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Friday's con report, part one (Steve, Dan, and Robert)
After leaving Kath and Sue and heading off to bed, I remember nothing. Apparently the bed (with its surfeit of pillows) is just as 'heavenly' as advertised. And the blackout curtains...BLOCK OUT ALL THE LIGHT!! I need those in my room at home. :)
Friday morning...
...got a call from Sue, asking if my car would hold two extra people. (Since I drove, I'm the getaway driver.) My response, "Depends on how big they are." That sounds wrong, doesn't it? It's not - I come from a big-boned people. :grin: We're all undertall. Went to the room, saw we'd all fit, yeah. On the recommendation of the desk staff we headed to a pancake place just a block or so away. Good choice! Good food, and a model train circling overhead. Plenty of raucous conversation, a quick stop at the liquor store (Deb) or the 7-11 (where I spent $1.19 on nine cough drops, though it hurt my miserly soul), then back to the hotel to register.
A tiny hitch in the plan at this point, as the credit card machine hadn't arrived. I almost gave up the Joe/David photo op as not meant to be, since I didn't feel secure just leaving my cc# with the peeps, and lacked the cash. I'm glad I didn't - but more about that in tomorrow's report. (Muwahahaha!) Off to the vendor room to see what photos they had...HA! Mine are better! I'm a humble little thing, aren't I? The room was v.v. crowded, so I wandered off to kill time 'til the first event.
Time for the first event - a video. Was it I Want Candy? I canNOT remember, but if that was it, it was uproarious. And, yes, it's just what you're thinking - hot, hot man eyecandy. Luscious. Then Steve Bacic (Camulus) came on, with his coffee cup of pure whiskey, or so he said. Judging by how happy he was later, that claim was just maybe true.
I can't remember a thing he talked about (since I took no notes 'til Robert Picardo's panel [and wasn't at all distracted by Steve's very nice thighs - what? I like a good thigh]), but I remember having a fine time and laughing along with the crowd. Dan Shea was called to the stage for his panel while Steve was signing the banners, and decided to do some pushups with his feet stuck in from the side of the director's chair. He called for Steve to come help him, and Steve came....and signed his back with the silver Sharpie. :D
Dan started off by spotting in the audience a couple of girls who had watched him wander back and forth looking for the Westin shuttle waiting spot for 90 mins, only to respond to his eventual question by telling him that they were waiting for it, too, and that this was the place. Funny stuff. He kept coming back to it all weekend, though, and it kind of palled after a bit. He told some stunt stories, and some acting stories - my main impression was that they really need to start keeping the Red Bull locked up tight, or else up his ADHD meds. Wow - I can't imagine how high energy he must've been as a kid!
A Siler video followed. I think every clip he was ever in was in it. After that, I said NO to the Stargate YES/NO game. Can't remember why - wasn't food, sleep, sex, or shower. Hmmm, that's gonna bug me, losing time like that. :)
Came back for Robert Picardo's panel. But first - a video. Title card of a white tablecloth, with a martini shaped glass and "Ask Alfonso" in script. Cut to Robert's cousin, who looks remarkably like him, but with a full head of curly hair. He answered a letter about how a man could create more spark with his wife by saying that the only way would be to have Alfonso's 'pennis'. But to make love to his wife with it would cause her to cry out with such ecstasy that the neighbors would call the police, who would break down the doors and topple the romantic candles - burning down the house. And as they stood on the lawn, her continued howls would call down the wolves from the hills, and they would be killed and eaten where they stood. He concluded that it was better that the asker didn't have 'Alfonso's pennis', as it would leave him homeless and cop-beaten and killed by wolves. Return to title card - wild applause and hooting.
Robert came out, looking very character actor-y, and singing an operatic lament.
But he soon lightened up, and took a load off.
He talked about the sketch comedy troop where Alfonso was born - a man who completely believes that he's irresistible to women. He said we'd get to see him again later and the Cabaret. His wife is from Chicago, so they came in a couple days early to attend to some family stuff, but were now concentrating on the con and other fun stuff (I seem to recall that the family stuff was kind of heavy). He discussed going on SGU with David later this fall, and how he'd not seen the show up 'til he got cast, but had then gone out and bought Seasons 1.0 and 1.5 to brownnose. And what was up with the two half seasons?...oh, right. $$$ He discussed the possibility of throwing MGM a rent party - and/or coming up with the $6.5 million needed to get the SGA movie together. We all agreed to pitch in.
He said the lighting made his head look like a lit match. I thought it was just my (sister's) camera. :grin:
He introduced a video from his same comedy troop, parodying a fan con where Robert is a star unable to say no to his fans. The first wanted a photo. "Sure!" "Can you sign my shirt?" "Sure!" "Can you give me a wet willie?" "Of course!" "Can you record my answering machine message?" "No problem!" (And he did, and it was hilarious!) "Can you adopt my baby?" "Sure!" (holds baby the rest of the time) "Can you shoot me?" "Naturally!" (Grabs the fan's ludicrously large gun and plugs him.) "Wait!" says his minder. "You need to have some boundaries!" "Can you shoot him?" "Sure!" BLAM!! (Down goes the minder, on goes the con, and up go the lights, to thunderous applause.) He's a funny guy. He's fuu-nunny. Though he can look like a serial killer.
The audience had questions.
Q. When can we expect China Beach on dvd?
The music rights are holding it up. Same with The Wonder Years. When they were made, nobody envisioned dvd sales, so the rights were only for airing and reruns in network tv. Now the negotiations seem likely to never be over. And some have suggested stripping the music out, but that'd cost a lot, too. Plus, the music was so much a part of those shows that you would really lose something by taking it away. He said he really wanted them on dvd, too, if only to show the kids that there was a time when he was a leading man on, not one, but two different shows.
Q. Favorite 7of9 scene?
The nude sketch scene (naturally). And the briefing scene where they were all throwing themselves at the Doctor.
Q. Did he have a say in his character's development?
Yes. A lot, actually. He feels that a good character is brought to life by the alchemy that the writer and the actor bring together to the table. It was his idea to give the Doctor the flu, and also to make him a fan of opera, which he found amusing because the inhuman doctor was a fan of the most emotional of all the arts. He wasn't expecting the writers to make him sing, though. His favorite bit was being 7of9's mentor as Kef was his. It appealed to him that a character who had needed instruction in being 'human' was now taking on the task of passing that teaching along. He said that when Jeri first came to work with them, he wouldn't look at her except in a scene, for fear of being caught looking at her. He kept this up until one day she pinched his butt. Then all was well. :D
Q. How did he start acting?
It was the only way to meet girls, since he went to an all boys prep school. The plays they put on had girls from the next school over in them. He went to Yale for pre-med, but kept up the acting, eventually going on a European tour with their production, and realizing that, hmmm, this thing he was doing for fun could be a professional option. He then said he'd been acting for 34 years, but that he had the body of a 19 year old. . . in the trunk of his car.
Q. Did he have any input into the scene where Teyla handed him her baby, or in the development of the perfect woman?
Nope, that was all Mallozzi's way to redeem Dick from being a dick and a coward who also had no people skills. Robert had been worried about the fans' reaction to this guy coming in to be in charge, but Joe M. assured him that it could be done. The Teyla scene, along with the doors not letting him out after the meeting, was done purely to humanize Woolsey. It was Robert's idea to announce his intention to go back to his room to relax, and have Teyla find him in his suit and tie. The idea was that this guy missed his former, safer, urbane lifestyle more than he would ever let on.
Robert then held up and auctioned off, for charity, a signed cast photo consisting of 'myself and five gorgeous people, who are walking in a giant bathtub. With a stargate off to one side'. It went for $325.
Q. I love your hair. (It was a guy with Robert's same hairstyle.) What were the differences between the Star Trek and Stargate working environments?
It's the old, established fandom vs. the new, growing one. The formal vs. informal. On Trek there was no ad libbing. At all. On Stargate it was fine. He cited the example of Chuck/Chet/...you. SGA has more humor than Trek. SGU has less. He was really glad to have gotten to be part of the silly on SGA.
He talked about his upcoming movie, Monster Wolf, in which he plays a sort of younger Dick Cheney. Another movie he's in is Morlocks, and later he'll be starring in the Asylum production (which is sort of a knockoff of a knockoff) of MegaShark vs CrocaSaurus. He said that he'll only be appearing in movies whose names start with an M from now on, and if you have any ideas for them, you should pass them along while in the photo line.
Going back to the 'perfect woman' question, he said that it was great to play the romance of an older guy. Woolsey had been married for a long time, and so, having been so long out of the dating scene, had reverted back about 30 years when this woman came along, all bumbling and fumbles. He really liked that she was beautiful, but offbeat, and that she wasn't 30 years old, because that would've been sordid.
All in all, he was a really engaging guest, and held my attention the entire time. I'd love to see him tell classic stories to kids. Or, hell, to me!
