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Hello and welcome again to Tales from
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the Collection. I'm Tim and today we're
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going to be going over some of the
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recent through the mail autograph
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request successes that I've had.
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Basically, I send fan mail to
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celebrities, athletes, public figures,
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and request them to sign something for
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me. Can be anything from an index card
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to a photo, video games, trading cards,
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all kinds of cool stuff. Today, we're
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going to get into some of that. See
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who's actually been responding over the
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last couple of months since my last
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video. And let's go ahead and get into
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it. All right, first up, we got a couple
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of cards from Britney Zamora. She's a
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NASCAR racer. Uh I sent her four
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different cards here. Picked them up on
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eBay and um got a couple nice these ones
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are the same. Actually, I think I'm
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going to be giving away one of these,
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the duplicate one in a giveaway soon.
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So, look out for that. Um currently have
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a giveaway with another NASCAR driver,
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Tony Breder, giving away a signed card
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from her. So, check out for that on the
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social media. You can find a link there
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for the gleam.io IO giveaway. But, uh,
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you know, thank you very much, Britney.
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Really appreciate it. Uh, very cool
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success. All right, continuing on with
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the sports theme. I got another one from
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Ivan Lendel. He's a tennis player. And
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what really intrigued me about him and
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many of the sports players from the 80s
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and 90s are they a lot of them had retro
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video games made with their likeness on
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here. So, this one is Chris Ever and
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Ivan Lendle in Top Player Tennis for the
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NES. So, I sent him actually this game
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pack through the mail and he was kind
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enough to sign it. But not only that, he
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included his own 5x7 photograph as well.
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Uh, so here it has like a faximile
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signature on there, but then he signed
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uh in blue marker underneath. So, uh,
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very cool. Kind of got a bonus on this
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one. And the turnaround was quite quick.
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So, I really appreciate that. Um, I did
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look for Chris to see if um, you know,
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she had any, uh, publicly available PO
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box or anything like that. I didn't find
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anything. So, I don't think I'm going to
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risk uh sending out to an untested
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address for Crisp uh after this has been
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signed already. But, um yeah, I think
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this piece is pretty cool on its own and
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happy to add it to my signed video game
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collection. All right, so we've got a
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whole mess of cards here, all signed by
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artist Alex Hut. So, if you're a fan of
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Magic the Gathering, then you'll
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recognize some of these cards from the
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uh Final Fantasy set that came out this
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year. Um you can see we've got all kinds
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of different art here. Um, I sent him I
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think this is every card that he has in
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the set, but uh he was charging only
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like $2 per card. So I reached out to
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him via email initially and um you know
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the turnaround took a little bit long
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and uh I sent him an index card as well
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and because of that he was gracious
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enough to include a sketch as well of a
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black mage here. So that was pretty
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cool. uh left me a little note and uh
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see on the back here we got a business
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card here and a sticker and another
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business card. So, pretty cool. Uh very
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good success from him. Um you know, I
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was happy to pay the the minor fee. Not
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a big deal. Uh was definitely well worth
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the wait and really appreciate him for
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the sketch in particular. I got a great
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sketch from a lot of Magic the Gathering
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artists. Get great sketch collection, I
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should say. And um this is going to look
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really great in the collection. So,
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thank you very much, Alex. All right.
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Next up, we have a really cool one from
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Kiana Reeves and Alex Winter, of course,
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The Incomparable Bill and Ted. Uh, they
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got back together on Broadway for
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Waiting for God. Actually went to New
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York to see them. Um, you know, the
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play, uh, and I think it's a bit
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cerebral for my taste and, uh, you know,
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acting wasn't like all the best,
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You know, it was, uh, not like my
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favorite play that I saw during that
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week, but that's okay. Uh, I did write
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to them before I went and uh, I wrote
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one to Alex and one to Keanu and uh,
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surprisingly got a response from both.
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Uh, and they were both signed by both.
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Uh, so that was like really cool. I
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think I've only really seen one other
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person get a reply. So, um, there's not
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a whole lot of people getting responses,
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I don't think. So, to get not one but
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two successes was really, really cool
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and unexpected. So, um, yeah, super
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happy with that. Um, really happy to
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have uh this momento, especially since I
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went to see this play, which I don't get
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to see a lot of plays being in Texas.
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Uh, I don't go to New York a whole lot.
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Uh, in fact, that was only my second
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time there. So, really cool and happy
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with the success. So, thank you both,
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Alex and Keanu. All right, here we got
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one from Brianna Brown Keane. I wrote
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her a nice little letter. uh sent her
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only a couple index cards, but uh she
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actually responded with her own 8 by10
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uh and this nice little oversized
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business card here. Um so she's a social
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media influencer. Um got her own website
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and does really cool stuff online. So um
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if you're interested in some kind of
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motivational um people to follow, she's
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definitely one to get into for sure. All
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right, here we go with Melody Anderson.
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Of course you know her from Flash
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Gordon. I sent her two photos. Uh, she
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signed both of them beautifully. This
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one was already signed by Sam J. Jones,
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who of course plays Flash. Uh, these are
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both shots from the movie. I was really
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happy to complete this one in
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particular. I got this one with just her
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on it. And, uh, these are going to look
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great in my collection. So, thank you
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very much. And here we got Frankie
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Moise. Of course, we all know him from
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Malcolm in the Middle. Uh he is now
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becoming well known as a race car
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driver, but he's gonna be returning to
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his Malcolm in the Middle Roots with a
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reboot of the series. I don't know about
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a reboot, but at least a new season, a
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continuation of it anyway. Um and uh
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yeah, it's really cool to get a response
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from him. I know he's been making the
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rounds at conventions lately. Um but
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he's still taking the time to sign for
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free through the mail, which is always
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wonderful. So really appreciate that
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kind of thing from celebrities like him.
