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  • megoscott
    Founding Partner
    • Nov 17, 2006
    • 8710

    My Big Speech...Cancelled

    Got an email today from a booking agency for speakers at conventions.


    Scott,
    You're probably out of budget, but let me know if you're available these dates for a keynote in MI, and if so, what is your rate. Thanks.



    My reply...

    Hmm, do you want me to speak about being a low-paid animation artist or an obscure toy collector? Or should I just give a speech about the joys of not being the Scott Adams who draws Dilbert?

    : )

    Either way, I'm free on Feb. 20 and 21st.

    ----Scott "Not That Scott Adams" Adams


    His reply:

    Got it. Thanks.
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  • SUP-Ronin
    Stuck in a laundry shoot.
    • Oct 8, 2007
    • 3146

    #2
    Thats funny. You should have just gone along with it, and set a rate.
    Sorry it didn't work out.
    "Steel-like jaws clacked away, each bite slashing flesh from my body - I used my knife and my hands, and when they were gone, my bloody stumps - and yet the turtles came."

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    • miguet
      Persistent Member
      • Dec 11, 2007
      • 912

      #3
      Gee Scott, it would have been interesting to see how far along it would take before the booking agency realizes they contacted a different Scott Adams.

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      • censy
        thread killer
        • Sep 26, 2007
        • 674

        #4
        Scott,

        They'll always be a spot for you at Mego Meet : )

        Chris

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        • The Toyroom
          The Packaging King
          • Dec 31, 2004
          • 16653

          #5
          LMAO! Too funny! Sooooo....what IS your rate for speechs?
          Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!

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          • megoscott
            Founding Partner
            • Nov 17, 2006
            • 8710

            #6
            25k plus snacks.


            What if he came and said, "No, you're the right guy. The local Kiwanis Club is very interested in hearing about Dida Displays."

            When I was listed in the phone book in SF I got calls for him all the time. "Hi, are you the guy that does Dilbert? I got an idea for you--I have this wacky boss..."
            This profile is no longer active.

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            • miguet
              Persistent Member
              • Dec 11, 2007
              • 912

              #7
              Originally posted by MegoScott
              What if he came and said, "No, you're the right guy. The local Kiwanis Club is very interested in hearing about Dida Displays."
              It would certainly be an interesting speeching engagement. I would tell him, I don't think you could afford my fee. If he replies yes, then as Suze Orman likes to say "show me the money!" Then tell him, you can't afford me and you've been declined.
              Last edited by miguet; Aug 27, '08, 5:26 PM.

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              • Marvelmania
                A Ray of Sunshine
                • Jun 17, 2001
                • 10392

                #8
                That is soooo funny! You've always got listeners here.

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                • AUSSIE-Rebooted-AMM
                  I was NEVER here!
                  • Jun 22, 2008
                  • 1188

                  #9
                  I bet the other Scott Adams has just about had enough as well, with his constant demands to appear at a toy show in WV, or to put a transporter on a Dida display.

                  Wonder what his stock standard other Scott Adams e-mail looks like.

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                  • Earth 2 Chris
                    Verbose Member
                    • Mar 7, 2004
                    • 32975

                    #10
                    Wonder what his stock standard other Scott Adams e-mail looks like.
                    It's a photo of an 8-inch Mego with a floating tie mumbling something about cubicle life.

                    The only Chris Franklin I could really find of any noteriety on Google is an Australian comedian. Ever heard of him Dave?

                    Chris
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                    • Dave Mc
                      Administrator
                      • Oct 20, 2002
                      • 17827

                      #11
                      Dude, you should have taken it. I'm real close to MI, I would have come and watched.

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                      • palitoy
                        live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                        • Jun 16, 2001
                        • 59794

                        #12
                        That's hilarious, the only other Brian Heiler I could find runs a refrigerator repair shop.
                        Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

                        Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
                        http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

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                        • MegoSteve
                          Superman's Pal
                          • Jun 17, 2005
                          • 4135

                          #13
                          I love how terse the guy is. No introduction or anything, just "how much do you charge?" and "oh."

                          I was just watching the Red Sox game tonight and they were joking about how the pitcher Paul Byrd could always get great seats at any restaurant in Boston when he ate out with his father Larry.

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                          • Donkey Hoatie
                            Supporter of Silliness
                            • Jun 20, 2007
                            • 783

                            #14
                            Along the Same Lines

                            I go by Donkey Hoatie most of the time, but my real name is Kirk Reuter. For those of you who are baseball fans, you might remember a guy named Kirk Rueter who pitched in the majors, specifically for the San Francisco Giants. (An aside: We both played baseball for the same college coach, just a couple years apart. He played at Southern Illinois, I played for a while at University of Illinois.)

                            In any case, the night Barry Bonds broke Hank Aaron's record my phone rang at about 1:00 in the morning. It was a N.Y. call according to the caller ID, but I didn't know who it was. I picked it up to give the caller a piece of my mind when they immediately broke into a pitch about how they were a news station in NY and wanted to get my reaction to this historic moment, as a former teammate of Barry Bonds.

                            Because I believe that Bonds is a complete and utter douuuuuche bag, I ripped on him for a good 30 seconds before the guy asked if they could quote me on that. I told them they could. Of course, then I told them that I wasn't THAT Kirk Rueter. My wife was trying not to crack up the whole time. She kept hitting me, trying to get me to stop with the vitriol. I believe a few of the terms I threw out there were "Malcontented, self-absorbed, bacne scarred, ******." I was really on a roll!

                            Needless to say, they didn't use my quotes anywhere that I'm aware of. In fact, they never even apologized for calling in the middle of the night. Those pricks!

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                            • Meule
                              Verbose Member
                              • Nov 14, 2004
                              • 28720

                              #15
                              Funny as hell
                              "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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