Babbling Six's US SD 2 Premiere Report
(Los Angeles Scooby Doo 2 Premiere - March 19, 2004)

Jonelle: Well, to make sure that we had our spots reserved, we spent the night at the Hollywood Renaissance so we could arrive as early as possible. We stayed up for hours upon hours making signs that we thought would come in handy (or not). We also had to work on our t-shirts, which btw almost gave Nancy, Josh, and me a heartattack because the transfer wouldn't transfer onto the first t-shirt. All we had to do, was turn up the heat on the iron and luckily the tranfer finally worked! Anyway, our markers were running out after hours and hours upon coloring (btw I DESPISE coloring now) and we were extremely tired, so we all eventually passed out by 3 AM. Our alarm, as well as wakeup call, came in at 6:30 A.M. We all got up, scrambled to finish our signs, showered, threw on our shirts, and headed off to Hollywood Blvd. A few things went wrong but we managed to make it outside before anyone else. They had already set up the posters and barricades for the event. We thought we were going to have a completely obstructed view of the event. The first thing we did was scope out the area to figure out where the best spots would be. The second thing we did, thanks to the INCREDIBLY generous security guard, was to pose in front of the REAL Mystery Machine for a group photo. (Yay!) Then we split up into groups, and stationed ourselves at two key spots. One right near their drop-offs and the other right near the only opening across the street from the press line. Nancy, Kieu and Josh were positioned with Janna, across from the opening. Gen, Karen, and I were positioned near the drop-offs. Later, Gen and I ran off to find a marker. We needed to finish our signs and make more signs. We came back with ONE five-dollar green marker. Yes, a FIVE DOLLAR marker people, the store owner was generous enough to sell it to us for that price (*ahem*). Nancy and Josh ran off to get a big red balloon, and she, Josh, and Kieu wrote SMGFan.com, FreddiePrinzeJr.com, as well as Linda-Cardellini.com all over it.

Nancy: We stood in line from 8:00 on, and enjoyed being questioned by people as to what some of our signs meant. Or why we had them, who would be showing up, and singing along to the SD2 soundtrack. We waited for a while, running back and forth, hyping up, resting up, and snacking on lots of caffeine, sugar and junk. All of our waiting finally paid off when Alicia Silverstone arrived at the premiere. She was followed by Simple Plan and Ruben Studdard. Peter Boyle showed up, as well as several miscellaneous people, (we had no idea who they were, aside from the fact that they were apparently on the Disney Channel.) We recognized a few other people there, but it wasn't anything major.

Josh: Well, a large, black, SUV drove right past us (the street was closed off, thankfully!), made a u-turn and stopped right in front of the red carpet. We realized it was Sarah and Freddie because the press got really excited. Sarah stepped out of her car, and immediately bypassed the red carpet and started crossing the street. She gave a few waves to the crowd, and went over to the barricades. The six of us started freaking out, we could actually SEE Sarah! She was right there. We were taking pictures and trying to get camera footage. We weren’t really expecting anything. Some of us were getting shoved against the barricades because everyone behind us started pushing to get to Sarah. She signed for a few kids at the beginning of the line, then signed for four kids dressed as the Scooby gang. She bypassed a group of the people in the crowd, and came right up to our group. She focused right on me, probably because I was smack dab in the middle. I just stared in awe, and went, "Sarah! Will you sign my shirt?" so she asked "Does anybody have a Sharpie?" It was then that we pulled out the magical, wonderful, FIVE DOLLAR green marker. She proceeded to sign my shirt, (Sarah Michelle,) as photographers were all around, photographing it. I babbled out how I was the Fred on TRL, and my friend with me had been Daphne. She looked up at me and went, "That’s right! I remember! I remember that!" She was signing Nancy’s shirt then, and I went, "I came from Boston, would you mind taking a picture with me?" And she complied very happily. I then thanked her and told her I loved her. Kieu was next in line, someone pushed into her and it seemed like she was going to fall over the barricade. Sarah went, "Careful! Don’t fall!" She started signing Kieu’s shirt, and apologized for it being messy but said "its better that way!", so she started signing her initials instead of her full name. Karen and Genesis had been standing in the crowd, completely stuck. Jonelle noticed that they were stuck on the other side and Sarah was going to be moved down the line. Karen went, "Dammit, I guess she’s gone", so Jonelle went, "No she’s not!" and pushed Karen and Gen up front. Sarah told Karen something along the lines of "Come here" and she said "Okay" then held up her shirt front so Sarah could sign. During all this, Sarah made a comment about our t-shirts, something along the lines of "you guys spent a lot of time on these huh?" And we all answered her "YES!" Gen’s shirt was next to be signed, and Karen’s now reads something along the lines of "SMc" or "SMa"...It depends on how you’re looking at it. Sarah was trying to get to Jonelle, but she couldn’t push through completely so Sarah went, "Just give me and arm, or something!" (Jonelle’s tee-shirt’s arm now bears "SMG" or rather "SMg".)

