{"id":47117,"date":"2024-05-31T13:42:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.businessupturn.com\/?p=47117"},"modified":"2024-05-31T13:42:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:42:03","slug":"stephen-king-fanboying-over-his-favorite-goonie-via-signed-funko-pop-was-not-on-our-2024-bingo-card-but-were-here-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/stephen-king-fanboying-over-his-favorite-goonie-via-signed-funko-pop-was-not-on-our-2024-bingo-card-but-were-here-for-it\/47117\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen King fanboying over his favorite Goonie via signed Funko Pop was not on our 2024 bingo card, but we\u2019re here for it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"bf568c11-ece6-4e48-9f7a-d70d4e366792\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>Adding another item to his impressive collection of fan memorabilia, Stephen King recently shared his excitement over a new addition: a Funko Pop figurine of actor and musician Corey Feldman. On May 28, the renowned author of <em>Carrie<\/em> posted an image on Twitter\/X, proudly displaying the collectible. In a caption brimming with enthusiasm, King wrote, \u201cI got my Cory Feldman Funko! Signed!\u201d Although he misspelled \u201cCorey,\u201d his joy was unmistakable.<\/p>\n<p>The figurine bears Feldman\u2019s signature, along with the words \u201cdig it\u201d and King\u2019s name, scrawled in a hand that suggests famous people might not have time for perfect penmanship. Feldman responded to King\u2019s post, expressing his pleasure that King liked the gift, and graciously noted that King \u201cget[s] a pass\u201d on the typo because he is \u201cone of the greatest writers to ever live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The connection between King and Feldman has been building for a while. It started in December 2023 when King tweeted that he \u201cgotta have a Feldman Funko.\u201d Feldman quickly responded, assuring King that he would send him one. He even referenced <em>Stand By Me<\/em>, the 1986 film based on King\u2019s novella <em>The Body<\/em>, in which Feldman starred. Feldman expressed his admiration, noting that King wrote the story for \u201cthe most critically acclaimed film of my childhood career\u201d and promised to ship the figurine.<\/p>\n<p>This interaction is just the latest in a series of exchanges between King and Feldman. King has previously declared his love for <em>The Goonies<\/em>, a film featuring Feldman, by tweeting, \u201cTime for The Goonies on SciFi.\u201d Feldman, in turn, invited King to the premiere of his documentary <em>(My) Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys<\/em> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>King himself is no stranger to Funko Pop fame. In 2019, two figurines were released in his likeness, further cementing his status in pop culture. King\u2019s enthusiasm for Feldman and his work is palpable, contrasting starkly with his well-known disdain for figures like Donald Trump. It\u2019s safe to say we won\u2019t be seeing any Trump-themed collectibles on his timeline.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, King\u2019s interaction with Feldman and the excitement over his signed Funko Pop demonstrate the enduring connection between fans and the objects of their admiration, even for someone as celebrated as Stephen King.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding another item to his impressive collection of fan memorabilia, Stephen King recently shared his excitement over a new addition:\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":47118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1079],"class_list":["post-47117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-stephen-king"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}