WELL, TODAY AND TOMORROW I WILL BE SIGNING AT THE RAY COURTS AUTOGRAPH SHOWS IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE AREA, PLEASE DROP BY, I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU.
IT WILL BE, SORT OF, A GREASE REUNION.
BUT THE TRUTH IS, NO JOHN T., NO OLIVIA, NO STOCKARD CHANNING.
LET'S FACE IT, THEY ARE MUCH BIGGER STARS THAN THE REST OF US.
(IRONICALLY, THERE IS A WELCOME BACK, KOTTER REUNION TOO - WITHOUT JOHN T.)
BUT I'LL BE HAPPILY SEEING A LOT OF MY OLD PALS FROM GREASE, SOME OF WHOM I HAVEN'T SEEN 30 YEARS!
IT IS ONE OF THE LESSER SHOWS, TO BE HONEST.
NO "BIG, MAJOR STARS" LIKE BARBARA EDEN OR ADAM WEST OR VAL KILMER, MICKEY ROONEY - THAT ILK.
HOPEFULLY, WE WILL GET A DECENT CROWD.
I KNOW THESE SIGNING SHOWS CAN BE PERCEIVED A SLIGHTLY SAD AFFAIRS TO SOME.
AND I CAN SEE THAT ASPECT - A LOT OF THESE POOR GUYS AND WOMEN DO DESPERATELY NEED THE GIG OR THE MONEY, IT IS OBVIOUS.
BUT YOU KNOW, SHOW BUSINESS ITSELF CAN BE VIEWED AS A "SAD" BUSINESS, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FACET OF IT.
YES, 99.9% OF ACTORS AND ACTRESSES ARE OUT OF WORK, STRUGGLING.
COUNTLESS BROKEN DREAMS & FRUSTRATION.
BUT EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS VIEWPOINT.
SHOW BUSINESS IS ALSO HOPEFULNESS, BRIGHT DREAMS, THE FUTURE, BOOKING THAT GIG, SEEING OLD PALS, THE EXCITEMENT OF AN AUDITION, A NEW AGENT.
THE GREAT JOY OF TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND CALLING YOUR FRIENDS AND TELLING THEM YOU GOT A ROLE.
PLUS, THE WONDERFUL FRIENDLINESS AND GREATNESS AND WARMTH OF THE SHOW BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
I CONSIDER MYSELF SO LUCKY TO KNOW SO MANY INCREDIBLE, TALENTED, AMAZING PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS.
AT THESE SHOWS, I HAVE MET MANY OF THE "OLD TIMERS"- KAROLYN "ZUZU" GRIMES FROM IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, AND A LADY FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ AND THE KID FROM FATHER KNOWS BEST AND BATGIRL.
EACH ONE HAS BEEN KIND, FRIENDLY, AND A PLEASURE TO MEET.
THESE SHOWS ARE JUST A SURREAL TRIP TO TV AND MOVIE FANS.
YOU JUST GET TO SEE AND MEET THESE FIGURES WHO BROUGHT YOU GREAT JOY.
AND THE FANS THAT DO COME ARE ALSO A JOY TO MEET, ALWAYS NICE, FRIENDLY, WARM.
THEY JUST COME AND SHAKE YOUR HAND AND THEY JUST TELL YOU STORIES ABOUT HOW THIS MOVIE OR THAT AFFECTED THEM AND THEIR LIFE.
YOU POSE FOR PHOTOS, YOU HUG THEM, YOU CHAT - IT IS SUCH A FUN TIME.
IT IS THE EASIEST GIG IN THE WORLD, A PLEASURE, A PIECE OF CAKE.
NO, YOU WON'T SEE GEORGE CLOONEY THERE OR CAMERON DIAZ OR WOODY ALLEN.
YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO SEE WILBUR FROM MR. ED OR MICKEY DOLENZ OR DAWN WELLS (OR A FEW PEOPLE YOU'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF!).
OR THAT GOOFY, NERDY KID WHO GOT HIT WITH A PIE IN GREASE - ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.
WELL, HOPE I GET TO SEE SOME OF YOU THERE.
OTHERWISE, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
BEST, YOUR PAL, EDDIE
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