Since I love TV, it only seems appropriate that I like to go to tapings of TV shows. In college, Molly, Amanda and I went to see the Sally Jess Raphael show. She really has crazy red glasses. We went to see the David Letterman Show. Dave likes it cold. Cold enough to wear gloves, a scarf and a coat during the taping. We got to see Howard Stern in a dress giving a lap dance to Dave. How many people can say they saw that live?
Then it was off to Saturday Night Live (SNL) with Britney and Alesha. We got to see all the classic players - Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, David Spade. Kim Basigner and Alec Baldwin (pre-divorce) were the guest stars and Billy Baldwin (pre-reality TV crazy) made a surprise appearance. As we sat in the galley during the rehearsals, we sang along to UB-40s "Red, Red Wine" , dodged security trying to get the stars attention!
Wendy, another coworker and I headed out to the Drew Carey Show in Burbank. We bought Sweetee Thai and tried to eat pad tai and vegetables while driving down the highway. After getting stuck in gridlock, we finally arrived to board the bus to the Warner Bros. lot. We passed through security, had our bags checked, went through the metal detectors and finally ended up in the studio. Then the fun began! We sat there for 4 hours to see a 22 minute show taped. Lori Laughlin looked anorexic, Mimi looked crazier in person and Drew Carrey was pretty funny when he was talking to the crowd. They gave us pizza and water but when we asked to go to the bathroom, you would have thought we asked to be on the show! After some cajoling, we traipsed 2 buildings away to use the restroom before being hurried back to sit in our seats and clap! I know understand when stars say the 10 - 14 hour days on the set is not fun! The coolness of being there wore off after about 45 minutes!
What shows do I still want to go to -- Rachael Ray, Oprah (but I need to hurry if I am going to get to do that). I wouldn't mind checking out Jeopardy or the Price is Right. Dream world -- maybe General Hospital but I do not think they allow visitors, so I might have to win a contest to get a walk-on role. Who knows -- I can see my name in lights!
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
My Must Have List of Movies, Music, Plays, TV and Books for 2009
OK, well I would be remiss in finishing up 2009 without looking back on the Movies, Music and Books that made my 2009 so interesting. I admit, I am a TV junkie. So, what, it is better than being a crack junkie. I like to lose myself in the absurdity that is fiction.
1) Prison Break Series End - this was the absolute best show on the planet, ever! Seriously, it was smart with hot bad boys and Michael made MacGyver look like a wanna be. I cried at the series finale and had a party to watch the made for DVD movie that tied up the loose ends. We took mug shots (even Vince the dog had one) and we had Teddy's Tea, Lincoln Log Cheese, Sucre's Cookies, a Michael cake and Sara's meds. What other show could give us such a party theme to run with?
2) The Wrestler - This movie is depressing and Mickey Rourke plays washed up well. But, this movie was real. You know there are people out there that are this pathetic, this stuck in the past and what could have been. It makes you want to enjoy what you have now.
3) Twilight Series - OMG! I am both Team Edward and Team Jacob. Can't they all just live happily ever after together? I devoured the books, loved the movies, and obsessed over the movie making books as I continue to plot my trip to Forks.
4) He's Just Not that Into You - This movie epitomizes the dating years before marrying Tom. Not to be a smug married, but I am so glad I am not single and having to deal with this bullsh*t again. And the fact that Bradley Cooper is in the movie, is just gravy!
5) Cleo Coyle - Coffee House Series - With names like Latte Trouble, On What Grounds and Murder Most Frothy how could I not read these 7 books in a week? They make me want to find that perfect Latte, and I think I have nearly found it at Mighty Good Roasting Company in Ann Arbor!
6) The Hangover - Bradley Cooper = Bonus! Probably one of the funniest movies I have every seen and it just reinforces my trips to Vegas that anything can happen!
7) Legally Blonde - Clearly one of the Top 5 musicals of all time. How can you go wrong with the Bend and Snap song? I agree with Elle, pink is my signature color!
8) Zombieland - Not usually my type of movie. I admit, I watched part of it with my arm over my eyes sunk down in my chair. But with rules like Cardio, the Double Tap, Beware of Bathrooms, Seatbelts and Woody Harrelson, how can you go wrong?
9) Sons of Anarchy - If I was single and a bad a**, I would want to date Jax. These biker boys know what it means to get even.
10) Jay - Z's - Run this Town and Empire State of Mind - These songs make me feel ghetto, in a good way! I feel the need to belt out Rihanna and Alicia Key's parts. When did Jay-Z get cool again? Besides the songs talk about NYC, so you had me at the first note.
11) Castle - This show is one of the few that Tom and I agree on. It is witty, has a high cuteness factor and deals with solving murders. A perfect date night at home!
12) Boom Boom Pow - You are so 2008, you are 2000 and late! This song just makes me want to dance around and that can't be a bad thing right!
