Joss hangs out with fans in Australia by FlyingTams

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Joss hangs out with fans in Australia

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Sunday, September 11, 2005 3:59 PM

So, Joss lands in Sydney and has no plans until tomorrow, so what does he do?

He hops on the Australian UIP board and writes:

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Hello there.

So I'm here in Sydney and tomorrow I've a monstrous bunch of yakking to do, press and all that, a screening -- you guys know the drill. But today, being as that I'm footloose and fancy free, I thought it might be fun to sit down with a few peeps over a foamy beer and be a little less structured. I'm staying near the Orient, which is in the Rocks, so around 5:00 pm I figure to wander down there and hoist a few (just a few). If you're free and bored swing by. I'll be the one with the white carnation and a copy of "War and Peace". (That might be not true.) I'll be the one that looks like Joss, only more tired. (Wait, I always look tired. Maybe I better bring "War and Peace" after all.)

So I looked at the badges of the customs officials at the airport and thought, "What a coincidence. They're both named SYD." Yeah, I'm that guy.

See you (?) later, -joss.

At which point a lot of fans freak out, and those near Sydney rush over to say hello and geek out.

http://serenitymovie.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=629&postdays=0&postorder=a
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And some reports in this thread as people started reporting in afterwards.

http://serenitymovie.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=645&postdays=0&postorder=a
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Sunday, September 11, 2005 4:41 PM

STARPILOTGRAINGER

Joss Whedon is the kind of guy who makes me want to become famous just so I could try to follow his example do things as cool as this for fans.

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Sunday, September 11, 2005 8:44 PM

AKUKODOGO

The original question posted was asking for a the proportional comparison for how many fans would turn up in a major city in the US after being invited by Joss for a few beers. With about 90 folks turning up , a bit of creative mathematics later, Australian Browncoats are really making hay while the Joss Shines:

"Lets just be completely unscientific and say that 90 from a fan base of 700 (as represented by this board's membership) equates to 6428 if you take the UB membership of 50000 as the fan base. Totally meaningless but looks impressive Mimbles
and also
I got 1,800 determined by the percentage of the USA pop being equivalent to that of Australia. Ignore the board sizes becuase that doesn't touch on the fans that got dragged in via phone or the fcat that both boards include members not part of the country in Q.

I thought ouch...must have gotten the maths wrong, but then again, size of America...say in New York which I think has a pop close to the size of Australias Pop (?) suddenly becomes very feasable.

Great...

Sudden Meet n greet with Joss in the USA equals, in fact exceeds many fan based conventions we get here that are advertised months in advance. *sigh* Serenity Studios

Burn the cake, boil the tea, I just love Serenity

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Monday, September 12, 2005 9:04 AM

FLYINGTAMS

And some pictures from the occasion:

http://photobucket.com/albums/a234/mimbles2/

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Monday, September 12, 2005 12:07 PM

ANNOSUPERSTAR

"jealous" is such a weak word.. *whines*

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Monday, September 12, 2005 3:37 PM

AKUKODOGO

Following on with the circus that is Joss in Aus, he was interviewed on 'Sunrise' this morning at 8.55am and was well supported by Browncoats Downunder at the window behind the set of the show. Thumbs up to them. He was aksed a lot of questions about Buffy and Wonder Woman and he did slip in plenty of references to Firefly and Serenity amongs these questions. I don;t think the interviewers really had much idea about the film but they certainly knew who Joss was. They finished up the set with a plug for the film,and a referral to their website for details.
Just to let you know what he is up to on the other side of the world.

Burn the cake Boil the tea, at least I have Serenity

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Monday, September 12, 2005 8:25 PM

ANNOSUPERSTAR

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Originally posted by AkuKodogo:
Burn the cake Boil the tea, at least I have Serenity

haa, that is hilarious!

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:04 AM

NIXYGIRL

I got to hang with him on Sunday night, a little on monday night and tuesday morning...yes I am bragging!!!

But he's very kool and was lovely to me and my daughters...

I'll have some video uploaded soon and mp3's of stuff

Jos was so lovely!
luvs nix

p.s I'm the fat chick laughing with him

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:05 AM

NIXYGIRL

Quote:
Originally posted by AkuKodogo:
Following on with the circus that is Joss in Aus, he was interviewed on 'Sunrise' this morning at 8.55am and was well supported by Browncoats Downunder at the window behind the set of the show. Thumbs up to them.

hey that was me too!!!
And my daughter, and my friend from west Oz and a lovely lovley young girl named Emma with her Joss is God sign
luvs nix

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:37 PM