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Dan Aykroyd Acknowledged Me!

March 25, 2009 11:58 AM

an Aykroyd has apparently lost his mind. If you doubt that, you should check out the video at the website for his newest business venture, Crystal Head Vodka. This thing has apparently been all over the place for a while now because, well, Elwood Blues manages to somehow relate extraterrestrials, ghosts, and parallel dimensions to, umm, vodka. I mean, don't get me wrong--I love vodka, but it's no proof of the divine.

Anyway, when I was excited when I heard that Mr. Aykroyd was going to be here, in Madison, at the west-side Woodman's (a local grocery store), promoting his vodka but also signing random shit. So was tRJ, who joined me. I also dragged chelsadilla along. My plan was to buy some of the vodka, get him to sign it, and then produce a can of Cheez Whiz and ask him to sign that, too. It was going to be awesome. And sad: I frankly expected there to be about four people standing around all looking really awkward.

So I was shocked when we arrived and there was a huge fucking line. In fact, the line was so long that they were prohibiting new people from getting into the line. So the whole "get an autographed can of aerosol cheese" idea failed. So we stood around and watched Dan Aykroyd sign things and talk to people, and he seemed like a decent guy. He was smiling and posing for pictures and signing pretty much anything people put in front of him. And we were still able to get signed vodka--although only the box was signed, not the awesome glass skull bottle.

As tRJ and I left, he shouted "Thanks, Dan," which struck me as a good idea, so I did it, too. I don't think any of you will be surprised to learn that I did it much louder than tRJ. So loud, in fact, that Dan actually looked up and smiled at me. He motherfuckin' acknowledged me.

So now I can add Dan Aykroyd to the list of celebrities I've had strange encounters with. For those of you keeping score, I've also met Conan O'Brien (who told me to only do drugs after watching his show, not before), and B.B. King (who seemed more perplexed than anything).

Oh, and how's the vodka? I don't know yet. I put it in the freezer to chill but I haven't had any yet since, you know, it's Wednesday. I'll report back, though.



1 Comments


Who? said:

I have Ben Stein's aspirin. He spoke about them in a speech he gave so I asked for them after.

March 28, 2009 10:37 AM



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