nerds and Django Unchained. Actually, the only thing I think I ever did watch with him in it was the occasional episode of Lizzie McGuire, which somehow always seemed to be on when Beth was flipping channels. He played Lizzie's dad. Even though I didn't have any questions for him, I felt bad because hardly anyone else did either; his session only lasted about fifteen minutes or so. Then came Tony Todd, best known in horror circles for Candyman, although he did a lot of other stuff as well.
With a voice like his, how could he not? Two people asked him about encountering ghosts, which apparently was something he actually said happened and not just out of nowhere, but still pretty bizarre. I guess I'm just a spoilsport for being a skeptic on that issue. I also remember Todd pointing out that he didn't much care for Romania, where practically everyone claimed to be a relative of Dracula and tried to sell something. After that was a Walking Dead panel, which they seem to have at every single Monster-Mania, but it still drew a crowd. I've never watched the show and don't have any interest in it, so it was lost on me. The next few panels were in a larger room. I'm never sure how it's decided which guests answer questions at which times and in which rooms, but it usually works out.
Matthew Lillard started out this block, followed by Danny Trejo, whom everybody seems to love. Who doesn't appreciate a redemption story?
He had appeared at the convention a few years ago after being in The Devil's Rejects, and his career has escalated since then. He mentioned the Snickers commercial where he played Marcia Brady, and who better to play essentially the complete opposite of that character? Last was a reunion for The Lost Boys, a movie I saw but can't remember much of, other than that the grandfather from Blossom was in it. They were there largely to honor one of the actors from the film who had died recently.
And that's about it for Monster-Mania 33, and leads us back into getting sick.
We went to Monster-Mania on Saturday, along with Beth's cousin Dorothea, whom we hadn't seen in a while. As usual, we sat through the question-and-answer panels, even the ones that didn't interest us that much. It's easier than leaving and then coming back and trying to find a seat. One panel was with John Kassir, best known for being the Cryptkeeper.
While I never watched Tales from the Crypt, I like the idea of a host who talks primarily in puns. He also did a lot of voice work, including Meeko the Raccoon in Pocahontas and taking over from Charles Adler as Buster Bunny on Tiny Toon Adventures. He also talked about playing Shemp Howard in a Three Stooges biopic that was produced by Mel Gibson, which is odd considering Gibson's well-known prejudice. The next panelist was Robert Carradine, who was in a bunch of things I never saw, including Revenge of the Nerds and Django Unchained. Actually, the only thing I think I ever did watch with him in it was the occasional episode of Lizzie McGuire, which somehow always seemed to be on when Beth was flipping channels. He played Lizzie's dad. Even though I didn't have any questions for him, I felt bad because hardly anyone else did either; his session only lasted about fifteen minutes or so. Then came Tony Todd, best known in horror circles for Candyman, although he did a lot of other stuff as well.
With a voice like his, how could he not? Two people asked him about encountering ghosts, which apparently was something he actually said happened and not just out of nowhere, but still pretty bizarre. I guess I'm just a spoilsport for being a skeptic on that issue. I also remember Todd pointing out that he didn't much care for Romania, where practically everyone claimed to be a relative of Dracula and tried to sell something. After that was a Walking Dead panel, which they seem to have at every single Monster-Mania, but it still drew a crowd. I've never watched the show and don't have any interest in it, so it was lost on me. The next few panels were in a larger room. I'm never sure how it's decided which guests answer questions at which times and in which rooms, but it usually works out.
Matthew Lillard started out this block, followed by Danny Trejo, whom everybody seems to love. Who doesn't appreciate a redemption story?
He had appeared at the convention a few years ago after being in The Devil's Rejects, and his career has escalated since then. He mentioned the Snickers commercial where he played Marcia Brady, and who better to play essentially the complete opposite of that character? Last was a reunion for The Lost Boys, a movie I saw but can't remember much of, other than that the grandfather from Blossom was in it. They were there largely to honor one of the actors from the film who had died recently.
And that's about it for Monster-Mania 33, and leads us back into getting sick.