H.W. Schwartz Bookshop
Milwaukee, WI
July 12, 2005


Paul Feig Signs Superstud

Report by Eden

There was a good crowd at the signing.  I'd say about 40-50 people showed up, mainly clearly fans of Paul, but some just people who apparently come to all of the bookstore's signing:

Before Paul was introduced, they mentioned that Bruce Campbell was going to be there in two weeks to plug Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way and screen his new film, The Man with Exploding Brain (??  something like that).  I might have to come back.  Then, Paul came out:

He made several disclaimers about how this book completely embarassed him, but he felt he owed it to other geeks to let them know they are not alone.  He read a segment on "discovering" that masturbating will make God take one day off your life for each act and another segment on searching for G-rated erotica.  He then answered some questions:

    •     I asked him if he changed the name of the (unfortunate) women he talked about in the book and whether he got their permission.  He said he did change their names but didn't tell them about it, and prayed the book would be obscure enough that they would never find it.
    •     He will be directing the season premiere of Arrested Development but will not likely reprise his role as magic club manager.
    •     He will soon be directing Stargirl for Nickelodeon Pictures
    •     Nice Guys, which he developed for HBO, was beaten out by Entourage, but may still have a chance, with Conan O'Brien's production company showing interest.
    •     He's never seen a good reunion movie, so don't expect one for Freaks and Geeks.
 He then read a deleted chapter on how he worked as Ronald McDonald and signed books.  I brought my yearbook to have him sign (I did buy a book from the bookstore and own Superstud already, so I didn't feel too guilty about it.  He remembered me and wrote "to one of my favorites [read:  my lawyers have you on my stalker list]".  I then left so I could get back to Madison, stopping by Peter's display of the original Parisian Night Suit (touched by Joel Hodgson!) and his personalized action figures.

It was fantastic.