This past Friday, I traveled to the Argosy Alton Casino for the host of The Late Late Show, Craig Ferguson. You also might remember him as Nigel Wick on the Drew Carey Show. He was performing the first of two nights of comedy at the Casino. Our early arrival (about 5:30 p.m.) proved fruitless as Craig had already arrived. That meant hanging around until after the show. Thankfully, it was an early 7 p.m. show. A little after 9:00 p.m., he exited the Casino and made his way toward a waiting Chrysler 300 stretch limo. Our group of collectors called to Craig asking him to sign and he waved us over. He pleasantly signed all our items and took photos with each of us before departing.A quick trip north up I-55 proved just right as we arrived at a post-performance
reception/auction at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield for the Pirates of Penzance, featuring actor/singer ("You Take My Breath Away") Rex Smith. Rex was mingling with patrons at the reception and he was more than happy to sit down and sign our albums and take photos. He really enjoyed checking out the old album covers and told us stories about getting his "rock hair" prepared for the photo shoot. Interesting side note on Rex...he's a full-time realtor. He does the acting/singing stuff on the side.
