The Last VidCon Recap/Transcript

* Crowd: [crowd cheering]
* Rachel Parham: What are you doing here?!
* Rebecca Parham: I don't know! [title screen shows up]
:I went to VidCon, and cool things happened!
:Played games, signed things, pictures were a snappin'.
:Six years it has been since my very first VidCon.
:And now, to be featured... well...
:I'm glad I hung on.
:So to you, my Explainers, I give a hearty back slap!
:And without further ado...
:... here's the last VidCon recap.
:I went a couple days early to get the La La Land view.
:Played Smash with the Odd boy, did a Famous Birthdays interview.
:Hung out with Daneboe of Annoying Orange fame.
:We ate crepes and drove listening to rock without shame!
:Check into VidCon the Wednesday before.
:And that night, went to a party for the animators!
:Hannah Hoffman was host and nearly everyone was there.
:It was nice to relax before the VidCon fanfare.
:The first official day there was plenty to do.
:And I started off my schedule by meeting a lot of you!
:My first real meet & greet went unbelievably well.
:I'm glad it wasn't awkward.
:And that I didn't smell.
:Or I did and you guys were too nice to say anything.
:Did a podcast later. It went well, I would decree.
:It was hosted by the guys responsible for marketing "Poo-Pouri."
:That night I sat "WING-side"...
:... for a show of great wit.
:James and Alex chess-boxing.
:Though it was James who got hit.
:I rushed back that night to VidCon...
:...to make the YouTube soirée.
:Dane and I found some costumes that might make your hair go grey.
:Anthony Padilla was there, so friendly and sweet!
:Swapped digits with Ethan.
:Met iDubbbz finally.
:Next morning was Make-A-Wish, and I am so glad they asked!
* Carter Branch: It's Carter Branch here!
: And VidCon is an absolute blast!
* Rebecca Parham: To help kids like Carter realize their dreams...
:... you can click the link below to help the Make-A-Wish team.
:Donate to their cause! Just let me explain.
:Other kids will be helped by their "Summer Wishes" campaign.
:Afterwards, security took me to the CreatorInk booth.
:Where my merch was being sold, and I met more of you!
:Shortly after, security rushed me away like a blur...
:...for my Creator Chat where I rambled like a nerd.
:Animation hopefuls, so passionate and smart...
:... listened as I jabbered.
:Bless their patient hearts.
:The Instagram Lounge was peaceful and I found some peeps I knew.
:Jacksepticeye was there...
:... and Jaiden, Dave, and Roomie, too.
:Brought Dane to the Expo Party.
:Both of us a starving mess.
:But the food ran out instantly...
:... much to our hungry distress.
:Later we hopped a bus with Jazza and SomethingElseYT.
:Our bus driver nearly got lost going to the Studio 71 party.
:We waited in line for a bit...
:... holding back our hungry strife.
:Someone asked me if last year I was pregnant...
:...thinking I was Jazza's wife.
:We laughed that off and went inside and finally got some food.
:But it was loud and very crowded and I just wasn't in the mood.
:Poor Adam hated the flashing lights!
:His eyes, they felt attacked!
:I gave him my sunglasses, but I never got them back.
:Hey, but at least he looked good.
:The next day at noon, I headed back to the con.
:The staff hailed me a shuttle...
:... and I awkwardly jumped on.
:I nearly headbutted Link stumbling into the car.
:Then Rhett turned and said, "Hey, I know who you are."
:*gasp* Oh my...
:Not much later, it was time for the Animation Stars panel.
:Dane moderated and we all talked about cartoons and our channels.
:Afterwards I found my family...
:... before my schedule could resume.
:But a stagehand said, "No time for that!"
:And dragged me to the Twitter green room.
:I was last to arrive for the Jackbox Games affair...
:... as the stage manager approached with a very serious stare.
:Uh oh.
:She said, "I've been told you're the one with theatre background to your name.
:She then handed me a mic and said...
:"You're leading the Jackbox Games."
:No time for nerves or any objections!
:And they threw us onstage for our gaming session.
:Tabbes kicked out butts the first round of play.
:Then Samuel, the audience member, was a champion in the fray.
:A few hours later it was time for Scribble Showdown!
:With Arin, James, Jaiden, Ross, and Dom performing downtown.
:I gathered up my energy...
:... and went to see friends I adore.
:I found the theatre, but it was weird...
:... cuz Angel Stadium was right next door.
:James nearly crashed the show's computer...
:... though the file was not doomed.
:But near the end, Angel Stadium's fireworks show began to boom!
:The sound shook the theatre. It was pretty hard to ignore.
:Especially when it sounded like outside we'd gone to war.
:A fitting end to it all, if I say so myself.
:It finished LOUD and DISRUPTIVE!
:One more VidCon for the shelf!
:To take a moment in the name of sentamentality...
:... and speak on the recap and this tradition's finality.
:Being featured at VidCon was a dream come true.
:And none of it was possible...
:... without the likes of you.
:My life has been changed, my horizon expanded...
:... because you gave me a chance and together you banded...
:... to make a community so kind and so smart...
:... who all pull together...
:... and speak from the heart.
:And as this final recap draws to an end...
:... I look forward to next VidCon...
:... and new traditions and friends.
:So all of you stay wonderful.
:And you will, I have no doubt.
:Thank you so much for tuning in...
:... but now, I must tune out.
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