Andrew J. Lederer

Finally got over to John Gordillo's yesterday to see the "Richard Donner cut" of "Superman 2".

Andre Vincent was there. Never met him before but I used to see him, in costume, in the lobby of the Assembly Rooms before or after his Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee show. Surprisingly, there was less comforting familiarity to his iconography than those eyeball encounters would have suggested.

Great character he is, though. Likes the right things; a comedy classicist.

I kinda feel like he's now almost a, sort-of, friend. He's fun to listen to and very entertaining talking about other comics.

Of course, that worries me a little, 'cause I'm a bit more ridicule-worthy than a lot of other comics and it strains credulity to think I'll escape the sharpened tongue. On the other hand, I'm not that visible or important, so that may save me.

Still, I was wearing dirty, slightly smelly clothes 'cause I'd accidentally set the dryer to pause rather than dry -- that can't have accrued to the plus column of my aura.

Whatever.

The movie was fun, though still not up to the level of Superman I.

I was socializing normally, rather than staying inside looking at the computer, which is a good thing.

And my farewell hug to Gordillo, while not exactly comfortable, was somewhat less awkward than similar hugs have been in the past. (Note: Not all past hugs were with Gordillo.)

An evening well-spent. And who knows where new acquaintanceships will lead?