Since this episode aired, many fans and acting groups have tried to put on performances reenacting the musical, or showing sing-along screenings only to be shut down due to copyright infringements. However, as Henry Mazza (co-founder of buffysings.com) has proven, it can be done. On September 19, 2009, one such showing was held in Houston, TX, brought to us by the organizations SWAMP (Southwest Alternate Media Project) and Discovery Green, complete with a special guest appearance by Amber Benson (Tara). Benson who was there promoting her new book, “Death’s Daughter”, met with fans prior to the screening for a Q&A and book signing. While the screening itself was free, tickets for the meet and greet with Benson sold at $40 a-piece at the door and goodie bags filled with props to use throughout the screening could be purchased for $2. Despite the small fees, all profit made was generously donated to charity as was stipulated by the rights to hold the screening.

After the meet and greet with Benson, over 200 fans gathered at Houston’s Discovery Green park to watch the episode on a blow up screen under the stars. While waiting for the sun to set, Mazza took the stage as MC of the event and got the crowd pumped for an unforgettable night. During this time the winner of the online Twitter contest was brought up to the stage along with Benson to perform Buffy-oke, which is the reenacting of a scene from the series. In this case the scene was of Buffy and Angel at Angel’s apartment after their night of passion from Buffy Season 2’s “Innocence”. The surprise twist for Benson was that she would play the role of Angel! Both did a wonderful job with their roles, and if nothing else gave everyone a good laugh despite the heartbreaking content their performances were based on. Fans were also ecstatically surprised with a special showing of yet another Emmy nominated episode, season 4’s “Hush”, preceding the main event.

During the OMWF screening itself fans were encouraged to not only sing along, but to partake with the “tools” found in their goodie bags. This included blowing bubbles for Tara’s song “Under Your Spell”, during the line “spirits and charms in the air”, throwing streamers in the air for Tara’s “climactic” moment at the end of “Under Your Spell”, getting up and dancing with Anya and Xander during “I’ll Never Tell”, putting on a pair of plastic vampire fangs during Spike’s “Rest In Peace”, holding up lighters or cellphones during Giles’ ballad “Standing” and the group number “Let it Burn”, getting up and holding hands with each other during “Where Do We Go From Here”, continuously shouting “Shut Up, Dawn” over any of Dawn’s lines throughout the episode, and waving monster finger puppets at the end of the episode, while “Grr Argg”ing with the Mutant Enemy logo.

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Personally, I felt yelling over Dawn’s lines was a bit distasteful, even if the character was annoying at times, but all in all it was a fantastic night that this Buffy fan will never forget. There were even some moments that had me tearing up while singing along with such a huge crowd that shared my love for the show during “I Have Theory”, “Standing”, and “Where Do We Go From Here”. Call me a geek, I admit it myself.

Find out more about SWAMP at http://www.swamp.org

Find out more about Discovery Green at http://www.discoverygreen.com/

Find new screenings or how to host your own Buffy Sing Along at http://www.buffysings.com

WHAT?

It’s time for another ghetto-fabulous Saturday.
Bring on the savings.

A lot of good Amazon deals today. Seriously, check it out: they’ve got a Buy 2, Get 1 deal on a list of already discounted Blu-rays. They also have up to 60% off of this list of DVDs, up to 63% off select HBO titles, up to 60% off of this list,  up to 47% off on this one, up to 40% off Dragon Dynasty DVDs (for you martial arts fans), up to 30% off select music box-sets, and they’re running something called an Indie Sale. Those of you planning on purchasing Batman: Arkham Asylum, here is coupon for Amazon that not only lowers the price to forty-eight dollars, but also offers free shipping and a free comic book (The Road to Arkham, a.k.a. the prequel to the game). If you’re planning on selling any games any time soon, you might want to think about this deal, which gives you an extra thirty-dollar credit on your trade-in at Amazon. And finally, Futurama fans, here is all four seasons and all four movies both on DVD and both for the low price of fifty-four dollars (and change). Tons at Amazon.

