I really though I lost this. Over the years, my focus for autographs
has shifted. At first, I collected mostly books. Then I started collecting
baseballs. Then I morphed into actors with a few books and balls in the mix. In
2001, I was not into celebs and I mostly did baseballs. So something like a
signed ticket stub didn’t have a home in my collection. It ended up in a pile
of ticket stubs and left for lost.
I finally got off my lazy butt and did some organizing. While
I was cleaning up the mess of ticket stubs, badges, and matchbooks I’ve collected
over the years, I found this little gem. After several hour s of looking over what I had
collected, my mess of memories became better organized and sorted. I chucked
some stuff. I shared some memories with
The Wife. Most importantly, I created
more room for the next 30 years.
Back in 2001, I dragged The Wife to see Penn and Teller. I had
recently seen them perform the Bullet Catch trick on a talk show and was
amazed. I was excited there were coming to town and I bought tickets. The Wife was
not so excited. She was a good sport and
let me drag her to downtown Dallas to see the team perform.
The show was very good. I was excited I had seen them in
person. The Bullet Catch is just as impressive in person as on TV. Their show
is series of tricks, anecdotes, and explanations.
After the show, I was surprised both Penn and Teller were in
the front of the theater greeting fans and chatting. I saw that they both had sharpies and signed
anything. The only thing I had was my ticket stub. So the both signed; one on
each side. That was the perfect bonus to a great show. and then sadly, the
ticket stub was lost for over 15 years.
Years later, I got them to sign a book at SDCC. Where again,
they greeted fans after the show and signed for people.
AH
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