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| John Inman; Meeting John Inman in Iowa | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 7 2008, 09:15 AM (357 Views) | |
| John Inman Fan | Jul 7 2008, 09:15 AM Post #1 |
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I saw an ad on TV from Iowa Public Television that John Inman was coming to Cedar Rapids. My mom called and reserved tickets for me and her. There was by then only 3 tickets left already and it looked like the ad only aired that day! I shudder to think if I didn't see that ad. This event was not a scheduled event which made it all the more exciting and an one in a lifetime opportunity I wasn't going to miss! Also, the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art where we were going to be was only 15 minutes from where we lived at the time which was another nice bonus. We also found out later that everything had to be set up in one day practically and he was in communication with the woman that ran the event there the whole time while being chauffered through the cornfields from Des Moines to Cedar Rapids. Poor John-especially not being much of a country lover, but like he said about the trip all he could say was "More corn?"! and Des Moooooiiiinnnneeessss (broken bed spring sound). :-) John was very thoughtful and when he entered the room, he made sure that I could hear him OK from where I was sitting since someone took my reserved seat up front. Years of lipreading experience really paid off here. :-) During setting up the event one of the organizers forgot the most important thing-Gin and Tonic- and disappeared for a few minutes. She came back and gave him a Gin and Tonic which, after taking a sip, he referred to as great Iowa water. It looked like they added a little too much Gin in it by his reaction, but he drank it happily and I think all was forgiven. :-) He was hilarious and my stomach actually hurt from all the laughing at his stories. He was very good with the one-two punch. You are trying to recover from one joke and get hit by the next. Whew! Among them was him calling his mother from Oman-you know the rest I'm sure! He also answered many questions and my mom and I had a hard time NOT asking him questions. :-) I have to give my mom credit for taking all these pictures since I couldn't have done that without missing a lot! When the 4th picture was taken, John noticed and asked my mom to "take a proper picture" which cracked everyone up and the 5th picture was the result. I did take the close up picture of John, (6th picture), since I asked him if none of the other pictures came out I would like to take one more picture of him which he happily let me do. When the event was over, we found it very hard to leave. Thinking back it's amazing how one person can be so much fun to be around that you hate to leave his company. I will always appreciate him that he went out of his way to Cedar Rapids so more fans in Iowa and neighboring states could catch up with him who couldn't see him in Des Moines. It just shows how thoughtful and dedicated he was to his fans! Pictures from the event: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() JIF |
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