any embarrasing convention stories?

KrangPrime

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I can think of two...

1- I was meeting dan aykroyd for the first time at a wine signing event in NJ. I was nervous enough to begin with, and the kid in front of me asked if i could take a photo of him talking to dan. i totally forgot and felt so guilty for some stupid reason i took a shot of just dan sitting at the table and handed the kid the camera and went on to say hi to dan.
I had a TOTAL Brain freeze moment, and every time i think about it I not only cringe, but hope that the kid eventually DID get a photo with Dan one time after that.


2 - I met Ezri Dax (forget her name at the moment) at a convention. I gave her a photo to sign with her holding a huge ass phaser gun and targeting scanner. as she got on the stage, she mentioned that she HATES that photo, cause she's not a gun lover. that happened about 12 years ago and it still sticks with me as an OOPS moment.

Maybe It's the OCD in me, but these types of embarrasing things stick in my brain and it's almost like it just happened yesterday.

anything that tops that?
 
Great thread idea.

Okay, two off the top of my head:

Farpoint Con, 3-4 yrs ago? Anyway, Baltar (new BSG- James Callus) was feeling a bit under the weather and was running late. One of the Con workers/volunteers was walking up and down the Line of people stating: " poor guy has the runs, but he is such a trooper...he's still coming to the show".

At that same con: a hefty fella wearing a kilt asking (Deanna Troi- Marina Sirtis) what type of fiber she uses to stay regular.

Star Trek Celebration, last year. Bumped into ( Malcom Reed-Dominic Keating) at a urinal. I of course follow the universal rule. Never turning my head left or right. Sadly could not apply the two urinal space rule. He just kept repeating: " **** me...why me?!". I felt really bad for the guy. The re was no one is the line for the Enterprise cast while I was there.
 
These are great!

About 18 years ago my ex wife went to a Star Trek con. We bought the gold package which included having dinner (with beer and wine) with the stars. No autographs but you could walk and chat and take pictures. I was totally smitten with Alice Krieg (the Borg queen) and HAD to have my picture with her (she was hot for a mature woman!). We chatted for a few minutes and it was pretty clear she had a few glasses of wine but she was hysterical! I asked if she would mind taking a picture with me to which she replied, "Sure, honey!" I stood there holding my drink and she cozied right up to me and put her arm around me. As my wife said 1-2-3 to take the picture Alice grabbed my ass on three! My wife captured it perfectly as my face went red immediately and I have a goofy grin on my face. We both laughed and I thanked her and kissed her hand and she gave me a peck on the cheek. She was completely charming.
I have the pic somewhere, give me a bit and I'll post it.
But yeah, it was a combination of embarrassment, shock, and total surprise. My best experience at a con (actually after party) ever.
 
Okay, so this is all I was able to find. This clearly is not THE picture but you can tell by my face it was immediately afterwards.

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I met Ben Burt back in 2010. Got him to say a happy birthday thing for my Dad he let me film. So at that, we were done....right...no. I'm good at making light saber sounds with my mouth, very good in fact. I decided to make them for him. He was like, very good pitch, but you could tell he was more like, another crazy fan. All my friends with me were like, oh you have got to be kidding us, we can't believe you did that.
Guess I just got too into the moment.
 
Back in 2012, I was at ECCC and was brought up on stage in the main panel room to do a brief 2 minute pitch of our books to bring the crowd to our table later. Afterward, I hustled back to the floor and hopped into line to get Edward James Olmos' autograph. Unfortunately, I should have given myself a few minutes to come down from the adrenaline high from being on stage because Eddie looked up at me, gave me the warmest smile, and I immediately went stupid. I'm pretty sure I made exactly zero sense as I tried to gush about how much I admire his work, but he was so kind and gracious that he never even missed a beat as he thanked me and signed the picture of him in his Galactica dress blues.
 
Oh God what did she say I know her and she can say some things that would make a sailor blush, such a randy sense of humor.

You know she was the first one out of the Next Gen Cast to do Cons, the Guinea pig! :lol


At that same con: a hefty fella wearing a kilt asking (Deanna Troi- Marina Sirtis) what type of fiber she uses to stay regular.

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I completely froze when I saw erin gray at comicon. I barely muttered Hello. Got a picture, autograph and left.....

It's too bad, really because I've heard that she is quite good to chat with.
 
Oh God what did she say I know her and she can say some things that would make a sailor blush, such a randy sense of humor.

You know she was the first one out of the Next Gen Cast to do Cons, the Guinea pig! :lol

i bet she'd answer on her twitter if she remembers ;o)
 
We met Cliff Simon, who played Ba'al on Stargate SG1, my wife really...really found him sexy, but was a bit shy, and standing back of me,
when I shook is hand I whispered if he would give my wife a big hug, sure he said with a big smile,

My wife still talks about it and how shocked, flustered happy she was 10...years...later.

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We met Cliff Simon, who played Ba'al on Stargate SG1, my wife really...really found him sexy, but was a bit shy, and standing back of me,
when I shook is hand I whispered if he would give my wife a big hug, sure he said with a big smile,

My wife still talks about it and how shocked, flustered happy she was 10...years...later.

I love Ba'al!
 
All mine are just being a really awkward teenager around hot booth girls in skimpy clothes lol. Good lord it's been close to 20 years since I was at a con. Well I went to the anime con in Pittsburgh but the only embarrassing thing there was how it was run and the prices in the vendor area.
 
Oh God what did she say I know her and she can say some things that would make a sailor blush, such a randy sense of humor.

You know she was the first one out of the Next Gen Cast to do Cons, the Guinea pig! :lol

i bet she'd answer on her twitter if she remembers ;o)

Lord knows how I wish I heard her response. At the moment the question was asked, my lovely petite, usually reserved wife started to have what I thought was an out of body experience. Between her laughing, and me trying to keep it together while being ushered along through the line...sadly I missed it. I doubt it could have topped the question though. I have to give that guy credit, for asking the important questions:lol
 
1. At a film festival, I asked John Landis a question, mixing up his film history with that of Joe Dante. Due to the question not referring to any specific film, the misidentification was not apparent, fortunately, but the question consequently made no sense and he quickly moved to the next person's question while I slinked away.

2. 2000 DragonCon. The 501st was fairly new and it was one of the first times stormtroopers of any appreciable number showed up. We were to escort David Prowse on stage and were instructed to stand behind him in a line for a few minutes for a bit or presentation or something, and then leave the stage THEY WAY WE CAME. When it was time to leave, everyone else BUT ME did the opposite, and I banged into the guy behind me and the entire room laughed. I was the only one who followed instructions but was the one who looked like an idiot.

3. Was the only person at Walter Koenig's table, getting an autograph. I don't get flustered by celebrity, but I do often find myself with nothing to say to people I've just met, famous or no. I drew a complete blank. Could not think of a single thing to ask him or comment about. Granted, he seemed to be kind of... just DONE, so I was getting no help in the friendly banter department. But I had him all to myself, and...nothing. That wouldn't have been so bad if I'd just kept it simple and cordial, buy a photo and thank him and leave. No, I had to force out something. So I commented on a funny expression he had in one of the photos. He was not charmed.
 
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Speaking of Marina Sirtis, there was an occasion when I was embarrassed on someone else's behalf.

On stage she had made self-depricating humorous remarks about having to wear revealing dresses on the show. During the Q&A, one guy thought he had a rapport going with her and assumed, understandably, that if she had joked about her dresses, he could too. So in response to something I forget, he said "depends on what you're wearing"....and then she proceeded to shut him down hard.

It was a hard way for him to find out that the hidden rule was that she could, and we couldn't.
 
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