It was basically a block party in front of the theatre with a Blob theme. There was a costume parade but we missed that because we got lost on the way there. :( There was a band playing '50s rock n roll music that all the kids seem to love. A bunch of food stands and various vendors selling horror and scifi goodies.
The Colonial Theatre itself was a beautiful old building. It was great seeing a movie theatre with a real balcony and a real marquee again. It may have been a little worn down but I think it added to the charm. We got to see the projection booth also but I didn't get any pictures of that.
After seeing all the booths and vendors we sat down to watch the actual Blob movie. That was fun experience watching a bad movie with a theatre full of like-minded fans. There was plenty of clapping and whooping and hollering especially when it got the part with the Blob invading the Colonial.
Anyways. Here's the important part. The only reason we went to Blobfest was to meet Mary Jo Pehl. Being loyal MSTies, we try to support all the Brains in their post-MST endeavours. Mary Jo was very gracious. We got her autograph on a postcard. We spoke a little bit about how she had already signed our copy of The Amazing Colossal Episode Guide. We told her about Mike Nelson's autograph and note and she got a chuckle out of that. Faith is upset cause she got all frazzled and forgot to ask Mary Jo if she take a picture with us. I didn't think to ask cause Faith usually doesn't like to take pictures. Still though it was great to meet someone who was a part of something so special to the two of us.
After we left the theatre, we went to an ice cream store around the corner. I had a tasty tasty Blobwich. It was a big scoop of whatever flavor ice cream you wanted in between two chocolate cookie wafer thingies. I chose raspberry sorbet cause it was the only flavor they had that was red. Faith just got a small cup of ice cream. I forget which flavor.
All in all, it was a fun day. And if Blobfest ever has any other of the Brains as a guest, we'll certainly be there!
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I did get really frazzled when we met Mary Jo. I don't know why. I guess because I think of her as a celebrity who was part of something so important to us and I just got giddy and started babbling and sounding stupid. It was so cool to see her and she was really nice!
Also, my sorbet (not ice cream) was pink champagne.
That's really awesome! I'd get all frazzled too, probably. Did she write anything interesting on the post card or was it just like, "Hi" or something?
She wrote "Enjoy Blobfest! Mary Jo Pehl". At least I think that's what she wrote. Her handwriting is pretty bad.
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