Gen: Sarah handed the (FIVE DOLLAR!) marker back to Karen, and we all screamed out our complete success at getting Sarah’s attention. We were all very composed when Sarah was with us, but when she moved away, we broke down. I wasn’t expecting Sarah to reach me, I was not expecting anything but to have the chance to see her from afar and support her. When Sarah moved away, everything slowed. I looked around unbelieving and everything literally came crashing down...this was real. Josh turned around to see Nancy crying, and then to me, bawling overwhelmed and completely and utterly in shock/awe. This then caused a chain reaction as the six of us stood there in tears. We all basically suffocated each other with enormous hugs: trying to calm the other down and in happiness. Everybody was very excited for us. (Well, almost everyone...Those in the back were mauling us with their eyes. But they weren’t the ones up since 6 A.M. with 3 hours of sleep!)

Karen: So after that ordeal, Sarah signed for very few people after us, and went to the press line. Matt was signing for a few kids up front, and Freddie did as well. Gen, Nancy, J etc. started calling to Freddie. He turned toward us while in the press line and gave a great big wave. We started jumping up and down and screaming. I believe the wave was caught on tape. We followed Sarah and Freddie through the press line - following their feet, which were the only things that were really viewable through the tiny gaps between posters. We would call out Sarah's name, but we didn't want to be rude so we would stop for periods of time, and then when she was closer to the largest gap, we were told to call her name again. She was still being interviewed, so we waited until she had finished talking (because we're such well-mannered children lol). The second she stopped talking, our whole group, (which did include more than the six of us,) screamed out her name. We were holding two of our signs up, one overhead and one against the barricade. Sarah turned to us (which again caused pandemonium behind us - video camera footage got a bit shaky at this point. It's hilarious.), smiled and waved with one hand, then waved with both hands to us. She was grinning, and then shielded her eyes to read our signs. She pointed to us, laughing, and gave us thumbs up. She held both index fingers up (as in "number one"), then responded to us very enthusiastically, which was really fun to see. (This will later be researched as to what we THINK she may have said, seeing as everything has been caught on video. We were trying to figure it out while still together, but it was too difficult.) She tapped her friend to have the signs be read by her, and her friend laughed with her. After waving, she then left the press line and went inside. Meanwhile, we were still in awe/shock. I am currently still in shock. Did all that really happen?

Kieu: After the premiere, we went around to the side of the theater and waited near the exit, in hopes of getting more pictures. Everyone was all split up because we didn't know where the exit was. We just stood where we saw black cars. Karen and myself were helping this lady with leg problems so we got split up with the group. I acutally massaged this woman's leg while karen held her up. We're such friggin saints. This "lady" had to sit down so i was there with her while karen went back to the place behind the concert area to wait, because there was a buttload of cars parked there. Then i saw about 7 security guards come out of the concert area that the "lady" and i were infront of, so i called them over (thank god for cellphones). There, Seth gave us a wave, as did Linda, Alicia, James Gunn, and Matt responded to our sign by saying he "liked the way" we thought. Sarah and Freddie had apparently left early, so there was no sign of them, but the day was incredible, and none of us will ever forget it.

As cheesy as it sounds, meeting Sarah is special, but it’s the company that makes it memorable. What’s a meeting if you can’t share the experience with your close friends? Now, we’re FOR-EV-ERRRR linked.