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Tommy Davidson Book Signing

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Long time comedian and actor Tommy Davidson made an appearance to sign copies of his new book Living In Color. The event took place at The Grove’s Barnes & Noble in LA. Fellow comedian and actor D.L. Hughley joined Tommy at this event for a discussion about the book.

Tommy made a name for himself in the ’90s sketch comedy television show In Living Color. It was a show that I grew up watching and loved. Through my eyes In Living Color was basically the ghetto version of SNL. They crossed the line on many of their sketch comedy acts starring actors such as Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, and the Wayans brothers to name a few.

This was a wristband event and I arrived very early. The good thing about a wristband event is that people have the option of leaving and can return for the start of the event. One way that I killed time was by visiting the Griffith Observatory to enjoy the beautiful view.

Now back to the book signing. This event had a much smaller turnout than I anticipated. My guess would of been less than 50 guests were in attendance to meet both comic icons. 

Tommy signed my book and was nice enough to sign some In Living Color trading cards as well.

Tommy showed some love to D.L. for coming out to support the book signing.

This was a good small event. The 150 mile round trip was worth every mile driven.

Alyssa Milano Book Signing

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Actress, activist, and author Alyssa Milano made an appearance to sign copies of her new children’s book Hope: Project Middle School. The event took place at The Grove’s Barnes & Noble in LA.

The event was scheduled to start at 7 p.m. and unlike the last book signing I attended, I arrived very early. When the event started Alyssa discussed her book alongside the illustrator Eric S. Keyes. It was then followed by a Q&A session and book signing.

I’ve always been a big fan of Alyssa’s earlier work such as the movie Commando, where she co-starred alongside Arnold schwarzenegger and the TV sitcom Who’s the Boss? It was a pleasure to finally meet her.

Eric S. Keyes is also a character designer for the TV series The Simpsons. I had him sign the book as well.

The only issue with this event is that the line moved very slow. For whatever reason some people get to the front of the line and have to tell their life story. Overall it was still a good event.

Barry Zito Book Signing

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Former major league pitcher Barry Zito came to my neck of the woods to sign copies of his new book titled Curveball. The event took place at the Barnes & Noble store in Redlands which is literally minutes away from my house.

It was scheduled to start at 2 p.m. but due to unfortunate circumstances, I arrived a bit after 3 in the afternoon. Upon arrival I was informed by staff that Barry was done signing for the day. I guess there was a much smaller turnout than anticipated.

Barry did sign a number of books for the store before heading out. A staff member did swap out my copy of the book that I had purchased the day before for a signed version. It has a sticker attached to the front of the book which seems to be their authentication.