Friday, January 29, 2010

Coming This April!

Online registration is now open for the WonderCon, which will be held April 2-4 in San Francisco. WonderCon is kind of a "little sister" to the monster Comic-Con International in San Diego, run by the same skilled folks. Some call it Comic-Con Lite because it's only huge, as opposed to HUGE!!! I will again be a Special Guest and — who knows? — I might even moderate a panel or two. Or three. Or eight.

On those panels, you may even find folks like Stan and Hunter Freberg, Joe Kubert, Murphy Anderson and Sergio Aragonés. And in the hall, you'll find loads of other talented people, as well as things to buy, things to buy. I always have a great time at these and as far as I can see, everyone else does, too.

While we're at it: On April 5, the day after the con closes, I will linger in S.F. to teach a class in Cartoon Voiceover work at Voice One, a fine studio/school in that fair city. Here's the info. If you're interested in the field, you might want to give it a try.

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Curtain

Sad to hear that the Pasadena Playhouse is in dire financial trouble to the point of closing and perhaps reneging on subscriptions. It's a great little theater with a rich heritage...and facilities that were always available to those with worthy charity events. I dunno how many benefits and fund-raisers I've attended there for important causes. I suspect its main problem was merely that it was in Pasadena...not easy to get to from much of Southern California. And it didn't have the support of a surrounding bank of great restaurants and other attractions. I hope someone can get something going with that building. It would be a shame to tear it down and open another CVS Pharmacy. (I hear they don't have one anywhere on that block.)

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Today's Video Link

How to make matzo balls. I wish my Aunt Dot could have seen this video. She used to make the steel-belted radial version. I think I still have a few of hers around from 1965.

One year — this part is true — she made them for a family dinner we had on Christmas Day. After struggling gamely with them, I had to go deliver presents to some neighbors and as I walked outside, I saw Fred MacMurray getting out of his car, on his way to visit one of those neighbors. My immediate thought was that he'd come to get some of Aunt Dot's matzo balls to use as Flubber.

Here's the right way to do it. At least, according to this lady. You may have to watch a brief commercial to get to her...

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