Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board Every 10 Years Forum My evening with Bruce Campbell

Last night after coming home from Soccer practice, my neighbor's grandaughter (and a friend of my daughter's) came over to ask if I wanted to me her uncle.

I asked her why I would want to meet her uncle, to which she replied, "His name's Bruce Campbell". I couldn't believe it. It was so absurd that Laura would had to have been telling the truth.

Seem's he was passing through while on a book signing tour and he and his wife decided to look in on his wife's sister, my neighbor.

So we all got our shoes back on and spent the next few hours visiting (and trying not to geek out) with Bruce and the rest of the family. I've heard a lot of nice things about him from folks I know that have met him before in Hollywood and at conventions but everything I've heard was true. He's a very quiet guy. But incredibly friendly and all around nice guy.

It was a really surreal night. Fun but surreal.

Jamie

Jamie, that is too awesome for words. Bruce Campbell is on my very short list of celebrities I'd actually want to hang out with.

Thats really so cool! And yeah, it seems very surreal.

You know what? He'd be a KICK-ASS TMK Matter-Eater Lad

Yeah, in a town of about 11K, you don't really think you're going to run into someone like that. I actually know a few friends (and my brother) that have met him and worked with him but I never thought I'd run into him unless it was at a convention.

You have NO idea how hard it was not to throw quotes out over the course of the evening. We decided since it was a familial visit we wouldn't go totally geek on him. He thought it funny that my kids only knew of him through the Spider-Man game tutorials.

He did do his Elvis impression though, which was enough for me. <G>

Jamie

A live Elvis impression from Bruce Campbell? I’m kinda geeking out now and my interaction with Bruce is already a ‘7 ways to Kevin Bacon’ type deal! Bruce in Bubba Ho-Tep was awesome. Did you try to sneak a ‘Groovy’ in there at some point too? I’m sure it must have been hard not too.

Yup. I'll confess, I still haven't seen Bubba Ho-Tep but think I'll pick it up this weekend.

And no, I didn't try to sneak a Groovy in...though I should have asked him to record a answering machine message for us.

Jamie

Dude, that rocks! That must of been wicked sweet.