In preparation, I actually found a photo I liked and printed
it. A rarity nowadays as work is keeping
me hopping and I’m either printing something out at the last minute or missing
the opportunity because I can’t get away.
The weird thing about printing off
a photo in advance, I actually had it in my car when Conan came to the office.
Yeah, in case you didn’t see it on his show, he came to the Mary Kay office.
I really wanted to rush down to the car and pull out the photo and see if he would sign. But what would my coworkers say? You can’t geek out too hard at work. So I missed a good chance then, as I know no other hounds were around.
But my next chance came on the
first day of taping in Dallas. I took
off work earliy-ish. I hung out with my fellow hounds. I was told he actually
arrived at 10:30 in the morning. While waiting I missed out on Adam Sandler; I got
Dirk Norwitzki to sign a 3x5 card; and I spent a lot of time talking with the
hounds.
After the show was done filming,
the crowd behind the Majestic grew. Most were just there to take a photo or to
see him up close. About a dozen of us
were prepared.
When Conan finally exited the stage
doors, the crowd roared. He was just as goofy in person as on the show. He chatted and signed. He would pause and let
the crows snap their photos. When he signed for me, he told me he really liked
my photo. Then he asked to borrow my Sharpie. He did a lot of selfies with the fans and
made his way up and down the line.
After 15 minutes he finally left. My Sharpie was gone forever. Small price to
pay…but I was thinking that I should emboss a link to my website on my
sharpies. Just in case it’s borrowed and they look at it later…
AH
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