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(Date Posted:10/13/2007 3:10 AM)
The crowd at the college for these guys was amazing--completely sold out and I would estimate 600+ people there. They said it was one of the biggest crowds they have spoken to so far.As for Jason andGrant...I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by Jason and Grant in person. Outside the confines of their show they seemed to be really down to earth and quite funny to boot.One of the first things they said when then came out is "We HATE editing"! They went on to describe how much work the show really is--they have to film 20- 30 locations to get the few that are air each season, they spend several nights at each location to get enough footage for the few minutes we see on tape.They walked thru some of their philosophies, all of which you know from watching the show. They elaborated on several of their favorite episodes....Including the Stanley "Cat" clip--hearing a better recording, still does not convince me it is anything but a cat.They put up some of their unaired cased, and had the audience guess what the issue was--paranormal or not....and what it logically could have been. It was very entertaining, becausesome of the outcomes I have encounted myself while on an investigation. Alcohol/drug issues, menopause, and mental illness.Then we got to see some unaired footage that due to prior strict confidentiality they were unable to show. They managed to get limited confidentiatly on the clips, I do have to say they were interesting, a lot more raw then the footage you see edited half to death on the show.The most interesting part of the show however was the audience! It was really obvious who the ghost investigators were, who the fans (fanatics) were and those who were just there for the show. It really frightened me more then a little bit at how many of the fanatics were also investigators, mostly because I wonder if they do any thinking for themselves, or just follow the Grant and Jason bible.....I do like that the guys wrapped up the show letting everyone on how hard it is to be a ghost hunter, to keep thinking rationally and to try and find the normal before the paranormal. They said they turned down the show 5 times before they finally agreed to it, hoping to keep people from jumping to conclusions of paranormal.Because of my crowd issues (large groups of people just annoy me no end!) I left immediately, and did not stick around for the autograph signings.Okay so that was my limited TAPS experience...Anybody have any questions?
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