This was...
 (click to enlarge) | Welcome to ALCON '98! These were the hosts, Mike Aquilina (Volunteer Coordinator), Amanda Cohen (Producer), and Mike Hoffman (Technical Director). | |
| A few people have already lined up an hour before the doors open! |
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 (click to enlarge) | There was lots of cool merchandise for sale at ALCON! This is Denise "Fred" Olderr, and boy, did SHE have a lot of buttons for sale! She also had one-of-a-kind coats and shirts with her personal artwork on them. | |
| Al's own Wardrobe Goddess, Lynette Bibbee, was selling some cool stuff from her personal collection. |
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 (click to enlarge) | Tim "Poohbear" Winslow and family manned the Garage Sale items. | |
| Luke Ski did some great caricatures of Al, and sketched some of the Alcon attendees, too! |
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 (click to enlarge) | Sudden Death performed - featuring Devo Spice (L) and MC Squared (R). | |
| Tony Goldmark turned in a great performance of "Adolescing". |
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 (click to enlarge) | Luke Ski sang his Dr.Demento Show hit "Insane and the Brain". | |
| "Sounds Like Fun" Tim Cavanagh signed copies of his CD and greeted fans. |
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 (click to enlarge) | Look Al-like contest winner, Scot England! | |
| Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz talked about his career with Al, fielded questions, and showed more than hour of rare and behind-the-scenes video footage! |
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| Although he wasn't scheduled to appear, Al surprised everyone, including the Alcon organizers, by walking onto the stage at the end of Bermuda's video presentation! The final segment of the video featured a taped greeting from Al to the Alcon attendees, saying how sorry he was that he couldn't attend and that he was very busy back in L.A. At the end of his message, he said "Who am I kidding - I'm not THAT busy..." and came out onto the stage, to the obvious delight of everyone in attendance! |
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 (click to enlarge) | Al and Bermuda signed autographs for everyone at ALCON! | |
| You may not be used to seeing these people, but you may have IRC'd them! Among the lineup are Gumby, Evita, NayNay, Blastbill, Videot, and Happystev! (see full list of names under the enlarged photo) |
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 (click to enlarge) | Vicki Brown created quite a commotion with this imaginative Twine Ball costume! | |
| Rob Behm (#2) and Matt Marks (#7) with Al showing off their human 27! |
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 (click to enlarge) | The auction was a huge success for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, with Al's "fish" shirt from the Greatest Hits cover bringing in $700!! The single highest bid was for Al's shirt from the In 3-D album cover, at $780. Al's glasses fetched $430, and a single wisdom tooth was sold for $500!! | |
| By the end of the evening, some of the attendees were plum tuckered out! |
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 | Thanks to Bermuda Schwartz for uploading these images from ALCON '98! | 
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