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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: Darth Gamboa on May 12, 2006, 06:20 PM
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The Travel Channels "Made in America" is sending a filmcrew to the place of my employment next Tuesday. John Ratzenberger hosts the show. Anybody want a signed Major Derlin action figure?
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No thanks but thank you for asking.
::)
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Neat idea! But I wonder if he has a "rule" on autographs -- some actors won't sign items like that.
(PM on its way)
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Dude! I'd kill for a photo of him holding the CreatureCantina.com SUCKS sign!
http://www.creaturecantina.com/celebs/
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I sort of doubt he's had an action figure of himself put in front of him - I'd like to hope he'd be cool about it. You should definitely give it a shot. :)
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PM sent.
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Go for it Gamboa, let us know how you fare with this... Drop an image if you want, I'd dig seeing you with him or something just because he's not a guy you can seemingly get ahold of too often.
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Let's see. You've got John Ratzenberger coming to your work to do a job and you want to ambush him with signing a few pieces of plastic from a movie he was briefly in over 20 years ago.
I'm sure he'll love that, since he'll have all the time in the world to fulfill your fantasies. And won't you have a job to be doing somewhere at the company while he's there?
Why not just talk with him? You could choose to be cool and helpful to Mr. Ratzenberger instead of rabid. "Here, hold up this Creature Cantina Sucks sign... What's it mean? Uh, it's kind of an internet inside joke kind of thing... Oooh - Take a picture with me like we're friends..." Instead, ask him questions. He's had an interesting career outside of his role as Derlin.
John is the only person to voice a character in all 7 of Pixar Animation's feature films - as Hamm in Toy Story (1995), PT Flea in Bug's Life, A (1998), Hamm again in Toy Story 2 (1999), the Abominable Snowman in Monsters, Inc. (2001), School Fish in Finding Nemo (2003), the Underminer in The Incredibles (2004), and Mack in the upcoming Cars (2006).
Personally, I'd rather have you bring back a cool story about meeting John than a few signed figures and a photo of him holding up a sign.
Good luck.
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Let's see. You've got John Ratzenberger coming to your work to do a job and you want to ambush him with signing a few pieces of plastic from a movie he was briefly in over 20 years ago.
I'm sure he'll love that, since he'll have all the time in the world to fulfill your fantasies. And won't you have a job to be doing somewhere at the company while he's there?
Why not just talk with him? You could choose to be cool and helpful to Mr. Ratzenberger instead of rabid. "Here, hold up this Creature Cantina Sucks sign... What's it mean? Uh, it's kind of an internet inside joke kind of thing... Oooh - Take a picture with me like we're friends..." Instead, ask him questions. He's had an interesting career outside of his role as Derlin.
John is the only person to voice a character in all 7 of Pixar Animation's feature films - as Hamm in Toy Story (1995), PT Flea in Bug's Life, A (1998), Hamm again in Toy Story 2 (1999), the Abominable Snowman in Monsters, Inc. (2001), School Fish in Finding Nemo (2003), the Underminer in The Incredibles (2004), and Mack in the upcoming Cars (2006).
Personally, I'd rather have you bring back a cool story about meeting John than a few signed figures and a photo of him holding up a sign.
Good luck.
I disagree. Go with the sign idea. When is Cliff Claven ever going to come to your work again? Actors are attention hungry ego maniacs, he will love it. Can't wait to see that sign.
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Great points R4Don4. Yeah, maybe go with Don's suggestion instead.
Treat John Ratzenberger like your bitch and personal play thing while he's at your work, after all, he signed up for that when he decided to be an actor and he'll never be coming back to your work again. What kind of story is he doing about your company for Made in America? Oh well, it probably doesn't matter. I'm sure he'll find fan boy antics "cute", and how could your actions possibly effect the way they edit their story about your company? If your boss asks about your behavior, just explain that your online buddy R4Don4 said it would be okay, because when will John Ratzenberger, er, "Cliff Claven" ever come to your work again?
Here's an idea; if John Ratzenberger won't hold the Creature Cantina sign, wait for him to go into the restroom at your work. Then go in and wipe your ass with the sign and use the feces to stick it on him. Be sure to take some pictures of him going to the bathroom, and with the sign stuck on him. You could post them here, or sell them to the Enquirer. After all, "actors are attention hungry ego maniacs, he will love it".
Can't wait to see that sign indeed.
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Is the Idea here that we all have to go along with Deanpauls' idea or else we get subjected to his ' only my view is right, and if you don't like it I'm going to argue all day with you about it with nasty replies '? ::) :P
Do what you need to do Darth G.--- Hopefully you could use your influence as a supervisor to get what you need. I don't know how much time he has to sign autographs but..think of me as usual...maybe you'll luck out and get a pic with him(hey even if it's a pic with several folks as long as you and him are in it) and maybe you could get him to sign a few toys. If not.. At least I'LL ADMIT I'm envious of your opportunity with this! Best of Luck!
