{"id":2590,"date":"2009-10-08T14:50:46","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T18:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wormholeriders.com\/blog\/?p=2590"},"modified":"2018-01-10T08:09:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T16:09:59","slug":"chicago-2009-gary-paul-von-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/2009\/10\/08\/chicago-2009-gary-paul-von-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago 2009: Gary Paul Von Jones!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chicago<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The famous Gary Jones finally managed to come to Chicago! He had been scheduled to come once before, but had to cancel. Now one may think that only five months after Vancouver, Gary would have nothing new to say. I wish someone had tried to bet me. Not only did Gary have new stories, he had us all laughing SO hard . . . you don\u2019t believe me? See for yourself!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo this is Chicago. This is a pretty cool town, huh? What\u2019s the name of this River? [Fans shout \u201cChicago River!\u201d] That\u2019s what they told me (laughs). \u2018The Chicago<\/em> River.\u2019 Right Ok ok. Great great. I love Chicago.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDo you like my jacket? I thought I\u2019d put on something cool for you guys. I told my 8 yr old boy that I was wearing this jacket here and he said \u2018(in a British accent) Bye Dad, and have fun at Hogwarts!\u2019 \u2018What?\u2019 \u2018(British accent) Have fun at Hogwarts dad in your jacket!\u2019\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gary told us about how he came to be in SGU\u2019s pilot. \u201cThey wanted to know if I was available. Yes, yes I\u2019m available. Whenever they shoot. SO I get to spend the day with Richard Dean Anderson and both of us in camouflage. Richard was fantastic. People always ask what it\u2019s like to work with Richard Dean Anderson, and honestly on the other shows we didn\u2019t spend a lot of time together. Sort of like two ships passing to do our scene and then off. I spent the entire day with Richard Dean and what a blast! I had such a good time. I\u2019ve never seen him so relaxed because you know he had the stress of being a producer on the show before. He\u2019d come up and breeze in and start chatting with the extras and was like, \u2018Where are you from? What do you do?\u2019 And it was like, \u2018Wow!\u2019 It was great so I think it\u2019s going to be a pretty cool show.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI read the script and it was like this thick (demonstrates an exaggerated three inches). There\u2019s like a cast of thousands on there. But it\u2019s gonna be awesome. Are you guys looking forward to that show? [Fans clap and cheer] So they\u2019re on a spaceship that can\u2019t get home. I was talking to Rob Cooper and said, \u2018so you finally hit upon the formula of literally the show that never ends.\u2019 And he was like, \u2018yeah, yeah we did.\u2019 \u201cSo now it can just keep going FOREVER! All you need is for someone to go, \u2018(in a dorky voice) oh no! we can\u2019t get back to earth\u2019 and there you go! It\u2019s in every script.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What are you up to now?<\/em> \u201cI do conventions for Creation and otherwise and travel all over the place. One thing that happened to me a while back; I was at a science fiction TV memorabilia kind of show and I was coming home and I had some stuff in my suitcase and I was getting it scanned at the airport coming through security and I was thinking to myself, \u201cI wonder if something\u2019s going to happen here based on what I have in my suitcase. And you know what security is like at the airport. High alert right? Like they\u2019re sitting there watching TV (sit in the chair on stage, slumped back as low as he can go) and I see my suitcase coming through and I see the guy go like this (Gary half sits up in \"PDVD_002\"<\/a>the chair, looking perplexed). Seriously! I was watching him for that! He totally did it! (Demonstrates again) And he stops it and the conveyer belt reverses. Then he calls his boss over and they\u2019re looking and the thing comes through and the high command comes over and says, \u2018(All serious) Sir, is this your bag?\u2019 He asks me to open up the bag. I open the bag and sitting there on top of my clothes\u2026 \u2018Sir, would you mind telling me what that is?\u2019 I go \u2018Certainly, that is a Star Trek phaser (laughs, then points and laughs exaggeratedly at the security guard).\u2019 I didn\u2019t do that, but, you know. Inside my head, (makes a really funny face like he is<\/em> laughing inside his head!) \u2018Certainly, that is a Star Trek phaser.