Highlander
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April 10-12, 1998, in Anaheim, California

[Exterior of the Anaheim Hilton, a convention poster, empty convention room, techs building sets, registration staff & fans. Brief glimpses of various crew & cast members. Adrian signing autographs & taking photos with fans. More autographs & photos.]

Jim Byrnes:

Well, so far I'm still waiting to get my car. I rented a car. When I got to the airport last night, she said, "Oh, it wasn't at LAX. It's down here. Of course, the place down here closes at six. So, since eleven o'clock this morning, I've been trying to go get my car.

[Crowds of fans. Bill Panzer on stage in a kilt. Seated crowds cheering as camera pans across the room.]

Clip from 1x02: "Family Tree":
DM - Where?! Where do I come from!!

[Various fans introduce themselves and where they're from, interspersed with clips from the show of characters introducing themselves.]

Fan wearing red shirt:

We're the Clan Denial. We just-- we deny that the episode "Archangel" occurred and that season six was reality. [introduces blonde woman wearing red shirt] She's the Queen of Denial.

Astrochick:

Astrochick. Queen of denial. I never saw it; it never happened.

[Comments from fans about meeting Stan Kirsch.]

Female Announcer:

--Richie Ryan. Please welcome Stan Kirsch!

Stan Kirsch:

[walks onstage as crowd cheers, picks up microphone, blows on it] Is that working? [crowd responds affirmatively] I'm not dead! [Clip of DM beheading Richie in "Archangel".] [Crowd cheers.]

Q&A with David Abramowitz & Bill Panzer

Fan:

[offscreen] Have you ever been surprised by the reaction to a new character when you've brought one on like Amanda or Methos or Kronos or how well they've been received?

Bill Panzer:

Well, mostly we're surprised when we remove a character.

Fan:

[offscreen] Could you kind of explain the process that went into making that decision to do away with the Richie Ryan character?

Bill Panzer:

I'll answer the first half of that. Yes, it was very difficult. Now David will answer the rest. [Crowd laughs.]

David Abramowitz:

Here's what happens when you do a series like this. Um, the show is Highlander and it's-- the show stars Adrian Paul.

Adrian Paul:

[walks onstage as crowd cheers, picks up microphone] How're you all doing? [Crowd responds.] Oh, a nice day to come here, isn't it? Ooh, there's a lot of people, too.

[Comments from fans about their appreciation of Duncan MacLeod.]

David Abramowitz:

[Q&A with David Abramowitz & Bill Panzer, continued] As Richie developed as a human being and as a young man, the story opportunities changed somewhat and you couldn't play him as "golly gee" anymore because he wasn't "golly gee". So rather than have him go off into oblivion, we decided -- I decided -- we decided, you know, that this is a violent world they live in. And Richie's death gave us a great opportunity for drama. And that's what we look for. We look for great opportunity for drama. And I know many of you mourn him and I am very sorry, but he is dead.

[Clan Denial members confirm their denial.]

Fan in staff shirt:

How would you have changed the ending if you had had the choice? How would you have perhaps made it believable but yet saved your character's life?

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] Oh, well, I think I would have had Adrian kill the evil Richie, but you know, hey, you know, it-- Oh, oops. It was an accident. [Crowd laughs.] Is anybody in Clan Denial? [Clan memebers stand up & scream.] God bless you, Red Shirt people.

[Comments from fans about Richie's death.]

Clan Denial member:

A lot of us think you were the heart of Highlander.

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] Oh boy. That's a major compliment. I want to thank you for that.

Same Clan Denial member:

And, um, Duncan Mloud was the soul, but you were the heart. So, we miss you.

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] I like that, cuz the heart keeps pumping, baby. The heart keeps the blood flowing.

[Comment from fan about Tessa's death.]

Alexandra Vandernoot:

[backstage] I'm ready. I'm used to this now. No stress anymore. I mean, no, it's nice being here. I didn't know so many people would still remember Tessa since I left the show like four years ago. And it's like, you know, I left the show yesterday. So, it's amazing.

Adrian Paul:

[onstage] Uh-oh. It must be Stan Kirsch. Oh, ladies and gentlemen, you are the surprise. [Alexandra comes onstage.] [Clip of DM & Tessa from "Not To Be"] I'm surely you enjoyed Tessa and Duncan. We enjoyed portraying them, I think. Didn't we?

