NYC: The Late Show!

Chris, the Opportunity Maker, finagled a couple of coveted tickets to The Late Show for the Tuesday we were in New York (or, as Jordi says, "You Nork"). It was just as great as you're thinking!! In fact, it was even better since we earned seats in the front row! See the dot on my ticket in the picture below?
Well, as we were initially picking up our tickets, the person who handed them to us asked, in the course of seemingly innocuous conversation, if we had a favorite segment? Luckily, Chris thinks quickly and was able to provide an answer: Top Ten list. So the person mysteriously puts a blue dot on each of our tickets. Then, we're directed to step out of line and wait by ourselves. They still wouldn't divulge the meaning of the dots, except to tell us to come back for the taping 15 minutes before everyone else and to line up in a special line. By this point, we (and others with blue dots on their tickets) were dying of curiosity!

So, we came back early and went through all the coaching of the do's & don'ts of being an audience member at the Late Show (for example, they recommended to the two guys wearing hats that they remove them for the show because "Dave really doesn't like hats." Go figure!). The suspense continued to build as they waited until the last moment to reveal the meaning of the dot: seats in the front two rows! Woo hoo! Everyone was soooo excited! We then filed into the Ed Sullivan Theatre, and it was just as frigid as you've heard. Brrr! But it was so exciting to be there in person that you hardly noticed the cold. By yet another stroke of luck, Chris & I happened to get the last two seats in the middle section of front row.. right in front of Dave's desk! The only drawback was that, during taping, either a camera or a person holding gigantic cue cards was mostly blocking our view. We didn't even care, though, because it was SO COOL to be there, live & in person, seeing everyone we've been watching on TV for the past 20 years! Our time there sped by, and it was over too soon. I hope everyone who goes to NYC gets a chance to attend a show like this; it was truly special!