Hey Yall

Hey yall, My friend Leslie and her mom came up this weekend to visit and I must say it was nice to hear some beautiful southern accents for a change of pace. After hanging out with them I called "The Phil" (I think Im going to refer to him like that for now on...I dont know why but....I just want to) and we saw No country for Old Men...I have never been so confused at a movie but yet I was enthralled all at the same time!!! It was beautiful movie and it made sense but a few of the events that took place left me thinking.."Huh?". We met a guy that said the Cohen Brothers, the directors, are known for having plot holes, so that made it better. Then me and "the Phil" parted ways and I went back home and watched The Ghostbusters. Its been a good weekend and I finally made it back to church!!!!
I have tried to make it to church the past 3 weeks and the trains have made me sooo late I didnt even go in to the building but today I made it!!!!!!

ALso, My parents are coming up this week and I am sooooooooooo excited!!! Its been three months since I even looked at them so it should be a good week and with the strike going on, I have a little extra time to spend with them.
Jake and Sean, my fish, are doing quite well. They are messy though...they crap alot...maybe I feed them too much and I guess hamburgers arent the best thing to give fish...just kidding...or am I?
Ok so, its a pretty boring report but at least I didnt make you wait two weeks.

Till next time, keep it real homeys.

Strike Update

Ummmm.....The writers are still on strike.....yep....Check out the thoughts of the Late Show writers at
http://lateshowwritersonstrike.com. Its funny that I know these guys.

I strike, you strike, we all strike....yep...thats about what it seems

Ok, so I havent blogged in a while.....and Im sorry.


Well, lets see what else can I talk about...OH!!! There are two new additions to the Flowers family, Jake and Sean. They are goldfish who were featured in a magic trick performed by Penn and Teller on The Late Show. The trick used 135 goldfish so the fish were dispersed amongst various Late Show Staffers. My boss pampers his fish. He thinks the New York water would kill them so he puts them in Poland spring water....yeah...they are famous allright...my fish are in Brooklyn water and they seem to like it so we will keep it that way.

Lets see...on the celebrity watch, I met John Papelbon, the World Series closing pitcher for the Boston Redsox. Hes a nice guy but crazy hyper!!!!! Also I saw Olliver Platt (Simon Birch, Dr. Dolittle, Flatliners), Rachel Dratch (SNL and 30 Rock) and Seth meyers (SNL) all at the strike one day. Things were slow and we all thought it would be educational to go see what the picket lines looked like...dont worry..we had permission and no-one was violent.
Well, I dont have a whole lot more to report but I will keep up my blog more frequently for now on. I hope everyone is doing well in good ole GA. Miss you guys!!! Tyler

The Killer blog

So whats happened since I last blogged?.....HHMMMM....Well, being on TV was alot of fun. I was a mini celebrity for a week. Everywhere i went, everyone told me how good I did on camera and I was thinking..."All i did was be tall." "I didnt say a thing" So for being tall I would like to thank...uumm...God...and my parents because the genes came from them somehow. I have my fifteen minutes of fame to owe to my mom and dad. Thank you......Thank you.......haha....so taht was alot of fun. I had to go to the apple store for an errand and one of the assistant managers recognized me from my brave stunt. That was cool because it was someone outside of being friend or family or co-worker or one of the 50,000 random people i told on the street.....So, I cant remember if much else happened that week. My friend Jennifer came up this weekend and that was a blast. Jennifer, Phil and I hung out pretty much the entire weekend. Me and Spangs (Jennifer Spangler) went to see the bodies exhibition. Bodies is an exibit that showcases 22 specimens, real people, who have been preserved and displayed to give us a better look inside ourselves...literally. That was quite fascinating. After we finished pretending we were in an episode of C.S.I. we went and saw Tim Burtons "The Nightmare Before Christmas" in Disney 3-D!!! Then we went around and took goofy pictures. The next day we went and hung out with the Statue of Liberty and visited Ground Zero. So it was a very eventful weekend and has turned out to be a very good week. We are dark so there are no new shows coming out so everything has been more relaxed but I was enlisted, once again, for the Tony Mendez Show. They took me down to wardrobe and I was fitted for a costume....a Dave Costume. They have a Dave mask and I am dressed up in a suit exactly like his. So basically I am going around killing people for halloween. It was quite entertaining but I forgot all the work that goes into acting. Ive been behind the camera for so long, that I forgot what it was light to be in the spotlight...anyway, I cant think of anything more to bore you with. Ill let you know when the Tony Mendez Halloween special is on the web so you can waste some time. I miss you guys! Tyler

I was on TV!!!!