\u2019 I could see that the guy was mortified that he didn\u2019t recognize it and he looked over at the guy [the one that called him over] and said to me, \u2018I am going to kick his @$$.\u2019 (Laughs) I guess It\u2019s the one thing that they don\u2019t go over. They look for guns and knives and razors. Apparently they don\u2019t do futuristic weapons! (Makes a phaser noise while pretending to fire it) Set to STUNNED.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m writing a book, too. It\u2019s about me and all of the goofy things that happen in my life. Not Savvy to the Process. (Smiles and nods at us) That\u2019ll give you an indication of what it\u2019s like living with me. Got that title from a painter who came to work on our house. He had to quit and called in a friend of his so I was there with his friend painting and doing some staining. I bought some new interior doors and found out that I had to stain them. So I suggested to the other painter and asked how much to stain the doors. He said about $800. I was like, \u2018(hand on his head) Oh my God, oh my God!\u2019 So I said I\u2019d just do it myself. He told me I couldn\u2019t. That I didn\u2019t know how to do it. He was so insulted that he talked me into hiring his friend to do it. I hired this other guy and he comes with this three page email that\u2019s talking about stain coats and temperatures. The guy got this idea that I was an obsessive compulsive (coughs)freak(coughs). There was a paragraph on there written about the owners \u2013 my wife and I and our kids and dog! It said, \u2018(in a funny voice with a condescending look on his face) Just to give you a heads up about this guy and his family . . . the guy is a TV star. He\u2019s on Stargate.\u2019 The other painter had no clue but now this guy tells him. \u2018And he\u2019s NOT savvy to the process!\u2019 This is what the other painter says about me because I wanted to stain doors (laughs). \u2018What are you talking about? You don\u2019t know how to stain doors. You\u2019re an actor!\u2019 \u2018Well, can\u2019t I act like I know how to stain doors? (Laughs)\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Can you tell us about all the names your character had?<\/em> Here we go! This started Gary on the never ending name topic, but I don\u2019t think anyone has any regrets about it! Gary kind of gave us a look that said, \u2018OK! You asked<\/em> for it!\u2019 \u201cYou guys just hit the mother load. There\u2019s a story to all those names, Walter and Harriman. Way back, I started as \u2018technician,\u2019 just \u2018technician\u2019. I\u2019d look through the scripts and I couldn\u2019t tell if it was my line because sometimes there was another technician. Then I got a name tag that said just \u2018Davis\u2019. Of course there was Don Davis and Colin Cunningham as Major Davis. So I went up to Brad Wright one day and said, \u201cDid you run out of names and just hit the \u2018Davis\u2019 button on your keyboard?\u2019 \u2018(Impersonating Brad with a deeper gruffer voice) Oh, I can\u2019t think! All these sci-fi scripts! Just (hitting a button each time) Davis, Davis, Davis.\u2019 Then he became Norman Davis. I showed up for work and they just told me I was Norman Davis. \u2018Oh ok fine.\u2019 \u00a0I was Norman Davis for the longest time but still referred to as \u2018technician\u2019 on the script. The thing is to make that leap onto the script where your character name is actually above your line so you know, they can\u2019t kill you. \u2018Technician\u2019 can replace \u2018technician\u2019 can replace \u2018technician\u2019. . . .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThen it was like Staff Sergeant, then it was like Technical Staff Sergeant, and I kept getting raises. Every time a season started they\u2019d tell me I got a promotion. I did? For what? Typing under duress? Filing under fire? I\u2019d get ribbons and it\u2019d be like the Air Force had to approve the promotions. It was hilarious<\/em> to me, but I thought it was a good sign. My name wasn\u2019t in the script but at least I kept getting promoted. Like I\u2019m starting to think, \u2018Hey, I should get a pay raise.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the episode ‘2010’, I was a tour guide. That is the episode that Richard Dean Anderson improvises the name Walter. It was not in the script. I come up to him and I go, \u2018Colonel?\u2019 Kind of recognizing him. He looks at me and the way he delivered the line was like he was on horse tranquilizers, he goes, \u2018(With a funny, struggling look on his face) Waaaaaaal\u2026.ter?\u2019 It took him five minutes just to say my name and I was like \u2018Walter? What the hell?… \u2018Yeah!\u2019 What? I\u2019m Norman Davis. Who\u2019s Walter? I recognize him, he obviously mistakes me for another technician.