My wife and I have discussed this type of thing at length. If one of us were to become famous, where would we draw the line at getting angry? No one wants photographers at their front door all the time, but does a fan asking for an autograph politely really intrude if you are in a public place? Surely if you go in public you expect to be looked at if you are famous. If you can't drive your car out of the parking lot that is different. We met Brad Paisley at a hotel, we were in the pool, he was in the weight room with some people, we knocked on the glass and someone opened it and we asked for an autograph. He graciously said 'no problem' after his workout. We respected his wishes and he came through. We had no intention of demanding anything, acted polite and he did the same. We met George Lindsay and even got to sit at his table and eat supper with him just by chance. I tried my best not to stare or imitate him (very hard) and he turned out to be a great guy. He signed a copy of his book and answered every question I had, once I got past being starstruck. He broke the ice by asking for the salt. I think that is how most celebrities would like you to react, after all they must be glad to have fans. Put yourself in their place, wouldn't you take the time if you had the time to do so? The other side could be true also. If you act rude, obnoxious or pushy, you may not get good results. I think alot of the celebrities who complain about their pictures being taken are in on the whole thing. If you get a chance, stop by Charlie Daniels store in Nashville he is as nice a guy as you could meet, but he did try to eat my chicken wings to go from Hardrock. Maybe I have just been lucky with celebrities so far.
Matt -------------- Original message -------------- > Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:48:17 -0500 > From: "goldenrule999 goldenrule999" > Subject: In Defense of Aunt Bee > To: wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > Hey Mayberrians! > > I had a chance to read a website about how difficult Aunt Bee was to work > with at times. I believe strongly that Francis Bavier truly loved the art of > acting, but sometimes some people, including the fans, may have aggravated > her. I surely could understand her getting upset when a stranger would just > come up to her and ask, "Where is Sherrif Taylor or Where is Deputy Fife?" > > Sometimes, I wonder how did she 'really' feel about the fans making such a > fuss over TAGS after all those years, and I also wonder how did she really > feel when people make icons out of people and when people waste so much > money and energy in preserving "things" but aren't too concerned about the > sad things that are happening today in places such as Africa, Indonesia, and > elsewhere. Would she really be happy with all of this? This also reminds me > of the recent comment that was made by the lady who played Charlene Darling > because, after all those years, she says she was still getting fan mail. She > commented, "It's just ridiculous!" > > Just something for all of us to think about, not to fuss about. > > Valerie > > _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