[Comment from fan about Tessa's death.]

[Fan shares that she watched Highlander with her mother before her mother died.]

Adrian Paul:

[onstage] As the living, we always believe and we're always-- we hurt ourselves by when people pass on. Sometimes they're passing on to a better space and they're not hurting anymore. We are. And the sooner-- I know they say time heals and it will. I've had friends of mine die and, um, it's not pleasant, but the thing is how would they want you to be? How would they want you to be in this life? And I think as long as they have done something in this space, their next space will be better. And if that's how you look at it, I think that's how you can go forward.

[Montage of Adrian signing autographs for fans.]

[Comments from fans about their appreciation of Adrian Paul.]

Adrian Paul:

[onstage] As the living, we always believe and we're always-- we hurt ourselves by when people pass on. Sometimes they're passing on to a better space and they're not hurting anymore. We are. And the sooner-- I know they say time heals and it will. I've had friends of mine die and, um, it's not pleasant, but the thing is how would they want you to be? How would they want you to be in this life? And I think as long as they have done something in this space, their next space will be better. And if that's how you look at it, I think that's how you can go forward.

Fan:

[after Adrian has taken his jacket off onstage] God, this time it's not a hot flash. I know it is. [fans herself]

Adrian Paul:

[onstage] From here?

Fan:

From there. Way back there. [points toward back of room. Crowd laughs. Adrian reacts.] I'm really a nice sensible little middle-aged lady usually. [Crowd laughs again.] Question. Everyone who's worked with you mentions the same thing: that you have an incredible work ethic. That you-- you're not grumpy on the set or anything, but you know what you're doing. You know your lines. Where did this come from? How did you get this incredible work ethic?

Adrian Paul:

[onstage] Cuz I want it to be good. I don't think you should do anything half ass. If you're going to do something, do it.

[Comment from fan about their appreciation of Adrian Paul.]

Different fan:

My question for you is, do you see yourself as a role model for young people?

Adrian Paul:

[onstage] That's a tough question. That's a tough question. Um, I think every actor that does something on screen has to sort of consider himself in the public eye. A lot of things he does is seen by a lot of people and affects a lot of people. Therefore, you have to be very careful how you present yourself to young kids.

Fan:

I was wondering if you got-- because you're physically challenged -- have you felt like a role model?

Jim Byrnes:

[onstage] I suppose it is-- that has become something that I have done. I didn't really feel like it in the first place, but when I've thought about it, what I really like to do, it's a good thing to be, because I like that people just can look and say, "Hey, man, this guy's doing it. So can I." You know, I don't like to beat it over the head. I don't like it to be a quote-unquote issue. It's just the reality of this is my life. I live with this every day, as many people live with all sorts of challenges every day. So, I think it's really neat. I mean, just the opportunity that they've given me to not make it an issue, but just to say that, you know, I carry on with my life and hopefully people, uh-- I feel, as opposed to going out and speaking or lobbying, just by living my life and doing what I do, people can take a look and say, "Hey, man, this guy's doing it. I'm going to do it, too."

[Comments from fans about the series.]

David Abramowitz:

[Q&A with David Abramowitz & Bill Panzer, continued] We're very hopeful when we bring in a new character. Amanda wasn't originally written as a recurring character, but there was magic there. In the character of Methos, we were hoping that something would work because what we wanted to do, um, Werner Stocker died -- the actor who played Darius -- and we were looking for a new kind of ancient character, but we wanted to give him a completely different take. And we were hoping that Peter would stick. And did he ever?

[Comments from fans about their appreciation of Peter Wingfield.]

[Crowds cheering as Peter exits the "loft elevator" onto the stage, poses, and picks up a handheld microphone.]

Peter Wingfield:

[into mic] Candygram.

Roger Daltrey:

[onstage] Strange thing with fame. The Who, at their peak, were one of the biggest bands in-- probably THE biggest band in the world at the time and we had-- [Crowd cheers, claps.] Thank you for putting us there. But it brings an awful lot of-- it restricts your life an awful lot. An awful lot. And the great thing now about my life is that I've had that and and have tried to create a new career and it's not been easy. It's not easy to come out from a giant rock band like that and walk straight into the acting business. It's difficult, and I've learned the craft back in England. But what it's given me, is it's given me a chance to really live a normal life a bit, and I've enjoyed that more than anything. So it's great to know that I'm kind of succeeding.

