[quote=doubledenim][img]https://media.giphy.com/media/3oz8xQQP4ahKiyuxHy/giphy.gif[/img][/quote]

[quote=Austruck][quote=doubledenim][quote=Austruck][quote=doubledenim][font=century gothic]I am a fan of of "experience" over "responsibility" though.

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunities are that for a reason. If you are a little short, charge it. Especially if you die before you pay-it-back :D[/font][/quote]
Oh good. Then I can keep seeing Weird Al in concert when I'm, like, 80 or 90. :D[/quote]

[font=century gothic]I will buy your tickets and take you to see Weird Al when you are 90.[/font][/quote]
Awww... I'll upgrade us to the VIP seats, if only because I'll need to be in the front row so my trifocals work properly. :D[/quote]

[quote=doubledenim][quote=Austruck][quote=doubledenim][font=century gothic]I am a fan of of "experience" over "responsibility" though.

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunities are that for a reason. If you are a little short, charge it. Especially if you die before you pay-it-back :D[/font][/quote]
Oh good. Then I can keep seeing Weird Al in concert when I'm, like, 80 or 90. :D[/quote]

[font=century gothic]I will buy your tickets and take you to see Weird Al when you are 90.[/font][/quote]

[quote=Austruck][quote=Austruck]Oh, also... I was delighted that Mel didn't feel he COULDN'T be affectionate with his fans. He wasn't gropey or anything. Just delightful. How can you NOT love Mel Brooks? He's infectious in person. We all got access to each other's professional photos from that night, and it was fun seeing some of the stunts Mel pulled with other people. One guy even PROPOSED in front of Mel, who played along![/quote]
To be clear, that guy proposed TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, not to Mel! :D I think she accepted.[/quote]

[quote=Austruck][quote=doubledenim][font=century gothic]I am a fan of of "experience" over "responsibility" though.

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunities are that for a reason. If you are a little short, charge it. Especially if you die before you pay-it-back :D[/font][/quote]
Oh good. Then I can keep seeing Weird Al in concert when I'm, like, 80 or 90. :D[/quote]

[quote=doubledenim][font=century gothic]I am a fan of of "experience" over "responsibility" though.

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunities are that for a reason. If you are a little short, charge it. Especially if you die before you pay-it-back :D[/font][/quote]

[quote=Austruck][quote=Sedai]If I would let just one celebrity get gropey with me, it would definitely be Mel Brooks. It used to be Earnest Borgnine, but I had to let him go after his role in [i]Frozen Stupid[/i].[/quote]
:D :D :D 

I was going to say the same thing. 
Well, okay, no, I wouldn't. :D[/quote]

[quote=Sedai]If I would let just one celebrity get gropey with me, it would definitely be Mel Brooks. It used to be Earnest Borgnine, but I had to let him go after his role in [i]Frozen Stupid[/i].[/quote]

[quote=doubledenim][quote=Sedai][quote=Austruck][quote=doubledenim][font=century gothic]That's really cool that something like that happened. 

How many questions did you get in? :D[/font][/quote]
If you're a huge fan of someone (musician, actor, whatever) and you get a chance to do a VIP sort of thing, even if you have to dump it on your credit card and pay it back for years, it's totally worth it.[/quote]

Sage financial advice!  ;)[/quote]

[font=century gothic]I'm thinking about taking my dad to play Pinehurst No. 2 for his birthday. 
No credit card, but a lot of anxiety about shelling out for a round of golf.[/font][/quote]

[quote=Austruck]Oh, also... I was delighted that Mel didn't feel he COULDN'T be affectionate with his fans. He wasn't gropey or anything. Just delightful. How can you NOT love Mel Brooks? He's infectious in person. We all got access to each other's professional photos from that night, and it was fun seeing some of the stunts Mel pulled with other people. One guy even PROPOSED in front of Mel, who played along![/quote]

[quote=Austruck]Ha ha, your secret is safe with me. :) 

Yes, if you are ever buying tickets to a concert, see if there are VIP-type tickets. Totally worth it if you're a superfan. 

Mel was very clear (and we all agreed) that making a movie like Blazing Saddles would be nearly impossible through a regular studio. It's too offensive to all the uber-sensitive people in the world now. The whole point of so much comedy is to take jabs at things... and you just aren't allowed to do that anymore. And the racist stuff in Blazing Saddles? Egad, they'd string Mel up by his feet for half that stuff. :)

And yet, there we sat in the sold-out theater, laughing our fool heads off at a movie that had come out 40+ years earlier. Most of us were saying ALL THE LINES along with the movie screen, we'd seen it so many times.[/quote]