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Yesterday, [livejournal.com profile] bethje and I attended the Monster-Mania Convention in Cherry Hill, as we are wont to do. So far, there's only been one of them we've missed, and we even went to the one in Connecticut. Most of the question-and-answer panels this time weren't of all that much interest to me. There was one bit in the Lance Henriksen panel that I found amusing, because Beth is always bringing up this one scene in Pumpkinhead in which Lance's character is washing his son's hands, and tells him about how his grandmother used to wash his hands, and her own hands felt like paper. Strangely, Lance actually brought up this scene when someone asked him about the movie. The most interesting guest was probably Joe Turkel, not a name I'd recognize, but he played the bartender in The Shining.

He mostly talked about Stanley Kubrick (he was in a total of three of Kubrick's films), but it was pretty intriguing stuff. Cary Elwes told a story about Andre the Giant farting, which I can't say I found especially funny, but which is worth mentioning just for how bizarre an anecdote it was. The last guest we stayed for was Sam Trammell from True Blood, a show neither of us had ever watched, but he was a huge draw for the fangirls. Apparently his character on the show is naked quite often, and a lot of the questions pertained to this.

Also, there's this:

Futurama: Tip of the Zoidberg - This episode finally explained why Professor Farnsworth insists on keeping Dr. Zoidberg around despite his obvious incompetence. It reveals in flashbacks how the two of them met as monster hunters for Mom (whose real name is apparently Carol), and gave Zoidberg the chance to be a hero for once. He's somewhat more in his element when dealing with alien anatomy and diseases.

Date: 2011-08-22 01:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bethje.livejournal.com
We missed one in Maryland, too, I think.

Strangely, Lance actually brought up this scene when someone asked him about the movie.

And then I elbowed the shit out of you.

Date: 2011-08-22 06:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vovat.livejournal.com
Yeah, we missed the Maryland one, but I wasn't sure whether that should count. I DID specify Cherry Hill in the first sentence.

Date: 2011-08-22 08:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bethje.livejournal.com
What about when I elbowed the shit out of you?

Date: 2011-08-22 09:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vovat.livejournal.com
Yes, that was definitely something that happened. {g}

Date: 2011-08-22 11:28 am (UTC)
loz: (Loz Calming)
From: [personal profile] loz
Dude, did you not think 'Tip of the Zoidberg' was vintage Futurama?

Date: 2011-08-22 06:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vovat.livejournal.com
I quite liked it, but I'm not sure whether it was any more vintage than most of the other recent episodes.

Date: 2011-08-22 10:00 pm (UTC)
loz: (Time)
From: [personal profile] loz
I guess it just appealed to my sense of humour more. I did tend to like Ken Keeler's episodes the most in the original series anyway.

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