Toronto Comic Con was certainly an event in Toronto, not the Big Bang perhaps, but an event just the same. You had the usual fans dressed up in their costumes, interesting displays including the copy of Marty and The Doc's ride from Back To The Future, but if you were not a Comic book fan, the event lacked some pizzazz. Only attending Sunday and not for the entire 3 days prohibits my commenting on the event as a whole other than to say I thought it would be a little more Grand. I am sure Friday and Saturday had more glitz for those who did attend. The array of artists displaying their work was quite impressive, the talent on hand for conversation on Sunday lacked the Billy D "star" power but if you were a Star Wars fan, you left the event quite happy. Other notables such as Scott Thomson and Dustin Diamond made a few heads turn but I am not convinced they were as happy to be there as the ones who's heads turned. All in all the promoters I am sure are happy and they should be, the organizers and volunteers on hand were helpful, courteous and answered everyone's questions. Hopefully next time however, they will do a little more digging and realize there are some iconic Voice Actors in Toronto who would have enhanced the event had they been there. The Voices of Spiderman, Hermey, Hulk, Thor, Dorothy, Smurf, etc. were just blocks and a phone call away.

Hypocrisy of the Biz
Of course Charlie Sheen is acting irrational, of course he is playing the game. Now that has been said, come-on, its hilarious! What has been going on in the media is typical hypocrisy. The pun dints who praised his talents, envied his position are now as usual, acting as experts in Psychology and diagnosing his condition. Charlie Sheen is acting no differently now than he did in his past. Does no one remember Ms Madam Heidi? What has changed in Charlie today other than he crossed the line. The line being, he spoke ill of his Boss. Two And A Half Men is (was) a G-Rated version of Charlie Sheen's life from the get go. His personal antics had no effect prior to his public anti Boss meltdown. He could get busted, threaten his wife, dust up a Hotel, but as long as the show was making money they seemed to love the attention it brought. Now however, it all has changed. Hollywood Exec's have been playing this game for years and years. John Belushi, for example, just had to ask for money and the Studio would send the briefcase fully knowing what was being bought. His death was the only reason the deliveries stopped. the list of more examples is too long to even bother mentioning.

Charlie Sheen has made himself and CBS millions and millions of dollars and when the dust settles, chances are Charlie Harper will rise again. One only has to recall a scene from the program where Allan asks Charlie for money while Charlie is lying in bed with one of his random women to know this is all hypocrisy. Charlie's response to Allan was that he had no money, once Allan left, the woman asks, "you have no money" to which Charlie responds, "I always have Hooker Cash".

Stay tuned....