William Brownstein
2015-10-01 15:07:43 UTC
Some exciting things happening this week.
On Tuesday, I went to a taping of The Late Show with Steven Colbert. I never watched his old show but think he's really great as Letterman's replacement.
Many of you would find one of the guests he had on as interesting.
Ellen Page was a guest promoting her new film which has ties to the LGBT community.
She also mentioned that she came out about a year and a half ago. The program
aired that same night, which also included Jesse Eisenberg as a guest and a
wacky inventor named Dominic Wilcox. They usually tape around 5:30pm and the
the show airs the same night, as does most of the late night talk shows.
I've been to the Ed Sullivan Theater many times and it has been nicely redone.
Beautiful inside, which they show on camera as well. Stained glass windows and
amazing ceilings. First class renovation. This of course is the historic theater
where the Beatles and Elvis Presley played on Ed Sullivan's program and just about anyone and everyone in show business during that great run of his shows.
I didn't even have tickets and walked by and asked if I could get in. Stand by tickets are handed out at 1pm the day of the taping and I came by afterwards and got lucky. Didn't seem as hard to get in as I thought. Usually the procedure is on the internet and the tickets go fast when they are offered.
Yesterday I won tickets to an upcoming concert on a radio call in contest. Songs in the Key of Life was one of the first albums I ever purchased as a kid. That album remains as one of my favorite albums ever. Stevie Wonder is just great and I saw him about seven years ago at Madison Square Garden in concert. During that performance Tony Bennett made a surprise appearance and sang "For Once in My Life" with him, a song that they recorded for Bennett's duet album. Also Prince did a number with Stevie as well, but ..... seeing Stevie Wonder performing the ENTIRE album of Songs in the Key of Life will be the biggest thrill for me. It doesn't get better than that and I can't wait!
Later this week or next week I'll be getting my first iPhone. I don't need the new one and will get an older model. That's fine for now, since I'm used to a basic cell phone anyway. Down the road I'll get a newer model, but this will be a brand new phone, just an older model and a nice price break. I might get a smart device so I can use my television as a monitor for internet access, since my computer died a few months ago. I'll probably get a new computer soon anyway, but for now, this will be like using the old WebTV.
Oh and speaking of Steven Colbert, I was standing in front of the Ed Sullivan Theater about a week ago around 11pm at night and was talking to two gentlemen. I said to one of them, that he looks a lot like Steven Colbert without glasses.
We were talking about comedy clubs, something I'm involved with right now. I said that he looks like him without the glasses and he kind of smiled. I asked them where they were from and his friend said North Carolina. I think that may have been him. Steve has mentioned on his show that he is from South Carolina.
I never really watched the old show and not that familiar with him but since that night I've been watching just about every show and his facial expressions and smile seemed the same. It was probably him and he probably wanted to be low key about it. He's really funny and I like his new show so much better than Jimmy Fallon's. Colbert doesn't do long sketches or drag things out and does a quick opening and pretty much gets right to the guests along with some great topics from the news and amazing. He has great writers from his staff.
Anyway, not a bad week so far and I haven't even checked my Powerball tickets from last night. I'm not sure if anyone won yet but the jackpot was over $300 Million Dollars! That would be nice!!
On Tuesday, I went to a taping of The Late Show with Steven Colbert. I never watched his old show but think he's really great as Letterman's replacement.
Many of you would find one of the guests he had on as interesting.
Ellen Page was a guest promoting her new film which has ties to the LGBT community.
She also mentioned that she came out about a year and a half ago. The program
aired that same night, which also included Jesse Eisenberg as a guest and a
wacky inventor named Dominic Wilcox. They usually tape around 5:30pm and the
the show airs the same night, as does most of the late night talk shows.
I've been to the Ed Sullivan Theater many times and it has been nicely redone.
Beautiful inside, which they show on camera as well. Stained glass windows and
amazing ceilings. First class renovation. This of course is the historic theater
where the Beatles and Elvis Presley played on Ed Sullivan's program and just about anyone and everyone in show business during that great run of his shows.
I didn't even have tickets and walked by and asked if I could get in. Stand by tickets are handed out at 1pm the day of the taping and I came by afterwards and got lucky. Didn't seem as hard to get in as I thought. Usually the procedure is on the internet and the tickets go fast when they are offered.
Yesterday I won tickets to an upcoming concert on a radio call in contest. Songs in the Key of Life was one of the first albums I ever purchased as a kid. That album remains as one of my favorite albums ever. Stevie Wonder is just great and I saw him about seven years ago at Madison Square Garden in concert. During that performance Tony Bennett made a surprise appearance and sang "For Once in My Life" with him, a song that they recorded for Bennett's duet album. Also Prince did a number with Stevie as well, but ..... seeing Stevie Wonder performing the ENTIRE album of Songs in the Key of Life will be the biggest thrill for me. It doesn't get better than that and I can't wait!
Later this week or next week I'll be getting my first iPhone. I don't need the new one and will get an older model. That's fine for now, since I'm used to a basic cell phone anyway. Down the road I'll get a newer model, but this will be a brand new phone, just an older model and a nice price break. I might get a smart device so I can use my television as a monitor for internet access, since my computer died a few months ago. I'll probably get a new computer soon anyway, but for now, this will be like using the old WebTV.
Oh and speaking of Steven Colbert, I was standing in front of the Ed Sullivan Theater about a week ago around 11pm at night and was talking to two gentlemen. I said to one of them, that he looks a lot like Steven Colbert without glasses.
We were talking about comedy clubs, something I'm involved with right now. I said that he looks like him without the glasses and he kind of smiled. I asked them where they were from and his friend said North Carolina. I think that may have been him. Steve has mentioned on his show that he is from South Carolina.
I never really watched the old show and not that familiar with him but since that night I've been watching just about every show and his facial expressions and smile seemed the same. It was probably him and he probably wanted to be low key about it. He's really funny and I like his new show so much better than Jimmy Fallon's. Colbert doesn't do long sketches or drag things out and does a quick opening and pretty much gets right to the guests along with some great topics from the news and amazing. He has great writers from his staff.
Anyway, not a bad week so far and I haven't even checked my Powerball tickets from last night. I'm not sure if anyone won yet but the jackpot was over $300 Million Dollars! That would be nice!!