Oh, I haven't run out of photos yet. Here are three individual shots:

Top: Sunday morning at the panel session that consisted of guests recounting a stream of anecdotes, one of those on the panel was Michael Gwynne.

Middle: Saturday night, Stuffy Singer relaxed following the Jack Benny show re-creation. He played the part of Dennis Day, which was appropriate, since he actually played "Dennis Day as a child" in original Jack Benny shows on radio.

Bottom: Peg Lynch provided two performances as Ethel in Ethel and Albert sequences. She both wrote the series and performed as Ethel: a hilarious tour de force.

Eddie Carroll has a one-man show titled Jack Benny -- Laughter in Bloom. It has received several awards including the Golden Mike Award for Entertainment Excellence and the Preservation of Broadcast History. (He's also appeared in a vast variety of entertainment formats in a wide variety of roles, including as the voice of Jiminy Cricket.) He's also delightful, kind enough to pose for countless autographs.

Above: With re-creation Director Anthony Tollin

Below: With my daughter, Valerie Thompson

It may seem out of place to post photos of what is an event focused on sound, but what the heck? Here are just a few of the shots I took at the Friends of Old Time Radio convention the evening of Oct. 20, during the Jack Benny re-creation.

Top: Bill Dana as Jose Jimenez (with the script reworked slightly from the Mel Blanc appearance in the original)

Middle: Shirley Mitchell as one of the telephone operators (a role she did play)

Bottom: Eddie Carroll as Jack Benny, with Joe Franklin as Joe Franklin (again, with a slightly reworked script)

I've just wrapped up a delightful chat with Jason Miner of Comic Book Talk Radio (following his interview with Dan Vado of Slave Labor Graphics). It was a kick for me, and you'll be able to access it for ages to come, so check it out.

We talked about old vs. new, slabbing, newspaper comics, ways to find comic books these days, and more, more, more.

And now I'm heading for home so that I can (finally) watch this week's Heroes. I hope at least one of my VCRs was working while I was in New York ...

If anyone tried to access the Collins post just preceding this and was bewildered at the absence of text ... Well, so was I.

I had to leave immediately after hitting "Post to Weblog," so I didn't catch that, yet again, The Blog Gremlin chuckled to itself and failed to enter the text. Tiresome.

Satellite Media Production, P.O. Box 638, Walkersville, MD 21793 has been recording the past few years of the Newark Friends of Old Time Radio Convention. I have a flyer that encompasses events from 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 -- and 2007 will be available ere long.

I'm finally able to sit down at a computer (as opposed to Super-Phone) to post the briefest possible gloat about the wonderful annual Friends of Old Time Radio convention in Newark. As with any convention, you never know what to expect -- but this was an exceptional treat. The convention is tiny by comics standards; that means that it consists of what amounts to a circle of friends united in admiration of an art form.

It's not about what's expensive or hotly collectible; it's about shared enjoyment of Old Time Radio and being able to express admiration -- one on one -- with delightful professionals. This year, daughter Valerie and I got to hang out with my brother, Paul, and his friend (now mine, too) Lydia. She's new to the con (though an old hand at Old Time Radio itself), and we just had a tremendous time.

(We're talking around the CBG watercooler -- or would be, if there were one -- about podcasts and posting video and the like. And I managed to shoot some more shaky video of raconteurs telling delicious tales of entertainment experiences. Though the theme of Old Time Radio might seem to be limiting, I'm telling you it's not at all, and weekend anecdotes included one about Shel Silverstein taking an OTR giant to Hugh Hefner's mansion, because of the latter's interest in radio.)

I see I'm being inarticulate -- for which, apologies. More after I've actually had some sleep...

I had two in my Golden Age. For comics, it was Walt Kelly. For fantasy and science fiction, it was Edd Cartier. Cool thing is that Cartier is still alive -- and living not too far from this con. I know I won't get to see him, but it makes me feel good, nevertheless.