You ALL Still Have Zoidberg!

[vovat]

Yesterday, 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.

Comments

[bethje.livejournal.com]

What about when I elbowed the shit out of you?

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was definitely something that happened. {g}