Official Roth Video

Tom Gammill has posted his "official" (as in , not my bootlegged) version of the hilarious Arnie and Caroline Roth video. You can view it by clicking here.

Arnold and Caroline Roth meet Tom Gammill

This year, as last year, Tom Gammill was the master of ceremonies for the Reuben Award Banquet. Along with presiding over the evening in general, he produced a series of short videos that were nothing short of hilarious. I'll be doing a long post about the Reuben weekend in general next week but, in the meantime  Tom, Arnie and Caroline have graciously given me permission to post this particular video. It will eventually be available on youtube as part of Tom Gammill's "Learn To Draw" series as will, (hopefully) several of the others. (There was a parody of a Ken Burns documentary - complete with violin music - that was sheer genius!)

Enjoy!!

 (BTW I apologize in advance for some sloppy camera holding on my part and a couple people walking in front of me but one of the reasons I've posted this version is so that you can hear the crowd reaction.)

Reuben Weekend Boston Pics Round One...

So we're back and, awesome as the weekend was, the drive home (18 hours) has left me too exhausted to write much. So here are some pics to get things rolling....... (Don't forget you can enlarge them by clicking on them)

Arnold Roth and John at Sunday's "costume" dinner

This year John not only remembered to take a sketchbook, he remembered to ask folks to draw in it :-)

Martha and George. Wait..... is that "THE Jeffy?"

Accosting Reuben award winner Richard Thompson while he tries to eat...

OK, so he's not mad :-)

In the Venetian room there was this huge shell thing - that's Ed Steckley and his wife Heather.

Here we are in front of the darned thing but we have the good sense to be drinking. Venus di Vino?

How to make Anna Richmond happy....(I drove those truffles across 7 states)

Rick Kirkman, Richard Thompson, John, Jen Sorensen, Brendan Burford (apologies to Jen - I didn't get this pic with her eyes open)

Although John managed to....

Rick Stromoski and Tom Richmond (Tom can really rock that batsuit!)

Wouldn't be the Reubens without Karaoke - although I doubt it's been held in a room this sumptuous before...

John with Mark Parisi, Rick Stromoski, Dan Thompson, and I did not catch the other name - help someone?

Tux time!

Our son Kristopher in the lobby - elegant surroundings, elegant attire....

Kris got to meet Brad Anderson....

And Richard Thompson....

Our madcap son Alexander with the even more MADcap Sam Viviano...

John with Brad Anderson.

One more...... (BTW Brad's wife and I our knitting buddies, this is our 3rd Reubens talking all things knit and she's sending me a pattern....)

Sam Viviano,  John Read (the genius behind One Fine Sunday and Stay Tooned) and John

John with Norm Feuti and Ray Billingsley (Apologies to Ray for the half closed eyes but the other two pics they are all the way closed :-) )

More pics and some blogging tomorrow but now to bed. I'm toast!