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I hope your back's OK Michelle. Nick

When the emails are sent out it will be posted on here by Too Tall. Until then you'll need to have a bit of patience as everything is still being finalized with the hotel, room buddies, amount of rooms needed etc. Can you give an idea of area? it's impacting travel plans already as ticket prices change.

The chap with glasses and beard was on holiday.

Thanks - I'm just uploading them to Facebook too for those that prefer to see them there. Feel free to tag away once published. As for staggering - that was some of the crew by the time I drove home on Saturday night ;-)

Thanks all for being so good to work with, especially on Sunday. Lots of pictures from Saturday night.

He's one of our regulars - and does talk into his watch. :-) Lovely chap who's done a lot of events over the years so is well used to the Showmasters etc. crowds, and their behaviour.

send an email to crew@showmastersonline.com

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...re-too-old.html Colonel who?

I know his feet are large - but to walk a mile in his shoes you'd have to walk around with tiny footsteps. Sillyness aside, thanks to both you and Stuart for the weekend. You've had my comments about the problems - far more of the time wasn't problems.

I was his guest assistant all day Saturday. He wasn't shaking hands with anyone, and asked me to enforce it as far as possible. It was nothing personal against any of the attendees individually. He chatted with everyone he could, and seemed to enjoy the conversations (except perhaps one which puzzled him, I think - but I'm not going into details). He was though tired from the flight over, and not sleeping well on the Friday night. Clearly he loved B5 when he did it, but his recent work seemed to interest him more. I got the impression he hasn't a lot of time for most more recent TV science fiction. Chatting with his Sunday guest assistant, it sounded much the same. I've certainly had much harder guests to work with, and seen many who were less chatty with the attendees.

BL**DY HILARIOUS! Especially for all the upset kids etc. snipped You're not the only one. We had a couple of bad experiances. Our daughters had also had a bad day here. Our posts on this blog also get attacked beacuse of "first time postings" but we only found this forum upon return from London. Like you, we also will not be attending any more events like that one. Good luck with your signed autos. It seems SM only like the good comments, and remove/delete the bad. A pity but thats life with these people. D.M Suggestion - when you've got a complaint, try talking to the people who can fix it, not the muppets who have a go at you for "first time postings". No one deletes postings for being "first time postings" - if they did it would be impossible to post on here. "Showmasters" info@showmastersonline.com is the place to post if you want to get your problems resolved properly. Here, although read by Showmasters, who do their best to [pick up on issues raised, it's largely "playing to the crowd".

Sian, I'm not going to disagree with your gripe about this, but I do need to correct one point. The crew did know that there was a process, and they did know what it was - it was the process you described in the paragraph above - that the person waiting for the photograph filled out their details on a paper form, including a description of what they looked like and were wearing, and that Showmasters would use this to match pictures and photographs, and mail them out. As you'll see from further down the thread, some of these photos have already arrived. The numbers did mean that we had to get more forms, and briefly during this period some people were asked to provide the same details on blank paper. More forms arrived shortly afterwards, so anyone who waited did get the proper form. Obviously things didn't go as smoothly as they should have done, and there will be a 'post mortem' to sort out the communication issues which made it more difficult. The initial problem though was a fairly simple one - an additional very popular early morning photo-shoot for Peter Fechmypassport and the laboratory not being able to start work early enough on a Sunday. Either would have been a surmountable problem, both together put us behind schedule.

One group who I haven't seen mentioned, who deserve a vote of thanks. The Earls Court 'resident' security staff. From the point of view of a crew member who had to deal with them a number of times, they really made my life (especially on Sunday) a lot easier. Queuing outside didn't go perfectly on Saturday. By Sunday they'd looked at what went wrong, re-organised how the 'queue to pay' queue was fitted in, and put it right. When I went outside half an hour before opening on Sunday, they had already done a really good job of making sure that anyone who asked, or was looking lost had been routed to the correct queue. They were also very quick sorting out a couple of issues that I couldn't resolve directly. So - thanks to the resident staff.

Trust me, as a crew member who was a runner on Sunday (amongst 5 other jobs) it was quite long enough this year.

What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

What a fine idea for a thread - well done for starting it. So -f you've come to this thread inpanic, here's a hint. Thousands of people will be attending the show. If you think you've something to panic about, it's likely to be affecting a god number f them too - but they're not all panicking. Why? First of all, they've probably read the FAQ. It has the words "Don't Panic" written on the cover in large friendly letters - and more importantly it has many of the answers to causes of panic inside. Second;ly, they've realised that Showmasters, and the crew, have spent ages making sure there's nothing to panic about - becuase it makes their lives much easier too if people have no reason to panic. So, relax, it'll all be alright.

From their website... "Additional information: The bar and restaurant at this Premier Inn will be closed for refurbishment during some or all of the requested period, breakfast boxes will be available at an additional cost. For information on alternative evening catering, please contact the Premier Inn directly."

Nice to meet you too - good to put another person to a name on the boards.

Indeed so - his solo "panel" went over 1 hr 35 minutes.

Bring your camera. In general, it's fine to get a photo with a guest when you go up to get an autograph. It's considered rude just to go up and ask for a photo with them if you're not buying an autograph. Some guest may have signs saying "No posed photographs". These are there for a number of reasons. The guest may have asked for them. They may find standing up for photographs then sitting down repeatedly hard work, especially if old; they may find the repeated flash hurts their eyes; they may have their own reasons; they may even just hav a hangover. Showmasters may have asked for them. In this case it's probably to speed the queue past a very busy guest, so that everyone gets a chance to buy an autograph. A few guests may have a "No photographs" notice. Any of the above reasons may apply, but it is most likely to be the moving the queue reason. Please try to have your camera switched on and ready before you arrive at the guest. Don't be surprised if a crew member offers to help you with a photograph - this is probably being done to speed the queue.

Paul compered at the gala dinner. In his spare time from preparing for this, he does a huge amount of backroom stuff.

With this in mind i wonder how the chap who wanted Rooney to sign his SIMPSONS episode guide got on. I saw him sign something with The Simpsons on it on Sunday. It was signed without comment.

I don't know - I didn't sample any (driving home each night), nor, for that matter, did I throw up.

The article says it happened after the dinner when everyone went to the casino so I'd say it was either the food or drink. Of course, 'after the dinner' may not have been caused by ford or drink consumed at the dinner. ;-)

He was tired on Saturday, from travelling over. He's an old chap (89 this year), and pretty deaf. A lot of the 'incidents' were his wife having to raise her voice so that he would hear what had to be said. I got the feeling there was a pretty fine line between when this was helpful, and when this left him frustrated. Still, they've been married 35 years! On Saturday, he started off very much tucked away in the corner behind Ernest Bournine's queue, and this (although changed at lunchtime) seemed to set the tone for the day. His son told me he wasn't used to not being the busiest guest. On Sunday, sat with his wife between him and his guest assistant, he seemed much happier. She worked very hard, particularly helping him with personalisations, and things went much better.