OMG, first major event back!

So I attended an event. The event had a huge list. Turns out many were virtual or not present at all, but some people were actually live and in person. And it felt like it was 2019 again! No masks, crowds, celebrities, autographs, photo ops! It felt good to be back! 

I arrive and off the bat I'm on the board as I got a photo op with actress Dawnn Lewis! She is from A Different World, Hanging with Mr Cooper, among others. 

Jody Watley arrives and I only get an autograph as I have a great shot from before. 

Not long after Naomi Judd arrives with her husband. She is nice as can be. I get her on multiple items and a photo op. 

In something rare, we are let into the event! Inside during intermission I get Larry Strickland. He is Naomi Judd's husband and he actually sang with Elvis in the last years of his life. After intermission Dawnn Lewis starts doing photo ops with people and I ask her to sign my 8x10s. She even goes "where did you get that one?".

While others like Roberta Flack, Denise Williams, Klymaxx, and The Go Gos were not in attendance, I was very happy with this more than solid haul. Especially after over a year of almost nothing. 

Jody Watley signing for me

Dawnn Lewis

Naomi Judd

Larry Strickland

Autographs

Full list of photo ops

Whitney Cummings at a comedy show!

Went inside a comedy club to get actress Whitney Cummings. And going in there, it was like I went into a 2019 time slip. Or an alternate 2021 where there was no virus!

Crowds of people, no masks in sight, even the club employees weren't wearing masks. It was so amazing to feel like I was back in a club setting again! 

She did multi combos on stage. I managed to get a photo op and got her to sign my 8x10s. Here are photos and videos of the experience. 

Video of her signing for me

Whitney Cummings take 1

Whitney Cummings take 2

Autographs

Finally! First airport meet of 2021!

In what is more evidence of normality trickling back, I finally got some people at an airport. My first airport success of the year, and second airport success since the virus hit. 

The target was Debbie Allen from Fame and A Different World. Flying with her was her husband and NBA player Norm Nixon. 

I wait and see them both. They separate. He waits with some bags while she goes to check in. Since she is my priority, I figure best to take the "divide and conquer" approach. After she checks in she lines up for baggage check in. I figure this is my chance. I ask for the photo op and she agrees. Sadly she is wearing a face shield. I ask if she's keeping it on she apologizes and says she doesn't know me. So I take the op. Face shield is not ideal but honestly better than if wearing both hat and shades. 

Then I sanitize my pen, go back up to her and ask for autos as I tell her I sanitized the pen and point to the spot where the sanitizer was. She goes "what are you doing here? You happen to be carrying those?". She signs them. 

I then go back to her husband. He's a get if there name since I don't care for sports. And there I was so I asked him for the op. He gets up ready to take the op. I ask for a no mask shot he pulls it down. 

Debbie Allen

Norm Nixon

Autographs

A meet and greet at a venue!

So since I was in town for other things I decided to try for Serbian blues singer Ana Popović at a music venue. Sometimes that venue has signings. I mooched my way inside to check saw that she indeed did have a signing. And she wasn't wearing a mask! Wow things seem to be trickling back! A no mask signing at a music venue would have been unthinkable this time in 2020. I stood in line, I got the photo op, and I was on my way. Nice effortless meet. 

First wrestling con in 2 years

In May I would attend my second con of 2021 and my first wrestling con since Wrestle Con during WrestleMania weekend in 2019.

My wants in this con would be few. But in these virus times, even few is good. Also, the con felt almost like a normal con. Many people weren't wearing masks. Most none of the wrestlers wore masks at the table. And I don't think I saw a single mask photo op. It felt great to be back, so to speak. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come.

First I would get Brett Azar. He played the Iron Sheik in Young Rock and also was a stand in for two Terminator movies. Then I got Randy Hogan, who was a parody of Hulk Hogan in NWA. Then to Lisa Danielle aka Bronco Billie. She was a valet of Randy Savage in the first Spiderman movie. She was only $5 for the photo op and anything even remotely associated to the Macho Man Randy Savage is euphoric. 

Then I got Miranda Gordy, daughter of Terry Gordy. Then 80s WWF wrestler Desiree Petersen, who was officially attending her first ever con. She did free ops. Then I got Davey Richards, someone I always missed when he came around. Then the daughter of Tully Blanchard, Tessa Blanchard. I rounded my wants at the con with Alex Garcia and Amber Nova. 

Then as the con ended and everyone was wrapping up I snagged a few more photo ops. Namely a dual op with Kelly Kelly and Layla, Tatanka, Ari Lehman of Friday the 13th fame, and Bill Alfonso (all of which were updates). 

Full list of photo ops

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