Alyson Hannigan and conventions

[Starkers]

My friend got her autograph and had a quick chat with her.

 

[Hugo Rune]

I had a brief encounter with then Ms. Hannigan back in the late 90's.

I travelled 3 hours by bus to then stand in line for 4 hours to get my Season 2.1 VHS Buffy box set signed.

After 4 hours in the queue, 2 people away from the signing, I was told that she would be signing no more.

But she did insist that everyone else in the line got to come in, shake hands and say a quick "hi".

19 year old me was gutted. But, she was very gracious and, frankly, after 4 hours of endlessly signing stuff, you've got to draw the line somewhere.

I'll never forget how tiny and soft her hands were...

Hugo - running for the hills given how creepy that sounded!

 

[Starkers]

Oh man that sounds gutting!

Reminds me of a con I went to in the late 80s. Was queuing for Denise Crosby's autograph but she had to go do a talk, she basically walked along the line on her way out signing for people!

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

I've never had the opportunity to get to any convention or meet any celebs (except for Diana Rigg, who was Chancellor of Stirling University when I graduated and got to shake her hand when presented with my degree). I'd have no idea what to say other than going all fanboy and saying how much I loved them in this or that, which they'll probably be sick of hearing.

 

[Noname Given]

Oh forgot to add, I told Andrew Robinson my day was all the better for having me him and he said "I bet you say that to all the old Cardassians"

You should have said: "You made my day." ; in a Clint Eastwood voice.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

Envious of you meeting Neve, between us we have the whole Paternoster Gang as I've met Jenny and Strax (was fun getting Dan to sign it from one Starkey to another!)

Dan Starkey was at the same 2016 Phoenix Comicon as Neve McIntosh. They were both nice. The photo has all 3 Paternoster Gang members on it but I still don't have Jenny's autograph. I had Strax sign it, "Be obliterated!"

With Neve, we mostly ended up talking about how she has fond memories of classic Doctor Who because her brother was a big fan and they both liked the idea that Jamie was a Scottish companion. It made me realize that all I really want in life is for a beautiful woman to look me in the eye and say, "Do you want to watch some Patrick Troughton?"

I have a lot of social anxiety and insecurity as it is and so paying $$$ to "meet" the stars and get their pictures just made me feel real uncomfortable. I have nothing against people that do but I didn't care for the experience.

Other conventions may do it differently but in Phoenix, you can stand in the autograph line and meet them without needing to pay anything so long as you're not getting anything signed. That's how I did it with Amanda Tapping and a few others and they were very nice about it.

But it is an odd experience, particularly since I realized that I generally don't want to meet the actors, I want to meet the characters they play. It's just that they don't exist, so meeting the actors is the next closest thing. Thankfully, the actors who play unpleasant, rude characters are usually some of the nicest of them in real life. (Spike from Buffy/Angel & Tamsin from Lost Girl are prime examples of this.)

I will say that what ruins the experience for me is when there's a long line. I feel too much pressure to get in & out quickly so I can make room for the person behind me, so I can't really relish the experience.

Oddly I think I was more flustered meeting Alicia Witt than Alyson Hannigan! She was lovely though!

Kill this child! She's an abomination!

I'd have no idea what to say other than going all fanboy and saying how much I loved them in this or that, which they'll probably be sick of hearing.

I think it depends on whether or not it comes from the heart. Samantha Carter is just sort of an iconic character for me, so, when I met Amanda Tapping, it all just kinda came pouring out of me, how much I loved & respected the character and how much she had influenced female characters in my own writing. I didn't plan it but that's how it went.

 

[Anwar]

When I go to Cons, I like to ask actors about stuff they probably don't get asked a lot.

IE, when I met Robert Englund I asked him about the Phantom of the Opera movie he did back in the 80s. He told me this lovely story about it.

 

[MacLeod]

I will say that what ruins the experience for me is when there's a long line. I feel too much pressure to get in & out quickly so I can make room for the person behind me, so I can't really relish the experience.

Unfortunatly that's the way with the popular guests, you don't get much interaction time with them.

 

[Starkers]

@The Borgified Corpse sounds like together we have the Paternoster Gang as I haven't met Neve but have god Catrin and Dan's autographs (and a photo with them). I got Dan to sign it from one Starkey to another!