My Anthony story is, we went to a small-time fan convention in Toronto in the early aughts, held iirc at a hotel, though I don’t recall which one. But as we walked in through the lobby, there was a small news crew stood round a man being interviewed. And of course I knew immediately, but my mother was just kinda squinting at this guy like a cat when you suddenly turn on a bright light
And she goes, “I think I know that guy from somewhere.”
Being a bit of a little shit I think I said something like, “Maybe you used to work with him once?” and she made a speculatively affirmative noise. Mum was a high school librarian. “It’s Anthony Stewart Head, mum, he’s in Buffy.”
It’s been an injoke so long that today she led with ‘Did you hear my old co-worker died?’