Jim Byrnes:

[onstage, during concert] Ladies and gentlemen, Roger Daltrey! [Roger joins band on stage, sings "Stand By Me".]

Fan:

If you had a perfect role or the perfect director, what would that role be?

Peter Wingfield:

[onstage] It's very hard for me. You know, Highlander has has spoiled me. Playing Methos has been, you know, one episode it's a romance, another episode it's like really dark, unpleasant territory that you don't want to visit too often.

[Comment from fan about the series.]

Fan:

Did you-- do you have like an inspiration for-- As far as when you started Highlander, do either one of you believe in reincarnation or afterlife? Was that a part of your idea towards Highlander or did that have any input towards it?

Bill Panzer:

[Q&A with David Abramowitz & Bill Panzer, continued] What I found fascinating about Highlander was that it did not deal with afterlife, is that it dealt with a very extended life. It dealt with people who are exactly like you and I with that one little difference. And we always thought that wouldn't it be great if you were watching the Highlander-- when you went to the theater to see Highlander, that Immortals could be sitting next to you and you would never know it. And that was always the interesting part, was that there was no spirituality except what was created through the characters themselves.

Fan:

You know, one of the funnest things about Highlander for me was always the concept of immortality and what a person might do with that, you know, should they have it. And I wanted to know, what do you guys think would be the funnest thing about being immortal?

Roger Daltrey:

[onstage] God, this is getting serious. [Crowd laughs.] Jim, help.

Jim Byrnes:

[sitting next to him onstage] You know, I'm old and crotchety. I guess that'd be the greatest thing is you wouldn't, you know, arthritis and all this stuff wouldn't happen to you, but who wants to live forever? I don't know that I would want to, you know.

[Comments from fans about immortality.]

David Abramowitz:

[Q&A with David Abramowitz & Bill Panzer, continued] I almost look at Highlander as Bible stories in some sort of strange kind of way, as a strange, surreal modern-day, you know, morality plays, good and evil, David and Goliath, classic stories, um, that are based on some classic mythology.

Fan:

When you first saw the script for "Comes a Horseman" and "Revelation Eight-Six"", or first heard the story line, was it a surprise? Did you--

Peter Wingfield:

[onstage] Are you kidding me? Someone came up to me and said, "Have you seen the next script? You're one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse." How would you feel?

[Clips of Methos from "Comes a Horseman", including the 'Jimmy scene'.]

Peter Wingfield:

[onstage] Stories like that are very hard to do because you have to acknowledge things about you that you're not-- about yourself that you're not proud of and that you-- that there are urges, desires, behaviors that you have exhibited and may exhibit again that are dark. Acting is an exploration of that, using yourself as a laboratory, and it's hard, because it's personal.

Alexandra Vandernoot:

[onstage] This is my first convention. I didn't know, I mean, so many people would be here and so many people would know so much about the work we did, about our characters. So, it's, for me it's a huge surprise and I really, I'm thankful for you to be here because it's something I had no idea that it could exist, you know, really.

Bruce Young:

[onstage with Alexandra] Well, for me on one level it's a surprise, and on one level it's not, because what we do as actors is we try to instill passion and, you know, interest in an audience, and if we haven't, we haven't done our job. So you would hope that whatever role you do affects people and they walk away with it thinking about, you know, maybe not about you but about what the episode was about, what line was said... that's what the art is, that's what theater is, is a catharsis of emotion, so I hope some of our passion has leaked off to you.

[Comments from fans about the series.]

Roger Daltrey:

[onstage] I must say I did have trouble with the character of Fitz in the modern world, and I-- having him just in the past freed him up to do so much more. I mean, I must say I did find it difficult taking the whole thing seriously. [Crowd laughs.] But I thought it was a very interesting slant to have an Immortal that just wanted to have fun and make love to all the women and really didn't want to fight anybody. So, uh, I think it kind of worked and it freed the show up to just have a break from the dark side and just make you see another side of Duncan MacLeod. And I think in that sense, I think the show was very courageous.

