Even the most average Comic-Con experience would never be labeled as normal by normal people. But normal has never been our stock in trade, so we asked Adult Swim show creators and staff to send us one of the many abnormal occurrences from their Comic-Con experiences that stood out in their minds as being the strangest.
Dana Snyder, voice of Master Shake
The strangest would have to be the man who had his scrotum tattooed to look like Meatwad. The eyes, the mouth, the three little spots... He turned his balls into Meatwad.
Watch Dana at the 2008 Dragon*con Aqua Teen Hunger Force/Squidbillies panel
Doc Hammer, co-creator of Venture Bros.
What I learned at Comic-Con:
Dino Stamatopoulos doesn't like me when he's drunk. I've never spoken to him when he's sober, but my Mom says he'd like me then.
Everybody clings to meaningless cliques. Like the worst part of high school but with slightly more Iron Man costumes.
90% of the attractive girls that approach me say “My boyfriend loves the Venture Bros.” I think they mean, “Everybody loves your show!”, but I hear “Boyfriend.... I have a boyfriend... Ya skinny freak.”
Elvira actually is hotter in real life. I know! I said the same thing! But it's true!
Dana Snyder gets “cut off” by bartenders within the first hour.
I'm way taller than that guy from “Heroes.” Suck it, Mr. Wonderful.
I will not shake your hand if you are wearing rubber gloves. If your OCD is that bad, shouldn't you be at home turning off the lights seven times with your elbow?
Watch the 2008 SDCC Venture Bros. panel
Doc Hammer will be signing at the Adult Swim Booth Saturday at 3PM and will be on the Venture Bros. Panel, Saturday at 6 in Room 6DE
Breckin Meyer, Star of Titan Maximum, Writer on Robot Chicken
Last year was my first experience at Comic-Con. We had a great panel for Robot Chicken and I told folks that the one thing I was looking forward to was the nightlife of Comic-Con. I wanted to watch people in costumes making bad decisions; maybe a drunken Wonder Woman falling into the arms of an inebriated Gollum. So, by around 10 p.m., I hadn't seen jack! No Darth Maul trying to get with a naughty Sailor Moon; nothing.
That's when Seth dragged myself, Tom Root (Robot Chicken co-head writer) and a couple others to what he said was a “costume party in a warehouse.” Seth was partially correct. It was a warehouse: a scary, dark, dank, porn-wouldn't-even-shoot-in-here kind of warehouse. This warehouse would've scared the **** out of the killer in SEVEN. And in this warehouse was a-- party is not the right word-- it was an erotic journey through the eyes and mind of several leather-clad circa 1966 Batmen. Some had made up their own characters, like the “I'm Shirtless with Silver Paint on my Mouth” Villain or the “I'm An Almost Bare-Breasted Batgirl with Fangs” Woman.
After about 20 minutes of “What the hell is this? I really wanna understand,” Seth was in a strangely intense conversation with a guy dressed from the waist down as a furry goat on springy stilts with no shirt. Seth turned to me and said, “Breckin, you remember Alex?” To which I yelled, 'cause the rave tunes were blaring, “No Sethy, I think I'd ****ing remember if I had ever met a springy half goat boy.” I decided it was time to leave when a large vinyl-wrapped frat dude wouldn't accept that I wasn't “the guy from that ****ing thing with the ****cat” (full disclosure: I was). So, I grabbed Tom Root and we tried to get a cab, but very few cabs drive through SEVEN-ville and even fewer will pick up scruffy dudes who may or may not have just been at a Dark Knight-themed orgy/rave. So Tom and I walked the earth like two Steinbeck characters wishing to pet the rabbits just one last time. That's what Comic-Con is to me, an erotically-fueled costume romp followed by a quiet, terrifying walk with Tom Root.
Watch Breckin at the 2008 SDCC Robot Chicken panel
Eric Wareheim, co-creator and star of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
During the TGTTM era, we were stopped by a 40-year-old man in full Star Trek garb. He said, “Are you Tim and Eric from Tom Goes To the Mayor?” We said, “Yes, we are.” He responded with, “I hate your show. It's the worst thing on TV.” Tim shoved his middle finger in his face and said, “**** you!” I said, “I'm going to murder your children.” He looked very scared.
Check out Tim & Eric live tour dates (external link)
Tim and Eric will be performing their live show Friday night at 7 at 345 B Street. $25 at the door. 21 and up only. They'll also be at Awesomecon '09, Saturday at Noon at Embarcadero Park, which is open to the public.
Keith Crofford, VP of Production
The whole experience is strange, funny, and awkward but there's not one incident that really stands out. My favorite memory of Comic-Con is from the early years, before the Con became so huge and crowded. Matt Harrigan and I would sit at a folding table and give away Space Ghost t-shirts, talk to the fans and try to avoid Con security. A few loyal fans would come by every day and we'd see them each year, for years to come.
