Finally something exciting has happened to me. Rachel and I have been trying to get tickets to the Ellen show for months now and we had tickets last week, but the show ended up being cancelled so today had to be the day that we were finally going to see her. Today was a rollercoaster of emotions and I will tell you about it and show you the pictures that we took to document our fabulous day.
We woke up bright and early and headed off to see our favorite daytime talk show host. We wanted to make sure to get there early so we were sure not to be put in the rif raff room. We got there without a hitch and had no problem finding parking.
We were ready to go and dance with Ellen! Here we are about to go get our place in line. We thought it would be no problem since we got there TWO HOURS prior to when the line is supposed to even START. But no...we walk up to check in and the girls tells us that the audience is only 156 people and we are numbers 164 and 165. 8 people too late! She also said that sometimes VIPs don't show up so there is a 50/50 chance of us still being able to get into the audience.
As you can see we were so upset and apparently, I look 12 when I'm upset. Had we arrived 20 minutes earlier we probably would have gotten in. We had some time to waste so we decided to go to lunch. We couldn't believe our hopes had been crushed like that.
After lunch we headed back to stand around some more. They gave us a survey to fill out, which confused us all, but we did it anyway. Here's an example of the survey and my responses:
Will you be watching the Daytime Emmy's on Friday?
Tivo, baby
Besides Ellen, who will you be rooting for?
I hope that Jon Stewart will receive the 1st daytime Emmy for a night time show.
Who is your favorite daytime soap opera star?
That guy on that show.
I believe that sarcasm solves all problems.
We met two ladies that were VIP and one of them kept reassuring us that we would get in because she was lucky. I was also able to get Rachel hooked up because she is OBSESSED with Justin Timberlake. Since one of the ladies had the hook up I sarcastically said, "You should get Rachel's number and hook her up with tickets when Justin Timberlake is on the show." The lady agreed and will now be trying to get Rachel the hook up. AWESOME. Things were starting to go our way.
So then it's 5 minutes before the show and we're sitting in the rif raff room and the guy starts calling out numbers, but he tells us that this doesn't necessarily mean we're getting in. Next thing we know we're walking up the stairs and there is the stage. He tells us to go talk to this girl and the girl leads us down the show stairs and puts us in the FRONT ROW! We had better seats then the VIP people we met! It was insane. Rachel and I freaked out. Wentworth Miller(total babe)was on and the musical guest was Daniel Powter. It was funny that he was the musical guest because just at lunch I was talking about how that song is almost as annoying as that James Blunt song, "Beautiful." That song seriously makes me want to kill myself.
ANYWAY! The best part was! During the performance Ellen walked right in front of Rachel and me and brushed us! It was hilarious because as soon as it happened mine and Rachel's eyes bulged out of our heads and we looked at each other and then we looked at the security guard since he was watching us and he smirked at us. So YEAH! ELLEN DEGENERES TOUCHED ME! I also made eye contact with her. MY GOD!
Some other nice little tidbits: Tony, her DJ, is a babe. The guy that warms the crowd up before the show = babe. The stage is incredibly tiny even though it looks huge on TV. I got the Daniel Powter CD for free and I don't want it so if anyone likes the dude, send me your address and I'll send it to you for FREE.
This is similar to the look on our faces when Ellen walked by us.
It turned out to be an amazing day. Ellen is awesome. If you would like to see Rachel and me poorly dance on national television IN THE FRONT ROW!, we will be on tomorrow. We are next to the girl in the green shirt that is on quite a bit. FUN FUN FUN! Hopefully next time we'll be seeing JT!
We woke up bright and early and headed off to see our favorite daytime talk show host. We wanted to make sure to get there early so we were sure not to be put in the rif raff room. We got there without a hitch and had no problem finding parking.
We were ready to go and dance with Ellen! Here we are about to go get our place in line. We thought it would be no problem since we got there TWO HOURS prior to when the line is supposed to even START. But no...we walk up to check in and the girls tells us that the audience is only 156 people and we are numbers 164 and 165. 8 people too late! She also said that sometimes VIPs don't show up so there is a 50/50 chance of us still being able to get into the audience.
As you can see we were so upset and apparently, I look 12 when I'm upset. Had we arrived 20 minutes earlier we probably would have gotten in. We had some time to waste so we decided to go to lunch. We couldn't believe our hopes had been crushed like that.
After lunch we headed back to stand around some more. They gave us a survey to fill out, which confused us all, but we did it anyway. Here's an example of the survey and my responses:
Will you be watching the Daytime Emmy's on Friday?
Tivo, baby
Besides Ellen, who will you be rooting for?
I hope that Jon Stewart will receive the 1st daytime Emmy for a night time show.
Who is your favorite daytime soap opera star?
That guy on that show.
I believe that sarcasm solves all problems.
We met two ladies that were VIP and one of them kept reassuring us that we would get in because she was lucky. I was also able to get Rachel hooked up because she is OBSESSED with Justin Timberlake. Since one of the ladies had the hook up I sarcastically said, "You should get Rachel's number and hook her up with tickets when Justin Timberlake is on the show." The lady agreed and will now be trying to get Rachel the hook up. AWESOME. Things were starting to go our way.
So then it's 5 minutes before the show and we're sitting in the rif raff room and the guy starts calling out numbers, but he tells us that this doesn't necessarily mean we're getting in. Next thing we know we're walking up the stairs and there is the stage. He tells us to go talk to this girl and the girl leads us down the show stairs and puts us in the FRONT ROW! We had better seats then the VIP people we met! It was insane. Rachel and I freaked out. Wentworth Miller(total babe)was on and the musical guest was Daniel Powter. It was funny that he was the musical guest because just at lunch I was talking about how that song is almost as annoying as that James Blunt song, "Beautiful." That song seriously makes me want to kill myself.
ANYWAY! The best part was! During the performance Ellen walked right in front of Rachel and me and brushed us! It was hilarious because as soon as it happened mine and Rachel's eyes bulged out of our heads and we looked at each other and then we looked at the security guard since he was watching us and he smirked at us. So YEAH! ELLEN DEGENERES TOUCHED ME! I also made eye contact with her. MY GOD!
Some other nice little tidbits: Tony, her DJ, is a babe. The guy that warms the crowd up before the show = babe. The stage is incredibly tiny even though it looks huge on TV. I got the Daniel Powter CD for free and I don't want it so if anyone likes the dude, send me your address and I'll send it to you for FREE.
This is similar to the look on our faces when Ellen walked by us.
It turned out to be an amazing day. Ellen is awesome. If you would like to see Rachel and me poorly dance on national television IN THE FRONT ROW!, we will be on tomorrow. We are next to the girl in the green shirt that is on quite a bit. FUN FUN FUN! Hopefully next time we'll be seeing JT!
posted by Penny at 6:38 PM
6 Comments:
I am so jealous! I want to go to the show, but am too lazy to bother getting tickets.
I also really like the pics of you and Rachel that accompany the text, heehee.
you better tivo it so that i can come over and watch it....i have work during the show time. oh btw its anissa <3
I am so jealous! That is AWESOME! I was supposed to go once, and I can't remember what happened, but I think it was my psycho ex-roommate's fault that we didn't get in.
I'm totally going to Tivo it tomorrow to see you guys!
Also, if you can wrangle a third ticket for the JT episode, I will name my firstborn child after you. My love for him is irrational and deep. :)
gwen- if this lady comes through that just might be a possibility ;)
That was way too cool for words.
Hehe. I love the emotion-capturing photos. Did you take some of the TV with you on it yet? I want to have some of my famous sis.
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