Return of the 80's

Often times when going out to get autographs, it's hard telling who you might come across in Hollywood. The theme of the night could have been "Return of the 80's" as we ending up getting autographs from celebrities who came to prominence in the 1980's.

First off, we headed out and our first stop was a television talk show which 80's funny man and former Saturday Night Live star Eddie Murphy was one of the guests. After his appearance, Murphy rolled down the window of his limo and immediately began signing. It was rough though, with a combination of a few dealers and Murphy's guy yelling, "He'll sign for everyone. Get your autograph and step back." Knowing that is not usually the case, the scrum of autograph collectors around the window never budged. We were successful, nabbing three autographs of Murphy on stills from the film "Coming To America". Sweedish singer Robyn was the next to leave, pulling over and getting out of her limo to meet and greet the fans. We had her sign a couple autographs and posed for photographs with her. We made the mistake of standing around, talking with a fellow collector.

We were heading to another television talk show but I mistakenly felt like there was no rush, as I felt we would miss the guest, Adam Sandler, on his way in. Of course we got there too late, after Sandler, another Saturday Night Live alum, came over and signed away. When Sandler left he waved at the amassed crowd and jumped in his car. I ran around and Sandler rolled down his window as he was pulling out of the parking lot. "Hey guys, sorry but I've got to go." Holding up a great shot from "The Wedding Singer", an awesome movie set in the 1980's, and a blue sharpie the entire time, Sandler said to me, "Hey, I got you." He pulled up, took my sharpie and signed my photograph. I had another but all of a sudden another collector took the sharpie from Sandler and handed him a ballpoint pen, so he could sign a baseball. With that Sandler was done, pulling away after only signing two total autographs. Returning to the baricade, we waited and waited for the 80's girl band, The Bangles, known for such pop hits as "Walk Like an Egyptian", "Hazy Shade of Winter", "Eternal Flame" and "Maniac Monday" to leave. Finally, we spotted Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson and Vicki Peterson all heading to the parking lot. The crowd of collectors called over to them and they waved, disappearing into the fenced parking lot. All three of them had a lot of luggage and stuff so I thought that there was a chance that once they put their stuff into their vehicles that they might return. Sure enough, here came Debbi and Vicki but no Susanna over to the awaiting fans. We obtained 6 photos signed by the two members of The Bangles, so I am hoping we encounter Susanna Hoffs at some point in the future. The talk show always features the latest castoffs from the television show Dancing with the Stars. Soon the door leading from the parking lot opened and David Arquette headed right to the assembled crowd, without anyone even calling for him. He was his normal, friendly self and genuinely seemed disappointed that he and hisdancing partner, Kym Johnson, were voted off that evening's DWTS program. David signed and starting taking photographs with some fans and then Kym Johnson appeared from the parking lot and also came over the the crowd. Both signed a lot of autographs for fans and then headed into the television talk show.

So it ended up to be a good day for autographs with a 80's theme. Looking forward to our next adventure of collecting autographs!