I wonder what 2010 will bring!
1) Prison Break Series End - this was the absolute best show on the planet, ever! Seriously, it was smart with hot bad boys and Michael made MacGyver look like a wanna be. I cried at the series finale and had a party to watch the made for DVD movie that tied up the loose ends. We took mug shots (even Vince the dog had one) and we had Teddy's Tea, Lincoln Log Cheese, Sucre's Cookies, a Michael cake and Sara's meds. What other show could give us such a party theme to run with?
2) The Wrestler - This movie is depressing and Mickey Rourke plays washed up well. But, this movie was real. You know there are people out there that are this pathetic, this stuck in the past and what could have been. It makes you want to enjoy what you have now.
3) Twilight Series - OMG! I am both Team Edward and Team Jacob. Can't they all just live happily ever after together? I devoured the books, loved the movies, and obsessed over the movie making books as I continue to plot my trip to Forks.
4) He's Just Not that Into You - This movie epitomizes the dating years before marrying Tom. Not to be a smug married, but I am so glad I am not single and having to deal with this bullsh*t again. And the fact that Bradley Cooper is in the movie, is just gravy!
5) Cleo Coyle - Coffee House Series - With names like Latte Trouble, On What Grounds and Murder Most Frothy how could I not read these 7 books in a week? They make me want to find that perfect Latte, and I think I have nearly found it at Mighty Good Roasting Company in Ann Arbor!
6) The Hangover - Bradley Cooper = Bonus! Probably one of the funniest movies I have every seen and it just reinforces my trips to Vegas that anything can happen!
7) Legally Blonde - Clearly one of the Top 5 musicals of all time. How can you go wrong with the Bend and Snap song? I agree with Elle, pink is my signature color!
8) Zombieland - Not usually my type of movie. I admit, I watched part of it with my arm over my eyes sunk down in my chair. But with rules like Cardio, the Double Tap, Beware of Bathrooms, Seatbelts and Woody Harrelson, how can you go wrong?
9) Sons of Anarchy - If I was single and a bad a**, I would want to date Jax. These biker boys know what it means to get even.
10) Jay - Z's - Run this Town and Empire State of Mind - These songs make me feel ghetto, in a good way! I feel the need to belt out Rihanna and Alicia Key's parts. When did Jay-Z get cool again? Besides the songs talk about NYC, so you had me at the first note.
11) Castle - This show is one of the few that Tom and I agree on. It is witty, has a high cuteness factor and deals with solving murders. A perfect date night at home!
12) Boom Boom Pow - You are so 2008, you are 2000 and late! This song just makes me want to dance around and that can't be a bad thing right!
I wonder what 2010 will bring!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
TV is Terrific!
My DVR is quite full right now. It is loaded with Eastwick, Top Chef: Las Vegas, Cougar Town, Modern Family, Bored to Death, Sons of Anarchy, The Hills, Melrose Place, 90210, Castle, Greek, FlashForward, Yankees Playoff games and The Vampire Diaries. That's not my whole repertoire - I am caught up on Grey's Anatomy and Gossip Girl and a couple of my favorite shows like Lost, WipeOut and Entourage are on hiatus. I admit it, my name is Michelle and I am a TV addict! It has been 8 hours since my last fix!
Why the interest in TV? Maybe it was my year in L.A. where every one was obsessed with movies, TV shows and the Biz. Maybe it is because TV is often more interesting than real life. In college, being near NYC, I had the opportunity to hit the Talk Show/Live TV Scene. Molly, Amanda and I went to the Sally Jesse Raphael Show. Yes, her red glasses are as ridiculous in real life as they are on TV!
A college friend got us into a SNL practice. We saw Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger (pre-divorce), Daniel Baldwin (pre-Dirty Sexy Money) and the old favorite UB-40. It was old school SNL - Chris Farley, Adam Sandler and David Spade. A once in a lifetime experience!
The David Letterman show is shot in a studio that is super cold - I wore my parka the entire time. The Drew Carey show takes over 4 hours to shoot a 1/2 hour show and they get mad if you need go to the bathroom. They are obviously not on the same page with my bladder! I am still yearning to see the Rachael Ray show and I want to take my Mom to see the Oprah show. But ya know what, as much as I like TV, my life ain't half bad :)!
Why the interest in TV? Maybe it was my year in L.A. where every one was obsessed with movies, TV shows and the Biz. Maybe it is because TV is often more interesting than real life. In college, being near NYC, I had the opportunity to hit the Talk Show/Live TV Scene. Molly, Amanda and I went to the Sally Jesse Raphael Show. Yes, her red glasses are as ridiculous in real life as they are on TV!
