BEACH BOYS BRUCE JOHNSTON and Actor JIM CAVIEZEL NEED A LESSON IN HUMILITY

Every once in a while I write a negative experience in our daily adventures in autographing and meeting celebrities we had admired and respected over the years. Yesterday was one of them. First the BEACH BOYS were performing in a local venue for 2 days and 4 shows. Now the ONLY original member traveling with this show is MIKE LOVE who we met the night before. Now another long standing band member is BRUCE JOHNSTON. At best he has been second fiddle to all the past legendary members. But being a member we thought it best to request a simple autograph on albums he made money off and Schoolboy having a couple of photos he wanted to complete that had Johnson on them. As we observed and waited as a 75 year old aging musician flirt with the hotel staff he turned and we politely ask if he would mind signing a couple of autographs. Without hesitation he looked at Schoolboys picture and said" you are going to sell that" and kept repeating it over and over. Schoolboy said " not this piece even though my wife wants me to sell it all". JOHNSON said "sure " and signed it. I asked he he would mind signing my album and I quote" , No I get paid for that". Then I said " sign this gentleman's album as he is visiting from Sweden and seeing your show" JOHNSON looked at him rudely" you got a ticket?" and when he said "yes", Johnson just turned and said "see ya". We looked at each other and thought does he think he is better than us as for sure he is an aging nobody who has forgotten that without us buying tickets or buying albums he would be collecting social security. So JIM CAVIIEZEL who played JESUS in the movies was the guest narrator at EPCOTS CANDLELIGHT PROCESSIONAL. Now we were informed that no less than 5 people requested a picture with or one item signed and each time he flatly refused and not always politely. Even at the theatre where patrons paid a 100 dollars to visit Disney and view the marvelous performance of the Disney choir, he still refused. He must believe that he has a GOD-like complex as he too showed no appreciation of his fans who have made it possible to be a paid narrator for the Disney Event. Now I realize that many people do get autographs and sell them on EBAY or other sites but so what. It's the AMERICAN WAY to reinvent themselves and the Celebrity can stop at one which the true fan usually will have for them. To assume that anytime one asks for an autograph or a simple picture with that they are making a buck off them just makes the old quote " to assume makes an ass out of you and me" fit perfectly for these so called celebrities. And after reading this I know the people who made the requests are not the asses but JOHNSTON and CAVIEZEL need to look real hard into a mirror and realize what they do not see.