Tom - I love your stories. Somebody should sell tickets to your pop cultural discourses with you dressed in 10 Commandments’ Western Costume wardrobe as the Moses of cool stuff - I want a ticket to the premiere, mounted at the center of one of your clapboards turned into a clock which also plays sealed VHS tapes of Arnold Schwarzenegger films without opening them.
You’re my hero! Alan > On Mar 13, 2024, at 5:28 PM, Tom Martin > <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's a great question there is a buyer on Mopo that collects specifically > 2001 a space Odyssey who might be interested in it and I think he would give > it a good home as far as value I have no clue I think there is a section on > eBay for tickets and I've had many over the years I had the original screener > for ET back from 1982 and I also had tickets to a lot of TV shows like Johnny > Carson and I always would keep my movie stubs from movies I would've turned > myself just to remind me of the film and that I had seen it do you still > typically have piles of tickets in Los Angeles in the hotel rooms that they > will give you for free there's just like posters could be not bought or sold > you could not give away tickets to TV shows under FCC rulings I made the > mistake of having a contest to give away tickets to see the David Letterman > show in the 80s and round TV commercials and when I tried to get Bill Wendell > to do the voiceover David's manager who happens to also be Woody Allen's > agent and manager called me on the phone and told me I must've made a mistake > because I am not allowed to give away tickets to TV shows for advertise I had > already booked airfare for the tickets but luckily I put a disclaimer in the > ad that if we had an emergency beyond our control that everything would be > Nolan void so I actually had to go to the show myself with my brother and > watch David Letterman the night they had the band the stray cats were on I > didn't get to meet David but it was interesting because his secretary was the > one who said that I could give away the tickets and she done told me don't > let David's Manager because she could get in trouble so I didn't tell him > that she gave them to me and left her out of the whole thing and said I made > the mistake > We had a very nice TV spot showing a limousine pulling up and then a plane > taking off for the airfare and then some nice pictures of the from the TV > show of David one of my big flops of my major history of mistakes and errors > in my 46 years I'm selling memorabilia when I first started advertising on > NBC local affiliate I was one of the first to advertise on the David > Letterman show when I can get a 30 second spot for $15 a spot Johnny Carson > on the other hand was $200 a spot back then I also advertised on Johnny > Carson and various other NBC shows when you do ROS it mean they'll put the > spots in I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on advertising in the early > days I bought ads in Rolling Stone magazine and the globe and star login you > name many collectible magazines like from collectors world and comic buyers > guide in the toy shop wherever they have an opening you could end up on a > late night show > The residual effect of advertising for 46 years is that I still have people > phoned me every day from all over the world that just wanna talk about > collectibles is a free public service I tried to steer these people in the > right direction and I typically will send them to Heritage auction or Bruce > Hershenson movie poster for many of the people that I have met over the years > in the collectible industry some of them have passed away and some of them > have been changing venues or who they work for Prop store gray Smith I told a > woman the other day about the 10 Commandments props that there are having in > the in the prop store auction and hopefully she can bid on them and put them > in their collection so I'm always out there trying to advocate for all of you > because part of the > the fun of being in the motion picture collectible business what is the > people that I've got to meet along the way many of them are old timers that > are now there is a changing of the guard and there's some sadness but then > there's also thankfulness > As many of you know I believe that God has a big part of life matter fact all > of it and so I feel like I've been on a great learning experience yes I will > be 68 this year and I have no idea what God has planned for me next but I > trust it will be really good no matter what way I go I totally missed the > Oscars this year because I only use an antenna plugged into my TV and it > couldn't grab the ABC signal because of clouds and bad weather so I didn't > get to see any of it and I didn't even know it was on at 7 o'clock so at 9 > o'clock I started asking around because I had NBC turned on that's like my go > to channel but I have not heard any buzz on anything I missed I think the > industry seems to be suffering greatly because of The pandemic > It seems like people are hungry for good positive message films because > they've seen enough disasters in reality with Weather and wars and you name > it so if they can come out with some good positive films I think that will be > a good effort going forward I may go see Ghostbusters frozen movie that's > coming out soon and I still have not seen Steven Spielberg's movie that's > biographical and I never saw Tom Hanks Mr. Rogers movie which I wanted to see > also other than that I didn't see Oppenheimer but it sure sounds like that > was one of the winners that did well and sadly I haven't heard any buzz at > all about the new recent Raiders of the lost Ark movie it seem to have dismal > box office which was kind of sad to hear because I always like the Raiders of > the lost Ark franchise > all the best Folks > Tom > Hollywood dream factory® > since 1977 > > ps i just got 7 audio books 1 and Judaism yes I'm very interested in the > Jewish faith and traditions and so I am studying and listening to these > audiobooks to learn the culture in history so far I can see why it dovetails > with the new testament of the holy Bible is the Old Testament is basically > the Jewish aspect so that I noticed they are all closely related because the > Jews the Muslims and Christians all believe in Abraham salt I am trying to > learn all about it I've never had a ball bowl of matzo ball so my cousin > married into Jewish family and so she's actually down in Florida and I think > is going to coach me on some of the Jewish traditions very interesting people > and many of the people who have helped me in my memorabilia career have been > Jewish people and also in my musical career like Lloyd Berman of Hollywood > Lloyd's camera exchange who is in the movie Bowfinger with Steve Mar he was > one of my name buyers of my clapboards in Hollywood > Lloyd was the World War II fighter pilot and he started his camera store in > 1947 in Hollywood and quango Boulevard and he has a smart speaking part is > they filmed the movie in his store and when you look you can see my > clapboards all around the store I think he might've put Frank Oz who directed > it up to using my boards because he's always trying to help me out he would > actually pay me extra money on my invoices so we started calling him uncle > Lloyd because he was such a kind man also Ira Rubenstein offered to give my > son and his friends a VIP tour of Sony pictures while he worked there and he > said I'll be your son's surrogate dad while he's in Los Angeles that's when I > learned what a mensch was > And lastly but not the only one who is Mel Blanc the voice of bugs bunny who > took me out to lunch in 1976 in imparting some of the best wisdom I've ever > had on business or show business when he told me that I could be honest and > stay in the entertainment industry but that I just needed to realize there > were some good guys and son that we're not so good but to try my best to not > work with the good ones and there has been many many more that's why I wanted > to find out about Jewish Tradition because Jesus Christ himself was Jewish > and I figure he had lots of good wisdom > > > On 2024-03-13 16:14, Alan Adler wrote: >> Dear Mopos - >> Anyone out there have a sense of the value or rarity of an original >> 2001 Premiere Engagement ticket - Lowes Capitol - NY - April 3 - 8:30 >> PM. >> Alan >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > ---- > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. 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