Kevin Sorbo – sometimes they watch back

A couple of years ago at San Diego ComicCon, Kevin Sorbo was at the Lightspeed booth doing a signing.   The Lightspeed  and Holzheimer’s booths (they are usually next to each other) always have people signing. Usually the lines are short but there is a constant flow of people stepping up for an autograph.  Most people just stumble across the signings by accident. When I go to ComicCon, one of the first things I do is check out their booths for a schedule of guests.

I’m willing to admit I enjoyed Hercules a lot more than Xena. I know the fanboy base out there enjoyed Xena much more. Maybe because I’m older and married I wasn’t as wowed by her cleavage.  I enjoyed the idea that Hercules didn’t need to kill people every day to get his point across.

I also enjoyed Andromeda a lot. For many years my Saturday afternoons were highlighted by Kevin Sorbo.

When I saw him signing I had to stop to get a photo autographed. Only a few people were in front of me and the wait was short.

I stepped up and picked a photo and mentioned something about how much I enjoyed Hercules. He smiled and said thanks. He took a second to look at my badge to see where I was from. The badge listed Frisco, TX.  He paused and he said he knew Frisco.

Can I admit I didn’t believe him?  I figured he was confusing it with some other town.  When the wife and I moved to Frisco 20 years ago, it was a tiny town of 8K people. It’s now over 100K and has a minor league Baseball, Basketball, and Hockey teams and Dallas’s major league soccer team plays there too.

He saw the smile on my face and knew I didn’t believe him. He repeated that he really was there. He told me he spent a summer in Dallas filming a few movies and someone took him a Rascal Flatts concert in the ball park.  He said the name of the ball park was Dr Pepper or something.  I paused.  That is the name of the Frisco RoughRider’s stadium (minor league baseball). I know the Dr Pepper baseball park doesn’t do many concerts but the Pizza Hut Park for the soccer team does.

So I asked if he meant that.

Yes! He was so excited to prove to me that he really was there.  It’s funny but I felt important because he wanted me to know he been to my town.

I asked if he always looked at the badges. He mentioned he tries and for just that reason – so he could find some common ground and possible connect with people.

The connection is what makes collecting autographs fun for me.

AH