I had a dream that I was watching a taping of Saturday Night Live and now I really want to go. It's probably been my favorite show despite the ups and downs. I did go to a Conan show once.
Has anyone been to a live TV show taping? If so what and was it good?
I made it to SNL in 1995. Laura Leighton/Rancid:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0694704/ Very odd to see it all go down live. Lots of usage of cue cards. Cool ride up in the elevators and hanging out in the hallway waiting to get seated. One of the best fake commercials ever on that episode, too, starring Sam Waterston - linked in the IMDB link, but here it is, just in case...
IMDb Video: Old Glory "Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel"
Caught Letterman 2x in the mid-90's. His studio really is practically as cold as a walk-in freezer. The band is LOUD during commercial breaks. Enjoyable both times, and interesting to see some of the TV tricks they use. Sometimes a band or guest isn't "live" the night you see them on the show - Dave will switch suits so that when they put the segments together he matches.
Also saw the taping of a show on Comedy Central in 1996 called Viva Variety, which starred some of the folks that are now on Reno 911 - Thomas Lennon and Kerri Kenney - plus Michael Ian Black. Don't remember which episode, but I loved this show - wish it had lasted longer. The thing I *do* remember most was standing in line waiting to get in and the woman next to me talking about her sister who was almost kidnapped/abducted by some guys in a car because "she was out ho'in' " and she obviously should have known better. I didn't have the courage/presence of mind to ask which she should have known better: a)not be abductee bait or b) not be ho'in'
Viva Varrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriety!