Hey, hey, we met the in-laws last night! Carl, Anne (Kyle's parents) and sister Laura. Such nice people! No surprise there because Kyle's such a great guy. It was fun seeing them all interact with each other.
We all went to the second Naked Trucker and T-Bones taping. The studio was in a non-descript clump of buildings in Hollywood. The set reminded me of the Red Green set. Lots of rustic junk and road signs. The special guest seating was at tables down in front. We were at the back behind the cameras. I just reaized we had a totally different experience from the people seated in front. What they saw was more like a stage show while we saw a television taping. It was pretty entertaining seeing the crew do their work.
They pretty much ran the show all the way through and then did the retakes at the end. They were filming the live portions that will be interspersed with the pre-recorded scenes, some of which take place in the Trucker's truck. There's one very funny scene where T-Bones breaks into a record executive's house and takes a bath while the Trucker (naked) waits on the front porch. There's also a segment that features the Hitchhiker of the Week. This time it was Will Farrell.
At the end it got pretty long with all the retakes they had to do. It was pretty uncomfortable sitting for that long and since we had already seen all the jokes the laughter was less fresh (they were also recording the audience's response). At the very end they had a big birthday celebration for David Koechner (T-Bones) and one of the crew guys. They brought out a couple of huge cakes. After we sang Happy Birthday and they blew out the candles they released the audience and ushered us out! Har! They teased us with cake and then kicked us out!
Afterward we went to the House Of Pies and had dinner. After about an hour and a half Gruber (Trucker) showed up with Tommy, the guitarist for the band. We had a nice chat with them. It's always nice talking to Gruber. He's always enthusiastic and interested in everything. I'm glad the Carrozza's got to meet him. Afterward he hugged everyone goodbye. Kinda funny since he's about 6'4 and Anne's 4'11! He also gave us some info on how we can get guest tickets. Next time we'll be at the tables in front! Woo-hoo!
Sunday Carl, Anne and Laura are coming over for lunch and a TV's Kyle Band jam. It'll be fun showing them the stuff we've been working on. I'm looking forward to getting to know them better.
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Oh yeah! Right now I'm not sure if we're going to get together on Sunday. I feel like I've got a cold coming on. Every time I try to do a little housework I end up plopped on the couch. My eyeballs hurt.
Crap.
Well now it seems to be better. I guess it didn't take hold. Tomorrow is on.
I usually get colds about twice a year. Sometimes they can be doozies.
We had a wonderful time with the Carrozzas at our house last Sunday. Carl helped me grill the chicken. He kept cracking jokes. Kept me laughing.
Thursday night we drove to Torrance to have dinner with them at Lucille's. It's a pretty good barbeque restaurant with tons of stuff on the menu. We had a nice time.
We dig the Carrozzas.
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