My Big Speech...Cancelled

[megoscott]

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.

[SUP-Ronin]

Thats funny. You should have just gone along with it, and set a rate.
Sorry it didn't work out.

[miguet]

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.

[censy]

Scott,

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

Chris

[The Toyroom]

LMAO! Too funny! Sooooo....what IS your rate for speechs?

[megoscott]

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..."

[miguet]

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.

[Marvelmania]

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

[AUSSIE-Rebooted-AMM]

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.

[Earth 2 Chris]

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

[Dave Mc]

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

[palitoy]

That's hilarious, the only other Brian Heiler I could find runs a refrigerator repair shop.

[MegoSteve]

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.

[Donkey Hoatie]

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!

[Meule]

Funny as hell