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In this video, I’m going through my latest through-the-mail (TTM) autograph successes from the last couple of months. From a signed NES game pak to Broadway legends, comedy icons, and Magic: The Gathering art, there’s a little bit of everything here.
I send fan mail to celebrities, athletes, artists, and public figures, asking them to sign items ranging from index cards and trading cards to 8x10s, photos, and even video games. These are the returns that came back recently.
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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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honestly. [laughter]
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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
5:24
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
8:37
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
9:07
love to hate, so it's really cool to add
9:08
him to my collection. I've seen him at a
9:10
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
9:33
know, a nice little note um to me. Tim
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Santins Mckllen 2025. Dude's an absolute
9:40
legend. Like, so getting two of these is
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really cool. um got it in this
9:44
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
9:55
yeah, Ian Mckllen, one more you need to
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say. All right, last but not least, I do
9:59
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
10:14
author, did all the Star Wars books,
10:16
Ralph Innocen, Twiggy Lawson,
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uh, Susie Scott Carbacher,
10:23
Erica Shimemer, James Newton Howard,
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uh, this one is from the Princess of
10:30
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,
10:41
Bill Burr, Christopher Jük, Rachel
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Ziegler,
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uh, Nina Yendis, Brooke Adams, and Lana
10:50
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
10:56
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
11:04
fromthecollection.comq.
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cover all the basics, how to find
11:08
addresses, how to write the stuff, how
11:10
to do a return envelope, um what the
11:13
best tips for success are, all that. You
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11:17
the Collection. You can join us on the
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11:19
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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social media and uh you know, let me
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know what you've been collecting lately.
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Thank you guys.