OK, so day 4 of our travels led us to the Warner Brothers studios lot, bright and early for a tour of the studio before hitting up the Ellen show. The WB tour was awesome, I highly recommend it for anyone interested in TV and movies. There were certain parts of the tour where cameras weren't allowed, they literally locked up our cameras a few times throughout the tour. We were able to see a lot of sets from lots of TV and movies, my favorites being from Gilmore Girls and FRIENDS.
The left corner of these buildings was where Luke's Diner in Gilmore Girls was. I LOVE that show!!
The gazebo from Gilmore Girls. I want to live in a Stars Hollow. They do awesome things in that cute little town!
Only 2 stages have official names. This one, and the ER stage. They were the most famous shows filmed at WB and lasted a long time. Friends for 10 seasons, and I think ER was 15 seasons?
The actual Gran Torino from Clint Eastwood's movie. It belongs to him, but he wants WB to hold onto it.
To the batmobile, Robin!!
I also am a big fan of Harry Potter! In the museum, which is one part of the tour that no cameras were allowed, the whole upstairs is full of Harry Potter set pieces, costumes and props. So cool!
This was my favorite part of the whole tour. They have a room set up with all of the FRIENDS props, exactly how it was on the actual set. Yep, this is the actual couch! All of the furniture and props were used on the show. The tour guide said the Smithsonian really wants the couch, but WB isn't giving it up. I loved that I got to sit on it!
Taking over Gunther's job for the day..
Central Perk! This makes me want to watch all the seasons again...Brady, I might need to borrow them again from you!! Or you can just buy them all for me. Whichever you'd like!After the tour, we headed to where we were supposed to go for the Ellen show. We were 3 hours early, and they told us there was no point waiting in line because you don't sit by the order you come. So we ate lunch at a steakhouse down the street. Not too bad! We were all so antsy for the show! When we headed back, the place was loaded with lots of people. The producers had us fill out a survey of any hidden talents we had and weird jobs we've done. They had people come up and share random talents they had (some weren't that great, but I'm not judging..). We then were given a number, and lined up in that order. When we got inside the studio, they sat us wherever they wanted to put us. We ended up on the right side, about 6 aisles up. I was hoping to sit close to the aisle to get a better camera shot and see Ellen better, but oh well. Cameras weren't allowed in the studio, so these pictures were taken from Ellen's face book page. It's kind of hard to see me, but again, I'm about 6 rows up from the bottom, and clear over to the right.
It was such a fun experience. Ellen is beautiful, skinny, and genuinely nice and funny! During the commercial breaks we would get up and dance, and she would wave at us and dance along with us. We were all hoping to get on to do the game, but I think they just picked random people from the audience. I was tired of clapping and cheering by the end, but it was such a great show. Elaine from Seinfeld, Finn from Glee and the band slash, with Adam Lavine singing, were who appeared on the show. I would love to do it again, so any takers?! After the show, you could shop in the Ellen store. We were the last ones in there, and it was so fun because we got to talk to the girl who designed all the clothes. We then went to an outdoor mall, did some shopping, took food back to the hotel and watched the Jazz get killed by the Lakers. We were pooped by the end of day, after getting up so early. LA was such a fun, much needed trip for me!
It was such a fun experience. Ellen is beautiful, skinny, and genuinely nice and funny! During the commercial breaks we would get up and dance, and she would wave at us and dance along with us. We were all hoping to get on to do the game, but I think they just picked random people from the audience. I was tired of clapping and cheering by the end, but it was such a great show. Elaine from Seinfeld, Finn from Glee and the band slash, with Adam Lavine singing, were who appeared on the show. I would love to do it again, so any takers?! After the show, you could shop in the Ellen store. We were the last ones in there, and it was so fun because we got to talk to the girl who designed all the clothes. We then went to an outdoor mall, did some shopping, took food back to the hotel and watched the Jazz get killed by the Lakers. We were pooped by the end of day, after getting up so early. LA was such a fun, much needed trip for me!
This is my row. You can see me at the end with my hands up...
Where's Tawna?
In this picture, you can basically just see my hands. The guy in front of me was huge and tall!!
2 comments:
Still can't believe that we were there! So fun! Let's do it again next season!
Loved reading your description of this trip. Made me feel like I was there too!
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