Celebrity Encounters

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Boston's only class o'clock morning shows ending. I'm sorry, what was that this
story that Phil texted me? Well, let's go. We need a good
lead in. So Phil CASTANETI uh, you know sports World HYPHENUSA dot com,
a master of all things memorabilia inSaugus, texted me this morning.

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Did you hear about the Tom Bradysigning event? And you know, when
I hear signing events, some peoplemight think, well, he signed a
contract coming back to play. Yeah, but this is where he went and
signed autographs at an event. SoI he sent me the link to the
story. It's out of Miami,so Brady, I don't even know if
it was. Could it have beena fundraiser? At thirty six hundred dollars

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a ticket? Here's it with thatprice tag? You think it would be
a charity of fundraiser, Yeah,something like that, right. So people
are paying that amount of money andthey're bringing their own memorabili in for Brady
to sign. So it's you know, Brady giving a talk, you know,
Brady milling around with people, takingpictures and then signing things, being
cordial, being cordial, and thereviews. I'm you know, Phil set

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it up like, I can't believehe did this type thing, but the
reviews as I read the article arevery positive about how he conducted himself until
he started signing things. Uh oh, So the Brady signature has a very
distinct This is according to Phil,you know, who's master of all memorabilia,
a very distinct T, a shortline that looks like tom, and

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then a distinct B and then asquiggly line with what looks like a wyat.
So it looks like you know,it's pretty consistent. Well, he
was signing like a big circle kindof thing and then a squiggly line like
one word, so it looked likea doctor's signature. That's what it looked
like. Yeah. So that doesn'tdo people with memorabilia any good because everybody

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knows what Brady usually how he usuallysigns, and there's no certificate of authenticity
coming with these things because you alreadyhave the item, he's just signing it
in front of you. So Iguess, yeah, you'd have to have
the accompanying picture to go along withit. Yeah, so he's saying it
ruins the memory. But I meanone of the items was the so unique.

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Yeah, yeah, it's so uniquebecause of that signature. It gets
you. It's like, oh,this was a No, that's not how
it works in the autograph world.Yeah. So one of the items,
speaking of unique, was the veryfirst touchdown pass Brady threw to gronk oh
South of BEA's had it at fourhundred and fifty thousand dollars in value for

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that one ball. Sotheby's deal withlike stuff like that. I thought they
were like fancy furniture and they dealwith everything. I know, Southey's probably
anything some high end music. Ohgod, I would think whether it's sports,
celebrity stuff, celebrity stuff. Yeah. So yes, so, I
mean I can understand that because Iwas never big on collecting autographs. I

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got a few over the course ofthe time. Minnie Donald, Duck Rudo,
I got people to sign off ona mortgage loan for me. Carl
Lewis is who you probably don't knowwho he is, but he was I
got a picture of with him inmy phone. Carl Lewis the track star.
Yeah. Yeah. So when II was either at Pratt or Fordham

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as one of those indoor meets thatwe all used to do, but he
was there running and as we werewalking around the outside looking for something to
eat, we all noticed this couplesitting on the stairs waiting, and I'm
like, oh my god. Andmy friend Evelyn's like, that's Carl Lewis's
dad. Because we read a lotof magazines, like Runner magazines, and
so we knew what his parents looklike. And we went up to them

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and I and I handed him apiece of paper and I go, hey,
could you just put down what yourkid's names are on this piece of
paper? And he goes sure,and he wrote Carl Lewis and someone and
I still have it. I stillhave Carl Lewis's dad putting on a piece
of that's my favorite signature. Andit means nothing to anyone else except me,

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right right, That's why you're gettinghim, Like, let's trick him
into telling us he's Carl without askinghim. Or nine years old, you
know what I mean. He hadjust won the Olympic gold. So yeah,
so it's personal to you. Butfor people like this, the need
it's value. Yep, they're doingit for the value. I'm doing it.

