San Diego "Comedy" Con International???
This is rich. Back in 1998, I wrote a comic-con report and one of the things was me overhearing a conversation in downtown San Diego. It went something like this:
Restaurant Waitress Faux Pas
We ate at a restaurant in the Gaslamp Quarter on Saturday night before the masquerade. About half way through dinner, a group of fellow conventioneers were seated at the table adjacent. When their waitress came she asked them how the Comic convention had been going. They all replied that it was going fine and they were having a good time to which she added, "Pretty funny?". ROTFL. They were all polite about correcting her and she went on to smooth it over by explaining how one would just normally think a "comic" convention would be for comedians. Seeing as how it is the biggest event there this time of year with signs everywhere, I think she was just being a bit dense. Considering how she got me laughing, perhaps she should consider a career switch as a "comic" ;-)
Well, my cousin was reading through the latest issue of People magazine with all the best and worst dressed celebrities. One of the celebs was Hilary Swank looking very nice at the San Diego Comic-Con 2002. So how did the editors caption this pic? See for yourself.
I'll be emailing the editors about this faux pas part deux!
say, isn't that Huge Grunt on the left?
comiccongeeks get no repsect man, who said that? Rodney Dangerfield? :)
Why, yes, that is Huge Grunt. Geeks rule!!! Especially comiccongeeks.
Any reply from People yet?
I just got this response from People Magazine:
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Dear Readers,
Thank you for writing to PEOPLE Magazine.
We appreciate your response to the photograph of Hilary Swank on page 110 in our Best & Worst Dressed issue. You are correct in noting that our
caption is incorrect. Ms. Swank was at the Comic Con International, which has to do with comics, and not comedy as we state. We appreciate your
making us cognizant of our error and we sincerely regret the mistake.
Sincerely,
Erin McIntyre
For the editors
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