Bruce Young:

[onstage] The traits I liked about were -- Carl in particular -- were his humanity, his independence. I got to go into some things from going from slave times into modern times. So for me it was lots of fun to just mine all of that emotional baggage, information, and processes it through a character. So that was my favorite part.

Alexandra Vandernoot:

[onstage with Bruce] Um, for myself, I liked everything about Tessa. I think she was a-- No, it's true. She was a fine woman. The only thing I missed in the show was that I was-- since I was mortal, I couldn't have flashbacks. [Crowd laughs.] It's true. And it's something I would have liked a lot, like disguise myself and stuff. And I was locked in this time. And so that's the only thing I missed about my character.

[Comment from fan about Amanda.]

Bill Panzer:

Okay, we brought you the first immortal beheadings on television and now we are breaking technical new ground at the Highlander convention live on satellite. Elizabeth Gracen.

Elizabeth Gracen:

[lifts martini] Are you having fun? Cheers. I'm gonna need this. [takes a sip, sets glass aside]

Bill Panzer:

Thanks very much for being here. We're going to open it up to questions here in the audience. Uh, let's see who would like to begin. How about right over here?

Nasally voice offscreen:

Hi, Amanda. Hi. Um, hi, Amanda.

Elizabeth Gracen:

Let me guess who this would be. What are you doing there? This is my time.

Adrian Paul:

Well, you know, like they asked me all these question.

Elizabeth Gracen:

Are you not getting--

Adrian Paul:

Am I not getting what?

Elizabeth Gracen:

Enough attention. [Crowd reacts. Liz winks at camera.] Am I on a little screen or something?

Adrian Paul:

No, you're on a huge screen. You know that wart you've got on the end of the side of your nose there? [Liz covers her nose with her hand.] Gotcha!

Elizabeth Gracen:

Are you having fun?

Adrian Paul:

Oh, it's a great time. It's fabulous so far. Nobody's, like, knocked me over yet.

Elizabeth Gracen:

And everyone is there? They had a dinner or something last night?

Adrian Paul:

Everybody's here, right? [to crowd] You all having fun out here?

Elizabeth Gracen:

I wish I was there. It's a shame that I can't be there. I'm really sorry.

Adrian Paul:

Yeah, we know. Whatever.

Elizabeth Gracen:

I'd love to be there. Just-- All right. Go back to your booth or something. Go sell something.

Adrian Paul:

My booth?

Elizabeth Gracen:

Go sell another poster of yourself, all right?

Adrian Paul:

Well, I tell you what. I tell you what, Lizzy. It's great to see and I hope I'll talk to you soon and um--

Elizabeth Gracen:

Yeah, have fun.

Adrian Paul:

I'll sign your autograph for you. Okay.

Elizabeth Gracen:

Okay. Big X.

Adrian Paul:

You take care. All right. See you, honey.

Elizabeth Gracen:

Bye, honey. Love you. [as Adrian leaves] I knew he'd show up. He can't resist me.

Fan:

I wondered if in the new season, will we see guest stars like that? Very strong women, especially, you know, since Amanda will be the lead, will we still see very strong women leads guest starring?

Bill Panzer:

[Q&A with David Abramowitz & Bill Panzer, continued] Well, I think that with a co-star like Amanda, it's going to be fun to have her run up against, come in contact with, women who are also strong. I mean, it's not just, you know, it's not like that is not a reality in the world today and that's going to be a reality on the show whenever it's appropriate.

Young fan:

I just like to say that I'm really looking forward to your new series and I was just wondering if there's any guest stars you'd really like to see on there, like Rebecca or Duncan or someone.

Elizabeth Gracen:

Oh, I think it would be a big mistake to not have all the characters still involved with the show, even though it may spin to a different area. I think that core group of people, there's-- they're so important to the myth of Highlander and what it all started from. And the thing is, for an actor, you just want great actors working with you all the time. And those people are great actors. I would love that.

Fan:

A little birdie told me, Jim, that Elizabeth was very interested in maybe having a love interest between you and her.

Jim Byrnes:

[onstage] Sounds good to me. [crowd laughs]

Jennifer:

Hi, my name is Jennifer.

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] Hi, Jennifer.

Jennifer:

I'm on the Rysher forum. I'm the Clan MacNut, the Clan MacWench

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] The Clan MacNut

Jennifer:

The Clan MacWench -- I'm your chief wench.

