I can't really think of anything clever for this line...
It's been such a hodge-podge of a weekend that my neurons couldn't fire up a clever title for this blog. Oh well...
Friday, we had a run-through for "Whammy!" It was very successful and the meeting afterwards was quite successful. It was a reunion of sorts. Todd was there. I hadn't seen him since the wrap party from last season, so it was great catching up with him. And a bunch of the execs from GSN showed up as well. Even though we're only just a few weeks away from our first taping of the new season, I'm still quite anxious to get back in the studio. I can't wait to see how the game plays for real with the new wrinkle we're adding to the big board.
Later that evening, I got together with Drew and Eddie for dinner for Eddie's last night in town (not to be confused with Steven's Last Night in Town <-- My gratuitous Ben Folds reference of the month). After dinner, we hung out for a bit, played some games and watched some game shows Drew had stored on the TiVo.
Yesterday was a big day of sorts. Saturday afternoon, I checked out a taping of "Let's Make a Deal." I'm not going to give too much away about the show, but the one thing I'll say which I really liked is that there's a respect for the original show. Monty was there in the studio and from what I hear, he's still very involved with the production of the show. At one point, he was standing right behind me. Plus, there are a couple of other game show vets involved with the show, a few of which I've actually worked with on other game show productions. They're even using the classic logo! The deals are very reminiscent of the old deals and the set is gorgeous. The elements and geography are essentially same as the original set but with a classier feel to them. The format and game hasn't been touched. There are a series of deals that culminate with the Big Deal of the Day. It's just been expanded to an hour. The show has three models and a sidekick. The sidekick isn't an unknown. In fact he should be a familiar name to TV viewers, especially late-night cable viewers. And the contestants are all dressed in costumes. It was funny...I was having lunch at the Arby's next door before I went to the studio and a woman dressed up in a ladybug costume entered. Then, when I left the studio after the show, I saw a line of people in costumes crossing the street at the intersection of Sunset and Bronson. "Let's Make a Deal" is indeed back...According to the warmup person, the show is scheduled to debut in March on Saturday nights. A big thanks to the production staff of "Deal" for letting me hanging out there!
I then returned home to find the living room reorganized. (I swear...Ted and Larry need to get on an episode of Trading Spaces). Then, Drew, Matt, Ted, Larry, and I hung out for a bit. Ken and Gigi dropped by shortly after Drew and I came back to the house. And after everybody trickled out, Nathan came over and we grabbed a bite of dinner before we headed to The Abbey in West Hollywood to meet up with Gary and Mike. It was super crowded there, but fortunately we got there before the long line to get in started forming. Tony B. also happened to be there and that began a string of "This is Your Life" moments for the other guys as they started seeing people from their pasts. We milled around and tried to chit-chat amongst the din of people yammering and techno music blaring. After a couple of hours, I had to call it quits and head home. Frankly, it wasn't the most fun time I've had there.
Did the "errands" thing today...Got my hair cut. Nothing too new except for the fact that the stylist I had asked me if I "do anything" to my hair after it's cut and when I said "yes," he had me gel my own hair. He put a big honking pile of gel. I actually like the fact that he had me take care of it myself. I never quite am pleased when the stylist does the gelling for me. When that happens, I always have to readjust it, or it's done in such a way that while it looks good, I'm never able to replicate it the next day. In any case, there was so much gel in my hair that when it dried, I ended up having "crispy hair." Ever have the "crispy hair" after a bit too much gel? I dunno, I always end up playing with my hair when it's crispy. Geez, why do I ramble like this...
One last thing...I love the self-checkout scanners at Ralph's...
It's been such a hodge-podge of a weekend that my neurons couldn't fire up a clever title for this blog. Oh well...
Friday, we had a run-through for "Whammy!" It was very successful and the meeting afterwards was quite successful. It was a reunion of sorts. Todd was there. I hadn't seen him since the wrap party from last season, so it was great catching up with him. And a bunch of the execs from GSN showed up as well. Even though we're only just a few weeks away from our first taping of the new season, I'm still quite anxious to get back in the studio. I can't wait to see how the game plays for real with the new wrinkle we're adding to the big board.
Later that evening, I got together with Drew and Eddie for dinner for Eddie's last night in town (not to be confused with Steven's Last Night in Town <-- My gratuitous Ben Folds reference of the month). After dinner, we hung out for a bit, played some games and watched some game shows Drew had stored on the TiVo.
Yesterday was a big day of sorts. Saturday afternoon, I checked out a taping of "Let's Make a Deal." I'm not going to give too much away about the show, but the one thing I'll say which I really liked is that there's a respect for the original show. Monty was there in the studio and from what I hear, he's still very involved with the production of the show. At one point, he was standing right behind me. Plus, there are a couple of other game show vets involved with the show, a few of which I've actually worked with on other game show productions. They're even using the classic logo! The deals are very reminiscent of the old deals and the set is gorgeous. The elements and geography are essentially same as the original set but with a classier feel to them. The format and game hasn't been touched. There are a series of deals that culminate with the Big Deal of the Day. It's just been expanded to an hour. The show has three models and a sidekick. The sidekick isn't an unknown. In fact he should be a familiar name to TV viewers, especially late-night cable viewers. And the contestants are all dressed in costumes. It was funny...I was having lunch at the Arby's next door before I went to the studio and a woman dressed up in a ladybug costume entered. Then, when I left the studio after the show, I saw a line of people in costumes crossing the street at the intersection of Sunset and Bronson. "Let's Make a Deal" is indeed back...According to the warmup person, the show is scheduled to debut in March on Saturday nights. A big thanks to the production staff of "Deal" for letting me hanging out there!
I then returned home to find the living room reorganized. (I swear...Ted and Larry need to get on an episode of Trading Spaces). Then, Drew, Matt, Ted, Larry, and I hung out for a bit. Ken and Gigi dropped by shortly after Drew and I came back to the house. And after everybody trickled out, Nathan came over and we grabbed a bite of dinner before we headed to The Abbey in West Hollywood to meet up with Gary and Mike. It was super crowded there, but fortunately we got there before the long line to get in started forming. Tony B. also happened to be there and that began a string of "This is Your Life" moments for the other guys as they started seeing people from their pasts. We milled around and tried to chit-chat amongst the din of people yammering and techno music blaring. After a couple of hours, I had to call it quits and head home. Frankly, it wasn't the most fun time I've had there.
Did the "errands" thing today...Got my hair cut. Nothing too new except for the fact that the stylist I had asked me if I "do anything" to my hair after it's cut and when I said "yes," he had me gel my own hair. He put a big honking pile of gel. I actually like the fact that he had me take care of it myself. I never quite am pleased when the stylist does the gelling for me. When that happens, I always have to readjust it, or it's done in such a way that while it looks good, I'm never able to replicate it the next day. In any case, there was so much gel in my hair that when it dried, I ended up having "crispy hair." Ever have the "crispy hair" after a bit too much gel? I dunno, I always end up playing with my hair when it's crispy. Geez, why do I ramble like this...
One last thing...I love the self-checkout scanners at Ralph's...
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