Charlie's Ballroom, I would stay in that hotel and stumble down early out of bed* to await the doors to open. And Gene would also be standing outside the door, and we would exchange some friendly words before we would charge in to the show. Pretty soon a throng of like-minded collectors would surround Gene. So it was more like a herd of collectors would charge into the Casinorama.

* Think I had my street clothes on. Most years.