Lollapalooza’s website is offering a 1-year free subscription to SPIN magazine. So, if that’s what you’re into, now’s your chance.

Steam is running another sale this weekend, this time on all Valve games. Check it out. If you get the whole bundle, you can save almost a hundred bucks.

Ever shop at half.com? You should. You can find lots of stuff dirt cheap. So kick it off right with this link, which has tons of coupons for five dollars off for first time buyers and ten dollars off of a one-hundred dollar purchase.

Buy.com offers fifteen dollars off of and free shipping for this NES/SNES game system. That’s right, it plays NES and SNES cartridges. (They also have Buffy: The Vampire Hunter Complete Series, for $125.73, as well as 51% off select Blu-rays.)

eForCity has a Wireless Wii sensor bar, for $5.99 (with free shipping!).

Here’s an interesting one. The Barnes and Noble credit card. Perks: a $25 Gift card upon registration, one extra point per dollar on all purchases, an extra five percent off at B&N (stacks with the membership card), and more $25 gift cards every time you accumulate 2,500 points. Just make sure you keep that thing paid off.

This weekend only, Best Buy has a coupon for ten percent off of selected items.

Sometimes a deal is just too good to pass up. Such is the case with Jet Blue’s All-You-Can-Jet deal. Fly to fifty-seven different cities (national and international) between September 8th to October 8th for only $599. Pretty sweet, right? Another perk? Free in-flight movies (just bring your own headphones).

Well, that about wraps up our second $$R. With all of these savings, you can finally afford to see District 9 AND Ponyo this weekend.

Steam – Indie Games Sale
Sorry Mac-owners, as I’m sure you’ve already cursed the Gods many-a-time over, Steam is PC only.

This weekend only, Steam is offering an award-winning indie games package, for $29.99. The bundle includes:

- Audiosurf – Any song from your library can be a level, is this mesmerizing glitch-Puzzler? I don’t know what it is, but I know it’s real easy to lose hours in a day playing it.
- Blueberry Garden – Award-winning, genre-defying Exploration game.
- Braid – Some might call it a Platformer, but Braid is so much more than a Mario-clone. Braid has the player manipulating time and space, to the point where I would be more likely to call it a Puzzle game. Prepare for head-spinning as you try to wrap your brain around this game, as the plot to this game is still being debated today.
- Crayon Physics Deluxe – A physics-based Puzzler, with limitless solutions, and an endearing childish aesthetic.
- Darwinia – Since I’m generalizing, let’s call this a Command & Conquer-esque Strategy game, but instead of world-domination, the battle-ground is inside your computer.
- Everyday Shooter – Some might call this a Geometry Wars clone, but it is much more than that. Everyday Shooter is a sketchy looking, Music game at heart, that takes time to unlock the secrets of its psychedelic enemies.
- Gish – You are an amorphous blob, and you are traveling through a physics-enabled world in this award-winning platformer.
- Mr. Robot – If you haven’t noticed yet, most of this games do not fit cleanly into a genre, and yet I continue to try. So, let’s call Mr. Robot an Action/RPG, with Puzzle and Platformer elements. You’re a robot named Asimov. Anymore details border on spoiler-territory.
- The Path – Red-Riding Hood re-imagined as an esoteric Horror/Exploration game.
- World of Goo – This is a gooey physics-based, Architecture game. Prepare to be addicted.

Best Buy is price-matching Used prices for New games.
(Only verified in selected regions)

40% off coupon on any one item at Borders or Waldenbooks, expires tomorrow!

Gamestop has 25% off most used games, with this coupon. Plus free shipping if over $25 purchase.

25% off coupon at Deep Discount on almost everything (plus free shipping).
We’re talking Battlestar Galatica Complete Boxset (Blu-ray and DVD), Freaks and Geeks, and even The Simpsons.

Welp, that’s it for this weekend. Enjoy.