What a doozy of a day!

So we went to the TLC promo shoot yesterday where we had to shoot a whole bunch of commercials. You know tag lines and little vignettes that they are going to use to promote the series.

We had three set ups. One was an interview where the wife and I sat on a couch and talked. Well answered questions. It was on a big set that they use for movies and there were about seventy people working. What was fucked up was as Lisa was giving this heartfelt emotional response, we heard someone wheeling a giant cart above our heads and they all started screaming. It was a Chinese fire drill. Not that there is anything wrong with the Chinese fire department. Okay it was like an Italian cruise line. You get the picture.

After that we went to set with a big bunch of red doors on a set. We had to say tag lines like "Welcome to TLC" or "We will be TLseeing you." Yeah that's right. But I was very enthusiastic about one tag line. They said to say "We will be back this fall!" Hey we are shooting now and airing in May so that would mean we have a new season in the fall! How cool is that?

Then we had still photos at another set. Now they told us to write a phrase or a sentence on a piece of oaktag. So I had Lisa write "It's all about the clothes!" and I wrote "How much will this cost!" We were taking still photos where we each had to hold up our signs one at a time and then together. Then we started to do a bit of business where each tried to get in front of the other person with our signs and we had everyone laughing. We had them turn up the Eighties music and we went crazy. It worked out great.

We had a great time and we met a couple of other TLC people who have their own show. We met the DC Cupcakes girls who were very nice and told us they were going to give us a bunch of cupcakes. But we had to leave before they finished shooting so we didn't get any cupcakes.

Then we met the "Little Couple" Jennifer and Bill. Jennifer was very nice and came up to us to shake hands and wish us well on our show. Her husband was very quiet and had nothing to say. Just like us. Heh. I felt really bad that I was making fun of midgets all the time because they were very cool. I mean Jennifer laughed when I said "Hi nice to meet you... we're the "Big Couple."

No I didn't really say that.

Then we met Teresa Caputo who is "The Long Island Physic." She was very nice but she didn't read me. I mean I wanted to tell her "I see dead people. Well actually Deadbeat people. They owe me a bunch of money." But I was quiet and let the wife talk to her. I mean they are the stars. The bit players should stay in the background.

We had a car come to us for six in the morning. Since we were the newest show we had to be there first. The fucking Cake Boss didn't have to show up till 3 in the afternoon.

Next year I want a later call time.

I am so fuckin' Hollywood.