Hey Everybody!
So I finally caved and made a freaking blog. Oh well, if you can't beat them, blog about them, right? I had quite an extraordinary day because I got to go to a live taping of Conan!! Plus Millie (my mom) is in town! So it was my birthday gift to her... hope you liked it.
We arrived at Universal Studios where we were escorted to a designated position in line...outside...in the 90 degree heat. Whatev, anything for Coco. The young interns dressed in hideous gray business suits handed us our yellow tickets and blue wristbands (not to be taken off unless you wanted to get yelled at and chased off the lot.) After an hour and a half of waiting they started taking groups to the restrooms...exciting stuff I know. Then after another hour they finally began taking groups of us into the studio!!! Let me just say right now I am a HUGE Conan O'Brien fan. I used to sneak out of study hall when I was in Middle School to watch his reruns of his show on Comedy Central... that's devotion. So Millie and I walk in, beaming cheek to cheek like two toddlers in a toy store, and take in the beautiful architecture and design of his sound stage. It was bigger than I had expected!! I went to a taping of Chelsea Lately last summer and was shocked to discover how SMALL her studio was, but she is not Conan :D We stared at all the crew setting up their expensive cameras equipment. We spotted the stage manager pouring a certain carbonated beverage that I am not allowed to tell you into Conan's mug on his desk ( it was diet coke, shhh!)
The "Page's" (overpaid set babysitters who escort the audience members in single file lines and tell them where to sit.) Directed Millie and I to the left side of his audience. And we had t split up in order to get good seats!! :( What the heck Conan!?!? The row above where Millie was sitting was taped off for vip people or something. Towards the start of the show one of the Page's brought 4 people dressed very nicely in through the side doors (exclusive access to Conan's World behind the scenes.) Fishy? I think so!
This pathetic guy named Jim came out first to "warm up" the crowd (like we needed it?) and tell us when to appluad. It's really tricky, there's this sign that lights up that says: APPLAUSE. Super hard to follow omg. After some tasteless jokes, Andy Richter (Conan's charity case) came out to relieve this fool of his duties. Andy introduced us to Conan's band (Max was not there, he's touring with Bruce Springstein or something lol) And they were AWESOME!!! I love big band music and to be able to hear people who are amazing at what they do, play their instruments together was exciting! But after all this delay I was ready for the main even: The Cone Bone himself: Conan O'Brien.
Andy announced him, the curtains parted, and in walks this 7 foot tall ginger wearing a nice suit and perfectly quaffed hair. :D
I just about peed. I could not contain my excitement, I didn't know whether to cry or burst out laughing. Embarassing...
First guest.... JONAH HILL!!! I think this kid is truly hillarious. He's taken the overweight, awkward, imposing, funny guy to the next level. I mean, have you seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall?? Brilliant. It must be extremely hot under those lights becuase Mr. Hill was sweating profusely. The makeup lady had to keep running out to give him tissues. No big deal, I sweat a lot too... I mean I "glisten." He brought a clip from his new film "Funny People" with Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler. I cannot wait till this movie comes out. I'm a hardcore Judd Apatow fan, so if he's directing it, I'm watching it.
Second Guest...Cheryl Hines. Whoopdi doo! We got to see a clip from "The Ugly Truth" in which she makes out with her weird co-anchor husband...cool! But there was one cool thing! Remember how I said the row above Millie was taped off for some peeps...it was Cheryl's Mom, stepdad, niece, and...another random guy family member! So when they cut to them in the audience you can totally see Millie in the right corner of the screen, clapping and laughing it up like a tv star.
Third Guest... comedian Dan Naturman. I think he had one funny joke that actually made me chuckle for real. No hard feelings, Dan.
And in the amount of time not even close to how long we waited in line, it was over. Conan grabbed the mic and thanked us all for coming and then he and Jonah schmoozed their way out of the studio. Millie and I sauntered off the Universal Lot, taking it all in. We had just seen Conan, in the flesh, pale as a ghost.
It's days like this that remind me why I live in California, even if I am across the country from my family. Oh well, maybe if Conan were in Ohio I'd THINK about going back.
Probably not though.
