Charles, I'm sure he's making a joke about how you said you had a bone to pick with the Collector's Show staff, as I'm also sure he'll explain when he returns.

Indeed Charles, this was never meant as an insult, simply a good natured nudge, after your response to my previous post on the Hollywood show. I am truly honest when I say I look very forward to seeing that great smile of yours in Brooklyn. 

BTW, I do ask that if anyone is able to go to FANEX please make sure to stick up for Dan on that panel. He's gotten some mixed reviews there before, although I do acknowledge myself the "Dracula" with Jack Palance was less than a masterpiece.

Michael

I would imagine the problem is that all the stars mentioned are based in the L.A. area.  That means no one has to pay to get them to the show.  If the show was held in the N.Y. area, they would  either have to bring those stars to NY....or showcase NY stars.

When you think about it, the situation in New York is  very different. You know exactly where to find the performers.  If you want autographs of Broadway stars, all you have to do is buy a ticket to the show, and be prepared to wait at the stage door when it's over. They are, for the most part, very happy to spend time with the fans. My daughter's collection of autographed Playbills is turning into a paper tower.

the Chiller show happens twice a year in North Jersey and always has a great guest list. I used to attend Chiller when I lived on the East Coast & got dozens of autographs.

Chiller is probably the closest thing we have. Now, admittedly, the "personality" of the two shows are quite different. The same can be said of most different conventions I've been too. The Hollywood show is more general movie and TV actors, and Chiller is more horror film focused. Nonetheless. last fall's Chiller had cast reunions for "I Dream of Jeanie" and "Batman" 1966.  (Not to mention four of the ladies of Dark Shadows.) Chiller has more grown more general outreach, although lately, its been more to wrestlers than anything else beyond the horror stars lately.

Bottom line for any show nowawadays is cost, travel and availability.

One has to realize too, that although some people may not be as big a star as say, Tom Cruise or Jack Nicholson, which would be unmanageable at a regular autograph show, but "cult" status also makes some guests appearences difficult to manages. I can only speculate that it might be impossible to have say Tim Curry or Eric Braeden at a show for example. In the case of the latter, I would love to ask him about his work in "Escape from the Planet of the Apes," but after decades on the soaps, his appearence would likely be flooded.

Michael