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Posted July 23rd ago via Entertainment Weekly POPWATCH
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As I read our PopWatch Duel with Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, who revealed their geekiest/most-prized possessions, I started wondering what mine would be...

If we're talking about something that I own and wouldn't want to have to pay to replace, it would be my 20-disc Kids in the Hall Megaset. If we're speaking of things that are priceless, I would say my now-abandoned collection of "Thanks for last night!" autographs, some of which decorate my office door. (Note to impressionable young EW staffers and all aspiring journalists: I did not obtain any of these autographs while conducting an interview. I am a professional.)

I've mentioned my collection before on PopWatch. It started 10 years ago, when I was at a book signing for Jon Stewart's Naked Pictures of Famous People. We were given Post-its to write our names on, so he'd be able to spell them correctly. I heard him ask the person in front of me what he should sign in his book, so I wrote "To Mandi, Thanks for Last Night!" on my Post-it, and when it was my turn to hand my copy to Stewart, I told him I'd made it easy for him. He wrote it, added "Va Va Va Voom!," and we were both happy. Two days later, I went to a signing for Steve Martin's Pure Drivel, and asked him to sign "Thanks for last night!" He looked at me, in silence, then finally said, "Just don't hold me to it in court." A collection was born.

Other autographs include:
¢ Stephen Colbert ' A 30th birthday present from a colleague three years ago.
¢ Trey Parker and Matt Stone ' A present for bei...

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