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eXpo
Convention | |
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Name: | eXpo, EXPO, The X-Files EXPO Tour |
Dates: | 1998 |
Frequency: | toured 10 cities in one year |
Location: | various |
Type: | for-profit, official, celebrity-attended |
Focus: | The X-Files |
Organization: | Creation Entertainment |
Founder: | |
Founding Date: | 1998 |
URL: | |
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eXpo (alternative spelling: EXPO) was a for-profit, celebrity-populated X-Files convention by Creation Entertainment, Inc that toured 10 majors US-American cities.
A fan in 1998 wrote: "Want a gander at my Frank Spotnitz autograph from the eXpo? To CiCi -- Sorry about Pendrell, Frank Spotnitz. PS: On the X-Files, no one ever -really- dies."[1]
New York EXPO
- Location: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, New York, USA
- Date: 9 & 10 May 1998
- guest star(s):
- Gillian Anderson
- Dean Haglund
- Nic Lea
- Frank Spotnitz
- Steven Williams
- Andy Meisler (author of The Truth is outthere - The official Guide to The X-Files)
- Miran Kim
- video of Gillian Anderson's appearance at the New York Expo
Detroit EXPO
- Location: Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Date: 30 & 31 May 1998
- guest star(s):
- Dean Haglund
- Steven Williams
- William B. Davis
- Doug Hutchison
- Charles Nelson Reilly
Washington EXPO
- Location: White Oak Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., USA
- Date: 16 & 17 May 1998
- guest star(s):
- Nic Lea
- Dean Haglund
- Steven Williams
- Rob Bowman
- report from the Washington, D.C. EXPO
Boston EXPO
- Location: Weymouth Naval Air Station, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Date: 2 & 3 May 1998
- guest star(s):
- Gillian Anderson
- William B. Davis
- Nic Lea
- Bruce Harwood
- Dean Haglund
- Doug Hutchison
Chicago EXPO
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Date: 17 & 18 April 1998
- guest star(s):
- Mitch Pileggi
- Tom Braidwood
- Dean Haglund
- Bruce Harwood
- Steven Williams
Miami EXPO
- Location: Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami, Florida, USA
- Date: 4 & 5 April 1998
- guest star(s):
- Nic Lea
- Dean Haglund
- Frank Spotnitz
- William B. Davis
- Steven Williams
- Trivia: Williams entered the stage singing, and later recreated his last scene from the X-Files
Atlanta EXPO
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Date: 28 & 29 March 1998
- guest star(s):
- Nic Lea
- Paul Rabwin
- Mitch Pileggi
- Steven Williams
- Dean Haglund
Los Angeles EXPO
- Location: Tustin Marine Corps Air Station's Hangar 2, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Date: 14 & 15 March 1998
- guest star(s):
- Nic Lea
- Steven Williams
- Mitch Pileggi
- Dean Haglund
- Frank Spotnitz
- John Shiban
- Vince Gilligan
- program:
- Saturday:
- 11:00 am : admittance
- 11:15 am: Introduction and video presentation
- 11:30 am: Steven Williams ("X")
- 12:15 pm: "Truth or Fiction?" Interactiv trivia game.
- 12:45 pm: Dean Haglund (Langly from The Lone Gunmen) presents "the comedic truth with Ringo Langly from the Lone Gunmen".
- 1:30 pm: Williams and Haglund autogramm session. In addition, a "Mulderism / Scullyisms video"
- 2 pm: Authors' panel. Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban and Vince Gilligan are talking about writing and producing the "X-Files".
- 3 pm "X-Files" Auction. Revenues went to the "Juvenile Diabetes Foundation".
- 3:15 pm: William B. Davis (Cigarette-Smoking Man)
- 4 pm: Mitch Pileggi (Assistant Director Walter Skinner)
- 5 pm: Pileggi and Davis autogramm session; interactive "X-Files" trivia game.
- Sunday
- Noon: admittance
- 12:15 pm: Introduction and video presentation
- 12:30 pm: Authors Panel. Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban, and Vince Gilligan
- 1:30 pm: Steven Williams ("X")
- 2:15 pm Dean Haglund presents "the comedic truth with Ringo Langly from the Lone Gunmen".
- 2:30 pm: Steven Williams autogramm session
- 3:00 pm: "X-Files" auction. in favor of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
- 3:15 pm: Mitch Pileggi
- 4:00 pm: William B. Davis
- 5:00 pm: "Truth or Fiction?" Game. Haglund, Pileggi and Davis autogramm session.
- 5:30 hrs: prize giving ceremony
- 6:00 clock: Final of "Truth of Fiction?"
- Saturday:
- the same location was used as a shooting location for the X-Files episode 6ABX12 One Son.
Dallas EXPO
- Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
- Date: 21 & 22 March 1998
- guest star(s):
- Nic Lea
- Kim Manners
- Dean Haglund
- Mitch Pileggi
- Around 7,000 visitors attended the first Expo [1]
- report from the Dallas Expo
Further Reading
References
- ^ from The Acid Desk #3