Thank you for all playing my "Where in the world is Blue Devil?" game yesterday. It was alot of fun to do and the comments on the posts were a blast to read. I was testing the email-to-blog system I want to use in September while on the river. Looks like it's a success!
Alan- Yeah, I came to Manhattan and didn't tell you. As you can see from the posts, it was a packed day.
By the way, it turns out that GTA IV is excellent training for navigating Manhattan. At one point we were in Times Square (you know, right where that awesome stunt jump is, over the LCPD shack?) and S wanted to find the Empire State Building. Thanks to my many dedicated hours to criminality over the last two weeks, I was able to point right to where it should be. And sure enough, though it was blocked from sight by tall buildings, we were able to walk straight to it.
Ok, so the Daily Show was totally awesome. We had tickets, but still waited in line for 3 hours to make sure we got seats since they over book. I already mentioned getting to meet David Pogue in line, that was cool, and he liked my iPhone.
We were in line with a retired couple who go see all these shows live as their hobby. Every afternoon it's either the Daily Show, Colbert, or David Letterman. It's to the point that the warm up acts know them on sight and know their names. Their opinion is that Colbert is by far the best show to see live. Apparently he's got great energy.
I knew we were going to have to go through a metal detector, and so putting all my objects away, the zipper on the pocket to my cargo pants got stuck closed, leaving me unable to take my cell phone out to go through. Luckily the security guards were willing to loan me a swiss army knife they had already confiscated and I cut a hole in the offending pocket.
Lots and lots of line waiting and we got into the studio. The Daily Show set almost felt like a cathedral. I start off every morning watching the Daily Show from the night before. That way I know every morning will start me off in a good mood. We were seated behind the writers and producers, which guaranteed we wouldn't be in a crowd shot. But it was cool to watch them react to the show they had written and it gave us a view of the teleprompter feed, so I could see when Jon went off script. I'm a geek for behind-the-scenes stuff so I loved it.
The show interns repeated the rules for the bazillionth time. - No getting up to go to the bathroom (which is why I hadn't had anything to drink since 2pm) - no taking out your cell phone for any reason - and be enthusiastic!
Then a warm-up comedian named Quincy came out and did a 15 minute quiz show on sit-com theme songs. He did a good job of getting our energy up, and then Jon came out to spend 10 minutes taking questions from the audience. Jon is a tiny little man in person. Seriously, it was like a gingerbread man dressed up a in a suit up there. But he is funny! Every minute he was up on the stage, I was laughing till I cried.
The show went on just like on TV, funny as hell. You know I particularly loved the parts where Bush was eviscerated for his big "not playing golf" sacrifice since we went into Iraq.
The show was going great and then Denis Leary came on. I was never a fan of his before
Rescue Me but his edgy firefighter show makes him one of my favorite entertainers these days. Denis and Jon riffed on each other, no script, no real questions. Just two guys BS'ing it up much like a get-together of the Quad. And just as much fun.
All-in-all it was a great way to take a day off of work.
Since human beings descended from the trees and began walking the savanah (sorry Republicans, it's true) there have been many great inventions. The stick. The bigger stick. The wheel. The Heroclix dial.
Thank you for all playing my "Where in the world is Blue Devil?" game yesterday. It was alot of fun to do and the comments on the posts were a blast to read. I was testing the email-to-blog system I want to use in September while on the river. Looks like it's a success!