The DS
My replies above aren’t meant as nasty. Whether my view is right or not isn’t the issue. We’re having an open discussion. Are you saying I should go along with your idea of a meaningless “I got a group photo with John Ratzenberger right before I shoved my plastic obsessions in his face for an autograph” wankfest because Arthur buys toys from you? Or because you're The DS?
Whichever, this has been an amicable discussion whether R4Don4 and I agree or not. You making this about me is asinine.
What is it with you tearing threads off topic with some other issue? You did it with the Toy Fair thread and now this. This discussion is about how far and in what ways Arthur will choose to invade John Ratzenberger's space and time, since he's a Star Wars fan and John Ratzenberger had a minor role in a Star Wars movie 20 years ago.
Your lecture about my reply above being nasty is misplaced and ironic. Why don't you go back to Slothus Family Values threads like the one where you talk about assaulting your sister (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=10122.msg206701#msg206701) and how you “still hate the bitch, too”. Or this one where you have trouble counting (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=12100.msg220646#msg220646). Those were pretty nasty.
Or you could go work some more cheery Slothus syntax magic in your Darth Gamboa's Feedback (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=11958.msg216746#msg216746) thread. That thread isn’t nasty. On the contrary, six separate entries in 15 minutes time? You two should get a room.
EDIT: I removed one line at the request of Jesse.
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Guys, let's cut the **** out please...
The conversation was going pretty well, so killing it like this is just pointless.
Personally I'm giving Gamboa the benefit of the doubt on being subtle and polite if he makes the attempt... Dean's points are valid though about "ambushing" Ratzenberger for autographs so I don't see his point of view as being arrogant or anything. It's valid.
I'm sure others are just assuming Gamboa isn't going to hound the guy and knows to be cool about it and not be a jagoff SW fan... One can hope. In the grand scheme of things though that's Gamboa's perogative as to how he goes about it and understanding the negatives involved too.
So let's drop the bitching about each other and our posts... I'm too tired today for this.
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I don't think it's a horrible offense to respectfully approach a celebrity and ask for an autograph or that they pose for a photo. I'm sure Gamboa wouldn't interrupt him while he was on camera or busy. These sorts of shoots always have periods of downtime, and being greeted by a fan is often a pleasant distraction. You need to pull that bug out of your ass, DP.
Also... if you would be so kind as to try the sign Gamboa, it's very helpful to print out a couple pics of some previous sign holders... it puts the celebrity at ease. Seeing people like Ken Colley and Caroline Blakiston, who are respected thespians, assures an actor that they're not being set up for a lawsuit.
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I think Dean's point has been heard and it's valid either way... Tread lightly is my advice Gamboa, but I'm sure you'll know what to do and what is right form at any given moment.
I'm addressing the rest of the situation privately, I suggest everyone else do the same and keep the thread on topic otherwise it'll get locked down here. The bickering replies back and forth stop now.
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Considering Palmdale's just a half hour away from me, maybe I will bring one of my Derlin figures for him to sign. Where do you work? LMK what time would be best for you guys...
Another thing: If *anyone* stalks celebrities onto airplanes, they probably shouldn't be telling people to refrain from asking a cordial celebrity to spend 10 seconds signing a fun little toy figure on which said celebrity's likeness was based. ;)
- M
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If it wasn't for Rob making an effort to get a huge celebrity's autograph while the huge celebrity was at Rob's work on business, I wouldn't have one Mr. Tommy Grand's autograph today. And now it's probably my most-treasured possession.
(http://www.hollywoodiscalling.com/celebrity_photos/thabeeb.jpg)
"Holy mackerel!"
Go to hell, Deanpaul. >:(
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Wow, I feel the love in this thread ::)
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I pretty much hate all of you.
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I pretty much hate all of you.
At least you come out and say it and don't beat around the bush Brad. :)
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I think when Brad throws in qualifying statements like "pretty much" it's his way of beating around the bush.
But I still love him, even if he didn't pee on this thread.
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I've been doing the autograph collecting thing for a while. A couple of the signing opportunities have been somewhat impromptu. In one case James Earl Jones was signing at a Verizon store in Harlem. He was just doing a publicity appearance since he's the main spokesman for Verizon. So a couple of Star Wars fans come in and ask for autographs. His response? He was actually very kind and very accomodating. So now I have his auto on a photo and a POTF2 CommTech Vader.
