Mandy Patinkin Eisemann Center 2/21/15

Everyone loves the movie Princess Bride. My wife dragged me to the movie decades ago. I was kicking and screaming the whole way. I did not want to see a chick flick. After twisting my ear in that oh so special way, I quieted down and politely bought her some popcorn and soda.

We watched the movie. I laughed. I cried (well, just a little) and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s a movie that will cause both of us to stop down and watch it if we run across it. Yes, I am thankful, the love of my live and mother of my cats dragged me to that movie.

Needless to say, Mandy Patinkin was on my autograph radar.  When I saw he was coming to town for a play, I was excited.

Because of work and the weather, I had not gotten a chance to try for him. While at TicketStock, a fellow hound said he was going to try later that night. We agreed to meet as 2 sets of eyes are better than one.  And I dutiful invited a third hound. Three sets of eyes are better than two.

The temperature was falling fast. As the norm, I did not bring a jacket. I was freezing. Yes, if mom was here, she would be scolding me now and I would feel her whack me on the back of my head.  The play ended and we started scanning the crowd. No luck. We waited and still no Mandy.  We froze and waited some more.  The crowd was dispersed. No one was around.  We still waited and froze.

Finally, I saw a man enter the lobby with a ski cap and hunched over. I knew that was him.

I let my friends know that I thought I saw him.  They moved faster than me and met him at the door as he exited. He signed for all three of us.  It was cold and all of us wanted out of it.

AH

 

Who doesn't love Whose Line's Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood March 2014

It was a busy day, chores, a small convention, haircut (I was looking pretty shaggy), and then off to the Eisemann Theater in Richardson.

The Eisemann is a nice venue that brings in some good names that you want to add to your collection.  It’s also a venue where you can hit a homerun or strike out when it comes to autographs. Some celebs stay in the hotel across the street and just walk through the lobby. Some use the stage door on the side. And some use the loading dock in the back. 

I got to the theater about an hour before the show. I was fairly certain I was too late to catch them as they arrived. I was thinking I might have to camp out for a while.  As I drove up, I noticed a fellow collector so I had some hopes I wasn’t too late.

As I walked up to say hi to my fellow hound, he turned his back and rushed to the stage door.  I followed.  Colin Mochrie had stepped out to take a smoke break.  He kindly signed for both of us and even posed for a photo.  The other collector politely asked if Brad Sherwood was somewhere back stage and might have time to sign.  Colin said he’d track him down for us.

The two of us sat and chatted for a few minutes and then Brad stepped out and signed and posed.  As he looked at my photo he mentioned that was his ‘fat’ photo. He never weighed more in his life.  I took another look at him and I could see he had lost some weight.  

Brad reentered the building and we walked back to our cars.  It was nice for me as I was only there for 15 minutes and got two nice autographs.  My only regret was not seeing the show.

AH