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.