26 August 2018

"You're tearing me apart, Lisa!"

It seems like every year, there are a few subjects in the Topps Allen & Ginter checklist whose autographs and/or relics I just have to have. This year was no different, with Biz Markie, Champ Pederson, Christopher McDonald, Jon Lovitz, and Tommy Wiseau all appearing in the product. I've already tracked down a Biz Markie redemption and a Champ Pederson signature, but I haven't yet nabbed Christopher McDonald or Jon Lovitz.


I did finally manage to get autograph and relic cards featuring actor/director Tommy Wiseau, whose film 'The Room' is famous for being incredibly bad. The film is such a wreck and the filming went so poorly that it was the subject of a book that became a movie called 'The Disaster Artist.' Cult classics and pop culture are right in my wheelhouse, so I had to get these into my collection. The relic card is your standard Ginter fare, and the autograph is actually one of the Black-framed parallels, numbered # 23 / 25. I got it for just a hair more than the regular unnumbered autographs were selling for, so I figured that was pretty good.


Here are the backs, for the sake of completeness. I don't know if I would recommend watching Wiseau's movie, but it might be entertaining to read up on it a little if you've got some time to kill. If nothing else, it's got a lot of one-liners in it that make for good inside jokes among friends.

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  1. "I don't know if I would recommend watching Wiseau's movie..."

    It's a rite of passage, You have to watch The Room.

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    1. Yeah, I guess it is, but I still hesitate to recommend it. I don't want to be the one to take the blame when people are mentally scarred.

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  2. I'm really tempted to find it online tonight and watch it. Maybe it'll help me fall asleep at a reasonable hour.

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    1. Either that, or you will lie awake all night, wondering what kind of drugs the Hollywood producers who greenlit this project were mixing.

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  3. Everyone should watch The Room!

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    1. "Everyone" should watch The Room! Fixed it for you.

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  4. Haven’t watched it, but now am intrigued.

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    1. It is an experience. There are folks who do viewing parties for it, sort of like a low-budget version of Rocky Horror Picture Show viewing parties.

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