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] You're my chief wench? Nice to finally meet my chief wench.

Jennifer:

Nice to meet you. Clan Denial. I'm the keeper of your green jacket and your black jeans. And--

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] Wait, wait, wait. You're talking so fast. Something about a green jacket.

Jennifer:

I'm the keeper of your green jacket and your black jeans.

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] I'm sorry for you.

Jennifer:

I want to know how you feel about duct tape.

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] Duct tape?

Jennifer:

Yes.

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] I would imagine there's a lot of uses for duct tape. Are we talking about double-sided duct tape?

Jennifer:

Yeah.

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] It's sticky.

Jennifer:

Thank you very much.

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] Oh, you're welcome.

Fan:

Would you be willing to sprawl for us all on the green--

Peter Wingfield:

[onstage] Would I be willing to sprawl? [Crowd cheers encouragingly. Peter goes over to the green couch onstage and throws himself onto it. Cameras flash.] Wow. I feel like such a tart. [Crowd laughs, cheers.] Okay, enough of that.

Fan:

First of all, both of you look so darn good. My question is for both of you. Um, what have you learned from Duncan MacLeod, as yourself and as your character?

Jim Byrnes:

[after awkward pause from both of them] Go ahead, Roger.

Roger Daltrey:

As myself, he's full of shit. [Crowd laughs.] As my character, thank God he was around.

Jim Byrnes:

Well, all of life is hopefully a learning process, and so, you know, you learn about-- a lot about yourself and you learn about the people you work with, and it was just the stuff that came up in the scripts. There were, you know, opportunities to really look at friendship and look at loyalty and whether, you know, loyalty is more important than the rules or if you're loyal to the rules or if you're loyal to your friend. So there's a lot of stuff that I'm still learning about, as you, in retrospect, you look back at the work you did and different little things pop up every day. So it's hard to say.

Fan:

Thank you.

Jim Byrnes:

I'm going into politics, too. What do you think?

Christine:

I was wondering -- this is kind of a funny question, but what do you think would happen if when you tried to kill an Immortal, if you cut them in half and, like, spread them out, would they grow back together? This-- it's been bugging me for a really long time.

Elizabeth Gracen:

What is your name?

Christine:

I'm Christine.

Elizabeth Gracen:

Hi, Christine. Somebody watch Christine.

[Comments from fans about the series.]

[Montage from around the convention, set to jazzy music.]

Fan:

Could you talk a little bit about where you are in the martial arts now? Maybe how the show has helped you or affected you, and also maybe one or two of the combats that you staged that really you enjoyed as a martial artist.

Adrian Paul:

[onstage] Martial arts to me gave me a discipline. I was always very disciplined in a lot of sports, and martial arts was an extension of something that I wanted to do which was create a -- not a fighting thing, but a protection for me. The show itself gave me the opportunity to explore a lot more the martial arts that I do.

[Clip from "Armageddon", of DM 'fighting' Ahriman-Kronos with Chi Gung.]

[Comments from fans about the martial arts & sword fights.]

[Clip of the final fight between DM & Consone in "Duende".]

F. Braun McAsh:

[walks onstage] Oh, sword boy! [bows to Anthony De Longis, who joins him onstage carrying a large duffel bag] Okay. [reacts to microphone] Oh, they work. Um, basically what we're going to do today, at least right at the moment, is -- because there have been so many questions in previous Q&As that I've done in all the various other places -- So what we're going to do right now, is we are going to spontaneously -- none of this has been pre-rehearsed -- Tony and I are going to put together a fight right here.

[F. Braun & Anthony go slow motion through the moves of a sword fight.]

[Comment from fan about the sword fight demonstration.]

[F. Braun & Anthony go slow motion through the moves of a sword fight. Adrian sneaks onstage and steals one of Anthony's two swords.]

Fan:

[interview comment] Yesterday I was at the sword demonstration and Adrian Paul showed up and he started doing some sword fighting there and Bruce Young and it was incredible. It was probably one of the best parts of the convention and it's just one amazing thing after another. It's been pretty good.

[F. Braun choreographs a fight between Anthony and Adrian. Anthony & Adrian run through the moves. Then they run through them again, at speed.]

[Shots of various items to be auctioned. Adrian Paul acting as auctioneer. Roger Daltrey models a brown period dress.]

