Ryeinc's TTM Success Thread

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Received a bitter sweet success today! Sent out to the Ghost Adventures crew a few months ago and received an odd success. First odd thing about it was that it was not sent back in the SASE I originally included, it came back in an envelope with my mailing information taped on cut off of my original envelope that I sent. I then opened it up to discover a business card and a photo signed by Aaron Goodwin of the GAC. Now it's a cool photo and what not (the "snow" is a cool effect!) but I'm a bit mad they did not send back my original photo because it was signed by Bobby Mackey (Owner of a place they've investigated) and I thought it'd be cool to have the three sign it as well. Oh well. That's the risk of TTMing.

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First off, I've seen that this guy may send out secretarial signatures but that's not 100%, if you have authenticity comments feel free to let me know! Moving on, got a nice success from Mr. Bandit, Burt Reynolds today! Awesome success, as a kid from the South I've been exposed to a lot of his films and I think he's great. Good ol' Southern boy like myself. My favorite film(s) of his are "Smokey And The Bandit" and "The Best Little ™™™™™house In Texas" with Ms. Dolly Parton. He also had a role in my favorite video game of all-time "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City". He signed all three photos for me and inscribed them all with "Ryan, Your Friend, Burt Reynolds". Really happy with this one, thanks Mr. Reynolds!

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Hey guys, received a very odd mailday today! Recently I wrote an autograph request to famous film score composer Hans Zimmer. Today I opened my mailbox to discover a package coming from his company (Remote Control Productions). I opened it to find no letter, and no sign of my photos or SASE but instead an unopened soundtrack for the movie "Sherlock Holmes" and a DVD of "Kung Fu Panda 2" (Both movies which he wrote scores for). Very odd, but very cool at the same time! Thanks Mr. Zimmer!

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Received an amazing success from the legendary film score composer Hans Zimmer today! Hans is one of the most successful and most popular film score composers of the modern day. Some of his most famous works include the "Pirates Of The Caribbean" movies, "Inception", "Gladiator", and "The Lion King". One of my favorite composers of all-time. This is probably my favorite success I've ever received, as Hans signed all three photos I sent him and sent them back in my SASE and also in a bigger envelope sent me the soundtrack for the movie "Sherlock Holmes" and a DVD for the movie "Kung Fu Panda 2" as a bonus gift (Both are movies which he wrote films scores for). Thanks so much Mr. Zimmer!

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Received a very cool success from my high school's new head football coach Mr. Willie Spears! We're really glad to have him at Escambia High School and we really think he's gonna' turn our football program around, we haven't done so well lately. We have a rich history here, Emmitt Smith and Trent Richardson are both EHS alumni. Hopefully his experience can help us out! Signed all three photos for me and included a very nice letter!





Be sure to check out his website if you get the chance!
http://www.williespears.com/

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Got former major leaguer Warren Morris in today. Mr. Morris played for the Pirates, Twins, and Tigers, and also the 1996 USA Men's baseball team where he won a bronze medal. Mr. Morris is most known for hitting the walk-off home run in the championship game of the 1996 College World Series to win the series for LSU. He also won the 1997 Showstopper of the Year ESPY Award. Mr. Morris signed all three photos I sent. Thanks Mr. Morris!

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Received an awesome success today from the man who has won more Oscar Awards than any other living person (Eight), composer Alan Menken. Most known for his work with Disney he's written the music for films such as "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "Pocahontas", "Hercules" and "Tangled". Signed all three of my photos and one of his assistants included a letter. Really glad to get this back! Thanks Mr. Menken!

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Received this success a couple weeks ago, former NASCAR driver Terry Labonte. Terry was my favorite driver growing up, he'll come out and race from time to time still. He raced in this year's Daytona 500 and came in 18th, even led the race at one point! Not bad for a 55 year old man! Terry signed all three photos for me, love the one of Dale Sr. spinning him out on the last lap at Bristol in '99.

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Today I received probably one of the greatest autographs I will ever have in my collection, surprised to get this back, wrote to him in late 2011. This is Mr. Philippe Petit, a tightrope walker from France. He's most known for his tightrope walk across the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. In August of '74 he and some friends snuck into both of the Towers and made their way to the top. Eventually they were able to string a wire across the two Towers and Philippe was off. He had no safety harness or safety net, if he fell he was going to most likely die, yet despite all the risks, he made it. After he stepped onto the other Tower he was arrested for trespassing, however his punishment was light, all he had to do was perform a magic show for kids in Central Park. A truly amazing story, they made a documentary on his adventure in 2008 titled "Man On Wire". I highly recommend watching it!

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