Whammys and Toadies
Four down, sixty-one to go...over to you Miss Kilgallen...oh wait, wrong show...As you all know, "Whammy" had its first taping of its second season on Tuesday. We taped four shows and all of them were great. The gameplay in the episodes we taped in our first day were top notch. The new jackpot brings new wrinkles into game strategy and almost always makes it anybody's game up until the end. And I can't stress how much better the show looks this year. Everything looks sharper and stands out more. There's a new opening and host entrance that rocks courtesy of our master director. The last show of the day was phenomenal. It was one of the most exciting episodes of Whammy...EVER...It got to the point where I was so into the game I was screaming at the top of my lungs. And I'll just leave it at that. :-) Hopefully, the great gameplay from the first four shows carries over throughout the rest of the season.
I think it goes without saying that I love tape days at "Whammy." Not only is it a great show, but the studio is a nice comfort zone. While there's a lot of work to be done on tape days, it's such a fun environment and it helps that I've known a good number of the people there for a while. In fact, this website has achieved a bit of a following from a number of the GSN people and Fremantle people including some of the execs. At one point, I was on headset with them while they were dissecting my bio page. Nothing like trying to explain the what you mean by the "pee-pee" dance to your boss. I think by around lunchtime "not in the good way" became the catchphrase of the day!
After the taping, it was toadie time. Ted won some tickets to the Toad the Wet Sprocket concert. He won two tickets and decided to give them to Drew and me for my birthday. We ended up leaving my place around 8-ish and miraculously got to The Grove at Anaheim at around 8:30-ish. I have no idea how the hell we did that especially since I was driving. The traffic gods were with us that night. We got there in time to catch the second opening act. Soon after that, Toad the Wet Sprocket hit the stage. It was a really good show. Apparently, this was the kickoff show to their first concert tour in quite some time. Fortunately, the place wasn't super packed and since it was a Toad concert as opposed to something like Something Corporate, Drew and I weren't the oldest ones in the crowd. The drive back home after the show was just as fast. I got back home just a 'twee bit after midnight. And with that, off to bed I go...another big tape day tomorrow!
Four down, sixty-one to go...over to you Miss Kilgallen...oh wait, wrong show...As you all know, "Whammy" had its first taping of its second season on Tuesday. We taped four shows and all of them were great. The gameplay in the episodes we taped in our first day were top notch. The new jackpot brings new wrinkles into game strategy and almost always makes it anybody's game up until the end. And I can't stress how much better the show looks this year. Everything looks sharper and stands out more. There's a new opening and host entrance that rocks courtesy of our master director. The last show of the day was phenomenal. It was one of the most exciting episodes of Whammy...EVER...It got to the point where I was so into the game I was screaming at the top of my lungs. And I'll just leave it at that. :-) Hopefully, the great gameplay from the first four shows carries over throughout the rest of the season.
I think it goes without saying that I love tape days at "Whammy." Not only is it a great show, but the studio is a nice comfort zone. While there's a lot of work to be done on tape days, it's such a fun environment and it helps that I've known a good number of the people there for a while. In fact, this website has achieved a bit of a following from a number of the GSN people and Fremantle people including some of the execs. At one point, I was on headset with them while they were dissecting my bio page. Nothing like trying to explain the what you mean by the "pee-pee" dance to your boss. I think by around lunchtime "not in the good way" became the catchphrase of the day!
After the taping, it was toadie time. Ted won some tickets to the Toad the Wet Sprocket concert. He won two tickets and decided to give them to Drew and me for my birthday. We ended up leaving my place around 8-ish and miraculously got to The Grove at Anaheim at around 8:30-ish. I have no idea how the hell we did that especially since I was driving. The traffic gods were with us that night. We got there in time to catch the second opening act. Soon after that, Toad the Wet Sprocket hit the stage. It was a really good show. Apparently, this was the kickoff show to their first concert tour in quite some time. Fortunately, the place wasn't super packed and since it was a Toad concert as opposed to something like Something Corporate, Drew and I weren't the oldest ones in the crowd. The drive back home after the show was just as fast. I got back home just a 'twee bit after midnight. And with that, off to bed I go...another big tape day tomorrow!
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