Adrian Paul:

Fifteen hundred dollars, sold. It's a dangerous thing, a mic, isn't it? [short time later] Oh, Mr. Panzer's here. Remember what I said I'd do with that mic? [Crowd laughs.] Hi, Bill.

[Roger Daltrey re-joins them onstage, wearing his regular clothes, fixing the collar of his shirt.]

Bill Panzer:

Hi there. Nice to see you dressed.

Roger Daltrey:

[takes mic from him] It would be nice to see you undressed, Bill. What do we have, to see Bill Panzer undressed?

Person in crowd:

[yells out] I'll give you five dollars!

Adrian Paul:

Sold!

Roger Daltrey:

Are we going up from that, or down? [Crowd laughs.]

[Stan Kirsch helps auctioneer for a motorcycle, sold for $6,500.]

Stan Kirsch:

She's going to get her ride. You can be sure of that.

[Adrian Paul assists with bidding for the T-bird, sells for $61,000.]

Bruce Young:

[backstage] The first Highlander convention and it was a rousing success. Had a smashing time and can't wait till the next one.

[Comments from fans about the convention.]

[Jim Byrnes singing at evening concert.]

Adrian Paul:

[onstage with Alexandra] I just want to finish off saying, um, Highlander was a lot of fun. This will be-- this almost is like the end party for me, in a way, this convention because it's... the end, if you like. I mean it was-- November was the last time we shot, but onto the next stuff, and I want to thank you very much. I want to thank Highlander and everybody associated with it who made the show well worth me doing it, for my spirit and for my career. And thank you all for watching. [leaves stage with Alexandra]

Announcer:

Let's hear it again for Adrian Paul.

Fan:

Hi, Elizabeth. Um, just one question. You've done so much over the years -- Miss America, TV shows, now you have your own role. Is there anything you don't have that you want or what have you had before that you've wanted and now you don't? Something like that.

Elizabeth Gracen:

Hm. It's funny, after years of-- I've had a good life. It's been difficult, some of it, and, um, a little bit more eventful than I care for at the moment, but... I don't know. A family, a great relationship, kids, you know. I guess maybe to a lot of people that doesn't sound very glamorous, but to me I consider those the most important things and that's what I would like.

Alexandra Vandernoot:

[onstage] After my character died on the show, the show was released in American television, and after a while I got plenty of letters, and in one letter someone said, "If we had told you before how much we cared for you, maybe you wouldn't have left the show." You know, it's true, and maybe, yeah, I don't know, and anyway I want to thank you because when I received that huge amounts of letter I was very, very moved, so thank.

Fan:

If you were cloned, and the person, you had to, like, teach that clone -- you, yourself -- what advice would you give it? Would you say you wanted him to follow your path?

Stan Kirsch:

[onstage] I would say, be true to yourself. Do what's right for you. Be your own best friend. Do the right thing. Go with your heart.

Peter Wingfield:

[onstage] This whole thing, you know, this [motions to listening crowd] this weekend, the show -- a hundred and twenty-odd episodes of it -- the whole thing is just so beyond my experience. My-- the journey that I've made from not having any idea what the show was about, to it being the major force in my life, you know, both internally and and physically. It has completely changed my life. I walk the streets in Paris and people recognize me. I walk the streets in Brisbane and people recognize me. How bizarre is that? The opposite side of the world, people have my face on a t-shirt. [Crowd laughs, cheers.] The sense of family is extraordinary, and amongst the members of my fan club that-- you hear, people that have made contacts through the internet and formed friendships that are probably their deepest closest friendships and are going to last a lifetime. That's incredible. I would like to say thank you to you, because you're very generous in your thanks to me, but the warmth that you offer to me and to the other members of the cast and crew is a very special, precious thing, and I'm very grateful for it. So, thank you very much and see you all very soon.

Bill Panzer:

[onstage] Well, I think David needs to give us a blessing.

David Abramowitz:

[onstage with him] Um, well, this is not-- this is just your basic blessing that I did a number of years ago. It's generic to all religions. It goes: [sings in Hebrew] "May the Lord bless you and keep you." [sings in Hebrew] "May lift his countenance upon you." [sings in Hebrew] "And may he grant you all peace." Thank you very much.

[Montage of clips from around the convention, set to "Bonnie Portmore".]