Comments | alanlastufka: BEDA No. 23: Fan mail in 2009

alanlastufka

BEDA No. 23: Fan mail in 2009

Apr 23, 2009 18:13

When I was eleven I drew a picture of Weird Al, for Weird Al, and mailed it off to his "Close Personal Friends of Al" fanclub address.

A week or so later I got back an autographed 8x10 that read "Hey ALAN, thanks for the GREAT drawing! Weird Al Yankovic, damaged in handling, please accept our apologies - your post office" The glossy had been ripped ( Read more... )

tl;dr - but read it anyway!

Comments 22

anonymous April 24 2009, 00:09:47 UTC

This blog totally makes me feel like fangirling about so many people right now (you in particular, Alan, haha).

Sometimes I feel like writing fan letters/notes/e-mails, etc., but I have this fear of seeming strange or creepy. Plus, some people (as you mentioned) might not even hear it themselves. Some people who do directly get fan praise probably just blow it off.

-Morgan

mimsiesky April 24 2009, 00:19:12 UTC

Wait... You told JOHN to meet you under the monkey bars TOO??!

alanlastufka April 24 2009, 00:24:49 UTC

haha, I wrote that on everyone's because I thought it was too clever not to mass share. But yours was the only one I meant it on! <3

ext_178622 April 24 2009, 00:19:21 UTC

When I was a kid, I sent letters off to the Nsync fanclub. :]
Sometimes when I comment on things like blogs and videos, they turn into fainmail.
Once place I've sent a fan email to was to Mugglecast (popular HP podcast) and it was for their segment "Chicken Soup." For the segment, listeners send in a piece of fanmail/fanstory that would get read on the show. Its a cool feature that they do to encourage listeners to send in their experiences/thoughts on the show.

valerie2776 April 24 2009, 00:44:52 UTC

I wrote a fan email to John maybe a month ago, because he specifically ASKED for it on his blog. Granted, that post was from 2006, and he probably doesn't even use that email address any more, but STILL. I felt very jilted not getting a reply :P Ok not really, but it would have been cool.

valerie2776 April 24 2009, 00:45:46 UTC

oh oh, and I wrote to Zoom, which I guess isn't fanmail. They did not use my idea :( I was devastated.

valerie2776 April 24 2009, 02:33:01 UTC

hahaha, I did the same thing, Valerie!

Numerous times...

I still have some Zoomerangs at home.

And I could probably still sing the theme song.

_>

-morgan.

suchducked April 24 2009, 18:07:14 UTC

ZOOM! They never used anything I sent them, either. D:

ext_180200 April 24 2009, 00:47:34 UTC

I wasn't mentioned, so I'm not interested.