Monday, January 29, 2007
My trip to Mecca, and other L.A. stories
We got one heckuva kick in the 'nads today from The Price is Right.
I've been to the show twice before. Each time I got there around 5:15 AM and was about 80th in line. With Bob Barker set to retire, the already circus-esque atmosphere surrounding a taping have obviously gotten crazier. Having scoped this out in the blogosphere, we got there at 4:25 AM. Wasn't enough. I'll spare you the long, excruciating process (which isn't so excruciating if you actually get in). But the bottom line is, we got standby tickets and missed by one spot. To put it another way: They stopped handing out tickets at #335. We were #336 and 337. To put it a third way: We got to the front of the standby line and they said: "Sorry! That's it."
But all was not lost. And TPIR was not the Mecca of which I spoke.
Exhausted but looking to salvage the day, we took the Warner Brothers studio tour, which is the best of its kind, and changes each time you see it depending on which shows are taping. I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the lone surviving set of a certain program that I might have mentioned I enjoy a little. Here's one of my pics...
I have additional pictures of myself there that I might post here or elsewhere.
Other noteworthies:
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I've been to the show twice before. Each time I got there around 5:15 AM and was about 80th in line. With Bob Barker set to retire, the already circus-esque atmosphere surrounding a taping have obviously gotten crazier. Having scoped this out in the blogosphere, we got there at 4:25 AM. Wasn't enough. I'll spare you the long, excruciating process (which isn't so excruciating if you actually get in). But the bottom line is, we got standby tickets and missed by one spot. To put it another way: They stopped handing out tickets at #335. We were #336 and 337. To put it a third way: We got to the front of the standby line and they said: "Sorry! That's it."
But all was not lost. And TPIR was not the Mecca of which I spoke.
Exhausted but looking to salvage the day, we took the Warner Brothers studio tour, which is the best of its kind, and changes each time you see it depending on which shows are taping. I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the lone surviving set of a certain program that I might have mentioned I enjoy a little. Here's one of my pics...
I have additional pictures of myself there that I might post here or elsewhere.
Other noteworthies:
- For fans of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: we walked through many of the sets, including all the "backstage" areas of the show-within-the-show, like the characters' dressing rooms, the writers' room, etc.
- During this portion of the tour I had to take a leak so badly, I thought I was going to have to urinate behind one of the WB golf carts. It wasn't pretty, my friends.
- Last but not least, we did have a celebrity sighting, and it was an odd one. Matthew Perry rode right by us. He was riding a Pee-Wee Herman-esque Warner Brothers studio bicycle, lighting up a cigarette, and wearing a suit. (Producers, stars, and grunts alike use bikes on the set because they're a quiet, convenient way to get around). If our tour guide hadn't asked us not to take photos of the celebs, it would've made one truly hilarious paparazzi shot.
- No word on whether Perry was high and/or crashed his bike into a sound stage.
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