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Ok guys, I'm gonna be honest with all of you, I'm not going to share everything that happened. Some of it was just so special to me that... as much as I love my It's a Tobin thing, and God knows I do, I don't want to post it online. I want to keep it between me, the people who were there, and of course my close friends back home. So, for those of you who were indeed there, please realize that I'm not randomly leaving sections out, or worse, that somehow I managed to forget, or that some similarly deranged action occurred - No! I could have been kicked in the head by seven donkeys and believe me -- I'd remember! All right, so here we go! Saturday morning Tobin gets in, I'm helping to set up, and suddenly I realize he's in the room. Well, anyone who knows me knows it took less than five seconds for me to get over to him - and it did - I believe the official count was 3.85. Anyway! : P - We shook hands and by God I hugged that bugger! : )! I remember one of the first things he said to me was that he keeps hearing good things about the site - smart man, that's always a good opening line with me! : D A little bit later, Tobin's up and about-- talking with John Raybin, talking with some of the other stars, all that, but then suddenly... he starts to walk... in my direction. Well, the first thing you learn at Monstermania is: when you think someone (like, anyone at all- lol) is walking toward you - they're not. They're actually walking somewhere else, it never fails. Now don't get me wrong, they'll start out coming in your direction... they'll come... and they'll come a little closer... closer... closer still... then BANG they're headed in another direction. It's like bumper cars on steroids. So, lol!, with this in mind, I'm sittin' there, watchin' Tobin as he slowly starts to make his way over to me and I'm thinking... I can't even begin to get excited about this because at the last second I know he's gonna veer off, or someone's gonna jump in front him, or the ceiling's gonna collapse, or some reptilian creature is going to come up through the floor and like trip the fire alarm - or something - but there's no way in hell he's actually coming over to me! Well, for the first time ever, the bumper car theory turned out to be wrong. Tobin came right up to me and we got to chat for another minute. As you can imagine I was in a complete state of shock wondering - did he like jump over the creature, or what?? Seriously though, that was a very special moment. It meant so much to me that he made a point to come over, and the next morning he did the very same thing. On more than one occasion I've heard Tobin described as a class act by those who have met him. I couldn't agree more. Mr. Bell, if you're out there - you put me on Cloud 500, sir, you really did. People should start callin' me Pennywise - I just can't stop floatin' - : )!! It was so very nice finally getting to meet you -Jenny Clark |
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Things learned about Tobin at Monstermania
Disclaimer: Everyone knows I'm a stickler when it comes to getting quotes down as accurately as possible... which is to say... word for word!, so I simply have to say this - while all the information below is accurate, the wording in the quotes might be slightly off - I was flyin' so high at the time, my mind was movin about two steps behind. End of Disclaimer.
Originally Jigsaw had 1 line in the end scene of SAW - Tobin wrote out 6, gave it to James Wan [Director], James loved it, put it in the script, and the scene was filmed with those 6 lines. However, later, after editting, etc., the total lines became 2. James' reasoning was that they didn't want to rap it up too neatly. After asking Tobin what these lines were at the Q/A session, he said he didn't remember exactly what they were, but that he agreed with cutting them because sometimes using just little bit of a good idea can be the most effective tactic - sometimes doing it all is too much. I thought that was cool - I had never considered that.
On Sunday I told Tobin about the running question on It's a Tobin thing regarding whether he is a dog person or a cat person, and he said to me, "Well, I'm usually a cat person, but as of a few weeks ago, I guess I became a dog person..." When I asked why he said, "Well... my wife and son recently got a puppy... and I live there..." - LOL! The puppy is half maltese half... oh gosh, something poodle - [insert adjective] poodle - lol! Sorry y'all, like I said, I lost a few words.
Fun note:
I mentioned to him how much I love the Russian accent he did for his character Lukast Slava (Best of the Best 4), and Tobin said to me, "No, no, that guy from Air Force One - he had the best Russian accent." (He's referring to Gary Oldman).
For the record, Gary Oldman can eat his heart out. Tobin all the way! : ) (And I'm allowed to say that - I think Gary is great, but but... he's not Tobin!)