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[Aug. 21st, 2007|11:55 am] |
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The Colbert Report taping
August 20, 2007
-----In the Waiting Line-----
So I arrived at the Colbert Report studio at almost exactly 12 p.m. Every other time I've been there, someone else has gotten there freakishly early, so I wasn't taking any chances. The gate was locked, so I had to sit on the sidewalk in front, which made me a bit self-conscious because I was the only one there and everyone kept staring at me and chuckling as they walked past. But then a super nice couple from Michigan showed up for standby (they got in with extra tickets...yay), so I had company! Wooo!
Okay. I realize that Lysa's Tales of Line Waiting would be a really dull book, so I am just going to skip ahead to inside the studio after I mention two quick things. Number first, there was this really annoying kid who kept talking about how he acts for Disney and how he is famous. Uh huh. And second, the little bit of vandalism that I did NOT commit last time I was waiting in line with friends was NOT still there. And there were NOT a bunch of new pieces of Sharpie graffiti. >_>
( I did NOT do this. )
I feel kind of bad, even though I think it's cool to read the notes that people leave behind.
-----In the Waiting Room-----
Speaking of trends...![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) jhyj will be super excited to hear that once we were inside 328472343214 people were finding secret notes hidden inside their tickets! And someone with a notepad and pen passed it around so everyone could leave notes for the next taping. Yaaaaaay! My secret note just said "HOTT" on it this time, so it's *behind* the heart note I found at the last taping. The best one I heard said, "The #1 threat to female virginity: Stephen Colbert." This whole fortune cookie-esque trend is hilarious and fun. I wonder if the staff has noticed? All the tickets are torn up, so I feel like the must have by now.
When I went through security, I was holding my e-mail printout and my IAAASCY blad, because it didn't fit into my bag. The security guy grabbed it and asked what I was planning on doing with it. (Um...Stabbing Stephen? What am I supposed to do with a book excerpt?) He said he had to take it and asked for my driver's license so I could get it back after the show.
-----In the Studio: The Warm-Up-----
It felt like forever until we were let out of the holding pen. Finally, we got into the actual studio, and I was super psyched to see that all the seats had wristSTRONG bracelets on them!
On the train ride home, Anny and I spread wrist awareness. With the rarest type of plastic. Red.
The warm-up comedian mentioned that at a taping last week, they ran out of the "real" bracelets, and an intern had to run out and get bootleg ones, which had Columbian (or some other country...I forget...sorry) flags on one side so they had to be turned inside out. He added that the staff made sure to mail everyone the real bracelets, because they care. Aww.
While the warm-up guy was talking, Mark came out and asked if I was Lysa. I said yes, and he handed me my blad, telling me he got it signed for me and to just put it under my chair and not let anyone see.
( YAAAY! )
Then Stephen finally ran out. He didn't do his usual run around wildly, jump up and click his heels and high-fives bit, which is understandable given his injury. Instead, he got on his knees (right in front of my seat!) and bowed to us with his arms above his head. Then he bowed again lower and kissed the ground.
Audience questions:
- One woman asked what Stephen exfoliated with. He mentioned sea salts and a few other things and said to definitely not use crushed nut shells as they scratch the skin. Then he asked if she had a recommendation, and she said she did, which made Stephen laugh. "You've got to be kidding me." She said she had called his agent and mentioned a product but was told Stephen would not be interested. The product? Totally Nude Dude. Stephen made a phone with his hand and held it up to his ear, mouthing "call me."
- One audience member asked if he found out whether he was Jewish. Stephen said, "I did, and that's none of your damn business." Then someone asked if he found out whether he was Native American, to which he said, "That is also none of your damn business."
- One girl asked whether he really has a dog named Gipper. He said, "That is also none of your damn business." Then he laughed and said, "My character does."
- Someone asked in what ways he thought Hillary Clinton was like a bear. Stephen said he didn't think she was like a bear at all. "More like a wolverine." He then got serious and said he finds it hard to have an opinion about her. He said that if he says she's the president's wife, he sounds sexist, as if he is dismissing her. But if you take that away, there isn't much left, he said.
After those questions, someone came out and said Jon was about ready to do the toss. Stephen said, "Well, Jon will just have to wait." He laughed and added quickly that he'd go do the toss now after one more question.
