Johnny and the Bailey Sprite

Well, after seeing how sweet John Tartaglia was with the little guy last night, we decided to estimate the end of the matinee performance of Shrek today and see if (by chance) John would come out and meet a fan of the 2 year old variety (Bailey). With this being closing night, and the evening performance only 2.5 hours later, we knew that there was a good chance that he wouldn't come out and would choose to start cleaning up for strike. We just thought that we'd take a chance. As chance would have it, he did come out and spent a good 5 minutes talking with Bailey (who suddenly got a case of the "I'm super duper shy" behavior). It didn't seem to matter that she was shy - he just kept trying to engage her in some small talk (about Ginger Sprite, mainly). Bailey was intrigued, but froze at answering questions. She did, finally, take a picture where she didn't hide her face (although, my camera skills caught her looking down). She also blew him a kiss, gave him "5" and said, "Bye Johnny". He told her that he would tell the sprites "hi" for her and that he would think of her next time he was on T.V - she said, "ok" and smiled. This is one very talented young man who definitely doesn't take his talent for granted - such a humble guy, and so kind to his fans - even the little ones!!