Doing the "Wright" thing - followup

OK, so i didn't get to meet Steven Wright the other night at the Carolina Theatre.

See, the first time i saw him, either on Johnny Carson or the Letterman show back around 1983, he told this one joke that makes me laugh every time i go the beach:

"I have the world's largest seashell collection. I keep it on beaches around the globe. Perhaps you've seen it?"

So i was hoping to give Steven one of my shells, apologize for having stolen it when i was younger, but ignorant of the fact that it was his, and ask him to sign it. Kinda like this:


I wonder if he chuckled, or if this wasn't the first time someone's asked for that particular autograph?

Thanks, Connie!

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Doing the "Wright" thing

Well, good news and bad news about Steven Wright's performance tonight at the Carolina Theatre.

This was the last live performance before the Carolina shuts down for the summer for some much needed repairs, and they decided to turn it into a fundraiser. For an extra 60 bucks, you got a ticket to a pre-show reception at which it was strongly hinted that Steven Wright would be in attendance.

Upon arrival, Connie Camponaro reminded us that the ticket packet included a disclaimer that "celebrity appearance was not guaranteed." Actually, upon reviewing my ticket packet, i don't see anything like that. On the other hand, the publicity never really says "Meet Steven Wright at a pre-show party," so i guess i should have read much more closely. The money went to a good cause anyway, and the All About Beer folks stocked up the bar with some interesting brews, so that was good.

I'm more disappointed at not getting a chance to have an item of personal significance signed by Steven, and missing the chance to explain to him why it was significant, rather than upset by the way that whole thing went, but hopefully Connie will be able to get him to sign it and relay the story to him backstage.

The good news is, he was as funny on stage as i expected him to be, and i'm glad to have gone, but damn if i can remember any of his jokes. I wonder if he does that on purpose?

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