Salute To Supernatural Burbank Panel Reports: Sebastian Roche, Mark Sheppard, Rob Benedict, Rick Worthy, Richard Speight Jr. and Matt Cohen
These cons have been trying to mix it up over the last year, combining a panel of guests that all have been on “Supernatural,†but either only did a couple of episodes or in the case of Richard Speight Jr. and Matt Cohen, haven’t been on a while and likely won’t be returning anytime soon, but they’ve become such important parts of these cons they are doing them all now. In this panel though, they really got creative with the mixture.
Richard, who has become the official emcee of these joint panels now, clearly noticed that this was a strange setting. “I can see Creation asking themselves ‘What 4 people makes the least sense? Let’s shake it up.’†Richard then set the rules early, just to make it interesting. “Every question today has to be for all four of us. Every question has to be about the episodes we’ve done together.†For those of you keeping tracking at home, those total number of episodes equal zero.
Not only has Richard taken over emcee duties, but he’s now handling the questions Phil Donahue style. He goes through the audience, favoring those in the back, and brings the microphone to those wanting to ask a question. Once they do, he paraphrases. Sometimes that paraphrasing is a bit off from the original question, but it’s funny anyway.
So Matt and Richard are circulating through the crowd while Rob Benedict and Rick Worthy take the stage. There’s a lot of wild banter going on and the crowd is trying to keep up with it all. I’m trying to take notes and that’s when people around me start looking at me strange. Flashbulbs are going off too. It seems that Matt Cohen is right behind me, looking over my shoulder, watching what I type. Yep, totally oblivious. Too bad it was totally boring. Next time I’ll have some porn handy. Or Gabriel/Michael fan fiction.
First question. Who is their favorite character? Richard - “My favorite character is whatever Rick played. I don’t even need to see it to know I love it.†Rob – Castiel. Matt – He would not want to be Castiel. He’d rather be Dean. Then Matt started messing with a woman walking in late, following her all the way to her seat. Rick is too busy laughing to answer. Castiel. During all this, Richard is still pretty hung up on Rick Worthy. Rob made it clear that Rick was all his. “I’m on stage bitch.†Yep, five minutes in and the homoerotic undertones have begun!
While we’re on this subject, things took a very shocking turn. An erotically shocking turn. The person asking the question was giving Rick Worthy a hard time for dancing with her on the stage at Karaoke and then not calling. She at least wanted to give him her name. Rick decided to give her something else. He at first invited her on stage but commanded her to wait, using his deep commanding voice and holding his finger out. Then he prompted her slowly to come closer in the same alluring voice. She inched forward and he’d keep prompting her to come slowly. Eventually she made it to the stage. Rick with his “come hither†look leaned into her and delivered a soft, slow, but very long passionate kiss. No, I don’t think she saw that coming.
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After he was done, he pretended to bite this stunned girl’s neck like a vampire. From where I was, the audience reaction was very mixed. One person next to me wanted it to be her turn next. The others to my left were actually offended. They think Rick crossed a line. However taken, it got talked about.
Richard tried to move things along, prompting Rob to answer the next question, but Rob is still trying to wrap his head what just Rick did. Richard – “You’re used to watching that kind of stuff online.â€
The question. Do they all believe in angels and demons? Sure, Rob does “Because why not?†I think they all were in agreement with that.
What animal would they be? Richard before throwing the question to Rob decides to paraphrase. “What animal would Rick Worthy be and would you make love to that animal?†Rob answers the last part of the question first. “Yes.†Yes, I’m looking around to see if all the children have been ushered out by their parents by now.
What’s the most embarrassing show they like that they won’t admit. Richard – “Supernatural.†Rob – “The Bachelor. Why, I don’t know. It’s like crack. And the end of the day I feel so empty and stupid.†Rick – “CSI Miami.†He loves how Caruso puts on the sunglasses and walks away. Matt – “Cake Boss.†On the food network.
What actor who would they like to meet? Richard – “Supernatural.†Rob – “Besides Richard Speight? Harrison Ford.†Rick – Marlon Brando. Matt – “Meryl Streep. I want to be her.â€
What was their most dangerous stunt? Rick Worthy fielded this one, and talked about getting knocked out cold accidentally during an on screen fight. I think he was the clear winner over the other guys.
Rick Worthy really seems to be bonding with the fans. He brought up someone he’s gotten to know through these cons who taught him the backstreet boys dance move to “Everybody.†So they both did the whole dance together on the stage. This is definitely one of those “You had to be there†moments. The dance was priceless! Rick really knows how to groove. Rick even has a posse now. They are called “The Betas.†He had all the Betas in the crowd show themselves. There were quite a few.
They all had to give their best Castiel impression. Rob (in a deep voice) – “He is a prophet of the Lord.†Rick – “I’m God.†Richard – “Assbutt.â€
To be honest, I’m not exactly sure in all this when this happened, but during questions Matt was out in the audience walking on chairs and doing all sorts of other things. Eventually a fan wanted to touch is arm. “You can touch my arm if you tell me it’s bigger than Jared’s.†She did, he showed off his bicep and let her touch it.
Favorite Karaoke? Richard had an easy answer. Sebastian stage diving. He did full face first. He didn’t say which one that was, but I was there. That was Vancouver. Rick did the karaoke in Chicago. “I was fucking terrified.†Matt told the story of how he was trying to compete with Chad, who was stage diving with a cigarette in his mouth, so he stood in the back and started throwing chairs. I do believe that was Vancover as well. Lucky for them, what happens at Karaoke stays at Karaoke.
Somewhere around here, Matt Cohen came on stage and taught Rick how to do the jerk. I still laugh, because I was at the con where a fan first taught Matt how to do that. At each con since then, he’s been showing it to someone new. Rick again proved he’s got some moves!
Favorite lines? Richard – “Lucifer, you’re my brother and I love you. But you’re one great bag of dicks.†Rick (deadpanning) – “Ouch, that hurts.†Rob – “I am the prophet Chuck,†and “Is that a molar in my hair?†He also loves the line about hoarding toilet paper. Matt, he always loves to bring this up. When he got to tell the two handsome leads to shut up. He made sure he did that take 15 times. Rob – “The three of you on that set. That’s a lot of manhood in that room.â€
Richard – “I didn’t realize until about 30 seconds ago what a super creepy fan Rob was of Jared and Jensen. Now I understand the restraining order.â€
Just when you think that panel hasn’t gotten homoerotic enough, Matt brings up the story about shooting his scene with Jensen as Michael. Throughout that entire scene he was too distracted by Jensen’s lips. Richard – “Thanks, because for the last two minutes, we weren’t the most homoerotic humans ever.†The clever techs at Creation chose not to pass up this opportunity. They put up a hot pictures of Jensen on the giant screens. Matt comes up and starts puckering his lips.
What are your favorite plot lines? Anything different they’d want to see acted out? Richard – “I would go with Supernatural.†He turns it over to Rob. “Do me a favor, make it gay.â€
It was clear time was running low and I had half expected Misha to be crashing the panel by now, but no such luck. The four guys all said their goodbyes and I was wondering if it was time for that rape shower. That was certainly different! When the most homoerotic, raunchiest panel doesn’t involve Sebastian Roche, something is off.
LOL that was me who challenged Sebastian to cartwheel down the hallway! 😀
Wow. I honestly never thought I’d want to attend one of these things, but your report just made me wish I HAD been there! It was fun just reading about it!
Huh. No spoilers coming from L.A. then. Sounds like everyone had a good time.
Another great report! 🙂