I'm for bed. Part Two (Andee and Christopher, cabaret andrevisited bitchhood via O'Hare karaoke) tomorrow.
Friday morning...
...got a call from Sue, asking if my car would hold two extra people. (Since I drove, I'm the getaway driver.) My response, "Depends on how big they are." That sounds wrong, doesn't it? It's not - I come from a big-boned people. :grin: We're all undertall. Went to the room, saw we'd all fit, yeah. On the recommendation of the desk staff we headed to a pancake place just a block or so away. Good choice! Good food, and a model train circling overhead. Plenty of raucous conversation, a quick stop at the liquor store (Deb) or the 7-11 (where I spent $1.19 on nine cough drops, though it hurt my miserly soul), then back to the hotel to register.
A tiny hitch in the plan at this point, as the credit card machine hadn't arrived. I almost gave up the Joe/David photo op as not meant to be, since I didn't feel secure just leaving my cc# with the peeps, and lacked the cash. I'm glad I didn't - but more about that in tomorrow's report. (Muwahahaha!) Off to the vendor room to see what photos they had...HA! Mine are better! I'm a humble little thing, aren't I? The room was v.v. crowded, so I wandered off to kill time 'til the first event.
Time for the first event - a video. Was it I Want Candy? I canNOT remember, but if that was it, it was uproarious. And, yes, it's just what you're thinking - hot, hot man eyecandy. Luscious. Then Steve Bacic (Camulus) came on, with his coffee cup of pure whiskey, or so he said. Judging by how happy he was later, that claim was just maybe true.
I can't remember a thing he talked about (since I took no notes 'til Robert Picardo's panel [and wasn't at all distracted by Steve's very nice thighs - what? I like a good thigh]), but I remember having a fine time and laughing along with the crowd. Dan Shea was called to the stage for his panel while Steve was signing the banners, and decided to do some pushups with his feet stuck in from the side of the director's chair. He called for Steve to come help him, and Steve came....and signed his back with the silver Sharpie. :D
Dan started off by spotting in the audience a couple of girls who had watched him wander back and forth looking for the Westin shuttle waiting spot for 90 mins, only to respond to his eventual question by telling him that they were waiting for it, too, and that this was the place. Funny stuff. He kept coming back to it all weekend, though, and it kind of palled after a bit. He told some stunt stories, and some acting stories - my main impression was that they really need to start keeping the Red Bull locked up tight, or else up his ADHD meds. Wow - I can't imagine how high energy he must've been as a kid!
A Siler video followed. I think every clip he was ever in was in it. After that, I said NO to the Stargate YES/NO game. Can't remember why - wasn't food, sleep, sex, or shower. Hmmm, that's gonna bug me, losing time like that. :)
Came back for Robert Picardo's panel. But first - a video. Title card of a white tablecloth, with a martini shaped glass and "Ask Alfonso" in script. Cut to Robert's cousin, who looks remarkably like him, but with a full head of curly hair. He answered a letter about how a man could create more spark with his wife by saying that the only way would be to have Alfonso's 'pennis'. But to make love to his wife with it would cause her to cry out with such ecstasy that the neighbors would call the police, who would break down the doors and topple the romantic candles - burning down the house. And as they stood on the lawn, her continued howls would call down the wolves from the hills, and they would be killed and eaten where they stood. He concluded that it was better that the asker didn't have 'Alfonso's pennis', as it would leave him homeless and cop-beaten and killed by wolves. Return to title card - wild applause and hooting.
Robert came out, looking very character actor-y, and singing an operatic lament.
But he soon lightened up, and took a load off.
He talked about the sketch comedy troop where Alfonso was born - a man who completely believes that he's irresistible to women. He said we'd get to see him again later and the Cabaret. His wife is from Chicago, so they came in a couple days early to attend to some family stuff, but were now concentrating on the con and other fun stuff (I seem to recall that the family stuff was kind of heavy). He discussed going on SGU with David later this fall, and how he'd not seen the show up 'til he got cast, but had then gone out and bought Seasons 1.0 and 1.5 to brownnose. And what was up with the two half seasons?...oh, right. $$$ He discussed the possibility of throwing MGM a rent party - and/or coming up with the $6.5 million needed to get the SGA movie together. We all agreed to pitch in.
