Just days before the con, Jeff Maxwell had canceled because of an unspecified health emergecy - not sure what that's about, but hopefully he is and will be okay. Then the day of, Loretta Swit was a no-show, as evidently, all flights from whatever she was had been canceled, so she was unable to attend.
That only left Jamie Farr, and even that wasn't particularly meaningful or spectacular. Don't get me wrong, it was still a thrill and an honor to meet him (when I approached his table, he saw me in my hat and t-shirt and said, "Ah, another Radar O'Reilly!"), and he was certainly a warm and friendly guy, but because of the line that was at his table, they kept up moving at a steady pace so as to not hold anybody else up, so there really wasn't much of an opportunity to actually get to stop and chat with him for a few minutes - and believe me, I had a few things I really wanted to say to him, not just about Klinger and M*A*S*H, but a couple of other talking points as well (I wanted to bring up the Doris Day movie in which he and William Christopher played the ringleaders of a hippy motorcycle gang, and mention how much I would have loved to have seen him on THE MUPPET SHOW).
He must have seen quite a number of people at the con, because by the time I reached his table, he was almost out of photos to autograph, but I had brought something of my own to have signed, which you guys have seen pictures of before - he was really impressed with it, and said he knew Loretta would've loved to sign it had she been able to make it. (FWIW, I was going to bring my copy of THE SECRETS OF THE M*A*S*H MESS for Jeff to sign had he been there).
So all in all, like I said, I'd be lying if I said the experience wasn't a trifle disappointing, but to remain positive and look on the bright side, I have something I can cross off my bucket list: I MET KLINGER!!
Statistics: Posted by Big Daddy O'Reilly — Sun Aug 07, 2022 11:46 am
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