People talk about role models, well, for me it's this man right here. Ready to call out bullshit wherever he becomes aware of it regardless of bridges that may be burned. Always honest, and downright mean where he needs to be.
Now I'll be hunting down those William Stout cards! Never knew about him until I met him at the Bakersfield Comic Con, just after blowing my budget, and missed out on getting a signed book. Meeting and talking with him was probably my favorite experiences there.
Charming, "They get letters.". Not e-mails, not texts, not tweets, not comments, etc.. I wonder how many persons younger than forty/fifty-years-old have sat down with pen in hand to write a letter on paper. I wonder how many persons older than forty or fifty still write letters and receive letters in the mail. Excuse me while I break out my Waterman fountain pen and write a missive to my old, old high-school pen pals in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Hawaii to tell them how much I miss Harlan Ellison.
I remember watching this on Sci-Fi Buzz. I, too, had been collecting Marvel trading cards, along with the other kids on the block. The convenient store across the street used to have vending machines that would give you 3 or 4 of the previous years' cards for a quarter. And, for whatever reason, the cards were almost always in numerical order, occasionally missing one here or there. I always wondered if they were intended to be in that order, or the stocker was simply pawning his collection.
(Full disclosure: I have NEVER watched the Sy-Fy Channel except for the "Twilight Zone" Marathon on New Year's Eve, but I have been a HUGE fan of Ellison's for over 40 years.) First, some Media Guy who has something to do with some Sy-Fy show does a Local Access-level piece about waiting in line to meet Harlan, and when he finally gets to the head of the line, Ellison recognizes him and greets him with jovially-caustic bonhomie. Then, Harlan ventures into consumer-alert territory, which I am thinking is too geeky, even for me, and then, in the last 30 seconds, turns it into a human appeal not to betray the trust of children. Once again, Ellison surprises.
I had no idea that Harlan had a collection of cards impressive enough to rival even his comic collection. What I would give to be able to peek into the Dream Corridor just once to see everything in full!
Around the late '80s, I managed a comic book store and one of the customers suggested that I should also carry baseball cards! Interesting that in a few short years after that "helpful tip" the sports card market imploded and comic book cards took their place! I wonder what that wise collector said when that happened? Also, I wonder what happened to the later trend? I was out of the collecting end of comics at that time so I missed it.
The day after Thanksgiving 2021. In regards to comic book cards, everything is pretty much the same. In fact, it is worse. Not worth the time buying any of it.
Harlan may be gone, but I enjoy watching all these great vids of Mr Ellison ranting about...everything.
Harlan isn't gone. His presence is far greater than anything contained by the mere mortal body.
RIP Harlan Ellison 1934-2018
To stand in line for only one hour to MEET Mr. Ellison. I'd wait five hours for chance to meet him. You humans have no patience.
January 2022 - Phone number still works
People talk about role models, well, for me it's this man right here. Ready to call out bullshit wherever he becomes aware of it regardless of bridges that may be burned. Always honest, and downright mean where he needs to be.
Now I'll be hunting down those William Stout cards! Never knew about him until I met him at the Bakersfield Comic Con, just after blowing my budget, and missed out on getting a signed book. Meeting and talking with him was probably my favorite experiences there.
Funny how Clark Kent and Harlan Ellison are never in the same place at the same time... 🤔
Charming, "They get letters.". Not e-mails, not texts, not tweets, not comments, etc.. I wonder how many persons younger than forty/fifty-years-old have sat down with pen in hand to write a letter on paper. I wonder how many persons older than forty or fifty still write letters and receive letters in the mail. Excuse me while I break out my Waterman fountain pen and write a missive to my old, old high-school pen pals in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Hawaii to tell them how much I miss Harlan Ellison.
For a second there, I thought that there actually was a place called Tokyo in Wisconsin.
I hate when people say things like this. No offense. But many people write letters. I write letters and I am eighteen years old.
@@cheddacheese32 Same thing. I write letters, and also I learned how to use quill. And I'm just in my early 20s.
I remember watching this on Sci-Fi Buzz. I, too, had been collecting Marvel trading cards, along with the other kids on the block. The convenient store across the street used to have vending machines that would give you 3 or 4 of the previous years' cards for a quarter. And, for whatever reason, the cards were almost always in numerical order, occasionally missing one here or there. I always wondered if they were intended to be in that order, or the stocker was simply pawning his collection.
(Full disclosure: I have NEVER watched the Sy-Fy Channel except for the "Twilight Zone" Marathon on New Year's Eve, but I have been a HUGE fan of Ellison's for over 40 years.)
First, some Media Guy who has something to do with some Sy-Fy show does a Local Access-level piece about waiting in line to meet Harlan, and when he finally gets to the head of the line, Ellison recognizes him and greets him with jovially-caustic bonhomie.
Then, Harlan ventures into consumer-alert territory, which I am thinking is too geeky, even for me, and then, in the last 30 seconds, turns it into a human appeal not to betray the trust of children.
Once again, Ellison surprises.
I had no idea that Harlan had a collection of cards impressive enough to rival even his comic collection. What I would give to be able to peek into the Dream Corridor just once to see everything in full!
I dealt various cards throughout the 90s. Bad collation was definitely a recurring problem. Very irritating to any serious collector.
Around the late '80s, I managed a comic book store and one of the customers suggested that I should also carry baseball cards! Interesting that in a few short years after that "helpful tip" the sports card market imploded and comic book cards took their place! I wonder what that wise collector said when that happened? Also, I wonder what happened to the later trend? I was out of the collecting end of comics at that time so I missed it.
MARVEL MASTERPIECES!
Thank goodness they didn't get to Magic the Gathering, ho ho.
Ha ha! I was just thinking what Harlan's reaction to MTG would be.
The day after Thanksgiving 2021. In regards to comic book cards, everything is pretty much the same. In fact, it is worse. Not worth the time buying any of it.