Bridgewater Commons Mall

I took my eight-year-old niece, an iCarly fan, to an autograph signing by Miranda Cosgrove (who plays the lead character) at the Bridgewater Commons Mall in New Jersey. The experience was about as bad as any fan of the show could experience.

The signing was from 12:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M. I got there with her at 10:30 A.M., and they had already cut the line off and didn't allow anybody else to get on. People had apparently slept in their cars in the parking lot the night before to get in line early.

They had estimated Cosgrove could give 700 signatures. At a glance, I would say 5 to 10 times that number had attended the event. I even know a person who made it on the line and due to its lack of forward movement abandoned all hope around 1:30 P.M. Needless to say, my niece was among the many to walk away empty-handed.