Memorabilia you bought thats useless

[the.hard.part]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 10:30am

Ever buy something cause you thought it was cool looking and never use it or it is just laying around somewhere?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 10:32am

No

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 10:34am

Hmmm....

I have a Spamalot can of Spam that was sent to me for free.
A Fiddler Havdalah Candle and leaves from the stage.
A few twigs from the Wicked set.
A $$ from Cabaret.

I didn't but any of these, though.

[Magdalene]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:02am

I'm not sure if it's useless if you get pleasure from it (even if you just look at it!)

[Fosse76]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:05am

If you mean useless as in *not functional*...I have a Funny Boy Playbill from The Producers.
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[jv92]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:11am

How'd you get that?

[Fosse76]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:13am

Broadway Flea Market.

[Spelling_bee_fan8]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:14am

Some of the posters I bought I forget to hang up and stuff but I don't think anything really useless that I have bought

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:38am

Souvenir programs.

I used to collect those damn things. I have about seventeen of em. You buy them, you look at them maybe once during intermission, and then you stick them in your closet and never think of them again. The only perk is that maybe someday I'll be able to sell them on eBay - but certainly not for the 20 bucks I probably paid for The Lion King one. What the crap was I thinking - I HATED that show!! The only one I have that might be worth anything is one that my grandmother gave me from the original London production of Les Mis - surely that'll be worth something to some Les Mis nerd out there.

But anyway... The Lion King was the last souvenir program I bought and now I collect souvenir mugs.

[once a month]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:38am

I purchased a 'door' from the Minskoff Theatre when Sunset Blvrd was playing...actually, it's a wooden, life sized picture of Alice Ripley as Norma Desmond. I drilled two small holes at her wrist and stuck a Rocky Horror bag and boa to hang from, since I also saw her as Janet.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:48am

yankeefan I paid $10 for that stupid Spamalot can.......and it just sits on top of my Fridge! ARRGH

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 12:17pm

lol lamentingenvelope, I still collect those souvenier programs from all the shows Ive seen that sell them. However, I now wish I had collected posters from all the shows Ive seen...ah well.

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 12:24pm

I bought one of the pineapples from Cabaret at the Broadway Flea Market a looong time ago, and it's sitting on a bookshelf in my room wrapped in the bag I bought it in because the glitter gets everywhere. I can't remember the last time I looked at it...

[once a month]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 1:54pm

I bought a pretty little round box with a photo of Fosca on it, and signed by Donna Murphy. Inside the 'jewelcase' is a single 'mole'....YOU KNOW...FOSCA'S 'MOLE'...AND THAT'S IT. From the cast of Passion their year at the annual flea market.

[EVIE]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 4:37pm

I collect souvenir brochures from Les Miz only. I guess they're useless because they aren't functional, but I love them. Yes, I am one of the Les Miz nerds previously mentioned! LOL

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 4:49pm

I guess pretty much ANY memorabilia would be considered useless. They joy you get is from collecting rare items or items that make you remember a great night or theatre or show you loved. For a while I was a big memorabilia junkie and purchased a lot of vintage items on eBay. For a while I bought posters of my favorite shows and then got cast members to sign them. I eventually ran out of wall space in my room, so I had to rotate the posters on a regular basis..LOL. Some of the cool items I have are a set of playbills from the 1940's that include the original Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Ethel Merman in Annie Get Your Gun. I also have a playbill from the show Hold On To Your Hats autographed by its star, Al Jolson (probably my favorite item). I also have many signed souvenir programs and playbills from numerous productions. Yeah all of these things are useless and spend 99% of the time locked in a steamer trunk...but I am glad I have them!!!!

[Theatre_Queen_101]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 4:51pm

HAHA! I saw Hairspray a while back and bought a "I 'Heart' Link" Pin that sits in my room. I love it, but for $15 I have no idea why at the time I bought it.

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 4:53pm

all memorbilia is useless..its just something for you to remember your experience by. I have a lot of memorbilia, and I know someone who has the confetti pieces that are thrown in the beginning of Wicked. To each his own. I personally love buying things from the theater even if they are expensive and I'll probably only look at it.

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 4:56pm

You beat me to it...

I mean is there really any memorabilia that's useful?

[jimmirae]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 5:12pm

Well, I did buy a "Miss Saigon" mug before I saw the show (I used to collect coffee mugs from all shows I saw till someone started stealing them) and it still sits never used. I have a few things that belonged to Stars but they are functional, a pill-box, a scarf, and a small jeweled box I keep single ear rings & such in. It's great when you buy or are given things you will actually use. Is there any spam in those cans? I don't do Spam, but was at a friends house for a light supper one evening and the "ham" was excellent - I was fooled, It was Spam and he showed me there was actually a reciepe on the can, it had a marvelous glaze and was quite tasty, but I never took the time to master it. I suppose I would make the attempt next year if another hurricaine hits south florida and I am there - It all sterno haute cuisine in that case.

[emo_geek]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 5:16pm

I still have some pixy dust from Cathy.

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 7:03pm

I use my souvenir mugs quite frequently actually.... I haven't used the Sweeney Todd one yet though because the inside is white (all the rest of mine have black interiors) and I'm afraid of staining it. However I like my coffee & tea more than I like the mug so I'm sure one day, when all the other mugs are dirty...

I also have tshirts from nearly every show too, and those are functional (if expensive...) I also collect Playbills, only expensive when you start buying them off of eBay - and I've only given into temptation on that once. Otherwise I just collect them from friends or snark them off of people in the streets just leaving shows.

[the.hard.part]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 7:12pm

I have a 6ft subway poster from Julius Caesar thats just rolled up in a tube in my room.

[jimmirae]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 7:23pm

I love the caps and shirts, jackets -et al- as well, and you are right as they are quite functional. I have lost a lot of those as well, someone stays over and I give them a show tee shirt or jacket to wear and they never seem to come back.
I dropped when you said Playbills, I had so many autographed old Playbills and photos given to me and once when I moved they wound up missing. Today many of those would be worth so much, But I keep them as they are sacred to me. Oh well, as the show says "You can't take it with You". (When I say that it dulls the pain.)

[YankeeGal#24]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 7:41pm

I have a signed Nathan Lane/Matthew Broderick Producers fedora that I got at the BCEFA Auction a few years ago. I guess it's useless technically, but I have it in a display case and enjoy having it!

Updated On: 12/30/05 at 07:41 PM