Magnum Mania!

I went to the Motor City Comic Con today, a friend of mine got some promotional tickets and I decided to check it out. Comics aren’t really my thing, but the event was definitely something to see. I do have an appreciation for the sci-fi and super hero movies, but I was definitely an amateur at this event! Before going I checked out the comic con website and I saw the list of celebrity guest and that it included Erin Grey. I am not really an autograph collector; however I make an exception when it comes to Magnum PI. I took with me a couple of MPI press photos I have from the J “Digger” Doyle episode and ended up having her sign one of them for me. She had not ever seen the particular photo I had her sign and mentioned that it brought back good memories for her. There was no one at her booth so I had a chance to chat with her a little bit and she sure seemed like a really nice person. She talked a bit about her experience on the show and how she had been led to believe it would be a recurring role, which unfortunately never ended up happening. I asked her about the Digger spin-off and she told me that it must have not gotten too far down the pipeline because she wasn’t even told about it until well after the studio axed the idea.

It was nice to talk with her and she seemed happy run into a fan of her Magnum work and not just the Buck Rogers fans that are usually at comic con. I have to say I did feel a little bad for her though, her booth was between two others who had really long lines and there was nobody waiting to see her. Oh well their loss was my gain! There were plenty of other booths that were empty as well, but I didn’t recognize who most of them were. I would think given the caliber of “celebrity” guests at the show that someone like Erin would be considered A-list in that crowd. Maybe it is a generational thing?

" Oh well their loss was my gain!" jezUSS! that was the saddest part. her loss is your gain.

I met Erin a few years ago at a Friday the 13th con, and we talked for almost 1/2 hour, mostly about TV movies, but a little about Magnum as well. She is SO nice, and looks great.

She actually works as a manager for other actors who do a lot of cons, so she does a booth but most of her money comes from the other guests.

We saw her recently at another convention and it was so funny because whenever my husband gets near her he gets so flustered. She's still got it!

I watched her in Buck Rogers and Silver Spoons growing up. I had a huge crush on her. I do hope to meet her some day. I have an autographed picture of her as Wilma Dearing that I bought online years ago. Who sells photos of her from Magnum? If she does do a local convention I would love to get that signed.

AmandaByNight wrote:She's still got it!

She sure does!

How does she look????
Any pictures you can post for us Grey worshippers out here!

Steve wrote:How does she look????
Any pictures you can post for us Grey worshippers out here!

I didnt take any pictures at the con. In retrospect there were several photograph worthy sites at the show - Erin, other celebs, vehicles, crazy outfits, etc. There was also an original A-Team van on display and a friend of mine who is a huge A-Team fan already gave me some grief about not taking any photos for him. Next time as they say.

In regards to Erin, she is still a beauty and has aged gracefully - and she sure is petite! If you look at google images you can find some pics of her in more recent years, some even look like photos of her at other cons, however those pictures do not do her justice at all. She really looked good at the show yesterday.

Here is a pic of the signed photo. I have a handfull of different press photos from this episode, but I chose this one as I thought it was a good image of Erin & TS together.

Cool photo Jake! Great idea to bring it along.