see conan o'brien live

I went to see a test taping of the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien in Burbank yesterday!!!!! OMG!!!!!! It was so surreal seeing him in person. He was absolutely hilarious and breathtakingly handsome. It was so awesome to see what goes on behind the cameras and during commercial breaks. The new set looks fantastic. I can’t wait until he airs on tv. I HIGHLY recommend that you go see a taping if you live in the area.

i wanna see him live .. would be soo funny :-)
i love his show :-D

It was a very fun show. I will advise you though- don’t go to the bar (or get drunk) before you go to the taping of this show.LOL Producers will hate you.

I saw a Broadway show instead in the fall – Jersey Boys, and that was just as good or better!

every time i end up in new york i never find my way to conan. ugghh

And I’m sure he’ll be hilarious again someday. Either way, I still want to see him live after all the nights I watched his show to keep myself company as a lonely teenager.

I’ve been watching the show on TV now and then for almost 5 years now, and I really like it. It would be awesome to see the show live just once. Maybe I’ll combine this goal with going to New York (which is one of my 43places).

Just so you know, they’re booking for the show Sept 4-6, and 10-12, 2007!

My cousin just got a job at NBC and he hooked me with two tickets tomorrow. I’m a huge fan and so is my friend and we’re going tomorrow and I’m so excited. The show is with Jessica Alba which should be good. I don’t care who the guests are practically any guest with Conan is funny. So I’m really happy I get to fulfill this dream lol

When I first moved to New Jersey, I told myself that I had to see Conan O’Brien live as soon as possible. Well, after calling. And calling. And calling. I finally found available tickets, which just happened to be for a Thanksgiving show. Not having any other thanksgiving plans, I excitedly talked to an operator and, after holding for 10 minutes, had two tickets (all tickets are free)! The confirmation was emailed to me. Then, it was all a matter of waiting for a month until the show.

doot doot doot.

Finally, it’s thanksgiving! I print out the email thing, drive to new brunswick, take the train to penn, and find my way to the nbc studios. It was said to arrive no later than 12:45 for the 2p taping. We were at the studios at noon. We went up the escalator and showed someone the email; then they gave us each a ticket and a wristband and told us to come back at 12:45p. So, we checked out the building a little bit, I bought some Godiva ((there are two godiva stores in the building!)) then we wandered back to the spot at 12:45p.

There, lots of people were waiting for our numbers/letters to be called. After about five minutes they call our number and we are led to another area where we stand in line while they line everyone up and get all the numbers situated. We waited in this line about twenty minutes, then went through metal detectors and then finally was led into the studio.

It was sooooooooo neat! Neat and also illusion-crushing at the same time. But just seeing how a show like that runs is a great thing to observe. The show was live and filmed in real-time; there were commercial breaks, which the band played during. I think we left the studio around 3:15p.

Conan is the only show I would actually want to see taped live, but the experience alone was great. And since the tickets are free I see little reason for anyone to not go see a taping!