\u2019 You don\u2019t stop in the middle of shooting. \u2018No, no Walter. Can we do that again? I\u2019m not Walter. I\u2019m Norman\u2026\u2019 You just go with it. So after the take, which they filmed, they go, \u2018Rick, Rick\u2026his name\u2019s not Walter.\u2019 And he goes, \u2018(Frankly) Well it is now.\u2019 (Laughs)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSeriously, honest to God, then I become Norman Walter Davis. The fans were like, \u2018What is with the name?!\u2019 I didn\u2019t know! I had not a clue. I just showed up for work and said, \u2018What\u2019s my name this week?\u2019 (Shrugs, shaking his head) No idea. Then, God bless him, enter Don Davis. (Does impression, not a word of which you can understand, but the voice is bang on!). I had no idea what he was saying half the time. Then one day in the script, and they never wrote this again, because of Don\u2019s accent and pronunciation, the line was \u201c(impersonating Don) Open the iris, airman.\u201d Airman.<\/em> Are you with me? \u201c(Impersonating Don) Open the iris, airman<\/em>.\u201d Even the script person is going \u2018what did Don just say? It sounded like Harriman.\u2019 Norman Walter Davis Harriman was born.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s when it finally got Brad\u2019s attention. He\u2019s like, \u2018(impersonating Brad again) Ok, listen up. He can\u2019t have four names! He\u2019s Walter Harriman.\u2019 That\u2019s how I became Walter Harriman. I went from \u2018Norman Davis\u2019 to \u2018Walter Harriman\u2019 (doing this odd wiggling worm thing with his hand, talking like he\u2019s struggling) over the course of ten seasons. I even had a tag. In some pictures the old one said Davis the new one said Harriman. But they never killed me! (Pumps his fist, silently going \u2018YES!!\u2019)\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s another story for you, since we\u2019re on the subject of names. Traveling to the States for conventions, I started to get . . . My name is Gary Jones. Just simple. Never had a middle name in my life. I started to get my passport, when they were swiping it at US customs, I would get that look. (Demonstrates the lowered brows hard look he would get.) There was no Star Trek phaser involved. They\u2019d swipe my passport and then they would go \u2018you ever been in trouble with the law?\u2019 \u2018No.\u2019 \u2018You ever been arrested?\u2019 \u2018No.\u2019 \u2018Are you sure?\u2019 I think that\u2019s the worst question they can ask you. Are you sure?<\/em> And there\u2019s that moment were you think, \u2018S&*%, was I ever arrested?\u2019 And in that moment while you\u2019re pausing they go, \u2018(Pointing an accusing finger, yelling exaggeratedly) You\u2019re lying! GET HIM!\u2019 That\u2019s when you start running down the ramp and they tackle you, and whatever. But it was just that moment like, \u2018Um, am I sure? I\u2019m pretty sure?\u2019 So then they just let me go. This happened a bunch of times so finally I asked the guy why I was being red flagged. Apparently my name is so common that there are some bad @$$ Gary Joneses in the States and they thought it was me. (Dripping with sarcasm!) \u2018Really? In this argyle sweater and these satin colored golfing slacks. Am I your man? I don\u2019t think so!\u2019 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI get home and I tell my wife all about it. \u2018Oh my God, I pulled over again . . . Homeland security . . .\u2019 (Puts up a warning hand) They\u2019re just doing their job! It\u2019s just inconvenient for me, that\u2019s all. She starts telling me I should get a middle name to set me apart. I was like, \u2018Eh, yeah, it\u2019s a cool idea.\u2019 I forget about it and time goes by. We\u2019re driving to Seattle with two friends and it doesn\u2019t occur to me until I hand my friend my passport and I\u2019m like, \u2018(face frozen with the realization) Oh no\u2026 Not only am I not alone but now I\u2019m in a getaway car with accomplices\u2019 (laughs). I hand my friend the passport with everyone else\u2019s and as he\u2019s handing him over my wife says we\u2019ll probably get pulled over. My friend was like, \u2018(looking over his shoulder, one hand on the steering wheel) What?\u2019 And I\u2019m just sitting there like \u2018(looking down like, \u2018hide me!\u2019) Oh my God!!!\u2019 I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve ever experienced this before. It was so freaky. He hands over the passport, the guy swipes them and after about 30 seconds you heat this (makes a very believable high pitched alarm noise) BAA BAA BAA BAA BAA BAA!! My friend\u2019s like, \u2018What\u2019s going on!?\u2019 There are these beefy boarder guys in blue outfits (arms pumping in slow motion) running to the car. \u2018They\u2019re like Aaah!!!