So I finally caved and made a freaking blog. Oh well, if you can't beat them, blog about them, right? I had quite an extraordinary day because I got to go to a live taping of Conan!! Plus Millie (my mom) is in town! So it was my birthday gift to her... hope you liked it.
We arrived at Universal Studios where we were escorted to a designated position in line...outside...in the 90 degree heat. Whatev, anything for Coco. The young interns dressed in hideous gray business suits handed us our yellow tickets and blue wristbands (not to be taken off unless you wanted to get yelled at and chased off the lot.) After an hour and a half of waiting they started taking groups to the restrooms...exciting stuff I know. Then after another hour they finally began taking groups of us into the studio!!! Let me just say right now I am a HUGE Conan O'Brien fan. I used to sneak out of study hall when I was in Middle School to watch his reruns of his show on Comedy Central... that's devotion. So Millie and I walk in, beaming cheek to cheek like two toddlers in a toy store, and take in the beautiful architecture and design of his sound stage. It was bigger than I had expected!! I went to a taping of Chelsea Lately last summer and was shocked to discover how SMALL her studio was, but she is not Conan :D We stared at all the crew setting up their expensive cameras equipment. We spotted the stage manager pouring a certain carbonated beverage that I am not allowed to tell you into Conan's mug on his desk ( it was diet coke, shhh!)
The "Page's" (overpaid set babysitters who escort the audience members in single file lines and tell them where to sit.) Directed Millie and I to the left side of his audience. And we had t split up in order to get good seats!! :( What the heck Conan!?!? The row above where Millie was sitting was taped off for vip people or something. Towards the start of the show one of the Page's brought 4 people dressed very nicely in through the side doors (exclusive access to Conan's World behind the scenes.) Fishy? I think so!
This pathetic guy named Jim came out first to "warm up" the crowd (like we needed it?) and tell us when to appluad. It's really tricky, there's this sign that lights up that says: APPLAUSE. Super hard to follow omg. After some tasteless jokes, Andy Richter (Conan's charity case) came out to relieve this fool of his duties. Andy introduced us to Conan's band (Max was not there, he's touring with Bruce Springstein or something lol) And they were AWESOME!!! I love big band music and to be able to hear people who are amazing at what they do, play their instruments together was exciting! But after all this delay I was ready for the main even: The Cone Bone himself: Conan O'Brien.
Andy announced him, the curtains parted, and in walks this 7 foot tall ginger wearing a nice suit and perfectly quaffed hair. :D
I just about peed. I could not contain my excitement, I didn't know whether to cry or burst out laughing. Embarassing...
First guest.... JONAH HILL!!! I think this kid is truly hillarious. He's taken the overweight, awkward, imposing, funny guy to the next level. I mean, have you seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall?? Brilliant. It must be extremely hot under those lights becuase Mr. Hill was sweating profusely. The makeup lady had to keep running out to give him tissues. No big deal, I sweat a lot too... I mean I "glisten." He brought a clip from his new film "Funny People" with Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler. I cannot wait till this movie comes out. I'm a hardcore Judd Apatow fan, so if he's directing it, I'm watching it.
Second Guest...Cheryl Hines. Whoopdi doo! We got to see a clip from "The Ugly Truth" in which she makes out with her weird co-anchor husband...cool! But there was one cool thing! Remember how I said the row above Millie was taped off for some peeps...it was Cheryl's Mom, stepdad, niece, and...another random guy family member! So when they cut to them in the audience you can totally see Millie in the right corner of the screen, clapping and laughing it up like a tv star.
Third Guest... comedian Dan Naturman. I think he had one funny joke that actually made me chuckle for real. No hard feelings, Dan.
And in the amount of time not even close to how long we waited in line, it was over. Conan grabbed the mic and thanked us all for coming and then he and Jonah schmoozed their way out of the studio. Millie and I sauntered off the Universal Lot, taking it all in. We had just seen Conan, in the flesh, pale as a ghost.
It's days like this that remind me why I live in California, even if I am across the country from my family. Oh well, maybe if Conan were in Ohio I'd THINK about going back.
Probably not though.
Until Next Time,
Melissa Rae Morgan
Melissa Rae Morgan
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