Good Luck Charlie

On Sept 24th, Ashley and I went to a live taping of the Disney Channel TV show "Good Luck Charlie" (GLC). I was so excited because this show is one of my favorites and stars some of my favorite actors. When we started going to live tapings of shows GLC was on hiatus - so once they came back for season 2 I got tickets right away.

The taping was so much fun! The episode was hilarious. The cast all seemed like a family and hung out with each other in between takes. The whole cast was there except baby Mia who plays Charlie. I was sad she wasn't there but the rest of the cast was awesome! The MC for the event was entertaining and they had some fun contests and giveaways. They filmed at the same studio as "Shake It Up" that I attended tapings of before. So I was already familiar with the studio which was a plus.

I have a YouTube that I have some acting videos up on and awhile ago - back before Good Luck Charlie was picked up, when they were just beginning casting - I made an audition video for the role of Teddy on the show. After the show was cast Bridgit Mendler (who plays Teddy on the show) sent me a message on YouTube saying she saw my video, thought it was good and wanted to wish me luck. I thought it was so awesome that the girl who got to role sent me that message and it meant a lot to me. I figured she wouldn't remember even doing it but I wanted to thank her in person at the taping.

After the taping the actors all came out to sign autographs. I was so excited to meet Jason Dolley (PJ on the show) because I've liked him since he was in "Read It and Weep" on Disney back in 2006. Ashley & I were able to talk to him for a little bit while he was signing autographs for us. I wanted to get a picture with him but when he signed stuff there was people in front of me so I couldn't get one :(..but that's okay I'll get it next time. When Bridgit got to us I told her about when she messaged me and that I just wanted to thank her because it meant a lot to me. She smiled and said you're welcome. I wasn't sure if she actually remembered me or was just being nice but I didn't mind.

A little bit later - we were still there getting other autographs - and I thought I heard someone call out my name. The way it was set up the actors, crew and other people were down on the ground where they shoot the show and we were on the bleachers where we sat and watched the taping. Again, I thought I heard someone say my name. It wasn't really loud but loud enough to sound like someone was calling out. I looked around slowly and saw two girls down on the floor who looked like they were looking at me. I just ignored it and figured they were looking/talking to someone else. A couple minutes later I looked back at the girls and thought I heard one say to the other "go talk to her". Again, I didn't think much about it...until one of them walked over to me. She introduced herself and Katya - one of Bridgit's friends. She told me she had seen some of my videos on YouTube and really liked them. She said she wanted to wish me luck and just wanted to come over and say hi. I was so surprised and didn't know what to say. I made a little small talk and then we said goodbye. I was just so surprised that she had seen my videos, liked them and then came up to me to say hi. I don't know if Bridgit said something to Katya after I thanked her for the message or not - but I hadn't told her my name so she at least remembered my name from YouTube which was so crazy.

It really was one of the best days of my life. I was freaking out the whole rest of the ride home after that. I'm sure Ashley got sick of hearing me go on and on but I was just so excited and encouraged. We're planning on going to another taping in December and I hope to work on the show in the future. It's such a great atmosphere on the set and I'm sure its even better working on it then just in the audience. Here's to the future! :)