Meet celebs for free...

littledutchboy

If you're in London and got kids and want something free to do, it's pretty easy to meet TV celebs if you're prepared to be patient.

On Saturday morning TMi is broadcast live from Leicester Square. This morning I took my daughter down at 6.30 because her favorite band were on (McFly*), she got to meet them going in and have her photo taken with them, as well as Sam and Mark* who host the show. Then had to hang around for ages till they came out and she met them again (although it's really packed with fans by then).

Afterwards we walked down to Covent Garden to doorstep Ashlee Simpson* as she came in to appear in Chicago that afternoon.

Over the last couple of years my kid's met tons of celebs including Beyonce, Alicia Keys, The Streets, Busted, Jamiroquai and loads more. It's a cheap day out (take a thermos and snacks and sarnies to keep the cost down) and they remember it and talk about it for ages afterwards.

*if none of these names mean anything to you, you are officially old...:rotfl:

grandslamgirl

What a GREAT idea - My daughter's a bit young at the moment but i'm sure she'll love it in a few years.

I'll just have to leave her at my mum's and head off myself

bigliz

What a great idea, we are in London next w/e, is there a website we could find appearences on?

ukchriss

Dont the kids get fed up with all the waiting?

Cant see mine being very patient for very long lol

Had to wait 10 mins tonight for a table in Pizza hut and that was bad enough!
After 5 mins it was - I'm hungry, my legs ache, why cant we sit down?
can we go home now? I need the loo etc etc :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Donegal_Paul

Teenagers eh? :-)

allen36_0

Why would anyone want to waste time meeting vapid individuals merely because they're well known for being in the media? Are you all brain-dead?

grandslamgirl

allen36_0 wrote:

Why would anyone want to waste time meeting vapid individuals merely because they're well known for being in the media? Are you all brain-dead?

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Get_rich_or_try_dying

littledutchboy wrote:

Over the last couple of years my kid's met tons of celebs including Beyonce, Alicia Keys, The Streets, Busted, Jamiroquai and loads more. It's a cheap day out (take a thermos and snacks and sarnies to keep the cost down) and they remember it and talk about it for ages afterwards.

A little girl wanting to meet The Streets?

*Imagines little girl dancing about her bedroom singing about wanting to get pranged out on charlie, steeling peoples dogs from parks and about sleeping with random groupies*

:beer:

Spartan

allen36_0 wrote:

Why would anyone want to waste time meeting vapid individuals merely because they're well known for being in the media? Are you all brain-dead?

Celebrity is an unavoidable part of our society for many reasons; go do some research and refrain from posting unjustified discouraging mesasages on a thread that was not designed to start a debate on the pros and cons of famous people.

littledutchboy

allen36_0 wrote:

Why would anyone want to waste time meeting vapid individuals merely because they're well known for being in the media? Are you all brain-dead?

"thanked 0 times in zero posts". Gee, I wonder why...:rolleyes:

littledutchboy

bigliz wrote:

What a great idea, we are in London next w/e, is there a website we could find appearences on?

If you check on Waterstones or Borders sites you'll find details of book signings (if you think Beatlemania was bad, just try a Jaqueline Wilson signing). Similarly for HMV and Virgin for CD signings. Visitlondon.co.uk for details of who is appearing in the West End (go a couple of hours before curtain up to catch them going in. If you do it after it's packed out). For TMI in Leicester Square, check on bbc.co.uk/cbbc and see who's on this week. Also, if your kids have particular favorites, join the relevant websites and keep an eye on the message boards.

Yes, it is hard work waiting for them so if your kids aren't really into it then it's not worth it (my daughter's really into vapid celebrities so she loves it). Just going to check on her now, as she's supposed to be doing her homework but now I'm worried she's upstairs pranging out...:rotfl: