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Author Topic: Success of ShoWest Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-09-2003 11:47 PM                     It was a great convention, and what really made it a complete success was the safe return home of all who participated in it, especially the Film-Tech members. I had the honor to haul Brad, Dwayne, and Josh to the airport for their flights out to home. I cleared the area at about 0315 hours Saturday morning, almost to the exact minute Josh arrived home. Although I was really having problems keeping up with the Film Tech members due to high altitude and age problems, it was great to be there. I guess I'll have to ask the doctor to jam a few more pipes in me to keep some of the arteries open so I can have the opportunity to be with all of you who will attend next year. It was a pleasure to meet some old friends I worked with when I was was with MTS. Dan, it was nice to see you again and shake hands with you. Dewey White, I was really delighted to talk with you again after all these years. Sam, you didn't hit me up for a cigarette this year...How come? Phil Rafnson, I see you had a little more color in your face since I saw you last year. Bob Maar, I don't know if I can still mix a martoonie, but it was great to talk to you in person. Roger Frazee, it was a pleasure to meet you. Let it be known if that Regal has some "bad booth times" in my area, please feel free to call on me to bail those booths out if nobody is available at that time, as the "show must go on"... ....and as a special thanks, here is to Ken Layton. Had it not been for Ken Layton, I would never be here on this forum. Ken, you have been the instrument that was needed for me to meet some great folks like Josh, Brad, Dwayne, Bob Maar, Mike, John Westlund, Danny, and a ton of others I have had the pleasure to associate with in our industry. Brad, I thank you for making this forum possible. It would be a dull world without it. Paul  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-10-2003 02:15 AM                     Paul, you take care of yourself, and I will see you in 2004. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-10-2003 03:45 AM                        quote: Although I was really having problems keeping up with the Film Tech members due to high altitude and age problems, it was great to be there. Good to hear that you had a good time Paul, but are you sure this wasn't the problem? You didn't get into the weenies again did you?  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-10-2003 02:40 PM                     Oh, Jeeze....That picture came back to haunt me again. Actually, I only tested 1/3 of one at the weenie booth of the trade show. Brad did get a video of that one, so I am sure we'll see it soon. Aaron, come hell or high water, I'll be there next year. I think I will be in a little better shape then, so maybe I can keep up with the demand.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 03-10-2003 03:24 PM                        THAT'S BEAUTIFUL! (I saved it off the board... just in case Paul finds a way to get it deleted!... there's GOT to be a good use for it somewhere!)  |  IP: Logged Ray Brown Expert Film Handler Posts: 111 From: Dayton, WA, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 03-10-2003 07:47 PM                        quote: (I saved it off the board... just in case Paul finds a way to get it deleted!... there's GOT to be a good use for it somewhere!) How about wallpaper?  |  IP: Logged Don Sneed Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Texas City, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2001 posted 03-10-2003 07:53 PM                        It was good to see old friends & meeting new ones, learned a few things, saw some very good products...had a couple of guys come up to me & said they saw me on Film-Tech, it was good to hear the voice behind the picture & typing...I saw Brad, Paul & Josh, good to see you guys, sorry about not getting to have a drink with you guys, had business to take care of...had a great time...good show !!  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-10-2003 08:51 PM                     I wonder if Brad, Dwayne, Josh, and John Gordon enjoyed my "Kamikaze runs" through the city? John rode "shotgun" while Brad, Josh, and Dwayne were scrunched in the back seat. I made some wild corners, and Josh got squashed against the door a couple of times. I must have made one real wild corner, as John looked at me and asked. "You have studded tires on this thing?" Back-seat drivers...ARG! "Gentlemen, I cannot make a left turn...I am in the wrong F****** lane!!!" I found the best way to follow Aaron. It is real simple. Straddle the center line, that way I can turn either way. All in all, I think they felt somewhat safe. They didn't know it, but I always make myself aware at all times about what is behind me, as well as what is on my left side and right side of the car. I always leave myself "with a method of escape" in event some asshole cuts in front of me or starts to occupy a space in a lane that is already occupied by me. I think all of them got a taste of normal Seattle driving techniques while they rode with me. ....and Josh always thought I drove like a little old lady...he was in for a surprise.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-11-2003 12:45 AM                        So that's who that was in my lane last week! And I thought it was just another idjit Summerlin commuter in a rental car...  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-11-2003 11:55 PM                     Paul, that was Aaron...not me.. Heck, I can blame it on the dog, but unfortunately, the dog was being "Pooper set" by Lillie's kids. So, I have to blame it on someone. Anyway, I guess I must have been successful in cleaning the car proir to the trip. Where Josh, Brad, and Dwayne were sitting was basically Pooper's seat. I didn't see any of the three scratching there ass because of flea bites.  |  IP: Logged Christopher Seo Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 530 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-12-2003 11:19 AM                     Paul, I'm definitely glad I rode with Aaron that last day, not you!  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 03-12-2003 01:48 PM                        For me ShoWest was a big success too. I met a lot of film-techers and many other interesting people from the cinema industry. There was a lot to see and to do. I attended a Dolby seminar and several lectures and demonstrations, among them a very interesting seminar about digital cinema. There was also one about the new dts unit, but I overslept on that day because my jetlag finally caught up with me!! Las Vegas was interesting in a way, but also a bit tiring. Still, I liked the all-you-can-eat buffets and that they bring you drinks for free when you are sitting at the gambling machines. I don`t gamble, but I sat down at a machine and waved for a waitress when I wanted a drink. The first film-techer I met was Don Sneed at the Dolby CP650 seminar. On the trade show I met all those who exhibited their products, like Richard Fowler and Larry Shaw, John Allen, Ray Derrick, Bob Maar and a lot more people who admitted to being lurkers on film-tech! Many of them found the recent shadow boxing and stirring the pot on film-yak quite amusing. That means we are all stars!! I also met Greg Mueller who gave me a Mueller`s Atomics t-shirt which I actually wore at the film-tech gathering where of course I met all those who were there. I am sure there will be some photos here soon. I actually visited Phil Hill in Hollywood on my way back but I did not kill him. We were joking! But we really almost killed ourselves with pizza, chicken wings and lots of booze.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-12-2003 01:56 PM                        quote: I actually visited Phil Hill in Hollywood on my way back but I did not kill him. It sincerely saddens me to hear that. You know if Phil does get killed I'm screwed.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 03-12-2003 02:40 PM                        quote: You know if Phil does get killed I'm screwed. ?? Explain.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-12-2003 02:48 PM                  Because I ***WILL*** come back and haunt him! >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged

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