Al On Ustream/twitter Event

Post by **Jigawatt** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:17 am

Well, at least he answered our friend's wrestling question about his finishing move.

ETA: INCREDIBLY awesome, Steve. It was a fun hour.

Adrian

Post by **Big Spoon** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:17 am

Really flipping awesome! I had an awesome time.

Post by **AlejandraDD** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:23 am

I don't know. I really liked some of the "stupid" questions ("CEREAL!!!"). Keep in mind that most of what's "very interesting info" for us, would go way over the head of any casual fan (or non fan) who was just attending the event because it was featured on Ustream.

How is Al going to make new fans, then?

I did like that he plugged AlFest a couple of times

WAYFan · Post by **WAYFan** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:23 am

It was actually awesome to know that none of us, including Al, had anything better to do than watch an almost-50 year old genius spend half an hour being mostly silent. That's dedication, people! YEAH!

No, I'm kidding, but it was amazing just be know it was live and he was willing to spend his time with us.

flusher5 · Post by **flusher5** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:25 am

if anyone wasn't there to see it live, ustream uploaded the pre-recorded version
this should be in the first post of the topic:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1668439/highlight/5650

WAYFan · Post by **WAYFan** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:26 am

That's posted on the last page.

Insert Coin(s) to Continue · Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:57 am

weirdojace @ June 16, 2009 07:09 pm wrote: I asked the Rock Band question. Glad he answered it.

lol, I did too. I wonder which of ours he answered.

We'll have to battle this one out.

Post by **Kristine** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:10 am

Driew_La_27 @ June 16, 2009 07:22 pm wrote: Al should get a moderator Someone reads the twitter thing and then picks the questions to ask Al.

But that takes away from the personal "chat" aspect. I liked when he mentioned how "interesting" it must be watching him read. In reality, it is kind of interesting- it's like a regular webcam chat, not some celebrity answering prescreened questions that some random person picked out. Instead, it's Al responding to things he's reading on the spot.

Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:21 am

Big Spoon @ June 16, 2009 09:17 pm wrote: Really flipping awesome! I had an awesome time.

Same! I laughed really hard when he started yelling about the microphone and such. Scared my mom, though!

Perhaps not a moderator because I do understand where Kristine is coming from and how it does sort of take away from the experience. I also agree with Alejandra's love of the stupid questions that were really funny. Maybe have a certain time to enter questions for the first half of the show (Say, ask questions a day before and they'd be saved somewhere) and for the second half, have a free-for-all.

Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:33 am

I think the best moderator would be Al himself (as in, copying and pasting questions that interest him from the prior-to-show posts) but that, of course, would be yet another claim on his valuable time, when he's already giving us a lovely large chunk of it.

Personally, I was most thrilled by the fact that they have listened to Harry Potter audio books in the car... because I sent one of those to them when Nina was born. It struck me at the time as a really goofy baby gift, but Suzanne, having JUST had Nina, somehow hadn't gotten around yet to putting the baby things on her Amazon list.

She sent a very gracious thank you note, but it's always wonderful to find out that a gift actually is enjoyed.