He said the lighting made his head look like a lit match. I thought it was just my (sister's) camera. :grin:
He introduced a video from his same comedy troop, parodying a fan con where Robert is a star unable to say no to his fans. The first wanted a photo. "Sure!" "Can you sign my shirt?" "Sure!" "Can you give me a wet willie?" "Of course!" "Can you record my answering machine message?" "No problem!" (And he did, and it was hilarious!) "Can you adopt my baby?" "Sure!" (holds baby the rest of the time) "Can you shoot me?" "Naturally!" (Grabs the fan's ludicrously large gun and plugs him.) "Wait!" says his minder. "You need to have some boundaries!" "Can you shoot him?" "Sure!" BLAM!! (Down goes the minder, on goes the con, and up go the lights, to thunderous applause.) He's a funny guy. He's fuu-nunny. Though he can look like a serial killer.
The audience had questions.
Q. When can we expect China Beach on dvd?
The music rights are holding it up. Same with The Wonder Years. When they were made, nobody envisioned dvd sales, so the rights were only for airing and reruns in network tv. Now the negotiations seem likely to never be over. And some have suggested stripping the music out, but that'd cost a lot, too. Plus, the music was so much a part of those shows that you would really lose something by taking it away. He said he really wanted them on dvd, too, if only to show the kids that there was a time when he was a leading man on, not one, but two different shows.
Q. Favorite 7of9 scene?
The nude sketch scene (naturally). And the briefing scene where they were all throwing themselves at the Doctor.
Q. Did he have a say in his character's development?
Yes. A lot, actually. He feels that a good character is brought to life by the alchemy that the writer and the actor bring together to the table. It was his idea to give the Doctor the flu, and also to make him a fan of opera, which he found amusing because the inhuman doctor was a fan of the most emotional of all the arts. He wasn't expecting the writers to make him sing, though. His favorite bit was being 7of9's mentor as Kef was his. It appealed to him that a character who had needed instruction in being 'human' was now taking on the task of passing that teaching along. He said that when Jeri first came to work with them, he wouldn't look at her except in a scene, for fear of being caught looking at her. He kept this up until one day she pinched his butt. Then all was well. :D
Q. How did he start acting?
It was the only way to meet girls, since he went to an all boys prep school. The plays they put on had girls from the next school over in them. He went to Yale for pre-med, but kept up the acting, eventually going on a European tour with their production, and realizing that, hmmm, this thing he was doing for fun could be a professional option. He then said he'd been acting for 34 years, but that he had the body of a 19 year old. . . in the trunk of his car.
Q. Did he have any input into the scene where Teyla handed him her baby, or in the development of the perfect woman?
Nope, that was all Mallozzi's way to redeem Dick from being a dick and a coward who also had no people skills. Robert had been worried about the fans' reaction to this guy coming in to be in charge, but Joe M. assured him that it could be done. The Teyla scene, along with the doors not letting him out after the meeting, was done purely to humanize Woolsey. It was Robert's idea to announce his intention to go back to his room to relax, and have Teyla find him in his suit and tie. The idea was that this guy missed his former, safer, urbane lifestyle more than he would ever let on.
Robert then held up and auctioned off, for charity, a signed cast photo consisting of 'myself and five gorgeous people, who are walking in a giant bathtub. With a stargate off to one side'. It went for $325.
Q. I love your hair. (It was a guy with Robert's same hairstyle.) What were the differences between the Star Trek and Stargate working environments?
It's the old, established fandom vs. the new, growing one. The formal vs. informal. On Trek there was no ad libbing. At all. On Stargate it was fine. He cited the example of Chuck/Chet/...you. SGA has more humor than Trek. SGU has less. He was really glad to have gotten to be part of the silly on SGA.
He talked about his upcoming movie, Monster Wolf, in which he plays a sort of younger Dick Cheney. Another movie he's in is Morlocks, and later he'll be starring in the Asylum production (which is sort of a knockoff of a knockoff) of MegaShark vs CrocaSaurus. He said that he'll only be appearing in movies whose names start with an M from now on, and if you have any ideas for them, you should pass them along while in the photo line.
Going back to the 'perfect woman' question, he said that it was great to play the romance of an older guy. Woolsey had been married for a long time, and so, having been so long out of the dating scene, had reverted back about 30 years when this woman came along, all bumbling and fumbles. He really liked that she was beautiful, but offbeat, and that she wasn't 30 years old, because that would've been sordid.
All in all, he was a really engaging guest, and held my attention the entire time. I'd love to see him tell classic stories to kids. Or, hell, to me!
I'm for bed. Part Two (Andee and Christopher, cabaret and
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