The friends plan to meet their idols, but when their carefully laid plans begin to unravel they realize the importance of patience.

I’m not going to lie.  I love this show in the same way I loved Ned’s Declassified Survival Guide.  The themes of acceptance, individuality and uniqueness are universal.  The writing is creative, the acting spot on.  There’s just enough weirdness woven through typical tween adventures to make for a great show.

Here, Mr Roberts encourages our trio meet their idols.  Its a diverse group: Fenwick wishes to meet Neil DeGrasse Tyson; Crispo wants to meet snowboarder Louie Vito; and CJ wants to meet pop sensation Anthony Del Rey (nope, never heard of him; he’s played by Anthony De La Torre, in a role created especially for him).

Crispo decides to enter a cereal contest – he needs to make a commercial and Vito will star in his commercial.  His first couple of entries are woeful – but also woefully funny.

Fenwick wants to use a “shady website” to get Tyson’s phone number but,  in the end, uses Roberts’ computer (its a laptop with an external keyboard – odd) to hack into Tyson’s home webcam.  This leads to the FBI showing up and “arresting” Roberts.

CJ realizes Mindy has tickets to the Del Rey concert so she becomes a Minion for a day to earn the second ticket.  Mindy’s dad pulls the ticket so CJ works with her mom to hang out at the concert exit.  CJ’s mom’s story about being “hungry like the wolf” to meet John Taylor from Duran Duran is a hoot.

CJ’s mom ends up suggesting the old “secret security exit” to disperse the other fans.  Sadly, Mindy has her scissors and attacks Del Rey.  CJ’s dad, the foot doctor, ends up mending Del Rey’s broken foot, and in exchange for his services, CJ’s dad arranges for a private concert at their house.

Meanwhile, Fenwick gets Tyson, who knows the formula to making a good breakfast cereal commercial, to help out with Crispo’s commercial.  Apparently he wins the contest, as Louie Vito appears at the end of his commercial.

The most touching scene is when CJ realizes that her dad is really her idol.  Did we see this coming from the beginning of the episode?  Yep.  So there’s no surprise at the end she admits it publically.

It’s always tough to weave celebrity guests into a sitcom but it’s admirably – if not somewhat believably done here.