A college friend got us into a SNL practice. We saw Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger (pre-divorce), Daniel Baldwin (pre-Dirty Sexy Money) and the old favorite UB-40. It was old school SNL - Chris Farley, Adam Sandler and David Spade. A once in a lifetime experience!
The David Letterman show is shot in a studio that is super cold - I wore my parka the entire time. The Drew Carey show takes over 4 hours to shoot a 1/2 hour show and they get mad if you need go to the bathroom. They are obviously not on the same page with my bladder! I am still yearning to see the Rachael Ray show and I want to take my Mom to see the Oprah show. But ya know what, as much as I like TV, my life ain't half bad :)!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
That's why it is called La La Land
TV puzzles me. As obsessed as I am with it, you really need to suspend belief to be able to watch it. Hollywood thinks we are stupid and you know my theory on people (95% of the world is stupid) but sometimes I really stop and think FFS! What are they thinking? Are they writing shows for the Geico cavemen? As I think about some of my favorite shows, most of them are about as reality based as aliens invading Earth. Here are a few of my favorites:
Friends - I watched this show for 10 straight years, I own every episode on DVD, but really, if Rachel, Ross, Chandler, Monica, Joey and Phoebe were actually living in NYC they would be living in 5th floor walk up together in Brooklyn, not in the Village. While Ross and Chandler have seemingly real grown-up jobs, they are never at them. They spend hours at Central Perk obsessing over who likes who and who's sleeping with who. Girls, do you know any group of 3 girls and 3 guys that can get along so well with so little drama? I don't think so. The guys would be locked in a constant fight over the girls and the girls would be catty. Nobodies life is that perfect.
Lost - My husband loves this show so I sat down and watched the first 4 seasons on DVD so we could watch this show together. What did that get me? Eye strain from watching 64 1/2 hours of TV and a lot of WTF moments. After watching 5 seasons (we watched last season together), I still have no bloody idea what is going on, what year they are in and why I should actually give a sh*t? Maybe the final season will reveal all, but I doubt it.
Entourage - I love this show, it is f'in hilarious, but really, even people in Hollywood do not behave this inappropriately. Ari would be arrested for harassment and persecution of poor Lloyd. He spends his day thinking of ways to torture, humiliate and drive poor Lloyd nuts. Vince would get sick of supporting his lazy, always high friend Turtle who really doesn't have any discernible skills and just sponges of him. He would get annoyed with his neurotic brother who is socially inept and seems to leave a wake of chaos and drama every where he goes. His best friend and manager E would be fired and sent back to Queens for being unable to keep Vince's career on track. But hey it's Hollywood, so not everything makes sense.
So while I sit and watch these shows and some of my other favorites like Sex in the City, Greek, Dirty Sexy Money, Lipstick Jungle (I told you I am TV obsessed!), I follow the lives of these characters and sometimes laugh my ass off, I must suspend belief in order to do so. Nobody I know is that pretty, that perky, that wealthy, that lucky, but I guess that is why they call it La La Land.
Friends - I watched this show for 10 straight years, I own every episode on DVD, but really, if Rachel, Ross, Chandler, Monica, Joey and Phoebe were actually living in NYC they would be living in 5th floor walk up together in Brooklyn, not in the Village. While Ross and Chandler have seemingly real grown-up jobs, they are never at them. They spend hours at Central Perk obsessing over who likes who and who's sleeping with who. Girls, do you know any group of 3 girls and 3 guys that can get along so well with so little drama? I don't think so. The guys would be locked in a constant fight over the girls and the girls would be catty. Nobodies life is that perfect.
Lost - My husband loves this show so I sat down and watched the first 4 seasons on DVD so we could watch this show together. What did that get me? Eye strain from watching 64 1/2 hours of TV and a lot of WTF moments. After watching 5 seasons (we watched last season together), I still have no bloody idea what is going on, what year they are in and why I should actually give a sh*t? Maybe the final season will reveal all, but I doubt it.
Entourage - I love this show, it is f'in hilarious, but really, even people in Hollywood do not behave this inappropriately. Ari would be arrested for harassment and persecution of poor Lloyd. He spends his day thinking of ways to torture, humiliate and drive poor Lloyd nuts. Vince would get sick of supporting his lazy, always high friend Turtle who really doesn't have any discernible skills and just sponges of him. He would get annoyed with his neurotic brother who is socially inept and seems to leave a wake of chaos and drama every where he goes. His best friend and manager E would be fired and sent back to Queens for being unable to keep Vince's career on track. But hey it's Hollywood, so not everything makes sense.
So while I sit and watch these shows and some of my other favorites like Sex in the City, Greek, Dirty Sexy Money, Lipstick Jungle (I told you I am TV obsessed!), I follow the lives of these characters and sometimes laugh my ass off, I must suspend belief in order to do so. Nobody I know is that pretty, that perky, that wealthy, that lucky, but I guess that is why they call it La La Land.
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