Walking the Purple Carpet at the Inside Out Premiere! #InsideOutEvent @PixarInsideOut

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Erin

Walking the Purple Carpet at the Inside Out Premiere!

By Erin

*I attended as a guest of Disney as a part of the Inside Out Event and I am very grateful for the opportunity to do so.*

Last Monday marked the rainbow colored Los Angeles premiere of Inside Ou t. The movie’s stars, included Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black and Mindy Kaling who all walked the vibrant purple carpet on June 8th. The star-studded premiere also included Mario Lopez, Pink, Rob Riggle, Minnie Driver, Busy Philipps and many more. This was my 2nd time walking the red carpet at a premiere. Or rather I should say *first time* walking the purple carpet as this carpet was NOT red, but a brilliant PURPLE! My first time on a red one was last summer for Guardians of the Galaxy, which was also a very memorable experience.

So come take a walk with me along the *Purple* carpet! 🙂

At the premiere they had a model of what the control center looks like inside of 11-year-old Riley’s mind!

As we continued to make our way down the carpet, we noticed that they had themed games that represented the five islands of Riley’s personality — family, goofball, friendship, hockey, and honesty.

They even had a bounce house and a silly, but fun Honesty Island game, which of course we had to play!

Being the total foodie that I am, I had to take some shots of all the delicious eats and movie themed food items. You might not quite get the Broccoli Pizza bit just yet… go see the movie this Friday, then you’ll be in on the joke too. 🙂

Then these cupcakes, how adorable are they? They were quite tasty too!

Of course what would a *purple* carpet event be without all the movie stars??? 😉

Bloggers Getting Their Jam on With “Gotta Be Me” From Teen Beach 2 #TeenBeach2Event

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Erin

Bloggers Getting Their Jam on With “Gotta Be Me” From Teen Beach 2

By Erin

Everyone, it’s time to get your jam on! “Teen Beach 2″ is creating waves and will be surfacing on the Disney Channel on June 26th! We’re already on our feet and dancing to the beat! This was all part of the Inside Out Event that I attended earlier this week.”Teen Beach 2″ stars Chrissie Fit and Jordan Fisher attempted to teach 25 of us bloggers the dance to “Gotta Be Me,” one of the hit (and very catchy may I add!) songs from the new movie to celebrate the movie’s June 26, 2015 premiere at 8PM EST on the Disney Channel.

Photo Credit: Disney Channel/Valerie Macon

I’m sure you can tell, for those watching, this must have been a very interesting and hilarious sight to see 25 bloggers trying to learn a dance like this! I’m in the 2nd row here, 2nd from the right. From what I can tell here, I’ve at least got the same arm back as both Jordan and Chrissie do! Haha! There were no mirrors in the room, so if you were in the back of the room, it was really hard to see what was going on. We rotated what rows we were in every few minutes so that everyone got a chance to see the moves we *should* be doing. We all get an A for effort I’d say. 😉

Photo Credit: Disney Channel/Valerie Macon

Jordan and Chrissie were both so sweet and patient with us. They really slowed the dance down for us at 1/8 speed so we could learn it correctly. The dance scenes in the movie are very elaborate and beautiful to watch, but they are not hard to learn. I don’t think we captured that elaborate look for the dance, but we sure did have fun! It was only about 20 minutes or so, but it was a mini workout for sure with all the moving and turning and jumping around. We all had a blast, even if we were crashing into each other or stepping on toes, it was a good laugh. Jordan and Chrissie were very high energy and kept us on our toes the entire time, giving us encouragement to make it our own, and to be ourself and add some attitude to the dance. That IS the name of the song right? “Gotta Be Me” Makes sense…

Phineas & Ferb Last Day of Summer #PhineasAndFerbEvent

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Erin

Phineas and Ferb Last Day of Summer

By Erin

Last week I mentioned that I was going to be seeing the “Phineas and Ferb Last Day of Summer” episode as Phineas and Ferb is sadly ending after an amazing run. We also had the opportunity to chat with creators and Executive Producers: Dan Povenmire & Jeff “Swampy” Marsh about the “Phineas and Ferb Last Day of Summer” episode, airing on Disney XD on Friday, June 12 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. As if that wasn’t enough, we got to end our time with Dan and Swampy with a fun summer picnic (the weather did not disappoint us either as we got some HOT HOT HOT summertime weather on Monday!) Even Phineas and Ferb joined in on the fun!

First, we had the screening for the Special One-Hour Episode Premiere. How exciting to see it on a big screen instead of on the TV at home! Here’s a quick synopsis of the Last Day of Summer. As the summer season comes to a close, it’s Candace’s last chance to bust her brothers. She is quickly foiled, but is presented with an opportunity to redo the day when she sets off Dr. Doofenshmirtz’s Do-Over-Inator, which results in other consequences like rips in the space-time continuum, the shortening of days and the disappearance of her brothers and other things. I can’t give away the ending but I am happy to say that you will enjoy the way the Last Day of Summer ends. Be on the lookout for a few special “Easter eggs” in the episode you won’t want to miss either! 😉

When the episode was over with, Dan and Swampy came to join us for an emotional Q & A session. First we found out what the inspiration for Phineas and Ferb was. There inspiration came mostly from their own childhoods. Dan said, “Cause Swampy and I were both sort of creative kids and, we had creative parents that would allow us to do ridiculous things and were always building things like tree houses and I was the king of my neighborhood” Swampy added, “It started with us putting ourselves back to 10 to 12 year old boys and thinking you could do anything. That’s pretty easy for us to do, cause we’re pretty close to that maturity level.”

Next we asked about which episode was their favorite. Dan said he has a list of favorites, but if he really had to be pressed for a favorite it might be the roller coaster one because it’s one that he and Swampy did themselves. Another favorite was Summer Belongs To You, which was their first hour long special. In that episode it has Phineas and Isabela in Paris where Isabela’s trying to get him to see how romantic it is and, Candace and Jeremy decide to be boyfriend and girlfriend and then they’re all stranded on a desert island and the last 11 minutes of Summer Belongs To You I think was maybe the best thing. The songs from Summer Belongs to You and the ending song in the finale were also favorites. “The one that just aired, I literally can’t watch without tearing up. When it was playing I actually purposely took my phone out and answered e-mails so that I wouldn’t be all red eyed,” said a very teary eyed and emotional Dan. “The song is one of my favorites,” said Dan. Then Swampy continued to say, “It really says a lot about the series.”

Now, why did the show have to end? Dan explained to us, “We’ve been doing this for a decade and we felt like this is a good time-I feel like this show is still really good and really fresh. I’m really proud of the 4^th season as much as I am of the first ones. I felt like let’s go out before it starts feeling tired. Swampy added in, “There’s a whole new batch of kids that could start in episode one.”

"Phineas and Ferb" creators and executive producers Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh at a screening event to promote the "Last Day of Summer" in Burbank California on Monday, June 8. "Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer," premieres Friday, June 12 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT as a simulcast on Disney XD and Disney Channel. (Disney XD/Valerie Macon) DAN POVENMIRE (CO-CREATOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, "PHINEAS AND FERB"), JEFF "SWAMPY" MARSH (CO-CREATOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, "PHINEAS AND FERB")

Photo Credit: Disney XD/Valerie Macon

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Walking the Purple Carpet at the Inside Out Premiere! #InsideOutEvent @PixarInsideOut