About a month later, I received an email that read "Studio C - June 19th 9 pm show - WINNER!" I was in shock! I had won tickets to a live taping of Studio C! Later on I found out that 132,460 people had entered to win tickets, but only 9,275 won tickets. That is a slim number compared to the people that entered! I felt extremely lucky then.
The day of the show, Geoff and I went about 4 hours before the taping started to get a number to reserve our spots in line. we got #16! I believe there were about 50 numbers total, so I knew we would be able to get good seats once the doors opened. It was nice to go out to dinner and hang out at the Provo mall for a bit before we had to be back at the BYU Broadcasting Center. Long date nights with my husband are the best!
Once we were in our seats and greeted by Studio C cast member Stacey, I knew we were going to have an awesome time. And we did! We laughed so hard during every skit. We were able to watch them tape seven skits total, and even got to see a few they had taped a couple hours prior during their earlier taping. Seeing 14ish skits months before they are published on YouTube is a real treat and makes me feel extra special!
The Studio C cast knows how to have a good time, there's no doubt about that. They would play games with the audience in between skits, and it was so much fun! The best one was when Stacey, Natalie and Mallory did a lip sync battle, and Mallory performed Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson. Seriously the best and funniest lip sync I have ever seen! During the "ugh" parts that Michael Jackson does in between song verses, Mallory would open up her mouth so wide and pretend to do the sound, seriously you had to be there to understand how hilarious it was! I should have video recorded it, even though it wasn't allowed.
Some of the skits we saw being taped were Christmas-related ones for Christmastime, including one that was making fun of the Elf on the Shelf. That thing has always creeped me out with its face, and now I'm not the only one! There was also one that was Star Wars themed, and they had an actual life-sized R2-D2! It had flashing lights and sounds and everything an actual R2-D2 would have. I never thought I would be geeking about about an R2-D2, but it was so cool. The other Star Wars costumes for C3PO and Chewbaka were sweet as well.
It will be neat to see the skits once they are on YouTube and be able to say "Hey! I saw that being taped live a few months back!" I'm grateful we were given this opportunity and hope to be able to go again in the future! I wish we were at the earlier taping... some of my favorite Vloggers were there and also Stuart Edge and The Piano Guys!