And then of course there's Dino's vodka-laced panel from a few years ago... Watch the 2006 SDCC Adult Swim panel
Keith will be a part of the Adult Swim People and Venture Bros. Panel, Saturday at 6 in Room 6DE.
Matthew Senreich, Co-Creator of Robot Chicken and Titan Maximum
I saw a guy drop a sword through his foot.
Watch Matthew at the 2008 SDCC Robot Chicken panel
Get details on the Robot Chicken on Wheels tour
Matthew will be at the Robot Chicken/Titan Maximum Panel, Thursday at 3 in Room 6A. He'll also be at the Robot Chicken Skate Party on Saturday night.
Melissa Warrenburg, Adult Swim Producer
I was having dinner with Mike Schatz, who voices a character in Aqua Teen Hunger Force. One of us had on something adult swim-- a hat or a t-shirt-- so our waiter mentioned what a fan of Aqua Teen he was. Mike can be kind of shy, so I pointed at him and said, “Oh yeah, he's the voice of Emory!” The waiter asked Mike to say something. So Mike did and our waiter said “That is the worst Emory imitation I have ever heard.” Uncomfortable, and oh, so funny.
Watch Mike Schatz as “Emory” on Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Tom Root, Co-Creator of Titan Maximum, Head Writer of Robot Chicken
I went to a sparsely attended “superhero rave” in 2008 at a warehouse in the middle of a dark, deserted industrial section of San Diego. Where there were no cabs. And a spaced-out guy in a Batman costume grabbed me by both shoulders and said, “Webum flidda bahoney maaaaaan,” then faded away into the night. Probably to score more acid.
Watch Tom at the 2008 SDCC Robot Chicken panel
Tom will be at the Robot Chicken/Titan Maximum Panel, Thursday at 3 in Room 6A. He'll also be at the Robot Chicken Skate Party on Saturday night.
Hugh Sterbakov, Toy Hunter at Robot Chicken, Writer of The Freshmen
I believe it was in 2002. I was sitting outside of a restaurant in the Gaslamp District, and a girl dressed in a Princess Leia slave bikini started walking toward me. Y'know, you're not gonna look away when that happens. But she kept coming right at me, staring at me as if she knew me. And I was absolutely sure she didn't know me. She never broke her stride as she pushed my arm out of the way, sat on my lap and started kissing me. This might sound awesome, but she wasn't the hottest Leia at that or any year's con, and she tasted like pure tequila. I sorta tried to push her away, but there didn't seem to be any safe place to grab. And, y'know, I'm a guy.
Shortly after-- I honestly don't know how long that went on, but it was long enough that I had gotten over the taste and started plotting where this could lead next (this was pre-marriage, people)-- an angry guy walked up and started yelling at us. He kinda looked like me, I guess, if I were a little less... well, frankly, the word I'm looking for here is “awesome.” So less-awesome me was screaming and hollering, and suddenly I went from, “Hey, I might just tap this Leia” to “And how will they phrase this on my death certificate?” But I stood up and realized I had a full foot on the guy (like I said, less awesome), and that was pretty much a Death Star cannon to his Mon Calamari cruiser.
So he took his ugly Leia and went home, and my Comic-Con adventure continued, with a slightly butterscotch-y aftertaste...
Dave Willis, Co-Creator of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Squidbillies
Standing behind a stormtrooper at Subway as he asks the sandwich artist to “go light on the oil and vinegar.”
Watch Dave at the 2008 Dragon*con Aqua Teen Hunger Force/Squidbillies panel
Doug Goldstein, Head Writer on Robot Chicken
My most awkward con moment ever, if not the most awkward moment in my life, was years ago when I was working the Wizard Entertainment booth. A young guy with a moustache came up with some friends and I asked him, “How can I help you, dude?” He then turned to one of his friends and said, in a female voice, “Isn't that cool? He calls everyone 'dude'.” I then realized this “young guy” was a girl who had grown a bit too much hair on her upper lip. So for the rest of the day, I called everyone “dude” just to follow through.
Watch Doug at the 2008 SDCC Robot Chicken panel
Get details on the Robot Chicken tour
Doug will be at the Robot Chicken/Titan Maximum Panel, Thursday at 3 in Room 6A. He'll also be at the Robot Chicken Skate Party on Saturday night.
Kevin Shinick, Writer on Robot Chicken
One of the funniest things I heard last year was a Dad saying to his son, “No! We are NOT here to play video games. We are here to see SUPERHEROES!”
Watch Kevin at the 2008 SDCC Robot Chicken panel
Get details on the Robot Chicken on Wheels tour
Kevin will be at the Robot Chicken/Titan Maximum Panel, Thursday at 3 in Room 6A. He'll also be at the Robot Chicken Skate Party on Saturday night.
