The Hollywood show returns to the Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel, filled with 90 celebrities, and the chance to meet, talk, and possibly get some signed items! This was the previous location of the Hollywood show from its venue at the Westin LAX hotel. The event has expanded since the days it was at Burbank. The convention center is now packed, one queue was to let in ticket holders and another to let others purchase tickets. There was no signage for either. Then, the halls were confusing, on the left was Danny Trejo who had a line that went down the hall. To the right was the tables for the Back to the Future guests, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, and Thomas Wilson. Their lines went one way, then out of the center in two directions. I think next to them was a tent for photo ops, they had a room for photo ops at the LAX hotel.
Hollywood Show, dealer room, photo by the author.
Against the far wall was the table for Marty Krofft and there was many items like Della Casa Designs’ H.R. Pufnstuff Official Freddy the Flute. In the middle was the main room, this was to the right, the George Lopez 20th Anniversary Reunion; Constance Marie, Belita Moreno, and Valente Rodgriguez. The table across the way had Paige Turco at the end, I think popular with the TMNT crowd. In the center far table, also was the Land of the Lost guests; Joe A. Giamalva who was Ta, father of Cha-Ka, Philip Paley who played the Pakuni Cha-Ka, Kathy Coleman, and Wesley Eure, if you were lucky, Wesley and Kathy would sing the theme song of the show! They had mock-ups of the Altrusian skull, forerunners of the lizard Sleestak. It was great to see all of them plus Coleman had her book, Run, Holly, Run!, about the show and her life, recommended! On the opposite table was creator David Gerrold who had duplicates of scripts and the show’s Writer’s Guide! Plus, he was known for creating the Tribbles for Star Trek and had scripts for TOS and the animated series.
Altrusian skull at the Land of the Lost table, Hollywood Show, photo by the author.
On the near wall of the hall was George Chakiris from the original West Side Story (1961). He will always be Bernardo for me. There were many other celebs going down the hall including Robert Wuhl, creator of the series, Arliss, he was in Bull Durham (1988) and Batman (1989). There was also Harry Hamlin who is known for playing Michael Kuzak on L.A. Law, Mad Men, and was Perseus in Clash of the Titans (1981). Finally, there was Patrick Wayne, son of John Wayne, he was in The Searchers (1956) and played Pat Garrett in Young Guns (1988). I was interested that he played the lead in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977). Later, the next table over had Charo whose queue went out the door. At the far side was the Mouseketeers; Bobby Burgess, Tommy Cole, and Sharon Baird. In the center table was Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada from CHiPs, Estrada was outgoing and friendly to all of his fans.
It was really cool to see Willie Tyler & Lester, wow I got the attention of Lester and it took me back to small kid time. It was great to see ya Lester and Willie Tyler! I saw Adam Wylie from Picket Fences wanted to say hi to a passerby who just kept walking on, rude. Another aisle had another Sid & Marty Krofft show, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters; Johnny Whitaker, who played the lead, Johnny Stuart, and Scott Kolden, was his brother Scott Stuart. I was walking towards the hotel and saw Marla Gibbs from The Jeffersons walking towards the convention center. The accoustics for the room were terrible, of course there is the dull roar of the many conversations, but the celebrities could not hear me through my mask. The convention center is not built for ease of movement, sound, and the celebs with long lines. Some celebs only took cash, makes sense, but I didn’t want to keep going to the ATM and would like to use card. The Hollywood Show is fun, a little crowded, but had many celebs that the guests had fun talking to and getting things signed!
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