Yeah - same script as what I saw on Tuesday, but was definitely reshot for Wednesday's audience. The timing was just different enough that I noticed it.
On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 12:35:41 AM UTC-4, Pete wrote: > > That "Planet of the Apps" desk piece was on Wednesday's show. > > > Pete > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 12:11 AM, M-D November <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> (Typing this on my iPad, so please forgive any autocorrect idiocy) >> >> My wife and I were able to snag tickets for yesterday's (9/15) "one-week >> anniversary" show back when the first batch of takings became available. In >> retrospect, the guest lists for tonight and Friday are a bit more >> desirable, but the Apple fanboy in me was pleased when Tim Cook was >> announced as the second guest. >> >> Despite many attempts, I'd never been selected for Letterman tix, so this >> was my first visit to the Ed (save for one ill-fated standby attempt in >> 1994, and I never got in the doors). For the record, the Ed seats about >> 400, per one of the CBS pages working the ticket line, which tracks with >> the posted occupancy of 438 inside. Tickets are made available online and >> are instantly printable - and no more trivia questions - but the ticket >> only gets you a spot on line. >> >> Here was the process, for those of you who are interested in trying to >> get LSSC tix: >> - request tix online >> - print tix (or save QR code to phone) >> - queue up outside the Ed. We got into the city around noon and when I >> drove past the front of the theater, there were maybe 6 people waiting; >> after a leisurely lunch at McHale's Bar on 51st, we got back to the Ed at >> about 1:30 and found line about 70 deep. (Actually, exactly 70 deep, as I >> found out in a moment) >> - Milkshake from Steak n Shake. Per the ticket, you can have one person >> in your party hold your spot, but everyone has to be present when ticketing >> starts. >> - At about 2pm, the audience coordinator & pages starts checking tickets >> against the online database; assuming you pass muster, you get a handstanp >> (show logo, blue ink on Tuesday - not sure if it differs) and a dated, >> numbered ticket (we had #71-74). We were instructed to return at 3:30 and >> re-queue in numerical order. >> - 3:30: a small standby line has formed. (Standbys are done by lottery.) >> Ticketed audience lines up in numerical order, goes through a cursory >> security check and is loaded into the lobby of the Ed. >> - Not sure how long we stayed in the lobby, since by now we'd been told >> to shut down all phones, but I'd estimate we were loaded into the theater >> around 4:15-4:30. Ticket #71 netted me 5th row orchestra in the center >> section - you can spot us in almost every audience pan. >> - Audience warm up duties were handled by Paul Mucurio, a veteran of >> several Comedy Central specials and, at one time, the TDS warmup comic. >> His warmup got somewhat hijacked by an elderly Chinese woman. >> - The band is introduced and enter from behind the flying wall at center >> stage. We get a quick song. (More about Stay Human in a sec.) >> - Stephen appears from behind the desk and takes questions from the >> audience, as was done at TDS and, I presume, TCR. >> - After about 15 min, Stephen goes off stage to set himself for the top >> of the show, and Stay Human performs another song, which transitions into >> the opening sequence - that's why Jon Batiste is never on the bandstand >> when the show starts - he likes working the room, and usually ends up stage >> right when taping starts. >> - The taping pretty much went as it aired, with a few exceptions. >> Graphics failed to animate the "none of them" call out during the "Hungry >> For Power Games" bit, so a few lines were reshot. Stephen flubbed a line at >> the beginning of the C block (Ohio legalizing pot), and since there was no >> clear edit point, they had to restart the segment from scratch. I THINK >> some dead air was removed from the Tim Cook interview, because I don't feel >> like it was as snappy live as it was on air. Finally, a whole comedy bit >> ("Planet of the Apps") was taped as the F block, but never made it to air. >> - Setup for the musical guest (Run the Jewels w/ TV on the Radio) took >> FOREVER. JB&SH played another song ("Sunny Side of the Street" - this is >> the slow-clap you can see during the station break bump), and Colbert came >> back out to take some more questions to fill time. >> - At the end of the show, the band (who were not on the bandstand during >> the musical guest performance) migrated to the front of the stage to >> perform the end credit song (which I think is called "Humanism") - Stephen >> comes down center and sings the chorus with Jon & the band, and the band >> essentially second-lines out through the audience into the lobby. End of >> taping. >> - ...but not the end of the show, because the band is STILL playing out >> in the lobby; I'd say they played for a good 5-10 minutes after the taping >> ended. (I have a brief cellphone video of the tail end of the lobby >> performance, which l'll eventually link to.) We were out of the theater by >> about 6:45. >> >> About the band - yes, Jon Batiste & Stay Human isn't your typical late >> night band. Because of how the segments are edited, the home audience gets >> a very small sliver of what the band is doing in the studio - and they're >> playing their asses off. It's a softer sound than Paul Shaffer's CBS >> Orchestra, sure, but Stay Human have amazing range - they ran through a >> variety of song styles and tempos and kept the audience engaged throughout. >> Batiste likes to work the room, since the Harmoniboard gives him the >> freedom to roam, and he'll do a full lap of the orchestra and end up in the >> balcony by the end of the break, but don't be fooled - he's an amazing >> keyboardist and showed it on a number of occasions. >> >> One side note - while I think we established that most of the Letterman >> mainstays are gone, it appears Pat Farmer stuck around - we spotted him on >> stage between several segments. Was he Worldwide Pants or CBS? >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... 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