Here's a hot news blurb from the animator and co-producer of The Griffin and the Minor Canon, which features David Selby providing the voice of the Griffin and Chris Sarandon providing the voice of the Minor Canon.

The film was recently presented at the L.A. Film School Theater as part of the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival.

It did not take any prizes, but this is good exposure for the film since this is reputed to be the largest short film festival in the world.

Actually, I know someone else who ventured to sing "Quentin's Theme" on a network television appearance several years later. He seemed to find it a little challenging too. ;-)

http://www.ldrservicesonline.com/davidselbysite/clips/joan_rivers.htm

I think Connie and Annie would agree that there is only one David with whom we need to concern ourselves.

Incidentally, the whole stereotype of fans being perpetuated by the review in question has actually been debunked by numerous ethnographic explorations of fandom, including Henry Jenkins' Textual Poachers and Camille Bacon-Smith's Enterprising Women. There's also a collection of essays called Theorizing Fandom that includes a piece on Dark Shadows fans and their fan fiction.

I'm sure Barnes & Noble also sells these titles.

David Selby's episode of The Mind of the Married Man will premiere on HBO on Sunday, 10/13 at 10:30pm ET and be rebroadcast several times during the week.

All broadcast times are listed on my site.

FYI - This role is similar to the Ally McBeal appearance. Don't expect to see David in every scene.


C.

Hi everyone,

The LA-area Dark Shadows fan club, Shadows in the Sun, is in the process of getting together a group to attend an upcoming performance of Mame with David Selby.

I thought I would pass along group-related information for any other groups of fans who might be interested in attending. I'm working with the producers in order to provide groups of David Selby fans an opportunity to tour the backstage area and, possibly, to meet with David.

Here's the story . . . For groups of 10 or more fans attending the show, Cabrillo Music Theatre has offered to arrange a souvenir "backstage pass" and  a "meet and greet" with David (depending on his schedule, etc.).

Anyone who's going to see the show with a group of 10 or more fans can contact me via the Feedback page of my web site so that I can pass along contact information for the theater's group sales folks and the people who are arranging these "meet and greets."

Much as I would like to say that I have enough free time this semester to organize fans into these groups, I really don't; however, if anyone plans to attend with fewer than the required 10 to make a group, please contact me via my site's Feedback page with info about the show you wish to attend, and I'll see if there's any way I can start matching folks together to make the necessary 10.

I'm not making any promises, though, because there are papers to be graded and PhD qualifying exams to be taken.

If you need more info about Mame, you'll find it on my web site via the link banner below.

David Selby is mentioned in an Oct. 6 Playbill Online article for his upcoming appearance in Mame in Thousand Oaks, California.

A link to the article appears on my Selby site.

I dare say some of us will be wanting equal time when the 1897 shredded shirts start showing up, or falling off, as the case may be.

UPDATE: I was contacted via e-mail this afternoon by Mame's executive producer. He is extending some nice options for David's fans. This includes arranging for group rates, and, depending on the dates, arranging for backstage passes and a meeting with David after the show.

So, if the LA fan club decides to make this a group event, I can assist with facilitating this process. If other fans are interested in this sort of thing, please contact me via the Feedback page on my web site. I need to get some idea of numbers and dates before I contact the theatre.