MWC Cast Signed Script **Rites of Passage**
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:13 pm
So I came across a listing that wasn't titled very well and made NO mention of the signed script being from MCW! I click the photo and sure enough it's a MWC script. The pics looked good and some of the autographs were signed to "Kelly" so I figured it had a better chance of being authentic. You never know which clowns decide to photocopy these scripts and pass them off as genuine. I once bought Peg's cookbook that was supposedly signed by the cast, little did I know the first page in every book contained a cast set of facsimile autographs.The guy swore up and down they were genuine....not happy about that one.
So fast forward to today and the script is in hand as I look it over. All of the signature's looked to be signed in black sharpie and have consistent bleed through the paper. I was worried that this was possibly a reproduction that the seller was unaware of. There's also a very faint yellow haze on the backside around the marker bleed which I believe is from the aging of the maker and paper. The neat thing about this one is "Kelly" had the cast sign on corresponding pages where their lines are rather than on the cover. I actually think this helped keep the signatures looking perfect. There are a total of 10 signatures which include the 6 main cast members, the writer, Roxanne (Puzo), Sticky the Clown (Hewlett), and an unidentifiable tenth signature. After a bit of detective work and the obvious I am 99% sure I know what is says and who it's from. I'll let you have a guess at it though before I give my thought's.
All-in-all it's a great great script from a classic episode that highlight's Bud's 18th B-Day. I am curious about the lines R. Hewlett had and why they were left out on the fly since this is a final Draft with no revisions. Looks like he had more to say in the script than he he actually did. I believe this script was signed on the very day the show was taped considering the signatures. It could have been anyone's copy as well. Any thoughts or comments as the genuineness of the signed script is more than welcome.
So fast forward to today and the script is in hand as I look it over. All of the signature's looked to be signed in black sharpie and have consistent bleed through the paper. I was worried that this was possibly a reproduction that the seller was unaware of. There's also a very faint yellow haze on the backside around the marker bleed which I believe is from the aging of the maker and paper. The neat thing about this one is "Kelly" had the cast sign on corresponding pages where their lines are rather than on the cover. I actually think this helped keep the signatures looking perfect. There are a total of 10 signatures which include the 6 main cast members, the writer, Roxanne (Puzo), Sticky the Clown (Hewlett), and an unidentifiable tenth signature. After a bit of detective work and the obvious I am 99% sure I know what is says and who it's from. I'll let you have a guess at it though before I give my thought's.
All-in-all it's a great great script from a classic episode that highlight's Bud's 18th B-Day. I am curious about the lines R. Hewlett had and why they were left out on the fly since this is a final Draft with no revisions. Looks like he had more to say in the script than he he actually did. I believe this script was signed on the very day the show was taped considering the signatures. It could have been anyone's copy as well. Any thoughts or comments as the genuineness of the signed script is more than welcome.