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So thank you, Frankie. All right, here's
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a cool one from Jerry Brookheimr. He
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sent his own uh 8 by10. I just sent him
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an index card and I mean he you know put
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his own postage on there. Over two bucks
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in postage which was very kind of him.
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Uh I got the cool Jerry Brookheimimer
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television kind of logo here which we
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all know from his movies. Um so I mean
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the envelope to me is almost as cool as
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uh as the photo. But yeah, he signed Tim
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Good Luck Jerry Brookheimimer. So very
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cool success. Very happy with this one.
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All right, here's a recent favorite of
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mine. Sarah Silverman. I think she's
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just a comedic genius. I love it when uh
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seeing her take on the on recent events
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and uh you know I think I was a fan of
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her probably since her first appearance
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uh on one of her early appearances on
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Seinfeld. Absolutely love that show. So
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anyone who had anything to do with that
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series uh I love. But then uh you know
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Wreckit Ralph is a big one for her. Um I
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really enjoyed that one with my kids and
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getting two shots from her uh signed is
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absolutely beautiful. So thank you very
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much Sarah. really enjoyed this one. All
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right, here we got one from Priscilla
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Montgomery Clark. She is one of the
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Munchkins in this scene. Um, couldn't
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tell you exactly which one, but yeah,
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she was one of the Munchkins. So, one of
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the little kids playing the little
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people there. And, uh, as such, since
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she was a little kid, uh, during this
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very old film, she's actually one of
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the, uh, if not the only last surviving
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uh, actor from the film. So, yeah,
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there's not a whole lot of them left,
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and she's getting up there in age
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herself. But it was really cool to get
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something uh from her and she also did
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an interview with me. I posted that on
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tailsmancollection.coms.
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Uh asked her a little bit about the uh
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Las Vegas sphere and the rendition of
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Wizard of Oz going on there and um yeah,
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she definitely had um some things to say
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about that. So I would go and check it
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out and uh check out to see what
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Priscilla Montgomery Clark had to say.
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Well, it's December now. time for
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Christmas and one of my favorite movies,
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Christmas Vacation. Uh, of course,
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starring Chvy Chase. So, it was perfect
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timing to get this back from him. Uh, he
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signed one of these wallet- sized
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photos. You can see it's quite small. I
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don't think I've ever actually gotten a
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walletized photo uh before. This might
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be my first one. Um, but he was kind
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enough to send his own photo. I signed a
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couple index cards, but this is what he
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sent back. You know, it was just in a
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um, you know, small envelope like this.
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So, you know, appropriately sized for
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that. So, thank you very much. Um, you
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know, he's obviously a legend and to get
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uh an autograph from him for free is
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incredible, no matter what the size. Uh,
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so this is awesome. I think it would
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probably be actually look really cool if
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he framed this size photo up uh in a mat
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and then put it along maybe a Christmas
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vacation photo. Um, that could be pretty
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cool for the holidays. So, I might have
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to do that. Uh, he also sent me this
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sticker as well. So, that's a cool
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little bonus. You don't get stickers too
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often. So, thank you very much, Chubby.
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All right, if you follow me on social
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media, you may have seen this one
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already. This one came from Martin Cove.
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He was kind enough to sign two photos.
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Again, I just sent a couple index cards
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and he sent his own photos here. Um, he
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sent me one from Cobra Kai and then one
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from the original Karate Kid movies. Um,
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he's an awesome bad guy and someone you
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love to hate, so it's really cool to add
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him to my collection. I've seen him at a
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number of conventions. I actually saw
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him at Big Texas Comic- Con not too long
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ago. Um, but you know, it's great to get
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something signed for him in the
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collection finally. So, that was really
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cool. All right. And now here's one from
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Ian Mckllen. Dude is an absolute legend.
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So, it's really cool to get something
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back from him. He not only signed the
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trading card that I sent him, but he
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also signed this index card with um, you
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know, a nice little note um to me. Tim
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Santins Mckllen 2025. Dude's an absolute
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legend. Like, so getting two of these is
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really cool. um got it in this
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protective sleeve. Um didn't wind up I
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sent it to him uh bare because I didn't
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want anything being signed on the
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sleeve, but I'm now putting it into this
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uh sleeve now after the fact. But hell
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yeah, Ian Mckllen, one more you need to
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say. All right, last but not least, I do
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have a stack of um returns. They're all
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index cards. I don't want to take the
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time to do these really individually,
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but just so you know who's out there
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responding to fan mail, I'm going to go
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ahead and list these names as well.
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Richard O'Brien, uh, James Khan, he's an
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author, did all the Star Wars books,
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Ralph Innocen, Twiggy Lawson,
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uh, Susie Scott Carbacher,
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Erica Shimemer, James Newton Howard,
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uh, this one is from the Princess of
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Monaco, Jerry Brookheimimer as well. Got
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him on a index card, uh, Jane Wald
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and, uh, Leanne Prieous. Lee Olrich,
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Bill Burr, Christopher Jük, Rachel
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uh, Nina Yendis, Brooke Adams, and Lana
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Wood. Um, you know, if you all want to
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see some of these in particular, let me
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know. I'll I can post them on Instagram
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or whatever. Um, but yeah, that's that's
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what I've gotten over the last couple of
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months of through the mail autograph
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collecting. If you want to learn more
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about it, you can head over to tales
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fromthecollection.comq.
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cover all the basics, how to find
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addresses, how to write the stuff, how
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to do a return envelope, um what the
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best tips for success are, all that. You
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Facebook group, Tails from the
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Collection, uh through the mail
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autographs. We've got a lot of really
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good community there, a lot of members
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who are constantly posting their
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successes. Uh so come and join us on
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