The Megan Mullally show will never make it

One of the things about living in LA that is occasionally fun to do (and I emphasize the word occasionally here) is going to a live taping of a talk show or TV show. If you have never done it, it is fun the first time for about the first half of the taping during which you can’t chew gum or go to the bathroom among other things. I generally only go when I have friends or family in town or when it is something extremely different (like Jenna Jameson’s new show- Jenna’s American Sex Star that airs on the Playboy channel-now that was an interesting taping to say the least). Being a big Will and Grace fan, I was so excited when my friend supprised me with tickets to attend the second taping of Megan Mullally’s new talk show which debuts in September. Now, the flyer for the show said that we had to dress up like we were going to a club which is pretty typical for tapings and it also said that the format for this show is different than other talk shows because it is audience interactive. We had very high expectations because there has been a lot of hype about this show and everyone knows what makes a good talk show………..the prizes given to the audience of course. We left work early, drove to the studio where we were ushered into a big tent and asked to fill out a card. The card asked questions like- have you ever met Megan or any other celebrity? tell us about it. What was you most embarrasing moment? What is a dream or goal that you have? Do you have a hidden talent? Naturally, we are thinking that someone or several people from the audience will be on camera. Now I am not big on being on TV, however if my “dream” of getting out of debt and going on a vacation comes true because of it then I’m game. When we entered the studio the first thing both my friend and I did was feel underneath our chairs because everyone knows that that is where the prizes generally are. When there was nothing there I said, maybe they will give us our present before we leave. The audience warmer (a person who talks and tells jokes to the audience and really pumps them up before the show and during the breaks and makes sure they applaud when they are supposed to, etc.) told us that if we were enthusiastic enough, we would get prizes so we clapped and mime clapped and yelled and mime yelled (clapping and yelling for real is only fun for the first 15 minutes and then it is just plain exhausting) for an hour and a half and guess what we got at the end of the show? Nada, zip, not one thing. Now Ellen would never do that to her audience. And do you think there was any form of audience participation besides clapping and yelling? Absolutely not. As for the format of the show, there was nothing about it to make it stand out from the rest. Megan is super cute and all but she was not very funny and then David Spade was one of the guests and he’s not very funny either. All in all, it was a big disappointment. I don’t see how this show will compete with the Ellen’s show. There is nothing original about it. I still love Megan and would love to see her on Broadway, I’m sure she’s excellent when she’s in her element but I am still pissed about the presents!