Night of Too Many Stars
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rusty_haloLast night I went to Night of Too Many Stars. This was super fun, for several reasons:
* I had a great view. First balcony, second row, center-right, three seats from an aisle. If you have a huge high resolution TV screen, you can probably see me in the audience shots. ;)
* Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, together and in the same room as me!
* Getting to see everyone scurrying around during the commercial breaks and discussing what comes next.
* Jon *completely* cracking up during one of the bits--I think it was Will Ferrell's--did they show his reactions on TV? He was laughing so hard he was jumping up and down, and then he fell to the floor, but he still managed to speak all his lines with a semi-straight face.
* Jon chatting with us beforehand and during the commercial breaks and telling us what a great audience we were. (He's so sweet!)
* Jimmy Fallon, who was apparently not content merely answering phones, and so spontaneously stood up and (yelling without a microphone) got whole audience to do the wave repeatedly during a commercial break. (They showed just a snippet of this on the broadcast.)
* Pretty boys making out! I'm apparently way out of touch with modern television, because I had no idea who they were, but they made out a lot longer than aired on the broadcast.
* Getting to see the whole Elvis Costello performance (which was cut off by a commercial during the broadcast).
* I got to see the guy behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. (Not that I really cared, but still, nifty.)
* I'm embarrassed that Moby is the apparent representative of veganism in popular culture, but at the same time glad that he is at least spreading awareness of its existence.
* Did I mention how adorably sincere Jon Stewart is?
What was weird:
* They didn't show us the David Letterman thing at all; that just seemed to be an extra-long commercial break.
* Being surrounded by such disturbingly rich people was just weird. Before the show started, they had a couple of auctions, including one for a walk-on part on Saturday Night Live which went for $20,000. I know, good cause, I just can't fathom those amounts of money.
* Also, it needed more Stephen Colbert. :P
* I had a great view. First balcony, second row, center-right, three seats from an aisle. If you have a huge high resolution TV screen, you can probably see me in the audience shots. ;)
* Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, together and in the same room as me!
* Getting to see everyone scurrying around during the commercial breaks and discussing what comes next.
* Jon *completely* cracking up during one of the bits--I think it was Will Ferrell's--did they show his reactions on TV? He was laughing so hard he was jumping up and down, and then he fell to the floor, but he still managed to speak all his lines with a semi-straight face.
* Jon chatting with us beforehand and during the commercial breaks and telling us what a great audience we were. (He's so sweet!)
* Jimmy Fallon, who was apparently not content merely answering phones, and so spontaneously stood up and (yelling without a microphone) got whole audience to do the wave repeatedly during a commercial break. (They showed just a snippet of this on the broadcast.)
* Pretty boys making out! I'm apparently way out of touch with modern television, because I had no idea who they were, but they made out a lot longer than aired on the broadcast.
* Getting to see the whole Elvis Costello performance (which was cut off by a commercial during the broadcast).
* I got to see the guy behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. (Not that I really cared, but still, nifty.)
* I'm embarrassed that Moby is the apparent representative of veganism in popular culture, but at the same time glad that he is at least spreading awareness of its existence.
* Did I mention how adorably sincere Jon Stewart is?
What was weird:
* They didn't show us the David Letterman thing at all; that just seemed to be an extra-long commercial break.
* Being surrounded by such disturbingly rich people was just weird. Before the show started, they had a couple of auctions, including one for a walk-on part on Saturday Night Live which went for $20,000. I know, good cause, I just can't fathom those amounts of money.
* Also, it needed more Stephen Colbert. :P
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