\u2019 They stick their heads \u00a0in and scream, \u2018(pointing accusingly) What do you do for a living?!?!\u2019 \u2018Cowering, in a weak voice) I\u2019m a writer and a director!\u2019 \u2018What do you do?!?!\u2019 \u2018I\u2019m a writer and an actor!\u2019 \u2018Just stat in the car, STAY IN THE CAR!\u2019 All the while my friends are like, \u2018What the hell?\u2019 And I just go, \u2018Yeah, it\u2019s me. Don\u2019t worry about it. It\u2019ll be fine.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy friend\u2019s girlfriend, who doesn\u2019t work, has never experienced anything like this. I don\u2019t know if she\u2019d ever been across the border, but she\u2019s yelling out the window, \u2018(Whining) What about us? Why don\u2019t you want to know what we do for a living?\u2019 Rather than panicking, I turn to her and go, \u2018(In a deathly quiet voice) Ok, here\u2019s the thing. You don\u2019t say anything. No jokes, no anything. You shut up! SHUT UP!\u2019 I couldn\u2019t yell it but she went \u2018(shocked into silence, eyes wide) Ok. Sorry.\u2019 Then they came and hauled us out of the car and put us in this little room. The guy runs my passport and apologizes to me. I tell him it\u2019s ok and he tells me, \u2018(serious, with a bit of a drawl in his voice) Well, in normal protocol, we\u2019re supposed to haul you out of the car, throw you to the ground and handcuff <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"NOT<\/a>
NOT THE SWEATER!!! LOWER ME DOWN!!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
your hands behind your back.\u2019\u00a0 All I can think of was, \u2018He would have so destroyed this sweater!\u2019 I was looking pretty good, I was going to Seattle. \u00a0I was like, (strolling along, grinning, snapping his fingers, really cool like) Hey!\u2019 I would have been so choked because I couldn\u2019t get that sweater again. (Yelling, acting like the border guards have him) \u2018Not the sweater! Lower me down! Just lower me!! My sweater!!! A blanket? Can I get a blanket?!\u2019 It doesn\u2019t work that way. (Pretending to be the guard lowering Gary down) \u2018Are you ok sir? We\u2019re lowering you down. Slowly now. Is that soft enough for you? Just turn your head. You\u2019ll be ok sir.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cAfter that my wife goes \u2018(a bit angrily) You\u2019re getting a middle name! That\u2019s it! I\u2019m getting you a middle name for Christmas!\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018(placating) Agreed! Agreed!\u2019 I\u2019m terrible at that stuff, going online and that. My wife is like the house documentarian. She knows where all the paperwork is. She\u2019s good at that stuff. She gets all the forms and brings them home, and I\u2019m now going to change everything. I\u2019m going to get a middle name. She says, \u2018You\u2019ve got to fill it out. What middle name do you want? I think about it, and I go, \u2018As a kid I always wanted to be called Paul. I loved the name Paul. So I want my middle name to be Paul.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cOh, here\u2019s a freaky aside. When I was dating my wife, I went to a psychic \u2013 (seeing a person on the side of the stage, waiting to ask a question) I\u2019m sorry! I just can\u2019t break up this name-related sequence! \u2013 I\u2019ve never told this to anyone before. You guys are getting this first! I go to this psychic and she\u2019s this tiny little Chinese lady named Ming. \u2018(In a high little voice with an Asian accent) Hello, I\u2019m Ming!\u2019 Like this tall (indicates chest height on him, and Gary isn\u2019t very tall to begin with!) I go to see her and I thought that I was late for the appointment and I make it. She says, \u2018(in an airy, creepy voice with the accent) oh no, I\u2019ve been waiting for you. Don\u2019t worry! Your time is here. I\u2019ve been waiting for you. I know all about you. I\u2019ve been waiting for you.\u2019 And I go, \u2018)looking down) Really? You do?\u2019 \u2018Oh yes, I know all about you. I\u2019ve been waiting, waiting for you. So come with me Paul.\u2019 I go, \u2018My name is Gary.\u2019 And she goes, \u2018No, your name is Paul.\u2019 It\u2019s like the greatest hook for a psychic. Can you imagine, going to a psychic and going, \u2018That\u2019s not true\u2019 and having them answer \u2018Oh yes it is!\u2019 How do you argue with that? \u2018I\u2019m telling you my name is Gary<\/em>.\u2019 \u2018Oh\u2026where am I getting all this Paul energy from?\u2019 (Looking at us like, \u2018You gotta be kidding me.\u2019) \u2018Paul energy\u2019<\/em>. Yeah, just grab that one out of your hat. \u2018Where am I getting all this Paul energy?\u2019 \u2018I don\u2019t know!