In ALL of my experience (West Coast, East Coast, doesn't matter), audience waiting has ALWAYS been an unpleasant experience. Back in July 2021, a woman standing about 5 people behind me fainted and an ambulance came and got her. One would think that might have been an incentive to get the audience out of the heat and at least in the air-conditioned lobby, but nope, the incident didn't change the Late Show's audience procedures at all. We waited in the heat some more.
However, a few years ago -- the last time I attended sitcom tapings in LA -- there was a bright spot. At Warner Brothers, audiences were handled in the parking garage and there were benches for us to sit on to preserve line order. Doesn't sound like much, but it was actually a major improvement. One of the guests last night was Ernie Moniz? Back when he worked in the Obama White House, Dr. Moniz was a reviewer of the publication I helped prepare. One of my colleagues was called over to the Old Executive Office Building -- specifically to explain purchasing power parities to him. Just a memorable incident from my past. On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 1:20 PM M-D November <mdnovem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dave - I'd rather sit in the house for 90 minutes than have to stand on > the street in line (or crammed into the Ed's lobby), as it had been done > pre-COVID. > > On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 5:37:55 AM UTC-4 Dave Sikula wrote: > >> So, if I'm reading this right, they made you sit in the house with >> nothing happening for about 90 minutes? That's inexcusable. >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 7:22:13 PM UTC-7 David Bruggeman wrote: >> >>> I left the Ed about 6:45 Eastern, and haven't seen the show yet, so I >>> might have more to say later in the week. >>> >>> Most of what Dave describes below reflects my experience, though the >>> process is much more efficient than in 2017. I arrived at 3:30, and once >>> my plus one satisfied all the COVID requirements, we were in the Ed within >>> 20 minutes and right to our seats (ground level, near the back and across >>> from Joe Saylor in the band, though we still had a fair amount of time >>> waiting in the theater. >>> >>> The staff had music piped in (mostly current hits). I can't remember >>> who came first, but the floor director and the warm-up guy (Paul Mercurio, >>> who was probably doing it in 2017) were next. Mercurio was leaning hard on >>> the cheerleading approach to being a warm-up comic, which can easily rub >>> someone the wrong way. His interactions with audience members were more >>> entertaining. >>> >>> The band came out and the crowd really responded. They played the song >>> that used to play over the end titles (chorus lyrics "I feel good, I feel >>> free, I feel fine just being me.") Stephen came out during the song, did >>> the Q&A thing, and then the show started around 5:30-5:40. >>> >> -- >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/21147afc-5617-4630-b5f6-8c2a0c11a079n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/21147afc-5617-4630-b5f6-8c2a0c11a079n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CA%2B_fQPxCBn-3KaGVivYK7aHWD5zwFyy53fFDcSXTrTJT3GgT0Q%40mail.gmail.com.
