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In 2004, Scott and Chelsea returned to Hamilton High for another number from “I Do, I Do.” Scott said afterward that he and Chelsea would have preferred doing an entirely different show tune but they just didn’t have time to put one together before the show.

This time around, they chose “Nobody’s Perfect,” which is an argument song. Chelsea felt uneasy when Scott changed the words at the beginning of the song and Chelsea opened with “You know how I feel about those fans of yours,” to which Scott replied, “they are largely responsible for my latest Enterprise.” Scott told Chelsea not to worry, that we’d get it. And we certainly did. Scott’s fans cheered loudly through the laughter but I’m sure there were many in the audience who didn’t understand what the hoopla was all about.

The highlight of this gathering, aside from Scott and Chelsea, was a number Stuart Pankin and Paul Kreppel did that brought down the house. Stu had lost 95 pounds and Paul asked him how he did it. This lead to a round of Broadway hits with the words changed to refer instead to foods. It was wonderfully done.

There was a wonderful dance number to Chicago’s ‘All That Jazz’ and Jay Johnson returned, this time with a skit using one of those white write-on boards, a skit that he took with him to Broadway for his one man show. Paul Kreppel produced this show, The One and Only Jay Johnson. Jay won a Tony for his work. Jay drew a face on the board, drew in the eyes, nose and mouth, and then the eyes moved and the mouth opened and closed, much to the amazement of the audience. The drawn face then sang a song, “I ain’t got no body,” which took on a whole new meaning.

After the show, Scott and Chelsea again met with us in a classroom which got us out of the main reception area. The room was packed. Star Trek Enterprise fans heard about the event and came to meet the captain of the starship. Blessings to the folks of Hamilton who brought cases of water to our room. Once again, fans skipped the food. The Enterprise fans didn’t understand that Scott would stay until he had seen and met everyone in the room so there was a bit more posturing than normal but Scott and Jay Schwartz smoothed things over. One Star Trek fan had Scott autograph her ankle so she could get his name tattooed there. Weird.

After talking to us a bit, we all lined up for autographs and photos, again following the tradition of allowing the new fans to go first.

This was the year that Enterprise came to an end. Many fans got together to have an ad placed in The Hollywood Reporter, an open letter to Dawn Ostroff and Les Moonves to save the show. Unfortunately, the letter and our protests had no effect. It was nice to see the fans rally behind Jericho with their 40 tons of NUTS. That caused a stir and the show returned for the 2007 fall season.
One of the gifts presented to Scott was a chocolate bar with his photo on it. Scott was also asked to autograph an Enterprise bear and pose with it and with the Friends poster. Both items were put up on EBay and proceeds donated to charity.

My husband and I were in Norway and Denmark when Scott and Chelsea returned to Hamilton in 2005. This time, the entire Friends production was devoted to “I Do, I Do.” Scott and Chelsea performed the entire play.