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the dancing started. That’s the kind of guy he is. He harried handlers pulled her away she asked us both for
makes everyone feel special – conjoined or not. He’s business cards and asked if it was ok for her and her
damn good at it and our industry is a more special boyfriend Jim Carey (I liked how she always referred to
place because of it. him as “my lover”) could call us to get some input on
At one point in the evening, one of Bob’s staff came upcoming projects. It’s not a bad night that ends up
“
It’s not a
bad night that
up and said that the press wanted a picture of him and with Jenny McCarthy asking for your business card. But
ends with
a couple of the “A-List” celebs attending the event – as with many of those nights out with Bob, I tend to
Jenny McCarthy and Carmen Electra. Without blinking always expect the unexpected.
Jenny
an eye Bob said “Sure thing! But Jim’s going to be in Bob reminds us all that we are fortunate to be part of
McCarthy
the picture with me,” as he immediately dragged me an amazing industry that provides lifelong memories to
over to the photo site. Of course Bob didn’t have to do millions of guests. During his year at the helm of IAAPA
asking for
that but that is what he does. He always finds a way to he focused intensely on the global nature of our
make an event more special for his circle of friends. business – and the world certainly had to keep up its
your business
If you have met or personally known any celebrities guard.
you will know two things – first, because of their larger
card
than life stature, they are always smaller in real life than
you expect. Second, they are mostly standoff-ish – that
is part of their character. Bob has a great way of
”
disarming celebs though and he did that with both
Carmen and Jenny. Jenny represents the one girl with a Caption
Playboy history that you could take home to your
parents and Mom would hug her first before she
hugged you. Jenny and Bob got along like best friends.
I honestly think she was more in awe of him than he of
her.
In fact, we all got along like best pals talking about –
what else – the world’s oddities and the world’s best
LEFT: Bob gets into the spirit
rollercoasters (she loved Revenge of The Mummy at
of the occasion during a trip to
Universal which made me feel pretty good). As her
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