\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cSo I thought this was the biggest waste of an hour I\u2019ve ever had in my life because she thinks I\u2019m Paul, but whatever. Later she\u2019s telling me about my family and she tells me, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re family is good.\u00a0 Your mother, your father, your brother\u2026your sister.\u2019 I tell her I don\u2019t have a sister. \u2018Yeah you do. Ask your mother.\u2019 Can you imagine me talking to my mom? \u2018Mom did I ever have a sister?\u2019 \u2018No.\u2019 \u2018Oh man I can\u2019t believe I just asked that. Stupidest question. (Fist raised to the sky) Damn you Ming!\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut then my mom tells me \u2013 and she\u2019s never <\/em>told me this in her life before! She comes up last year for a visit and I hadn\u2019t mentioned anything <\/em>about a name change. Out of the blue she said, \u2018You know when I first met your dad, for the first two weeks he told me his middle name was Paul.\u2019 How freaky is that? \u2018(Acts out his reaction, a classic double take) Wha?!\u2019 And I still didn\u2019t tell her for a while. So there\u2019s all this other Paul stuff happening.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo I go, \u2018Ok, Paul is my middle name.\u2019 I fill in the form, sign it, give it to my wife, she\u2019s going to take it to work and mail it off for me. A couple weeks go by. I get my documentation back. And guess what my name is? (Grimaces as a few brave souls make incorrect guesses.) Get this. Gary Paul Von <\/em>Jones. (Points to a fan in front at random, and starts pulling something out of his pocket.) Just come up here for a second. You can\u2019t really make a story like that up. Madam, please read the name on this license.\u201d Gary holds the microphone out to her and she reads, \u201cGary Paul Von Jones!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYep! Gary Paul Von Jones. You can imagine the freak-out in the kitchen when I see this. \u2018What?! What happened?\u2019 My wife goes, \u2018Yeah, I didn\u2019t think Paul was interesting enough.\u2019 So my wife added V-O-N like I\u2019m German nobility, to a Welsh name. What the hell!? (Going into a convincing German accent) Gary Paul Von Jones, yea. Yeah, so there you go. It\u2019s the new me! (Poses)\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"PDVD_000\"<\/a>
What's you gonna do? Oh my God it's Ba'al again.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cWe had to rehearse it like a thousand times just to get it right. Because you know the world is going to end and it just looks bad if you have people bumping into each other. \u2018Oh my God! The world\u2019s going to end! (Pretending to negotiate his way though lots of people, sidestepping and muttering) Sorry, sorry, sorry sorry . . .(frustrated, shoving people aside) Go, gooooo!\u2019 It doesn\u2019t work, right? It\u2019s got to be all fluid. And I\u2019ve been through this for like 6 years. So I ask Peter what am I doing. I\u2019ve spent like 6 years in the chair and he says \u2018oh yeah. Sit down.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018You\u2019re kidding me! You got me up here in this like super tense scene and you want me in a chair again?\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Yeah.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Alright.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018So I do what I always do when there\u2019s a ton of rehearsal. I get a Vanity Fair magazine and I just start reading it while they\u2019re rehearsing because it\u2019s all happening around me. All you hear is \u201cAction! Cut!\u201d and it goes on and on and on for like and hour and I\u2019m reading my magazine very slowly, like this (licks his finger and slowly turns the page). All of a sudden I hear, \u2018And cut! Ok! Moving on!\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"PDVD_001\"<\/a>
They filmed it!!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cI have this crisis moment of either I decide to not say anything, and if I don\u2019t say anything this is what\u2019ll happen. Peter will get all the footage, edit the show and put it together and show it to the producers and they\u2019ll all sit around in Brad\u2019s office and one of the producers, Brad [Wright] or Robert [Cooper] will go \u201cwhat\u2019s Gary doing?\u201d and Peter will go \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d and he\u2019ll get a new one ripped.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cWell I can\u2019t have that because then he\u2019ll come down on me. He\u2019s a great guy, a good friend, but I don\u2019t need to get him in trouble on the set. So I decide to tell him. \u2018(In a hushed tone) Peter, can you just slow the guys down a minute? I\u2019ve got to tell you man, I\u2019m so sorry. I didn\u2019t realize they weren\u2019t rehearsing, I didn\u2019t realize they were filming, but I was reading Vanity Fair while you were filming.