Nostalgia Fest Philly 2017 Recap
This past weekend brought the Philadelphia area Nostalgia Fest, a 2-day convention featuring movie & TV stars from the 80s & 90s. On top of the celebrities in attendance were lots of vendors, food trucks, a live band and plenty of people dressed in their raddest retro gear and cosplay. The event, held at Fisher's Tudor House in Bensalem, PA, brought older and newer fans together to re-live the trends of the 80s & 90s in a super fun way.
The celebrities in attendance: Gary Busey, Jake Busey, Tia Carrere, Vanessa Angel, Dustin Diamond, Michael Winslow, Chris Owen, Corbin Bernsen, Donald Gibb, Gedde Watanabe were all extremely nice and friendly. They took the time to sign autographs, take photos and chat with the fans in attendance.
My co-host Bill Tozzi and I, along with "Toxic" Mike Francolino, Brian "Fishman" Fish, DJ Ruban & Greg "Gory" Kerrigan from Toxic Radio all helped to man the Toxic Radio tent. We had music playing on our speakers and even had a prize wheel for fans to spin to win prizes on our table. While walking around the venue, Bill and I were able to chat with most of the celebrities, getting some pictures, station IDs and interviews.
I got to interview Tia Carrere early in the day at the Toxic Radio tent and she was such a sweet lady. She seemed relly excited to be there interacting with the fans. We also got to chat at length with Donald Gibb, Vanessa Angel, Michael Winslow, and Chris Owen.
When I say we chatted at length with Chris Owen, I truly mean AT LENGTH. If I hadn't pulled Bill away from Chris's table he might still be there talking to him as I write this. Chris was such a cool guy to talk to and really seemed to enjoy talking with us. We recorded a really fun interview with him that we'll be sharing during the next episode of The Cinescape Podcast.
All in all, the day was a blast. Getting to mingle with stars that I grew up watching was such a cool experience and it was great that they were all so happy to be there with us as well. We got to make some great new connections from other vendors in attendance as well which hopefully we'll be sharing with you all soon. Stay tuned as we'll be playing back some of our interviews and sound clips we recorded from the celebrities. And a BIG thanks to Eric Cohen and the rest of the Nos Fest support staff for having us and putting on such a great event. You all worked your butts off to make everyone's time memorable!''
