From New York.....The Greatest City in The World

It's The Late Show With David Letterman!!!!!!!!!!

I've always been a fan of his show.  But to be completely honest....I'm usually asleep by the time it airs!  =)  But when in NYC I really wanted to see the famous Ed Sullivan Theater and possibly have a chance to see the show!  The first time I saw the theater was kind of a funny story.....well it's funny now!  Mom and I had been on the subway heading back into Times Square when I made it off and the doors closed right between us.  At this time we were hardly familiar with the subway and it was a very scary moment!!!  We gestured through the window as the subway pulled away for her to get off at the next stop and to call me!!!!!!  I hurried across the platform and then up the stairs and out onto the street and started walking as fast as I could in the direction I thought the train was going.  It wasn't long and my phone rang, the next stop was 59th Street / Columbus Circle, she was on the edge on Central Park! I was a tad bit jealous at that point because we wanted to see Central Park so bad and just hadn't made it there yet....  But she was heading my way and we started naming things we saw to tell when we were getting closer to one another.  It was then I saw the big sign for the Ed Sullivan Theater!  I was pretty excited about that.  Soon after we found each other and went on our way.  That trip I came home with just some photos of the theater.

The next trip in 2011, we got on the standby line.  We headed to the theater and waited in line just hoping someone would not be able to make it.  We met a really nice couple from Canada who wanted to see the show so bad.  It was their 3rd day in a row they were on standby and this was the last chance they would have before heading home.   But wouldn't you know every single ticket holder showed up that day.  So that meant no one in the standby by line would get in.   Bummer!  Then we did hear some noise and a limo pulled up the side street of the theater.  I grabbed a camera and ran!!!!!!!!!!!!  As I got closer I was weaving in through people and saw.........KATY PERRY!!!!!  I got one pretty good pic of her!!!!  That would have been a great show to get in to!!!!  But we did catch some of her performance the following day on GMA.  =)  It was still exciting having the possibility of seeing the show.

So, in 2012 we decided to try our luck again.  Once again we got standby tickets.  We were #2 & #3.  It was not looking good.  They came out and sent everyone #10 and greater away as they knew they would not need them.  It seemed like a long wait but it was just anxiety!  I wanted in so bad! =)  This time we were lucky.........they took the first 3 people!!!!  Whew!  We were in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  That's where it got really fun!!!!  We were moved to the "audience line".  It was official!  They had someone come out to the street and get us all pumped up before the show!  Then they escorted us into the theater and we didn't wait long at all before the warm up comic came in.  The band played for us a bit which was great and then Dave came out and did some jokes for us.  It was crazy to actually be there!

The guest that night was Jim Parsons, who plays Sheldon Cooper on one of my favorite shows, The Big Bang Theory, and they also had Stupid Human Tricks and a band who I honestly have never heard of (they were ok).  It was high energy in the theater and really cool to see how things work in "tv land".    The band played for us during the commercial breaks and they were great!  Then as soon as it was over we were ushered out and on our way!!!!

The Hello Deli just around the corner!

It was really fun and I would recommend attending this taping to anyone!  You can request tickets on the shows webpage, which we did but were not "randomly selected".  Or if you are in NYC there is a standby ticket line you can call and put your name in.  I highly recommend this!!!!!!!!!  It says what time the line opens and trust me you want to be dialing in at that very moment.  They assign you a standby number you use to check in and make sure you are NOT late! (A couple got turned away because they were late and missed out!)  You will lose your place.  You can also show up at the box office to put in a request but the phone is easier and can be done from anywhere in the city so you don't have to base an entire day out of hanging around that location =).  And of course standby is just that.  No guarantee you will get in.