\u2019 And he goes \u2018Yeah, I know.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018What? What do you mean \u2018you know\u2019? You saw me reading Vanity Fair?\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Yeah. Don\u2019t worry about it. Cause from where I shot it just looked like you were reading a technical manual.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPart of me was really relieved like \u2018Oh God, thank God!\u2019 But then I went \u2018wait a second! I\u2019m still sitting there reading <\/em>while the world is about to end!\u2019 You can go and watch the episode and see me reading Vanity Fair as the earth is about to blow up.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got to tell you folks, I consider myself to be a trivia expert, and Gary still <\/em>has me stumped! There is only one episode in which Ba\u2019al is threatening to do serious damage to Earth, and that\u2019s season 9, \u2018Ex Deus Machina\u2019! Cliff Simon only appeared as Ba\u2019al once in season 6, in \u2018Abyss\u2019, and then the only other episode he was in while Corin Nemec was on the show is \u2018Homecoming\u2019. Neither involve Earth, and all three were directed by Martin Wood, not Peter DeLuise! I think Gary had Ba\u2019al confused with Anubis, and the episode is \u2018Redemption\u2019 either part one or part two, in which Anubis is trying to destroy the SGC\u2019s gate, and the planet along with it. But even that episode was directed by Martin, and Peter was the co-producer . . . Sorry, that\u2019s the best I can do!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I believe this question was, What\u2019s the coolest thing you got to do on the show?<\/em> \u201cI got to fire machine guns and it was an alternate world where the general was the colonel and the colonel was the general and I was still a technician<\/em>. [\u2018There But for the Grace of God\u2019] I was like the fulcrum point. Everything changes on the outside but the middle stays the same. Except they put a cardigan and a tie on me and gave me a machine gun. I was like \u2018What the hell?!\u2019 I run into this hallway and fire it. Like (makes a sound like he\u2019s fire a machine gun on automatic, holding it) It was amazing. The teamsters took me out into the parking lot and asked if I had ever fired one of those things before. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Gary<\/a>
Gary wildly fires a machiene gun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
And they reset because they\u2019ve got to do the scene a bunch of times. He take me aside and goes, \u2018Ah, Gary? (Rubbing his head) Can I talk to you for a second?\u2019 And I go, \u2018What?\u2019 My heart is pounding. He goes, \u2018I was wondering if there was any way that um \u2013 it was good! It was great what you did! \u2013 but I was wondering if there was any way you could exit the scene in a more manly fashion<\/em>.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Manly? What?\u2019<\/em> He goes, \u2018Yeah, can you just sort of butch it up as you leave, just kind of man it up?\u2019 I\u2019m going, \u2018Wha, but, what did I do?\u2019 Because there\u2019s like cables and lights and sound stuff, he goes, \u2018Well let me just show you what you did so you\u2019ll know what not to do.\u2019 So he takes the gun, (pretends to fire, does a really whimpy Walter yelling) \u2018Sir! Sir! We\u2019ve gotta get outta here!\u2019 and then (backs out, rear-end first, slowly, looking over his shoulder, pointlessly holding the empty gun!). True story!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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And with that, Gary had to go. He told us all to come to see Starhole that night, and then left the stage.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Are you in stitches? Because I am just writing this! You can tell Gary\u2019s background was in comedy! I can\u2019t wait to get my hands on his book!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Coming up next on our Chicago Convention 2009 coverage, we will have the lovely Amanda Tapping! RadioStar will be taking her first crack at \u201ctranscribing\u201d, and you can bet it\u2019s going to be great!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The famous Gary Jones finally managed to come to Chicago! He had been scheduled to come once before, but had to cancel. Now one may think that only five months after Vancouver, Gary would have nothing new to say. I wish someone had tried to bet me. Not only did Gary have new stories, he…<\/p>\n

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