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Tag: Super Megafest

Carroll Spinney

Remembering Carroll Spinney

Posted on Dec 8, 2019Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

My brief encounter with Carroll Spinney, the actor who played Big Bird, came at a time I needed it the most.

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Carroll Spinney

Super Megafest 2013: Celebrating celebrities young & old

Posted on Jan 2, 2014Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Super Megafest 2013 introduced me to Eliza Dushku, Tom Felton, Barbara Eden, and Bill Daily — and reintroduced me to Carroll Spinney, aka Big Bird.

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Super Megafest 2012: Superman, Hercules & TRON

Posted on Dec 31, 2013Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Super Megafest 2012 in Framingham, Massachusetts, starred Dean Cain, Kevin Sorbo, Bruce Boxleitner, John Wesley Shipp, and Stan Lee.

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Reflecting on Super Megafest 2011

Posted on Nov 17, 2012Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

The stars of Super Megafest 2011 were Sir Patrick Stewart (Star Trek's Captain Picard) and Sean Astin (Lord of the Ring's Samwise Gamgee hobbit).

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Rethinking Super Megafest

Posted on Nov 11, 2011Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Super Megafest 2010 in Framingham, Mass., introduced me to Christopher Lloyd and Marina Sirtis, though organizers made it expensive and difficult to do so.

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Super Celebrities at the Super Megafest

Posted on Nov 24, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

At Super Megafest 2009, Brent Spiner did stand-up comedy and Peter Tork did the Monkees walk. Read one fan's review and check out some photos.

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Beantown Is Geektown

Posted on Nov 2, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

This November, Boston will host John Williams' Star Wars Concert, Leonard Nimoy at the New England Fan Experience (NEFX), and Brent Spiner at Super Megafest!

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The Profits and Prophets of Star Trek

Posted on May 26, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

JJ Abrams' Star Trek XI is grossing more money than in the history of Star Trek films. My own expectation was misattributed to Jonathan Frakes.

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