Ferguson gets booted from Bunny party
Thats right, I have turned this ship around and this blog will from now on be a tabloid.
OK, not really. Feb 6th the Tuesday after the Super Bowl, I made a day trip up to Los Angeles. I had gotten a ticket online to see a taping of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. By the time I got up to LA, I had just under an hour to get to CBS studios. I found some parking at The Grove, a Legacy Village type of shopping center but a bit more upscale. The shopping center is adjacent to the studio property, so I felt as though I could get a nice Hollywood lunch... FYI the Chipotle tastes just the same in the City of Angels. I got to the studio and had to wait about 10 minutes outside of the gate until we were lined up and sorted between 6 benches, I got on the second. That would be the order we were paraded into the building. After 20 minutes of waiting on the benches, our warmup act showed up. He is a comedian that helps the near 100 of us get into the mood of clapping and laughing. He even told us that we were not audience members but "Show Enhancers". He also let us know that it is alright and almost required that we laugh at jokes even if they were not funny or even of questionable taste. I had easily been there for over an hour before we went inside. Once inside there was a bit more waiting and then we were finally seated, not that we could just sit anywhere we wanted... there was a lady putting groups of people where she felt they would best fit in the audience. Somehow I got seated directly in the front row! We sat around for a bit longer, maybe close to 2 hours had gone by since first arriving to CBS until Craig first came out. This was their first show back in LA since the Super Bowl. In his monologue, Craig mentioned that he made the headlines by getting in an argument at the Playboy party in Miami. On the cameras were off, he approached the audience and said that the headline was true. He said he had been really busy and people at Playboy kept on calling to try to get him to come to the party, he kept on telling them he was busy and then he finally gave in and made his way over to the party. Once there, Craig was stopped at the door and he was told that his name was not on the guest list. That was when he told them to "Fuck off". Those were the words (or close enough to) that came out of his mouth while I was sitting in the audience no less than 10 feet away from him. The guests on the show were:
Oscar Nominated Peter O'Toole, Mena Suvari, Author Lawrence Block, and The Naked Trucker and T-Bones
Looking at websites to confirm this, it appears as though on air Gloria Estefan replaced Peter O'Toole in the lineup that evening. Peter appears to have aired a week later, that seems interesting. I had a really great time participating in the taping. Once I finally left the studios, I had spent nearly 4 hours there.
I wanted to finish off my evening by going to a concert while up in the LA area. I had found a punk show at the House of Blues in Anaheim that evening. Pennywise being opened by the legendary group the Circle Jerks. The HOB was located on the Disney property and after half an hour of driving around not realizing that fact, I finally parked in the Disney lot and headed to the venue. Once there, the tickets had been sold out and I had not been smart enough to reserve mine online. So I quickly exited the Disney property.
By this time it was around 8pm and I had still not eaten dinner. I pulled out the good ol' $40 a Day book and looked for something nearby. I found a place in Laguna Beach which was not directly on the way home but would make for a lovely drive. I got to the Sundried Tomato Café right before the kitchen closed and had a fabulous dinner. I even got a white russian that was made with whipped cream and shaken instead of half & half. I asked the bartender about this variation on the drink and he said that he will do that if they don't have half & half on hand instead of milk to give the drink it's proper creaminess. I had a coffee before I left while talking to a couple of the staff while they were cleaning up for the evening. I finished my day by driving home along the ocean.
OK, not really. Feb 6th the Tuesday after the Super Bowl, I made a day trip up to Los Angeles. I had gotten a ticket online to see a taping of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. By the time I got up to LA, I had just under an hour to get to CBS studios. I found some parking at The Grove, a Legacy Village type of shopping center but a bit more upscale. The shopping center is adjacent to the studio property, so I felt as though I could get a nice Hollywood lunch... FYI the Chipotle tastes just the same in the City of Angels. I got to the studio and had to wait about 10 minutes outside of the gate until we were lined up and sorted between 6 benches, I got on the second. That would be the order we were paraded into the building. After 20 minutes of waiting on the benches, our warmup act showed up. He is a comedian that helps the near 100 of us get into the mood of clapping and laughing. He even told us that we were not audience members but "Show Enhancers". He also let us know that it is alright and almost required that we laugh at jokes even if they were not funny or even of questionable taste. I had easily been there for over an hour before we went inside. Once inside there was a bit more waiting and then we were finally seated, not that we could just sit anywhere we wanted... there was a lady putting groups of people where she felt they would best fit in the audience. Somehow I got seated directly in the front row! We sat around for a bit longer, maybe close to 2 hours had gone by since first arriving to CBS until Craig first came out. This was their first show back in LA since the Super Bowl. In his monologue, Craig mentioned that he made the headlines by getting in an argument at the Playboy party in Miami. On the cameras were off, he approached the audience and said that the headline was true. He said he had been really busy and people at Playboy kept on calling to try to get him to come to the party, he kept on telling them he was busy and then he finally gave in and made his way over to the party. Once there, Craig was stopped at the door and he was told that his name was not on the guest list. That was when he told them to "Fuck off". Those were the words (or close enough to) that came out of his mouth while I was sitting in the audience no less than 10 feet away from him. The guests on the show were:
Oscar Nominated Peter O'Toole, Mena Suvari, Author Lawrence Block, and The Naked Trucker and T-Bones
Looking at websites to confirm this, it appears as though on air Gloria Estefan replaced Peter O'Toole in the lineup that evening. Peter appears to have aired a week later, that seems interesting. I had a really great time participating in the taping. Once I finally left the studios, I had spent nearly 4 hours there.
I wanted to finish off my evening by going to a concert while up in the LA area. I had found a punk show at the House of Blues in Anaheim that evening. Pennywise being opened by the legendary group the Circle Jerks. The HOB was located on the Disney property and after half an hour of driving around not realizing that fact, I finally parked in the Disney lot and headed to the venue. Once there, the tickets had been sold out and I had not been smart enough to reserve mine online. So I quickly exited the Disney property.
By this time it was around 8pm and I had still not eaten dinner. I pulled out the good ol' $40 a Day book and looked for something nearby. I found a place in Laguna Beach which was not directly on the way home but would make for a lovely drive. I got to the Sundried Tomato Café right before the kitchen closed and had a fabulous dinner. I even got a white russian that was made with whipped cream and shaken instead of half & half. I asked the bartender about this variation on the drink and he said that he will do that if they don't have half & half on hand instead of milk to give the drink it's proper creaminess. I had a coffee before I left while talking to a couple of the staff while they were cleaning up for the evening. I finished my day by driving home along the ocean.
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