Post by Emilysmom on Feb 24, 2009 21:41:59 GMT -5
I'm sure you all remember Emily's "Hairspray" craze last year. She absolutely LOVED that musical, and we ended up seeing it 15 times!!!!!
Then she got the DVD for Christmas that year, and has watched it quite a few more times!
SO.............Emily, Jordan and I took a quick trip to Arizona and California to celebrate my dad's 75th birthday. It was an absolutely perfect trip!! We were able to spend time with family members we almost never get to see, and it was so much fun!
Yesterday afternoon, we were ready to return to TN, and were waiting in the Burbank CA airport. (NICE little airport....very easy to navigate!!!) Emily asked for a magazine, so we headed to a gift shop to search for just one teen magazine she didn't already own, LOL. Standing right next to us at the magazine rack was......................................................... JAMES MARSDEN!!!!! (Corny Collins from "Hairspray", the prince from "Enchanted....totally CUTE guy!!!) I pointed him out to Emily, and she was thrilled. BUT, I told her and Jordan that "stars" prefer to be left alone when they are traveling, etc and that we should just smile at him and leave him alone. (Nice thought, right?)
Then, as we were lining up to get on the plane, here he comes and is in line right in front of us!! We ended up sitting right across the aisle from us. I started noticing that NO ONE stopped to smile at hime or ask for an autograph, and it occurred to me that it might actually be nice for him to know that someone recognized him. So, I told Jordan "I'll give you $10 if you tell him what a big fan Emily is".......
And he did! So, we talked to him for a while. He told us how much fun it was making "Hairspray" and how he loved working with the whole cast. We also talked about "Enchanted", and I totally forgot to mention "27 Dresses"........starstruck, I guess!!! At first, he reached over and shook Emily's hand and said "Hi, I'm James". And LOL she says with a giggle in her voice "I know"!! He then asked if we had something he could autograph and we pulled her yearbook out of her backpack, knowing that we wouldn't lose it like we might if it was just a piece of paper. He wrote a long note to her, and she was thrilled!!! Then, he said that he'd love to get his pic taken with us when the plane landed in Vegas. We took 2 pics of Emily, Jordan and him and then he said.........."Do you have something I can record into"
? Jordan handed him his phone and he began to record a message to Emily as we watched: "Hello! This is a message to Emily from James Marsden, AKA Corny Collins! " Then he began to SING one of the songs from "Hairspray"!!!!! And ended it with "Love ya"! He was SO sweet!!!!! After he walked away, Emily said....
"I wish he woulda put a kiss on my cheek"! LOL I'll post one of the pics here. I hope this guy has lots of success...he is a great guy!
Then she got the DVD for Christmas that year, and has watched it quite a few more times!
SO.............Emily, Jordan and I took a quick trip to Arizona and California to celebrate my dad's 75th birthday. It was an absolutely perfect trip!! We were able to spend time with family members we almost never get to see, and it was so much fun!
Yesterday afternoon, we were ready to return to TN, and were waiting in the Burbank CA airport. (NICE little airport....very easy to navigate!!!) Emily asked for a magazine, so we headed to a gift shop to search for just one teen magazine she didn't already own, LOL. Standing right next to us at the magazine rack was......................................................... JAMES MARSDEN!!!!! (Corny Collins from "Hairspray", the prince from "Enchanted....totally CUTE guy!!!) I pointed him out to Emily, and she was thrilled. BUT, I told her and Jordan that "stars" prefer to be left alone when they are traveling, etc and that we should just smile at him and leave him alone. (Nice thought, right?)
Then, as we were lining up to get on the plane, here he comes and is in line right in front of us!! We ended up sitting right across the aisle from us. I started noticing that NO ONE stopped to smile at hime or ask for an autograph, and it occurred to me that it might actually be nice for him to know that someone recognized him. So, I told Jordan "I'll give you $10 if you tell him what a big fan Emily is".......
And he did! So, we talked to him for a while. He told us how much fun it was making "Hairspray" and how he loved working with the whole cast. We also talked about "Enchanted", and I totally forgot to mention "27 Dresses"........starstruck, I guess!!! At first, he reached over and shook Emily's hand and said "Hi, I'm James". And LOL she says with a giggle in her voice "I know"!! He then asked if we had something he could autograph and we pulled her yearbook out of her backpack, knowing that we wouldn't lose it like we might if it was just a piece of paper. He wrote a long note to her, and she was thrilled!!! Then, he said that he'd love to get his pic taken with us when the plane landed in Vegas. We took 2 pics of Emily, Jordan and him and then he said.........."Do you have something I can record into"
? Jordan handed him his phone and he began to record a message to Emily as we watched: "Hello! This is a message to Emily from James Marsden, AKA Corny Collins! " Then he began to SING one of the songs from "Hairspray"!!!!! And ended it with "Love ya"! He was SO sweet!!!!! After he walked away, Emily said...."I wish he woulda put a kiss on my cheek"! LOL I'll post one of the pics here. I hope this guy has lots of success...he is a great guy!
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Susan, Proud mom of Michael (32), Justin (25) Emily (22ds), and Jordan (20).
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