It's always a good day when The Aquabats releases a new song.
And just a few weeks ago, I went to Cradle Con at the Cradle of Aviation Museum!
Normally it's just a tiny convention, but this year they managed to get some headliners: the very first 40th anniversary reunion of Revenge of The Nerds!
Sure, a good chunk of the movie aged like milk, but it still holds a dear place in my heart.
I managed to get a bird's eye view of everyone at their tables. From Bottom to top (or left to right): Robert Carradine (Louis), Curtis Armstrong (Booger), Donald Gibb (Ogre), Brian Tochi (Takashi), Julie Montgomery (Betty), and Andew Cassese (Wormser).
Since it's been 40 years...they got old. But I can say they were all still real nice and friendly.
Even got a pic with Curtis Armstrong! I knew I'd find my real dad eventually.
He was really touched when I told him I loved Dan Vs. (He played the title character. There was a guy cosplaying as Dan walking around, but I didn't get a pic of him)
And of course, there was a panel! They had lots of great stories, especially Brian Tochi and Don Gibb. Someone asked about uh, certain scenes that didn't age well, and I'm really not gonna repeat Robert Carradine's answer to that. It was 1984, sexual politics were much different back then.
What I WILL say is that to this day he is a lot like Louis in the movie: he almost didn't do it because he's "not a nerd," even though, let's face it, he's the king of the nerds. He told a fun story about how he went to an optometrist office to find nerd glasses, but they only had a box of engineer's glasses and that's what you see him wearing in the movie. And of course, he did the famous laugh.
And I'll show off what I got at the con!
Signed stuff!
Pins! I don't think you'll find four pins that are more in character for me than these.
This comic! I told the guy I had to grab it or else I'd probably never see it again. Oh, if only I found it before Paul Reubens died and got to show it to him.
And I got this comic signed! I found this (and issue 1) at a local shop during Free Comic Book Day, and found that former Marvel editor Jim Salicrup wrote the stories. He was at the con, and I had to jump at the chance to have him sign it.
What's the story behind this particular comic? Well, I think I'll set that aside for next time.