- A girl in the front row said she needed advice. She couldn't get her parents to watch the show. "Is it possible to divorce your parents?" Stephen asked. Then he said he didn't have any advice for her, adding that she should send them to him and he'd talk to them directly.
-----In the Studio: The Toss-----
Before the toss, Stephen and Jon talked about their vacation plans for after this week. Jon said this is the first real vacation for Stephen, since he had to work on his book next time. Stephen said he was actually out west fighting forest fires, and then said the resort he is going to this time actually warns about being consumed by fires. "I shit you not." He asked Jon where he was going, and Jon said Wyoming. "To start fires?" Stephen asked. Jon laughed and said, dejectedly, that he would actually be in Jersey.
After chatting, Stephen asked Jon about the toss. "A little hesitation in the beginning?" Jon said yes and that it should go away and then come back, to which Stephen replied, "...I don't know. That sounds kind of complicated. We'll see." Jon said, "Or how about just fuck it...and let's do it." Then Stephen suggested that he burst out laughing right in the middle but decided "not this time." Stephen quickly mumbled his lines for practice and right before he started he laughed and said, "This is so bad!"
-----In the Studio: The Flubs-----
Stephen messed up A LOT last night, which sucks for production but is fun for me as I get to watch more taping. The table of contents section of the show actually mentioned a back to school segment, which ended up not happening. He said something like, "And I'll have some tips on how you can save on back-to-school. My advice? Don't go back." (I haven't caught a re-run of the show yet, but I'm guessing they took this out of the final cut.) [edit] Nevermind. Saw the rerun. Now I feel like a slightly deaf dumb ass.
It took three takes for him to do the Katie Couric bit. The first time he accidentally kept reading the prompter when the clip ran, and the second time the second clip of Katie not wearing the bracelet was delayed and didn't show up. Whenever he flubbed, Stephen made a sort of please-don't-punish-me little boy face and said, "Thank you for being so patient with me."
When introducing the new Nailed 'Em segment, Stephen stumbled over some words and had to start over. The second time he inserted the words "Get on it, Nancy Grace!" which I hope got in.
After Stephen interviewed the Lego man, he said that he wanted to redo the beginning of the interview. They started rolling the tape, and Stephen just sat there thinking for a while, which made the audience laugh. He said he wanted to get the wording right and finally asked two questions, something like, "Geeks are beaten up as kids. Do you have any trouble with that as an adult?" and "If we were at war, where would your loyalties lie? With the United States or Legoland?"
-----In the Studio: "Commercial Breaks"-----
Stephen always has things in his mouth. So cute. Usually pens, but this time he had an extra wristSTRONG bracelet which he kept putting in between his teeth, making it flopping up and down. Later, he shot the bracelet into the audience rubber band style. "I could have put out an eye. Sorry!"
As usual, he also threw out a signed paper airplane, which flew over the audience and landed in front of the guest. One girl ran out of her chair, grabbed it and ran back. Stephen, who had been going over the script, looked up and laughed. Pointing, he said, "Wha...SECURITY!"
-----Outside the Studio-----
A bunch of people waited outside the studio for Stephen after the show. When he came out with two bodyguards, he said, "Wow. A crowd." and was taken straight to his car. He asked if we all got our bracelets and then put his stuff in the back seat. Before he got in to leave, he turned around, raised his arms, paused to think of some words and said, "Good-bye!"
I was a little disappointed, since I really wanted a second go at getting a non-blurry picture with him. However, if I were him, I would not have wanted to deal with all those people either, especially since it was late and he wanted to get home to his family. I can get a picture another time. :) I'm crossing my fingers that his book tour will make it to North Carolina.
Finally, before I end this recap, I saw this really cool bike covered in Metro Cards a few blocks away from the studio:
( Wow. )
Hope this had some interesting and new Stephen info for everybody. I'm off to The Daily Show on Thursday, so I'll be sure to take copious mental notes then. Cheers!
[edit] I FORGOT! The OSCLA flag is gone. Why? Did I miss something?
[edit] I also forgot that before Stephen left the audience, he said that he just found out his bag of tube socks was made in Kentucky. He said he's been holding those socks up for 20 months and saying they are made in China. He apologized to the state of Kentucky. Good man. |
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