I am back at The House on the Hill, Modern Philosophers, after an incredible night at The Gracie Theatre for this month’s taping of The Nite Show With Danny Cashman!
As promised, there were three shows jam packed with humor, fun, and great entertainment. However, there was also the unexpected: audio problems, long delays, trivia games, Q&A sessions with the audience, and a surprise gift for those patient enough to stick around until the end.
I’m thrilled that Danny used NINE of my jokes in his monologues. Two in the first, three in the second, and four in the final one. I was definitely on a roll tonight.
Would you like a little insider’s tour of tonight’s adventure? Lucky for you, I had my camera with me. Let me show you how to properly reward a live studio audience…
The first thing you want to do for your studio audience, Modern Philosophers, is properly prep the Gracie Theatre for the big night. Here’s a glimpse of the always amazing NESCOM crew hard at work before show time.
Sneak backstage and reward the show’s loyal fans a little peek at what goes on behind the set. It clearly involves a lot of boxes…
Make sure the best band in late night television, The Jump City Jazz Band, is on hand to entertain your studio audience over the course of the evening.
A taping generally takes about three hours, and it helps to reward your audience with excellent music during breaks in the action.
Give your studio audience a gorgeous new set to marvel over as they wait for the show to begin. Those other late night shows with national audiences have nothing on The Nite Show in the set design department, Modern Philosophers!
Send Steve out on stage to whip the audience into a frenzy. He reminds them that they are show enhancers and teaches them how to applaud like they mean it.
An audience is much more likely to enjoy the show when they are rewarded with this kind of care and attention before Danny hits the stage.
Let the dorky writer sit on the stage and feel like he is a big shot, if only until it’s time for the real stars to get in front of the cameras.
This particular writer had a very good night. Not only did he have nine of his jokes make it onto the air, but he also made some very cool new friends…
Meet my new friends, Modern Philosophers. These beautiful ladies with the charming smiles are members of Tuesday Forum, a networking organization for working women offering support and the opportunity for business and personal growth (I grabbed that right off their website so I wouldn’t screw it up!).
The ladies were a blast, wildly outgoing, incredibly friendly, and masters of Presidential Trivia. I hope they will continue to come to the tapings and bring more of their friends!
That one was a definite reward for me.
Reward the studio audience with hilarious jokes, unique dance moves, and a tale of how you came on stage with baby spit up on your suit.
Great job tonight, Danny!
It’s time for March Madness, so reward your studio audience with a little basketball. Have Danny go one on one with University of Maine basketball star Liz Wood.
And don’t be surprised when Liz wins!
When audio problems delay the taping (you hear that buzzing, too, right????), reward the studio audience with some personal attention.
Dan and Joe took questions from the crowd, with Joe almost injuring himself when he jumped off the stage to go talk to an audience member.
There was also an impromptu trivia contest. Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was the only US President who was also a licensed bartender?
Reward the studio audience with engaging guests like WABI-TV news anchor Caitlin Burchill, who came out on stage dancing and butt bumped Joe as part of her moves.
Reward the studio audience with three rocking songs from local band One Shot Nothing. It’s like a mini concert within a TV show. What could be that?
Perhaps the only way to beat that is to reward the live studio audience with FREE TICKETS to Lady Antebellum!
That’s right, Modern Philosophers, everyone who came to tonight’s taping was given tickets to the upcoming Lady Antebellum show, courtesy of Alex Gray and Waterfront Concerts. How awesome is that?
I told you that you needed to join me at a taping of The Nite Show.
Do you believe me now?
Congratulations! And free concert tickets is awesome! I’m jealous.
Thanks, Becky. I still need a date for the concert, you know… 🙂
True! And I do love concerts. 🙂
Well, Maine isn’t that long of a walk. You could always hitch a ride. 🙂
Oh true. That won’t take long. 🙂
You could run. That would be healthy, and you’ll really be in the mood for the concert once you arrive. 🙂
Oh, I’m sure. I’d probably be able to survive a run that long. No problem.
I love this new found confidence, Becky. Being friends with me has really helped you come a long way… 😛
It really has, hasn’t it? 😉
It looks that way as far as I can tell all the way over here in Maine. 🙂
It’s good you can tell. 🙂
I have superpowers, too, Becky. 🙂
Sounds like it. 🙂
Yup. You’re slowly starting to learn what they are. 🙂
Yes I am. 🙂
Yes, you are an excellent learner. I really wish I could bring you to a taping of The Nite Show. You’d really like it. 🙂
I’m sure I’d like it, too. It sounds like so much fun.
Who knows what the future holds? I mean, we know it already includes a movie premiere… 🙂
That is quite true. There are bright things ahead in the future. 🙂
You positivity is very contagious. I’m always in a much better mood after I talk to you. What’s your secret?
Another great taping night, even though—at recount—you beat me 9-8 at getting jokes on the show! Free concert tix for going to a free TV taping… Not bad.
I think it’s cool that this “dorky writer” (his words) has a fellow writer friend for a blogger. Or blogger friend of a writer. Or neither, if you’re not his friend.
I’d say it’s cool too. And sci-fi bud.
Sci-fi buds…are those like broccoli buds? I love broccoli.
There is no possible difference.
SyFy could make a crappy movie called Sharknado vs. Broccoli Monster.
It should star Rachel Ray as a kick-butt action star, and the big ending is Rachel plating a shark-on-broccoli dish.
Write it up!
Indeed! People best get their free tix now for the taping on April 8!
I told Danny he needs to make tee shirts that say: I went to a taping of The Nite Show, and all I got were these lousy free Lady Antebellum tickets! 🙂
“I went to a taping of The Nite Show, and all I got were these lousy free Lady Antebellum tickets!” Ha! Perfection!
Yes, Dave is my friend and a fellow Nite Show writer. I convinced him to start a blog…
Ah! It’s nothing but band name suggestions! The same two photos! From 2014-on! Why, oh, why did you convince him?! My world as I knew it is over…
Dude I write novels and a Red Sox blog.
It’s the laughs that count, and there were so many in The Gracie Theatre last night!