Volume 2, No. 22. November 26, 2002
IAAPA Report
Bonded
Waiting for his moment in the spotlight, Roy Gillian, chairman of IAAPA’s
Hall of Fame Committee, stood in the wings of the What’s New Theater next
to IAAPA Second Vice Chair Jane Cooper. On stage, as a video montage showed
the new attractions installed in the past year, performance artist Jean Francois
was making his flourishing conclusions to one of his paintings, then headed
off stage.
Seeing Gillian, the painter enthusiastically approached the owner of Gillian’s
Wonderland Pier in Ocean City, New Jersey, and said, “I love watching you
as 007.” Gillian, a little shocked to learn he was being mistaken for Roger
Moore, didn’t respond, but Cooper said, “Oh, no, this is our 007.”
Roy was slightly embarrassed by the incident, but his wife, Patricia, was pleased.
“I’ve always said he’s my James Bond,” she said. “I’m
glad somebody else said it because I’ve been saying that for years.”
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