I remember sitting and thinking after I read the article if there was anything that could have tipped me off that it was him. After their chat, Lewis said, “He’s a mensch.”….” When Jackson, rehearsing on a nearby sound-stage, heard that Al Lewis, Grandpa on TV’s The Munsters, was at the convention, he sent a limo and word that he wanted to meet him. The event, at a hotel in Los Angeles, was held during a convention for fans of film and TV horror and sci-fi. “Speaking of Jackson, that was he disguised as Dracula at a costume ball last month sponsored by Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. Al Lewis (Grampa Munster) really liked her and he was the judge of the contest.Ībout a week or so later, People magazine had a little blurp about Michael Jackson showing up to the convention in disguise.

A cute little girl in a costume I cannot remember won the contest. I was standing out in the hallway with this guy and we were talking about the convention and what a great costume he had on. One of the guests dressed up as Nosferatu (or Dracula). On one of the nights of the convention, they held a costume ball with a contest for best costume. Jackson, I thought I would share my story of when I briefly met him.īack in May 1995, I had a couple of dealer tables in the vendor area of the Famous Monsters of Filmland Convention in Los Angeles, California. This week marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Michael Jackson.

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