Backing up though, I will pick up where I left off, which I think was Wednesday. Wednesday I got up around 9ish and did my morning walk. I had been booked for the same game show two days in a row, which is extremely unusual. I didn't say anything though since I needed the work and I assumed I wasn't missing out on anything else. It was interesting to be on the same set again. I noticed little differences, like the stage manager had cut his hair the night before and everybody seemed to be in a good mood after the lunch break, something I hadn't had a chance to see the day before since I left before lunch.
It was a very different audience that day, made up of mostly young kids and even included some ticketed families that had chosen to come in to see the show instead of getting paid like the rest of us. One of the most interesting (stretching the word) people was sitting a few seats to my right. I never caught his name, but he looked a lot like a character that Jeffery Donovan (see below) plays when he is trying to be "dumb" on Burn Notice.
He had "meth-teeth" and as the woman sitting to my left repeated to me many times, was a talker. To be fair, it was pretty clear to me that he was talking so much because he was trying to impress the girl he was sitting next to, the same girl that he would later kiss on the hang goodbye. Still though, he was relentless to the point of being distracting during actual taping. These are the situations where you have to remember that it is a big film company and they have people for every job imaginable and making Metonovan be quiet was not my job.
As I said earlier, most of the audience was made up of younger kids. There was one as young as six, but most probably equaled out around ten. This made the warm up guy's work very different that day and while I thought he was skilled with both, he definitely was hired for his work with kids. Many of the jokes and questions were the same, but the audience participation was a lot different. The kids really wanted to tell their own jokes and ask questions and well...anything for candy. The six year old even did a little dancing for us. The woman to my left that had complained about the talker also wasn't completely thrilled with this, telling me at one point, "I think I'm losing my swag from all these corny jokes".
Another long day of that and a slightly smaller pay check and I was back home. That night I finished Buddha's Brain. It's always strange to finish a book that I have been reading consistently over a relatively long period of time. In a strange way, it kind of feels like a pet or a stuffed animal by the end.
Thursday was a very mellow day. Just got ready for the weekend, paid some bills and lamented the size of my bank account.
Friday would be more eventful, but since I haven't gotten any exercise yet today, I'm going to have to ask you to wait a few hours for part 2.
Until then... :)
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