GUEST: Alicia Keys (SHE ROCKED!!!)
SURPRISE APPEARANCE: Katie Couric
Heading out @ 6am to stand in line... ;)
THE 1st line...
Our stand-by ticket...
Yep! That’s right! I was in NYC this past weekend for Natalie’s 30th birthday! 6am Saturday morning we stood in line in the freezing cold for possible SNL tickets. We were #’s 81, 82 & 83. We received a ticket but were informed this did NOT guarantee us getting into the actual show. We had to go back that night @ 10:45pm & stand in line again-this time LUCKILY the line was inside where it was warm! We waited roughly 30 mins & were sent to another line. Then we were told to prepare ourselves for going through the metal detector, even then we weren’t informed if we made the cut or not! Finally just a few mins later a girl came over to us that worked there & said don’t celebrate yet but you WILL get to see it live! Woo! Hoo! We had made it! We were in SHOCK! While texting friends & family to watch/DVR it! :) We were then shuffled into elevators & taken into the studio to be seated. We had to be quiet, not move (no bathroom or water breaks), turn off our phones & cameras-security was VERY tight. SNL actually started a bit late since the football game ran over. But eventually everyone took the stage! It was the neatest experience EVER! We were in the back row which was probably only 10 rows up right in front of the musical guest stage. Not to mention miss Katie Couric (who went to HS with my Mom & Uncles @ Yorktown HS in Arlington, VA) showed up & sat just a few people away from us in the audience. Too bad I didn’t get the chance to introduce myself! I was working up the courage to track her down after the show but she had disappeared into the night. Mom said I should have passed her a note but of course I didn’t even think about that at the time!....Anyway….there were about 5 rooms set up on the stage. Each backdrop was different depending on which set they were using that night. There were also several flat screen TVs above us to see what it was actually going to look like on TV! It was very interesting seeing how they put the whole show together & what they do when there are mistakes. The only unfortunate part was Charles Barkley & Alicia Keys pretty much did there thing & then got off the stage. They didn’t interact with the audience one bit. They did their job & then they were gone. Alicia did wave to the crowd after both songs that she sang but that was it. We were in & out pretty much as the show started & ended. Obviously the night was well worth getting up super early & standing on the streets of NY in under 20* weather! :)
PS: There was a kid that was working at NBC studios that TOTALLY looked like Kenneth from “30 Rock”. He was all decked out in a suit & tie w/ a ton of NBC pins on his jacket! Too funny!
Did mention the tickets were FREE??? If you get the chance to go to NY I would HIGHLY recommend trying to get tickets!!!
Here are a few links from the show if you didn’t catch it….
ALICIA KEYS: TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEART
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8v6Qno2Z1E
ALICIA KEYS: EMPIRE STATE OF MIND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VIy6ARJI80
CHARLES BARKLEY: SNL RECAP VIDEOS
http://watching-tv.ew.com/2010/01/10/saturday-night-live-charles-barkley/
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