Fran Drescher is Using a Stamp- Page 5

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:13pm

Kad, I love having signed stuff. I have signed posters all over the place.

Asking why someone would want them is like asking why someone would want peanut butter. Because they like it. It's all a matter of preference. But most people think it's "cool" to be the people who jump on others for wanting these and make them feel bad for it.

[ditsylife09]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:18pm

To add my little known two cents in.

Yes, It would be nice to have had her sit down and sign each playbill by hand, but the fact is she didn't. I believe what "loliveve" said to be true. A stamp, although not preferred, is considered a signature. Stamps have even been used by presidents to sign legal documents. And to be fair, Fran considered that her true signature, she never thought herself as lying. It's all a matter of perspective.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:18pm

I think the people jumping onto this are just jumping onto the people who have jumped on Fran Drescher for using a stamp instead of a sharpie.

I don't begrudge anyone having a collection of signed merchandise - I just think that getting outraged that an actor didn't sign it the way one would like is a bit absurd. Particularly when the merchandise will end up under glass in most cases anyway.

Updated On: 5/22/14 at 01:18 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:24pm

As a collector, I disagree on a couple levels. First, if you are led to believe that you are getting an authentic signed item, that's what you should be getting. Second, Whether or not it "looks" authentic isn't the point. If you were an art collector and you were sold a painting that looked exactly like the the real thing but was not authentic, you'd be upset. It's the same thing here. It's a copy of an original.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:25pm

And I'll say it again - If this were Bernadette or Patti, the outrage would be heard from space.

[darreyl102]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:26pm

What makes Fran soo superior from everyone else that she feels she has to use a stamp while everybody else signs- It's for charity after all.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:27pm

See, I don't have a problem with her using a stamp. If she wants to do that, whatever. My problem is with BC/EFA offering it up as original, by not saying that it's stamped. That's what pisses collectors off, and rightfully so.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:28pm

I really don't think anyone would care aside from the people who value these things.

And you know what? If Drescher's doing it, then you can be certain a large number of other "names" have been doing it, too.

Updated On: 5/22/14 at 01:28 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:30pm

Of course not and that's the point. And the people who spend a couple hundred dollars to get one of these, clearly do value these things.

[darreyl102]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:33pm

Exactly, why else would you pay 100.00 dollars are more from something like this- That's an expensive dust collector.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:41pm

But nothing has been misrepresented from a legal standpoint; legally, the BC/EFA merchandise bears Drescher's siganture - unlike a forgery of art. She can, and probably has, used it on any number of legal documentation.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:49pm

...you pay $100 because you are donating to a worthy charity.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:55pm

^ You know that's not why 99% of people donate.

And while technically it "from a legal standpoint" you're right, they are still offering these posters and selling them giving the impression that she did in fact sign them.

[darreyl102]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:59pm

^ I bet if you took it to court, they would rule in our favor.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 1:59pm

Because she did- legally and semantically.

If you took it to court, you'd be laughed out of it.

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[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 2:00pm

I think it's just a matter of being up front with people about what they're getting.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 2:19pm

My earlier comment was referring to the fact that while Idina may beautifully sign the poster people PAY for, she will literally make a slash on a Playbill she signs at the stage door. Should those people be irate and pissed? Why isn't she signing her AUTOGRAPH. Do only people who pay for it deserve a nice one? I mean, where does this nonsense end.

"Please, use a Pen then."

If Fran used a pen when everyone else used a silver Sharpie you or some other queen would throw a s@#fit that it didn't match. Lets be real.

I think the signature matches beautifully and let's be honest, this wont be a sought after item for resale so in demand that people would be paying someone to authenticate the signature.

Take a deep breathe.

The cast of Once was selling color Xeroxes of a cast photo with signatures and billed it as containing "the autographs of the entire cast". Why did no one blow them up on Twitter?

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 2:27pm

"It shows how Fran Respects her fans- she won't sign or anything at the stage door or even really get close to them, won't sign for them TTM or even for charity."

And? She doesn't have to do any of those things for fans, she doesn't owe anyone anything. It's completely your choice to like her and to seek these things out for her, so why are you complaining again?

[darreyl102]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 2:32pm

That doesn't change anything. We are both right- I choose to had an interest in her, and she chooses to respond in that manner.

@ Bettyboy72- if you really think I would get mad at having a signature in pen instead of a stamped one then. I better stop before I get nasty. Also when Idina signed for me at the stage door, I did not get a slash- I got her first name.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 2:36pm

Wow! I can't believe this thread even exists.

The things people will drudge up to complain about.

SMDH

[Kad]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 2:36pm

"I choose to had an interest in her, and she chooses to respond in that manner."

Celebrities are not beholden to you because you decide to be their fan.

[darreyl102]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 2:42pm

Who said they were? Do go putting words in my mouth.

@ CarlosAlberto - yet you felt the need to comment on it- must not have been too unimportant.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 2:48pm

If I put words in your mouth, your posts would be a lot more interesting.

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 2:50pm

I don't get it. Fran clearly stated that it was making her ILL using a sharpie. So what would you have her do? You would want her to get sick (which she has been severely sick in the past… I'm also a huge fan) over something that could be avoided like signing Playbills?

This thread is just extremely conceited to me. It's basically saying "I'd rather Fran Drescher get extremely sick by signing every single Playbill thrown at her than for her to be a healthy human being."

Ridiculous.

Updated On: 5/22/14 at 02:50 PM

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 2:52pm

"This thread is just extremely conceited to me. It's basically saying "I'd rather Fran Drescher get extremely sick by signing every single Playbill thrown at her than for her to be a healthy human being."

Sad, isn't it. The people who purport to be fans are the most vicious and cruel-not fans at all. No empathy, no compassion. Very sad people.