Todd Spence

I'm always illustrating film/tv characters and posting originals & prints for sale in the google doc link - so if you ever see anything you dig for yourself or as a gift for someone, DM/email me and let me know! Cheers 🖋️
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My favorite Rick James story is when Eddie Murphy arrived at James's house in Buffalo, NY to record the song "PARTY ALL THE TIME", it was supposed to be only for one weekend, but there was a massive snowstorm that caused Murphy to stay trapped for two weeks.

It was after two days Eddie realized Rick had a major drug problem. The biggest tell was Rick stating The Beatles had stolen some of his songs in the '60s (Rick was born in 1948), and while Eddie thought it was just Rick messing around, as the days progressed, Rick became adamant about the fact that he got robbed, naming "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "Ticket To Ride" specifically.

When the roads finally cleared and Eddie was leaving, Rick also claimed he was present when The Beatles shot their Abbey Road cover.

Charlie Murphy, who was also at Rick's house later said, "In Rick's mind, there were two types of people in the world: Rick James, and the people who were lucky enough to be in the same room as Rick James." lol

I don't know why James Bond producers are auditioning anyone at all when Pierce Brosnan returning to the role is the absolute perfect idea. Have him come out of retirement because MI6 needs a veteran's expertise for a mission that no amateur 007 could ever accomplish. Brosnan still looks handsome as hell and the film would easily make a billion dollars to see perhaps the greatest actor to ever play Bond do it again.

I knew a gaffer whose dad worked on the A-Team, and they were telling me George Peppard and Mr. T absolutely did not get along while making the show. Peppard was an old school trained veteran by the '80s and Mr. T barely had barely any acting experience at all let alone professional training.

So one day they got into another argument, it was a big one, and Mr. T had enough. He chartered a helicopter to come right to their filming location which was out in the middle of nowhere, the chopper set down right where they were shooting, and Mr. T walked over, got in, and took off. The shoot was cancelled for the day, and Peppard was angry, but told the crew "I at least respect how he can end an argument" lol

It's time we all admit GHOSTBUSTERS: ANSWER THE CALL is a better Ghostbusters movie than AFTERLIFE and FROZEN EMPIRE. The Ivan Reitman films were adult-oriented and that's why us '80s kids loved it. They weren't *trying* to be kids or teen films. Afterlife and FE try way too hard to be a melodramatic Nickelodeon sitcom and that's just not what the original films were about. Comedy and horror first, and it's time everyone owes Paul Feig an apology.