On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Seems to me that Melissa has run into these paid audience members in > her annual LA trips and that a lot of them are very uncooperative. Many of them barely qualify as human (a few might have been missing opposable thumbs). As pages, we always broke down the $20 they earned as follows: A pack of smokes, a six pack of beer, one of those stale AM/PM hamburgers, and bus fare to and from the studio. Most wore the same clothing to every taping, and the aroma suggested the clothing wasn't washed in-between tapings. One of my favorite days working on Howie Mandel's talk show was when he went into the audience to ask questions, without knowing one of the paid groups that show was from a Russian senior citizen's home, and nobody he questioned spoke English. One of my other favorite days on that show was when the audience company forgot they'd changed the show's start time, so audience did the first half of his show in front of about eight people, seven of whom were too drunk to stand. During the taping of the first episode of the defunct gameshow, "Winning Lines," we held a studio audience hostage for more than 10 hours. Oddly enough, one of the hardest shows to get audiences for, despite the promise of a free beer at the end of every episode? "The Man Show." Producers wanted a specific demographic for the studio audience and -- well -- they're more interested in being around women than Adam Corolla. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
