Animazement 2012 – page 7
As has been previously established, I’m easily intimidated when there’s somebody from Chanel Awesome in the room. What can I say? That’s what equals “famous” to me, since it’s what I actually pay attention to. The entire cast of Mad Men would wander into the room and I’d barely notice, but somebody who’s been on TGWTG? Now THAT’S a big deal.
(Historical Notes: There’s an obvious “my how times have changed” joke to be made here, but I’ve got a much less obvious one I’ll make instead. Can you believe there was once a time when I actually cared enough about internet personalities to be intimidated by one’s presence? I don’t even give half a crap these days… though admittedly that’s as much a result of the changing internet landscape as it is any shifts in my own priorities. You gotta remember, I came up in the days when actually making videos was still something of a novelty. These days, ever kid with a smartphone can make himself an “internet personality” with two or three clicks. Probably half the audience of every panel I ever attend these days has some kind of show they do… and I couldn’t care less about any of them.)
His reaction to James Brown popping up in the middle of Shingo Mama no Oha Rock is still one of my favorite memories of that panel.
Yeah, in retrospect THAT really should have been what the comic was about.