Pee Wee Herman wasted my morning. The secret word of the day “FRUSTRATED”…AAARrrGgHhhhHhhh!

By SpookyDan

Last month I spent the morning on the phone with Ticketmaster to buy tickets to see the LIVE stage show of Pee Wee Herman. This is an occasion that I cannot miss, having been a fan for years…even before he was Pee Wee he was in this awesome (but rarly seen) horror spoof called Pandemonium. To this day I love that film and even wear t-shirts of the poster. So when the announcements came through that P.W. Herman cancelled the shows and was moving to a bigger venue, I was understandable bummed.

Ticketmaster sent out an email that stated: “As a previous buyer, you have an exclusive opportunity to exchange your tickets for any one of the new shows. Simply call Ticketmaster at 1-800-653-8000 and provide us with your original confirmation number.” Pee Wee Issued a statement saying that he would try to make it fair and apologized for the inconvenience…but inconvenience is an understatement for what his fans are going through today.

So this morning I tried to exchange my tickets…here’s how it went

My chronicles of trying to get tickets to see Pee Wee Herman

10:00am
Start calling the ticketmaster provided number to exchange my rickets for the larger venue show. Busy, try again as fast as possible

10:20am
Still busy, still calling, I am getting worried that seats comparable to my previous 3rd row tix (at a table) are going to be gone for all the dates

10:40am
I Twitter about not being able to get through and see that loads of other people are not getting through either. One guy said that had been able to get through were put on hold for 30+ minutes, then was being charged $240 bucks for comparable tickets, Double the price!

10:50
Still busy, so I look around facebook for any other info (while I keep hitting redial). Even more people are complaining. I look around and see that Goldenvoice is indeed charging double the ticket price!

11:15
It’s now been over an hour of hitting redial and I am getting pissed, but there is some possible good news, someone (at facebook) got through using the direct Ticketmaster number (not the one provided by Ticketmaster’s email to exchange the ones we bought). They got there tickets and they were for good seats..there is hope, but all I am hearing is a busy signal

11:20
I twitter about the rumors and wonder why Pee Wee hates his fans so much. I still cant get through…both numbers are busy

11:30
A few more people are commenting that they are getting good seats but having to pay more for them… Then one guy suggests demanding to talk to customer service to get the ADDITIONAL fees waived.

11:43
Using the alternate number, YEAH! Its ringing….and now I’m on hold…estimated wait time 4 minutes

11:50
Finally on the line with a human! He refunded my original ticket charge back to my credit card, then offers me lousy tix (about row 30) for the 16th, so I try a different date; Jan 14th then they offered me 9th row and then wanted to charge me an additional $30. I explained that I originally had 3rd row and we were told that we would get first crack at comparable tickets as an exchange. These were not comparable and not an exchange if I have to pay more. He suggested that he could look for further back seats because they wouldn’t cost as much. So I asked to be transferred to customer service, and now I am on hold again…

12:02
After another 5 minutes or so on hold I get to customer service, He offers me a straight exchange for the front section 102, row D on 1/14. I agree and he puts me back on hold for another 10 minutes or so. When he return he tells me I am all set, no extra fees no more waiting on hold.

12:30
I finally have 4th row tickets to see Pee Wee Herman Live.

12:40
I get a text that my sister in law is still getting busy signals. I give her the other number to call, she eventually got through, and now they are trying to charge her more as well. She ends up paying the extra for her tickets.

12:45
I am hearing rumors that the seats are actually general admission, if this turns out to be true and I wasted the last 3 hours of my life dealing with Ticketmaster… The word of the day will go from “frustrated” to “screwed”

This has been a huge pain in the ass for those of us who supported and got tickets during the first round. What’s this about getting to meet Pee Wee after the show? How do we get that to happen? I really want to be happy right now, but after 2 hours and ten minutes of being frustrated it’s difficult. In the end I wonder if this is all a money grabbing scam. Ticketmaster eventually should be brought down for the horrible company that it is. And to you Pee Wee, I have been a fan of yours since the 80’s HBO special The Pee Wee Herman Show. Even though the crazy stuff…but today… I no longer feel proud to be a fan.

1:10pm
More people I know that had originally bought tickets are now telling me a variety of stories very similar to the one I just described…I need a nap

Dear Mr/Mrs TV Executive

My goal is to CHANGE POP CULTURE as we know it!

As President Obama is about to try and encourage kids to embrace education, we are flooded with Republican viewpoints calling this an “excuse to brainwash”.

Aren’t we already being brainwashed daily by our TV’s?

Forget what political party you belong to… we as Americans, are filling our collective heads with garbage TV. Americas Got Talent, Project Runway, Little People Big World, Americas Best Dance Crew and more, and they are all paid for by (politically agnostic) SPONSORS and ADVERTISERS. The bigger problem here isn’t what the shows are…if they didn’t connect with people on some level they would have been cancelled. They couldn’t exist without people watching the shows and advertisers getting a return on their spending. So the question arises; why is America, as a culture, so entertained by vanilla dance groups and fashion models? Is it Escapism, mindless entertainment or do we Americans just have bad taste? Maybe it’s all three! Read the rest of this entry »

It’s another awesome installment of SpookyDanTV!

Tonight SpookyDan invaded the world premiere of the Rob Zombie sequel Halloween 2 and got to interview a bunch of kick ass people on the red carpet. Watch some super sexiness Featuring Director Rob Zombie, Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherrie Moon Zombie, Daniel Roebuck, Danielle Harris, Kristina Klebe and a whole lot more!

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Grace is scary
By SpookyDan

What actually scares you? Vampires? Clowns? Monsters? The dark? For me those things are awesome…actually I cant think of a person I have ever met that is scared of vampires. But for me a few things generally scare me… Aggressive homeless people, drunk redneck cowboys in Arizona , and Babies. It’s annoying and frustrating when a friend or family member has a baby and wants to force me to hold it. I don’t want to break it, I don’t want to touch it, I really don’t even want to look at it. The baby is a great and wonderful thing and all, and so many people’s lives are changed in amazing ways by having a kid…but for me the day when babies are cute and awesome is far far off.

So when my buddy Paul Solet set out to make a movie about a baby, I was certainly happy for him to be making a film, but secretly wondered why he would make a movie about a baby, and not a ghost or an awesome torture film. Making matters worse, another thing that I cannot personally connect with is the super female attitude that this film has, it’s almost feminist in its outer coating. (Another thing that scares me are man hating lesbians..yuck). Read the rest of this entry »

We caught up with the gang behind the horror film The Collector this week.

Check out this funny segment, live from the red carpet in Hollywood!