Controlling an MC with AS on _root timeline. What am I missing?!?

My stage is empty except for an MC with a simple animation and an AS 2 layer. There is not a button or user interaction that engages the MC. I want the MC to play when the timeline reaches the frame with the AS. My MC has an instance name of ‘blueMC’ and here’s the AS I’ve tried:

blueMC.play();
_root.blueMC.gotoAndPlay(“2”);

on(load)
{
blueMC.play();
}

onClipEvent(load) {
blueMC.gotoAndPlay(“2”);
}

Shouldn’t it just be this?: MCinstanceNmae.gotoAndPlay(“Frame# or label”);
Thanks, I feel like I’m missing something simple.