So I wanted to wait until after the episode posted, but my brother, brother-in-law and I had the wonderful opportunity to be in the audience at this week's taping. It was a dream come true and very unexpected!
The experience as a fan and audience member was fantastic. They have a great team and everyone was very friendly. I highly recommend it if you live in or visit New York and ever have the chance.
Afterward, we went to an Upright Citizens Brigade show, which started with a couple of the cast members asking who was visiting and where they'd come from. I was one of the farthest (Oregon) and they wanted to know if I'd done anything fun in New York. Of course I mentioned LWT, and one of them asked what this week's episode was about.
I didn't know how much I could share, but no one told us we couldn't talk about the show, just that we couldn't record. Then again, it's probably not that common of a scenario that an audience member promptly goes to another live show and blabs in front of everybody. I didn't go into much detail but I did say there's a part about Liberty Biberty, which started a whole back and forth with the cast that was pretty funny.
Long story short, the UCB team put that damn puppet up on the screens during intermission as a testament to the impact it had on the start of the show. I came back from the bathroom to see that fucking Winnie the Pooh testicle staring at and judging me from three different TV screens.
TL;DR: Attended a taping of Last Week Tonight and then got to share a little about it at Upright Citizens Brigade, which proved to be a fun bit for the cast and audience.
