Loretta Swit charges fan for autograph at stage door....

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 1:09pm

oh my....


http://talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1935630

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 1:29pm

She must have recognized Dollypop.

[AC126748]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 1:34pm

I'm curious: does she charge everyone for her autograph, or just the people with MASH material who will (presumably) be selling it on eBay?

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 2:22pm

Are we 100% positive she wasn't joking?

[tazber]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 2:23pm

Why are we believeing some random poster?

It sounds like one of WiCKedRoCks stories.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 2:39pm

I can almost guarantee that if you asked her to sign a Playbill or asked for a photo with her, she would gladly take one.

She saw that person as a memorabilia agent so she was going to charge them.

For the record, many stars will not sign things from past shows or films to separate theatre goers from autograph merchants.

I think she is totally within her rights.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 3:02pm

I guess those MASH residuals are drying up.

[DAME]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 3:10pm

I have met her. She is a cool lady.

[singtopher]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 3:17pm

Oh, I originally thought she charged them like a bull.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 3:19pm

LOLOLOLOLOL

Oh my God, I seriously spit out my chipotle all over myself as I read that.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 3:20pm

Dollypop stopped sending in his monthly payments to her.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 5:47pm

Not so tacky after all

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 6:02pm

Baseball players making a gazillion dollars a year have the gall to charge so why not Hot Lips?

Updated On: 12/31/10 at 06:02 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 6:05pm

I'm not doubting that the money she gets goes to charity, however a polite "i only sign playbills" is a lot more tactful than asking someone for $25 on the street.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 12/31/10 at 6:22pm

What Tazbar said. We have one anonymous poster's word that it happened the way it did - and that poster has a reputation for being entitled and often trashes performers. I think it would be fair, under the circumstances, to give a performer the benefit of the doubt before rushing to judgement and responding the way you did in your earlier (now deleted) post.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 1/1/11 at 2:17pm

Celeste Holme used to charge for autographs but the money went to UNICEF. (She used to carry a special little purse just for the money she recceved from autographs)

[FlyingMonkey1223]

Posted: 1/1/11 at 2:26pm

Regardless, charging a fan 25 bucks to sign anything is ridiculous! Sign it and shut up. She should be grateful that anyone cares about her these days, given her limited career after MASH. "Donating it to charity" is BS.

[tazber]

Posted: 1/1/11 at 3:11pm

So what happens when the fan says "I have no cash".
Does she walk with him to the nearest ATM?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/1/11 at 3:26pm

So what happens when the fan says "I have no cash"


I took this cellphone pic of Loretta Swit's swiper.

Updated On: 1/1/11 at 03:26 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/1/11 at 3:27pm

Well done Joey

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/1/11 at 3:29pm

She doesn't take the Discover card though.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/1/11 at 3:31pm

I don't blame her. I thought she would not take Amex as many merchants do not.

[morosco]

Posted: 1/1/11 at 3:51pm

So what happens when the fan says "I have no cash".

There's an app for that.
Accept credit card payments with your mobile phone

[alterego]

Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:23pm

I'm surprised the fan didn't charge her.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 1/1/11 at 10:17pm

Would you people stop trouncing on La Swit. She is the radiant hope of live theater as we know it.