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Friday, May 12, 2006 By Danielle I WENT TO CONAN! After all the crying and getting upset/depressed, practically begging people to go with me, and weeks of checking my email with no confirmation for tickets, I got up the nerve to go alone, and it was WORTH IT! So I got in the standby line at about 10am. The line wasn't too long, and every half hour or so it moved. But it was freeeeezing!! I couldn't feel my toes. Every time we moved everyone was happy but we couldn't bend our legs or walk right. So we get to the front (well it was less than half a block away -- right by ABC studios parking lot) and we get stopped! We were like "nooooooo.....we didn't come this far to not get in!" Then about twenty minutes later we hear screaming and someone goes, "Conan's here!" and so we all strain to see. I'm so so so so so short that all I see is the pompadour but then CONAN COMES DOWN THE STREET!!! AND STOPS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! (Despite the tall people pushing me, I saw him...gorgeous!!) I was in shock. It didn't click with me until he started talking and suddenly I freaked, Conan is ten feet away from me! And he starts talking into a megaphone about how he's sorry we had to stand out in the cold weather, he loves us for waiting, and there’s free pizza for everyone! We think he's joking, but sure enough, out comes pizza! Everyone in the standby line got a slice. One lady walked by and was like, "You're standing in line for pizza?" We were like "WTH, no..." There was a guy selling umbrellas but he called them um-ber-ellas and kept saying, "Keep your sugars warm." Don't know what he was smoking. There was another guy handing out ponchos. It was funny because he kept running around all hyper for us. The only bad thing was this girl in line, apparently she kept trying to bribe (and by bribe I mean money/flirting/what not) the security people in charge, and they didn't go for it. She was seriously seriously bribing everyone for tickets. And you know how I said Conan walked by me? Well on the way back he ran into the middle of the street and ran/skipped back to the theatre! Here's the part I'm kicking myself for. I knew there were no cameras allowed in the theatre, but in my massive brainfart that morning it never occured to me to use it OUTSIDE the theatre -- like when CONAN WAS IN FRONT OF ME!! SO I'm kicking my ass with my frostbitten foot right now. So I get my standby ticket and get into the other line, and a bike messenger got hit by a car! Or hit the car, either way someone got hit! And there was a guy in a chef's hat juggling plungers. Don't know why but it was funny. The show kicked ass!! I lost my voice screaming. I got to sit in the front row of the balcony. I know it was nowhere near Conan so I could meet him, but still a great seat. The theatre always looks bigger on TV. I've been there plenty of times and it always srprises me how much I can actually see. The skits were hilarious!! The kayak guy/Fed-Ex Pope (Brian McCann) came out to introduce everyone, and he said "Please no photos -- Conan's albino and the lights will burn him." He said "I know this city's divided with baseball (Cubs/Sox) so get your arguments out now" then everyone started screaming Cubs or Sox, but it was so inaudible cause of all the screams so he just goes, "Okay, good points, I have no idea where I lean now." Pender seriously played the trumpet for five minutes straight while we waited for the show to start! He's crazy! And La Bamba dressed as the Empire carpet guy, and he started singing the jingle, then the audience sang along! Conan was like, "I love how everyone knew that song" then he mocked us a lot and danced around (even during the breaks). The beer!! Conan went to a beer making place! ANDY WAS THERE!! I tried screaming COLUMBIA! But my voice was so strained. I did get a few "the red one" / "DO IT! CHUG IT!"s in there, a very strained “I LOVE YOU!”, and about a zillion screams. Wilco rocked! I love them! Lead singer is hot! And at the end they had this marching band (Mucca Pazza) that was fun. I LOVED IT! Despite the weather. But I think the people next to me were bored, the guy never clapped or anything, but I ignored it. I was so uber excited!! Even though I didn't meet Conan, I was in close range and the show kicked ass. It was one of the craziest days I've ever had. |