I know there are time when you have watched Community and sat there wishing you could talk to Shirley about life, religion, and everything in between (at least I hope I’m not alone on this one). Today from 5:30pm to 6pm (AEST) you’ll get your chance. The bubbly Yvette Nicole Brown – who plays Shirley Bennett in the hit NBC sitcom – will be taking over Oz Comic-Con’s Twitter account during this time, and it’s all happening today (Friday 4th July).
Yvette Nicole Brown is in Australia for pop culture mecca Oz Comic-Con Melbourne, which takes place from 9am to 6pm on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th July at the Royal Exhibition Centre.
Community fans can tweet their questions and declarations of undying love to @OzComicCon with the hashtag #OCCChats and Yvette will respond to as many of these tweets as she can. If Shirley’s undying happiness and pockets of energy is anything to go by, the actress will make for one very entertaining twitter feed.
Community is a cult US TV series based at a community college in fictional Greendale, Colorado. The series initially ran for five seasons on NBC and was cancelled in May, but a voracious online campaign (rallying cry: six seasons and a movie!) lead to a sixth season recently being commission by Yahoo! Screen.
Oz Comic-Con is the only place to be in Melbourne this weekend to see Yvette Nicole Brown and other cult TV stars, such as Kristian Nairn (Hodor) and Daniel Portman (Podrick Payne) from Game of Thrones, Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver and Stargate SG-1) and Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon A Time). Tickets are available through Showclix (www.showclix.com/events/18185) or on the door. Plus, children ages 12 and under can enter for free all weekend with a paying adult. For more information visit www.ozcomiccon.com.
TWITTER – http://www.twitter.com/OzComicCon or #OzComicCon
FACEBOOK – http://www.facebook.com/OzComicCon
INSTAGRAM – http://instagram.com/ozcomiccon
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