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Like, do you remember when wewent to when we were in Poughkeepsie,
we went to the Yankees. Uh, there was an event with the
New York Yankee. Yeah, andBrian Cashman. Yes, right, we
all stood with him. I stillhave that picture. So I knew we
were going there, and I'm prettysure I knew there were going to be
some you know, former Yankees there. Yep, I only remember cash Man,

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but I thought that's where didn't theyhave like like, I think that
that's where I saw Yogi Bear andgot his autograph. I'll be right back.
Yeah, I have a related topic. So I got my an old
baseball card, not real old fromthe seventies, it was. It was
an MVP remake card from the topshad put out with his picture on it.

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So I brought it not to me. There's value there, but it's
more of a personal thing. Iwould never sell it, right, I
would pass it on and somebody elsewill sell it to me. It's I
shook hands with Yogi bera the tinylittle man yeah with big years. Remember
how big his ears were and hehad this tie tightened up around his neck.

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But he was a nice guy.They were Yeah, they were good
guys. I mean I hate theYankees, you know, as a as
a sock slash Cleveland fan, I'mnot a fan of the Yankees, but
I can respect meeting somebody like that. Yeah, I remember wanting to say,
because Cashman had spent time I thinkhe was born and raised for a
while in the town I grew upin. So Scott Pioli and Brian Cashman

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all lived in washington and Puli graduatedfrom Washingtonville High School. And I remember
thinking, two of the biggest namesand behind the scenes sports. Yeah,
same dairy farm town. Wow,in the middle of nowhere, outside of
New York City, big sports admins. Man so weird, right, But
Cashman will not admit he was helived there. Whereas Puoli like goes on

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ESPN, He's like our football teamRock, I'm a wizard through and through.
Cashman's like, I don't know anythingabout washington Ville, dirty girl,
I can't remember anything. I onlyhave one like close to home autograph that
I got over the years, andlike, I'm probably most proud of this

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than any other. Like I gothanded a Robert Plant autograph on a physical
graffiti CD cover like liner notes.But I didn't get the autograph. Somebody
else that met him had him signit and gave it to me because he
knew that I loved the led Zeppelin, So I have that, but and
it's hanging at my desk, butI'm like, it doesn't have any emotional

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value because I didn't get it.I didn't meet the man physically. I've
talked to him on the phone,but you know what I mean. But
there is one person that I meantthat I was completely starstruck with and giddy.
And it was around nineteen ninety eight. We were back at the pre
I was working in the promotions departmentand I was asked to help out the

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Lacuedera morning show. Can you godown and bring up our eight thirty guest?
And I was like, Okay,sure, I'll go down to the
lobby. They didn't tell me whoit was, and it just happened to
be the lovely and then talented missMaureen McCormick on strame You're Marcia, Yes

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for those keeping score at home toKenny Kenny Love Maureen McCormick. Now,
this album had been at my littledesk area at the pro in promotions office
because yeah, was a big BradyI am a big Brady Bunch fan of
course, runs of course, butthis came from the young family record collection.

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This is an actual vinyl album that'sinside this look how faded and nice?
Well talk about tiny So I gosix four Marine McCormick, Haddomy five
to two, five to three,little tiny thing. And she was coming
on to talk about some like AnaNo, no, No, She's coming
on the Lock with Era show becauseshe had made a country album and she

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wanted to promote the fact that shehad this little singing career because country was
starting to take off around that time. And you know, a couple of
years later, we had first oftwo stations around here, but she couldn't
and I escorted her and her handlerup to the elevator and up to the
station and walk them in too,And I was just like, oh my
god, I can't believe March isright. And she's so tiny and she

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couldn't have been sweeter and lovelier.And at the time I didn't think of
it. Uh, there's got tobe a photo somewhere that exists that probably
got lost in the move, becauseI know we had a disposable camera we
kept for when celebrities would come intothe station. And I still regret the
fact that I there at some pointthere was a photo taken of myself with

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Laureen McCormick to go along with thisautograph right right. We couldn't pair them
up because you were both naked.You wouldn't put that on the wall.
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