WPPJames

5 minutes ago, spidermanbeyond said:

Sad if this is truly the last time.

Maybe 9 or 10 months from now we can all get together and see if there is a way to make it continue. Probably at a much smaller scale. I don't think anyone could do as solid of a job as @thirdgreenham and @sckao

Did we ever get a rough estimate on current number of prize sets being offered? Not asking anyone to go back and count, but thought someone might have a general idea.

1 minute ago, kav said:

What about them cousins on the Patty Duke show-only one of em got credit! 

The what show? Finally someone here who might be older than me.

Just now, kav said:

so the dude

I see what you just did there.

8 minutes ago, kav said:

The robot on lost in space was never credited they wanted the kids to believe he was a real robot.

Was ALF credited on his own TV show? No idea myself, but would make for a cool bar trivia question.

17 minutes ago, kav said:

Her and the perfessor hated being "and the rest" in the theme song they finally got em to change it.

I heard that Bob Denver went to the producers after Season 1 and had that changed to also give them full billing.

7 minutes ago, Crops068 said:

You just wanted to get lost on an island with her.....

Still do. And I'm abstaining from making a coconut cream pie joke.

1 minute ago, Crops068 said:

And yeah I am sure he has heard that line a whole bunch of bunches over the years now

No doubt . The fact you didn't leave the convention with his sig pen lodged in your neck indicates he's a pretty cool Dude (for you Kav).

I've always wanted to meet Dawn Wells. Had a crush on her since the time I was 8 years old up until ... however old I am now. 50 something. I spoke with a guy once who's business was basically booking celebs for shows and conventions. Very interesting conversation. I forget all the details, but seems like his company paid them a set fee up front and then hopefully made a profit by charging people like you and me for admission / sigs / etc. He and his partner were responsible for transportation to and from airport; the show and I think sometimes dinners. He had a lot of stories about which celebs were really nice and down to earth and which ones were d*cks. He said Dawn was super nice. He said the absolute worst was Stephanie Powers.

1 minute ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I got the same .... and a  from greenham....

I'm really thinking that my brain is a bit fried from this contest, I graded my value sub a lot better than this contest  

I'm all for self deprecating humor. As such I will reveal that my response from greenham was:

"Can you post your grades again, please?  X.X is not a CGC grade  "

It was a typo, but still damn embarrassing.

A  from @sckao. If I can get 4 points out of this round I'll be happy.

My goal is to finish in the top 50%. Set your expectations low in life and you will experience a multitude of successes.

3 hours ago, Crops068 said:

I too am a fan of Knight's Tale.

As for Val Kilmer and Tombstone.... I recently had the best experience over the summer.  Met Micheal Biehn. The Convention wasn't busy so was able to talk to him for about 10-15 minutes.  It was fantastic.  Walked up and started the conversation with "Why Johnny Ringo you look like someone just walked over your grave!"  Then proceeded to tell him how I hated him for the last roughly 20 years for playing Johnny Ringo.  We talked about my kids, his kids, grandkids, etcs.  It was really quite awesome.  Made my love for the movie even more honestly.

Very cool! Sounds like a really nice guy. Although I wonder how many times over the past 25 years someone walked up to him and said "Why Johnny Ringo you look like someone just walked over your grave". You are lucky he didn't stab you in the neck with his autograph pen 

My closest brush with greatness was seeing Babe Laufenberg at a gas station off I-20 outside of Dallas. He was screaming at one of his kids to go get back in the car with Mom.

I can quote from that movie and The Crow. That's about it.

EDIT: And Tombstone. The good version with Val Kilmer.

13 minutes ago, Crops068 said:

Maybe you should be looking forward to the reveal tomorrow.  Because that is spot on.

One of my fav movies. A guilty pleasure I guess. Never would win any awards, but loved it anyway and watched many times. My favorite sequence (lets see how close I get):

What a pair we make. Both trying to hide who we really are. Both unable to do so. Your men love you (what about the lady blacksmith standing behind him with a hammer? she didn't count?). If I knew nothing else about you that would be enough. But you also tilt when you should withdraw. And that is knightly too. Release him! He may appear to be of humble origins but my historians have discovered he comes from an ancient royal line. This is my word, and as such is beyond contestation! And now, if I may repay the kindness you once showed me. Take a knee. By the power ?? my father King ?? and by all the witnesses here, I dub thee Sir William. Arise Sir William. ... then something about jousting and a tournament to finish.

1 minute ago, Crops068 said:

Exactly...

You have been weighed. You have been measured. And you have definitely been found wanting. Something like that?

9 minutes ago, Crops068 said:

Right there with ya.

Prediction for my scores this round.

Grades in. I've had a double -1 round and last round a double bulls. I had about the same confidence in both of those rounds. Nill. I keep that for Round #9.

Best part of getting a double is I may not get stuck with "winning" the low end prizes I offered up myself.

And just for the record, if this was in the Green Eggs contest, I'd go 9.6. I will not reveal what place I'm currently in that contest 

4 minutes ago, Wolverinex said:

Congrats @ElrodAllWrong  You are a grading machine

Can we require a blood test and disqualify him if the results come back "not human"?

Had hoped to move up a bit more this round with the double. But with both books being so low end there really wasn't a lot of range for people to be off for more than a grade or two.

I just got lucky on this round. I did have a narrow range, but went upper on first book and mid on 2nd. Even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut.

2 minutes ago, thirdgreenham said:

You eat low grade comics for breakfast?  

Sounds like Grape Nuts. My Dad use to make us eat that rubble.

At this point I really don't care what place I come in (yea, I do). I just wanted to get a double bulls.

And my wife is so crazy supportive. She doesn't get comics. But I told her about the contest and how I was in like 50th place. She said, "well, yea they are probably cheating, but you aren't!". Gotta suffer thru that first horrible marriage to get to the good one