FANBOY (Sorta) FAIL! Jennifer Garner Is A No Show… But I Get To Meet Vanessa Williams! Gedde Watanabe! Nicholas Brendon! Ed Asner! Justina Machado! Constance Zimmer! Autographs! Photos and More!
One of my favorite people in the world is Ms Jennifer Garner! I love her! And so does Scotty as well. So… When I heard that Jennifer was the honorary host of the Young Playwright’s Festival benefit I had to head out.
There are also a bunch of other random people I would like to meet as well… So I figured why not check it out right? RIGHT? lol…
4:32 p.m. – I just said goodbye to my friend Vanessa and headed to Hollywood with Scotty. There are a lot of people on the list, however I only need a few so…
4:43 p.m. – There are about six or so people here. Thankfully, none of the horrible dealers are here… yet… I always say that ominously. LOL…
4:48 p.m. – It’s a beautiful day, the only thing that sucks is the super bright sun.
4:54 p.m. – Oh… It’s…. Oh shit it’s Vanessa Williams! I love her! She is one of the Housewives for God sakes! lol… The only thing I have for her is a black and white photo from a photo art book.
5:03 p.m. – Vanessa just parked and is happy to come on over and sign.
I’ve only met Vanessa one other time but she’s always been really nice! Vanessa is all smiles and signs one each for everyone. She personalizes everything. I tell Vanessa I miss Desperate Housewives and she’s like, “It’s only been a few weeks!” lol…
Vanessa does photos when asked as well. Mine didn’t come out that great… lol… That’s okay, I have a really nice one from the last time I met her.
5:11 p.m. – I see Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Nicholas Brendon who is looking pretty good. When did Xander get hot? Hmmm Nicholas stops and signs a couple action figures for me.
Honestly, I did not recognize him at first and then Scotty grabbed a figure from my bag and was like, “Where’s my figure?” So he could get one signed for me. Nicholas had to run and said he would do a photo in a few minutes.
5:16 p.m. – Sure enough Nicholas comes back and is like “Hey man, thanks for waiting!”
He signs my last figure and then is happy to do a photo. Such a nice guy!
5:24 p.m. – Greg and Liz are here. Plus, a couple other collector/dealers. It’s always nice to see people you like when you’re out and about! 🙂
5:31 p.m. – It’s always nice to be able to add a smiley face in an article. lol…
5:42 p.m. – still no sign of Jennifer Garner… Sigh…
5:45 p.m. – Oh, there’s television legend Ed Asner… Such a nice man!
He comes over and signs and signs and signs. Scotty got Ed to sign his UP DVD, I got him on a photo for a collector friend. Hyper nice!
5:47 p.m. – Oh crap! There’s Justina Machado. Now, Six Feet Under is one of my favorite shows of all time, and Justina played Vanessa who was Rico’s wife in the show. I see her walking up and I didn’t realize how short she is! LOL… I grab my Six Feet Under poster… The one that I’ve been working on for years.
Justina is really sweet and I actually had to get on my knees to get a photo with her. I keep forgetting how tall I am sometimes. LOL…
5:54 p.m. – Honestly, even without any Garner sighting as of yet, I’m having a fun day. It’s always a pleasure to hang with MTF’s resident music man!
6:01 p.m. – There are all these white balloon’s in the sky… Scotty said, “The sky is filled with sperm.” Nice… I feel like I have to watch where I walk now otherwise I could get hit by falling sperm. Ewwwww
6:12 p.m. – I’m obsessing over the falling sperm. Can’t help it.
6:21 p.m. – Oh crap, there’s Gedde Watanabe! Now, he’s Long Duk Dong from 16 Candles. I love that movie so so so much! When I heard he might be here I had to bring my 16 Candles mini poster and my UK 16 Candles Mini poster as well.
Scotty took my second poster to get signed for me. I was the first to ask Gedde for an autograph and he was like, “Wow, how long have you had this poster!” I was like “forever!” LOL…
Gedde even wrote his character name, “Donger” under his signature! LOL… How fun is that! Then Gedde got mobbed by people… I thought he was the pope there for a second!
6:23 p.m. – Gedde is getting a little overwhelmed but I still manage to eek out a crappy photo with him. Ah well… What can you do right?
6:36 p.m. – Scotty just met Scott Lowell from Queer as Folk to sign a DVD cover. He was so so so nice.
6:42 p.m. – Sigh… So far no Jennifer Garner… Oh shit, there’s Lenny Jacobson! Lenny plays… Well… Lenny on nurse Jackie. I love Nurse Jackie and I have been working on a cast poster forever! Lenny was so kind.
He was happy to sign my poster and was like really cool introducing himself and then doing a photo with me. Very cool!
6:48 p.m. – No Jennifer yet…. Constance Zimmer just arrived. Liz really wanted a photo with her and she is so nice! She is signing her life away and making cute comments about how “flipping through these photos is like having a history of her bangs.” LOL…
she’s kind of adork-Able… Oh god, did I just an advertising slogan as a word? I think I did…. Lord…
7:05 p.m. – A woman is walking across the street draped in scarves and sweaters… God bless Hollywood!
7:34 p.m. – Well, we are calling it. No Jennifer Garner sadly…
All in all even though it was a Fanboy Fail as far as Jennifer Garner was concerned we had a really nice time and got to meet some people I probably would never have been able to otherwise. So, I call that a success. And it was a really fun day!
Such a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon! LOL… I think only a Fanboy can say that. right? lol…
Until next time kids…
sigh….. so many people I would of liked to meet!! great write-up
The Donger! The 80’s RULE!!!!!!!
Nick Brendan does look hot. Nice tan