Chicago Con 2008 - Day 1 Photos - Gabe Tigerman

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I'm going to post my photos from Chicago Con over the next 1-3 days.

I'm starting with the photos from Day 1. I think I have some great photos of the boys at breakfast and their panels. But if I post those first I may never go back and post the others. And I want a full record for myself.


First Gabe Tigerman. I just purchased a new camera. Gabe was one of the first subjects I tried to photograph with it. So he's a little out of focus. Good news is that the photos for each succeeding guest get clearer!

Gabe was really cute. I very much enjoyed his panel. For now I'm going to include the CW Sources notes at the bottom of the page for a summary of Gabe's panel--for my own memory, since that seems like a million years ago.














From the CW Source Chicago Con 2008 Report:

Gabriel had the crowd eating out of his hand as he talked about his experience playing Andy. He bounced all over the place, jumping from his love for the TV show Dexter to his shock that some of the fans thought Andy used his mind powers to force women in to bed with him. He might have used his mind mojo to impress a girl, he said, but Andy was far too good a guy to do anything beyond that.
Other highlights:

• Gabriel was sad to learn that he was no longer the only non-Winchester to drive the Metallicar. "Did Bobby trick anyone with his min to drive it?" he asked. Nope - but he id use the car to rod-haul and kill a ghost. "That's pretty good," he admitted. "But I was first!"
• Gabriel was asked about a "discussion" he ha with Kripke after he found out Andy was doomed. "It was less discussion than me pleading for Andy's life, and promising countless fan complaints, letters full of tears." Gabriel sighed. "He ignored that."
• He holds out hope that Andy can come back -- and he's not the only one! The driver who took him to set the day Andy died was quite depressed about the news. After about five minute, he perked up an asked "Did they burn your body and salt your bones?" he asked. Nope, Gabriel replied. "Oh, then you're good!" the driver replied. "You can come back as a demon or any number of things." Here's hoping!
• Gabriel didn't get pranked on set much (short of being shown horrific picture's on the guys' camera phone right before he was supposed to shoot an emotional scene), but he remembers walking across the set and hearing Jensen yell "God dammit" from his trailer -- proof that Jared had gotten him again.
• One of his favorite scenes from his first episode was when Dean was forced to tell the truth. But the high point? That would be driving the Metallicar, or course! Even that was fraught with peril -- when he got in the car, he drove off very, very slowly -- his didn't want to endanger the car!
• Gabriel had auditioned for the pat of the lovelorn grad student who raised a zombie girlfriend in Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things. We can't help but thing that Andy was a much better part!
• Going to the set and share a back seat with Jared's dogs did not go well -- the dogs got Gabriel's coffee!

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