Noel Neill  

'Lois Lane'

At The 2008 SDCC Comic Con International!

I had the pleasure of seeing Noel Neill at the last San Diego Comic Con International
in July 2008.

The following are some excerpts from notes that I took in between taking photographs
of her at the panel where she was the special guest.

Noel started her career singing at the Del Mar Racetrack in SoCal, which Bing Crosby
then owned!

Noel did 15 serials with Kirk Alyn. Those lasted a week or two to film.

After Noel's agent first contacted her that she would be Lois Lane, she went to a store and bought
a comic book to find out more about her role. "Comics were for boys" she said!

Noel never met Phyllis Coates, the other Lois Lane during the same time period!

Kellogg's advertised on the show so they had to keep the show 'clean'.

Noel started playing Lois Lane in the Adventures of Superman in the second season. The
director was a little rough on her. George Reeves spoke to the director and then everything
clicked!

The scripts were all the same she said, "Only the names of the heavies were different!".

Noel has been doing conventions and programs for several years. She did the college shows
in the 1970's. Questions at that time were 'no holds barred'. She mentioned that she was asked
"Did you and George 'do it'!" She said no. He was so nice and so good.

Noel was shocked that Lois Lane had a baby and no husband  in the recent Superman movie that she
had a cameo in.

That brought up the subject of the film 'Hollywoodland'. Noel explained that she did not feel that
film gave an accurate account of George's life. The characters shown in the film were all dead. Since
she and Jack Larson were not dead, they were not used in the film, and the film's production
did what they wanted to do in showing George's life in the way that they did.

An ending question was asked, "How was it working with Kirk Alyn vs George Reeves?" Noel answered
"Kirk Alyn was a dancer, ballet dancer in New York. He wasn't as talented as George but a quick learner."

A Little Background..... 

On myself, as I have taken eBay's suggestion and joined Facebook and started invitations to 'Facebook Friends'!  

This blog post is for those that are new to me / us, as I have blogged it before, but the indexing / search mode on both of our blogs, (we publish two blogs), lack ease of searchability! 

Possibly Your Next Chance To See...

 'Ando'!

From the 'Heroes' TV Show

That is... IF you live on the West Coast, because 'Ando Masahashi' of the Heroes TV Show, aka James Kyson Lee in 'real life', will be at the upcoming Los Angeles Science Fiction and Comic Book Convention!

'Ando' will be appearing there September 14th from 12:00 PM (noon) to 1:30 PM with writer / director Joe Dougherity to sign Akira's Hip Hop Shop, a new short film on DVD. James stars in this independent film...

James also will sign his autograph on the DVD if it is purchased at the Con, and one free additional item of yours. This would be in addition to the entrance fee of $8.00 to enter.

Tina and I saw him already at the San Diego Comic Con International at the end of July, and are very excited that his character 'Ando' develops a 'super power' of his very own this season per the Season Premiere that was shown only at the SD Comic Con!

BTW, We also have an ongoing Comic Con  and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Michael

It's Raining Men At Comic Con....

Naked Ones!

As Reported From The 2008 SDCC Comic Con  International!

What was with all the naked guys at Comic Con this year?  Okay, they were half-naked, but still...

Several years ago there was this freaky tall skinny guy in some kind of moth costume, perhaps you saw him?  You couldn't miss him, he was about six foot six, wearing a G-string, some wings and makeup.  Nobody could tell me what character he was supposed to be, and I was too afraid to ask him.  YOu could see him coming from yards away, what with his being so tall, and the wings and all.  Plus people gave him a rather wide berth - might have had something to do with the G-string.

But this year was different.
 
Michael and I were wandering through the crowd in the vendor hall when we spied these two dressed up like 300 wannabes.  As you can see there's something creepy weird about these guys. Kind of reminds you of that scene in Pulp Fiction, don't it?

We saw Hulks with their clothes shredded, topless Wolverines, then it happened...

In an instant my Sub-Mariner fantasy was wiped out. 

I can't believe we don't have a picture of this guy! 

But I kept grabbing Michael's arm and trying to get away from the guy.  So Michael couldn't get a shot.  But picture a middle-aged, pot-bellied, greasy-haired, flabby guy in a Speedo carrying a trident.  Not a pretty picture and certainly NOT my Sub-Mariner!

Tina!

BTW, We also have an ongoing Comic Con  and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Michael

Did You Also Miss Adrienne?

You Know, Adrienne Barbeau the Writer!

If you missed seeing Adrienne Barbeau at the San Diego Comic Con in July 2008, you have another chance to see her as she is promoting her new book, 'Vampryes of Hollywood'!

Adrienne, also known for her acting of course(!), will be at the Los Angeles Science Fiction and Comic Book Convention very soon!

She will be appearing there September 14th from 12:00 PM (noon) to 2:00 PM at the Shrine Center in Los Angeles.

Adrienne will sign her autograph on all copies of the book if purchased at the Con, and there was no mention of obtaining any other autographs...This would be in addition to the entrance fee of $8.00 to enter the Con.

Adrienne is best known for her roles in 'Escape From New York', 'Creepshow', 'War Wolves', and of course 'Swamp Thing'!  She also had a long run on the 'Maude' TV Show!

BTW, We also have an ongoing Comic Con  and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Michael