Chicago November 2008 - Jensen Solo Panel - Enhanced Edition Con Video

CHICON 2008 solo panel with Jensen Ackles. This event took place on Sunday, November 16, 2008. The source videos are not my own and I used multiple sources; see below for details. More than half of the final edit came from the video AgtSpooky generously provided me, which I believe did not previously exist on YouTube.

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ENHANCEMENTS
1. I ran an upscale and stabilization program to improve video quality and reduce shakiness, and I made color corrections to try to make the colors look more natural and consistent between the sources. The end result isn't perfect, it was originally recorded with 2008 technology, but I do think it looks much better than any other video of this event published to date.

2. I added (mostly) subtle content to help explain pop culture references that viewers might not be familiar with and to refresh people's memories of episodes being discussed.

3. I added GOOD, color-coded subtitles, unlike the auto-generated atrocities most of these older videos have that don't even make sense. If you turn on the CC button, these sometimes chaotic videos will make a LOT more sense! If I wasn't confident about what they said, even if I thought I could guess based on context, I marked it as [inaudible] in the subtitles.
Blue = Jensen
Green = Audience
Yellow = Fan at mic
White = Staff

VIDEO REFERENCE NOTES
1. The following video shows Jason Manns telling the BB gun story that the fans brought up near the end of Jensen's panel.    • Chicago Supernatural Con 2008: Jason Manns 2  

VIDEO SOURCE REFERENCES
Over half the footage came from a video AgtSpooky generously sent me.

Most of the remaining footage came from the below source (4 videos total).
   • 9 - Supernatural Chicago Jensen - 2008Nov  

Most of the audio and a very small portion of the remaining footage came from the below source (5 videos total).
   • Jensen Ackles 1  

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor in Smallville: ambrosia.com.br/mensagem-de-michael-rosenbaum-ao-sair-de-smallville/

Jensen on Dawson's Creek: thetvdb.com/series/dawsons-creek/people/65660433

Jensen on The Boys: www.cbr.com/the-boys-soldier-boy-jensen-ackles-smoldering-pic/

Deadliest Catch image: www.nationalfisherman.com/alaska/deadliest-catch-returns-in-2023-despite-closing-of-fisheries

Behind-the-Scenes shot of Jensen filming the last scene of No Rest for the Wicked: raloria.livejournal.com/photo/album/4327/

Jerry Wanek: www.supernaturalwiki.com/File:Jerrywanek.jpg

Unfrosted chocolate cake: thebakeologie.com/sturdy-moist-chocolate-cake/

Chocolate on chocolate and with chocolate in it: bluebowlrecipes.com/chocolate-truffle-cake-with-milk-chocolate-buttercream/

Chocolate sprinkles heart: www.jiomart.com/p/groceries/la-casa-dark-chocolate-rainbow-vermicelli-sprinkles-200-gm-pack-of-2/591754706

Cup of chocolate: cupofjo.com/2013/01/16/the-best-coconut-hot-chocolate-youll-ever-have/

Dark chocolate cake: curlygirlkitchen.com/high-altitude-mini-chocolate-cake-for-two/

Ganache: www.yenersway.com/recipes/dark-chocolate-ganache-recipe/

Martin Sexton: wfuv.org/audio/archives/live-concerts/martin-sexton-live-concert-2008

Vogue Theatre: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogue_Theatre

Estimated concert date that Jensen attended was based on paging through a few years starting in 2008 and going backwards at the following site. I did not see any other Martin Sexton concerts at the Vogue Theatre. www.concertarchives.org/bands/martin-sexton?year=2008

House of Blues: www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g55711-d1574753-Reviews-House_Of_Blues_Dallas-Dallas_Texas.html#/media-atf/1574753/286834012:p/?albumid=-160&type=0&category=-160

The Mr Rhodes screen capture came from this video. (Jensen sings in it, toward the end.)    • Mr. Rhodes 1x17 The Valentine Show  

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid freeze frame was captured from this video:    • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) ...  

This site helped me figure out which episodes had the side by side gun and the colt Jensen was talking about; the images themselves came from my own Blu-ray set as did the other images from the show. (I ended up pulling the same frame they did for the Colt though.) www.imfdb.org/wiki/Supernatural_-_Season_4#Side_by_Side_Sawed_Off_Shotgun

Image of composition of blank and real bullets: georgiaguntraining.com/f/alec-baldwin-murderer