Why do people want autographs....

I think he'd pay us to take his autograph.

 

I never understood this, either. I got a few when I was a kid, mostly because I thought that was what you were supposed to do when you met somebody famous. I don't even know where they are.

Funny thing is the biggest sports star I met when I was a kid was Franco Harris. He was just walking through one of the malls in Pittsburgh. My father and I went up to him and said hello. Even though it wasn't a scheduled public appearance, he was gracious to us and everybody else who approached him. We never even thought of getting an autograph and really, I never missed it.

 

I think whoever said an autograph was tangible evidence that you met a superstar hit on why they're still prized.

I guess I've met enough big names in my life that I don't see what the big deal is.

"I don't want no fuckin' autograph! What the Hell is wrong with you? Who are you, anyway? I didn't come in this alley for no autograph. I came in here to pee!" -- Lily Tomlin

 

Why can't they all be this clear?

 

That's just wrong.

 

Pretty cool. I'm a big program and media guide guy. For whatever reason.

But I could see myself buying those. But the questions are:
1) How do you get them?
2) How do you know they're real?

I suppose the same could be said about autographs.

 

Speaking of illegible autographs....

 

That's a fake! I should know!

 

This one more like it?

 

I've always wanted to get some unsuspecting superstar to sign his autograph on a blank check.

 

Good one.