Went to the taping. Have you ever been to a talk show taping? They are exhausting, people. They basically beg, cajole and bribe you to clap and laugh for well over an hour. It’s even less fun than it sounds.
Ms. Janney was charming. She talked about Our Very Own, the film that she did with my lovely, lovely friend Maggie, so that was exciting to hear about. They don’t have distribution for the film yet, but Allison got an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her role, so I think they’re hoping to parlay that attention into enough heat to launch the film. She also mentioned that this is her first film nomination, which is cool.
I got a chance to see an early screening of the film last year, and I really enjoyed it. Beth Grant is also in it, and I can’t say enough about our wonderful Beth. She’s always a joy and completely unsurprisingly stole every scene she was in. Love Beth.
Anyway, moral of the story: Liked getting to sit twenty feet from someone I idolize and be reminded that she’s a normal person (who drops her mic pack and then sits on it, and makes at times awkward small talk, bless her heart). However, I’m never going to another talk show taping again -- unless it’s Conan. Because seriously, you can only go woo-hoo so many times without meaning it before you begin to lose a little bit of your soul.
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i went to two tapings in one day once, it was exhausing, got up to go to price is right at like 6 am, stodd in line til like 11, finally got inside, waited some more, was out by 3...then on the way out they were handing out tickets to politically incorrect show, so went to that, and they shot two episodes, didn't leave until 6 pm.
it was awesome!
Jessica -
Great article from SLATE about The West Wing: http://www.slate.com/id/2134803/
Curious to read your (blog)thoughts about the cancelling of the show and perhaps the ideas set forth in this article.
ps - i AM under a rock. more later.
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