Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs : Cpt. Caveman's TTM Autographs #81

Welcome back to another weekly TTM success post. I hope you all had a great week. Sadly we lost several legends this week when Mary Tyler Moore passed away at the age of 80 and one of my favorite actors John hurt passed away at the age of 77. I wanted to talk a little about writing your fan letter / autograph request letter. Some people just print out a generic form letter for autograph requests. This is a simple letter that is pretty much the same thing over and over with fill in the blanks for the celebs name saying how big of a fan they are and they loved the celeb in this or that movie or show and then asking for an autograph and sometimes that's all it takes. For me I personally feel like a sincere handwritten letter is the better option. Normally I try to write a full front page letter. That's usually plenty of room for a little buttering up and the all important autograph request. Like I mentioned I try to keep it at one page because I know the celebs time is important and I dont want to take up more than I have to. For rare signers or mega celebs I usually make an exception and write a longer letter anything from 2-4 page's trying to persuade that elusive signer out of a little time and ink. These are usually more personal letters and sometimes it pays off but not always as nothing in this hobby is guaranteed. Take the little extra time and write a heartfelt handwritten fan letter. Even if the celebs don't read our letters someone is reading them so maby if its moving enough the secretary or assistant will pass it along to its intended target. Remember no celeb has to sign for us but they take the time to appreciate us fans by signing that autograph we want so at least we can take the time to show our appreciation by handwriting our letters. Anyways that's how we do it and on the plus side Winter get more practice at writing and my handwriting has greatly improved over the years with all the practice I get. Now on to this weeks TTM successes. Monday brought one success with a quick ten day turn around for music legend Chuck Leavell. He was a member of The Allman Brothers Band and has been touring with bands like The Stones for years and he's a very cool addition to our music collection. Tuesday brought a great Star Trek return from Louise Sorel and with a quick seven days to return. One day I'm going to frame all the signed episode mini posters together so I love it when they return signed. Thursday brought three great returns. First after just over six months we received our picture and an extra picture back signed from legendary actor Ben Kingsley. Next a cool "Aliens" return when we received both pictures back signed from Mark Rolston and after only four months and he even wrote a thank you note on our letter. To finish off this great mail day another "Star Trek" cast member Antoinette Bower signed both pictures we sent and it took her two months to return. Friday brought two more great returns. First after only three months we received both pictures back signed from Gavin MacLeod to add to our "Love Boat" cast. To finish off the day Winter received a signed post card from Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Michael Cartellone after sending a request about a month ago. This is how it showed up just a signed postcard luckily the signature arrived ok. Saturday brought one last amazing return for the week when we received both pictures back signed from Patrick Wayne a great actor and son of the legendary John Wayne and only took him ten days to return. That's it for this week. Everyone have a great graphing weekend and I'll be back next week with more TTM autographs and addresses and we are now on Facebook just search @cavemansttm to check that out and don't forget to enter the autograph giveaway contest before it end on February 2nd for more information just click Here.