Sunday, April 17, 2016

Show Biz: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Conan, & Ellen

We are trying to squeeze in every LA experience we can before we leave - - and attending tapings of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy was *definitely* on my list.  Our thoughts:

the stages/sets are MUCH smaller than you'd imagine

the audiences are much smaller than you'd imagine

Pat Sajak is awkward!

Alex Trebec is very well-spoken and hilarious - with a dry sense of humor.

Wheel of Fortune is SO. MUCH. CLAPPING.  Seriously, it is kind of exhausting!

Watching people in real life is . . hilarious.

If Alex Trebec pronounces something incorrectly, the crew will re-tape him reading that clue, and then fix it for the TV episode.

We much preferred watching Jeopardy - it was SO low-key and chill, it required a lot less work from us, and there was more fun content to watch.


Wheel of Fortune with Chelsea & Will





Jeopardy




When Ben was finished with his Applied Market Research project - the capstone of his MBA program, he and his team attended a taping of Conan O'Brien



I was invited to go to The Ellen Show with some friends from our ward.  We had stand-by tickets, and unfortunately we were about 15 people away from making it into the studio!  We had to wait outside the studio, in the Riff-Raff room, and watch the show on TV.  We could still hear it all live, though . . and that was kinda fun . . ?  Ha!  We were given guaranteed return tickets, but they are for after Ben & I will have already moved.  Major bummer!  




1 comment:

Stephanie said...

That would have been on my bucket list for sure! And Price is Right! For some reason I'm not surprised Pat is awkward...but now my comment feels awkward.