Stephen King, whose horror novels have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide, is no stranger to autograph seekers. But one of the first autographs he ever gave remains his most memorable. In his mid-twenties, King was in Pittsburgh doing a promotional book tour for his novel The Shining. After a day of television and radio interviews, King attended a dinner at a fancy restaurant overlooking the Steel City. Apparently, Pittsburgh’s food didn’t sit too well with King, and he had to excuse himself for an emergency visit to the men’s room. The washroom was decked out with columns and marble finishings, and had its own attendant—a thin, bald man, whom King remembers looking 108 years old. The only things the swank restroom was missing were doors on the stalls. So there was King, sitting on the john, thinking things couldn’t get any worse, when—yup, you guessed it—along came the washroom attendant with a pad and a pen. King recalls: “For the first time in my life someone said: ‘Aren’t you Stephen King? I saw you on AM Pittsburgh. Can I have your autograph?’ ” And so, America’s “King of Horror” gave an autograph while sitting on the toilet. Source: listverse/2013/12/15/10-marvelous-moments-in-the-history-of-celebrity-autographs/
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:20:16 +0000
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