There's definitely not any kind of "trick" for getting people to sign. Just be nice to them and they may very well be accomodating. Start getting pushy and they may respond in kind.
BTW, cool opportunity for you Darth Gamboa. I haven't heard of any convention appearances by John Ratzenberger. Probably because he works on a steady basis. Those Pixar movies are also pretty lucrative, and his "Cheers" residuals are probably quite substantial.
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Hey Guys, thanks for your support. I want to let you know that the reputation of my company and my department are my top priority and I won't do anything to embarass them. I'm not a big wig here but my desk display usually gets attention. If I don't get to speak to John initially, I might be able to through an assistant. I'm not gonna bring a sign for him to take a picture with, but I would encourage him to go to the conventions. As far as anything else I'll look for opportunities and play it by ear and definitely show some class as I'll in part be representing you and other fans.
Sorry, no visitors. The company doesn't allow it during normal work hours, I had to say no to my nephew as well.
Everybody here is totally excited about tomorrow, and of course I'm stoked about the possibility of meeting John. I'll let you know how it works out.
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Not much to report.
The film crew arrived first then surveyed the factory. John arrived a short time later and after a briefing with his team and my boss came up to engineering, were he greeted everyone. He then interviewed our two top engineers (not me). Our factory manager instructed me to wait in my own department, tooling, as John would be going from department to department and talking with the supervisors. I'm thinking "perfect", so I went down to the factory and got to work. The rest of the day I caught glimpses of him escorted by my boss, at other departments, but they never came to mine.
I just talked to my boss about it and he apologized, as he simply forgot, to visit tooling. Though I got to meet John, I'm dissapointed that my team and my department didn't get the recognition it deserved. Sorry if I got anybodys hopes up.
John Ratzenberger; friendly guy, no Boston accent.
If anybodys interested "U.S. Pole and Archetectural Lighting" will be featured on the first episode of the next season of John Ratzenbergers Made in America.
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Bummer.
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John Ratzenberger is doing a book signing here in town this evening.
I'm gonna go and ask him if he knew about all the **** he was the indirect cause of on a Star Wars action figure message board earlier this year.
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John Ratzenberger is doing a book signing here in town this evening.
I'm gonna go and ask him if he knew about all the **** he was the indirect cause of on a Star Wars action figure message board earlier this year.
Be cute, stick a **** stained sign on him for pics for us. Don't worry ..he'll eat it up
because actors are attention hungry ego maniacs
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When I read this thread title, I thought it said "Major Derlin in Padme".
I thought someone had stumbled across some very awkward homemade pron.
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What book is he signing?
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What book is he signing?
(http://img.tesco.com/pi/Books/L/83/0330398083.jpg)
Seemed strange to me, too.
But hey, when you're John Ratzenberger, you do what you want.
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They can't all be winners, Jon.
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You're a little off today Virex, you dissapoint me.
..that said I bet you can always count on me, admit it.
Sloth
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You're a little off today Virex, you dissapoint me.
Funny you mention that--I actually am little under the weather today. And I hardly ever get sick. Once every four or five years. And what a time for it--the same day Cliff Clavin himself is in town! Oh, the humanity!
..that said I bet you can always count on me, admit it.
You're right, I can--but I wouldn't be so sure that that's a good thing, though, if I were you.
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You're a little off today Virex, you dissapoint me.
Funny you mention that--I actually am little under the weather today. And I hardly ever get sick.
..that said I bet you can always count on me, admit it.
You're right, I can--but I wouldn't be so sure that that's a good thing, though, if I were you.
Was gonna ask if you were ill.
I didn't state what for so that left it for anything so that I could be right. Only I can be me, silly- I feel for others that can't be me sometimes though...they just don't know how much fun they're missing! ;D
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But hey, when you're John Ratzenberger, you do what you want.
Hmmm...do I smell the makings of johnratzenbergerfacts.com?
John
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Only I can be me, silly- I feel for others that can't be me sometimes though...
I think I can speak for everybody when I say that we are incredibly fortunate that there's only one you.
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Matt.. I have been meaning to ask you.
What is the bar on your signature space? Some kind of internet radio?
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What is the bar on your signature space? Some kind of internet radio?
Well, it is that, but it's also ties into your music player and charts your most-played individual tracks and artists. That's what I use it for. And there's some more community-oriented stuff it does, too, like recommendations, journals, reviews, and so on.
More at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last.fm)
And you can click on my sig and check out my profile there, if you want.
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I think I can speak for everybody when I say that we are incredibly fortunate that there's only one you.
Matt -- that is probably the first time that I can say that I have absolutely no problem with you speaking for me. :-*
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Matt -- that is probably the first time that I can say that I have absolutely no problem with you speaking for me. :-*
Uh, thanks?