Monday, March 7, 2011

Conan's Sketch Show and Big Donations

MORNING OF MARCH 7, 2011

I was at a taping of Conan O'Brien's show. Instead of the usual talk show format of the actual program, this taping was done more like a sketch comedy show. There were several unusual sets in which different scenes took place.

One skit featured Conan and 90's Saturday Night Live alum Victoria Jackson performing together. They were discussing something about having Twitter accounts.

After the show my friends and I were walking on the set as they cleared it out. I realized it was the studio at my job. I thought it was odd that I never realized they taped Conan there after office hours and I never knew it. Still, I had strangely little trouble believing it.

From here, Eric and Richard and I entered a little restaurant to have a bite to eat. We were sitting in a booth and I noticed the unusual decor around us. There were huge doorways in certain places on the wall that appeared to lead to even larger dining areas. Upon closer inspection, these doorways were revealed to actually just be monitors that showed HD footage of other dining areas to give the illusion of size. The real restaurant was tiny.

Conan I'Brien sat down at our table and talked with us while we ate, but I don't remember any of the details. I just remember feeling really nervous and wondering what to say.

There was another dream about the RiffTrax website (current home of the guys from Mystery Science Theater 3000) being forced to go out of business. They were accepting emergency fan donations to try to save them. If x-number of fans would donate $1,000 each, the site would be saved...

So I donated $1,000. Only after I okayed the payment did I realize I absolutely did not have that kind of money to spare, and then I began to panic! This feeling of panic, of wondering if I could get my money back, is really the main thing I recall.

There was also a dream where I was having to have the tip of my thumb pricked for a blood test.

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