Wow, SO I was finally on TV. Actually I did not think it would happen so soon. I guess Im at the half way point but I thought it would take me a while to get on the tube. I was wrong. If anyone missed the broadcast then you can go to the late show website and look for "Intern Jumping". Basically, an acrobat jumped on a trampoline and did a front flip over 5 of the late Show interns. Then Dave, decided to up the ante and added a 6th intern. Needless to say it was quite entertaining. After the first jump, Dave interviewed Jake Gyllenhall and after his interview, he walked outside and once he saw us, he pointed like he knew us. It was quite humorous that Jakme Gyllenhall was excited to see the interns who were just on tv. I gave him my autograph and then had to get back to work...lol...

As, long as we are on the tpoic of celebity sightings, I had the pleasure to say hi and shake hands with Bill Hader, last Monday. He is one of the stars of "Superbad" and he is also on Saturday Night Live. The same day, I saw Kid Rock and Halle Barry.

Then today, I had to run an errand for one of the make up artists and when I walked up the stairs, there is Richard Simmons in his bright red get up. In an instinctive "How are you, hows it going?" I forgot that who I just said hi too was a man I had sseen on TV for years and now here he was looking as goofy as he does on TV!!!! He extended his hand and said "Hi, I am Richard." Luckily, I played it cool and said "Hi, Im Tyler." What I really wanted to say was "Are you kidding me!!!! YOur freakin Richard Simmons!!!!". I was able to control my mind and continue with the conversation but thats like meeting Robert DeNiro and he saying, "Hi, Im Robert" and your like....Of course you are....Basically, my point of this is that it is so weird meeting celebrities in real life because you dont know how to act. Everything you know about them is what other people tell you...its quite funny...you forget that they actually exist...like, they are actual people..ok anyway, Richard A.K.A. "Dickie" was very nice. He asked me what I did at the show and I said I was an intern and then I had to get on my way but, I must say, I was very pleased to meet him....and I told him that...I said "Its quite a pleasure"...but once again, I wanted to say, you shouldnt be here. I should be watching you on a screen somewhere.

Ok, so things have been pretty exciting so far and I cant think of anything else to report. I help with a podcast every Tuesday, that my good frineds nate and Trey produce so if you miss me so much that you want to hear my voice then you can go to http://web.mac.com/treyhockman and click on the Podcast. This is my plug for you to listen to three nerds for about half an hour. The Podcast focuses on anything from movies to music and video games and I give a brief description about movies coming out that day. So if your interested check it out and I will talk to everyone later!

Im gonna be on TV!!!!!!.....Sort of....

Im going to explain the title of my blog later so that makes you read the whole thing.....haha....Im smart Huh?...anyway, Its been a good week. Not a lot happened at work but I do have a funny story to tell that happened last Thursday.

Me and Phil (the New York buddy) went out to Outback Steakhouse with some of the other Late Show staffers and we saw a street merchant pushing his cart on the sidewalk. Well, coming from the opposite direction was an old lady, imagine a fat version of Sophie from "the Gilmore Girls" with white hair and the attitude of the Wendy's "Wheres the beef?" lady. She was not pleased to see that this man was taking up the entire sidewalk with his cart. (obviously the guy was just trying to move and didnt mean to take up the entire sidewalk, but his cart was just big)...so the lady halts in her tracks and screams "Theres other people who use the sidewalk buddy!!!", Bewildered and embarrassed the merchant slowly and very politely tried to explain that there was no where for him to push his cart. The lady didnt seem to think this was a good enough reason so she huffed and puffed and proceeded to scream "I'm late!!!!!! I'm late!!!!!" down the street. Well, I really dont know what she was late for at 8:30 PM on a Thursday...maybe she was pissed that she was missing Ugly Betty. That would make me quite frustrated as well.

Ok, so now to a slightly more normal life. I went to Coney Island this weekend and it was amazing!!! It was very nice to see the beach and we also went to the New York Aquarium where they were celebrating the birth of a new baby boy Walrus!!!!!! We were very excited to see the festivities, particularly excited to see the man dressed like Sgt. Pepper with a sign around his neck that read "I am the Walrus"...Genius....and heres a clue for you all...the Walrus was Paul....

After the aquarium we went to THE ORIGINAL FAMOUS NATHANS for an ORIGINAL FRANKFURTER...we new it was the orginal because it said on the sign THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FAMOUS NATHANS!!!!! Who doesnt believe a sign? It truly was amazing.

Allright, since I have been in New York, I have been getting into more television shows and one of the pilots I really enjoyed was K-Ville. Its pretty much a typical cop drama but I cant help it....I really like it. Also, I saw "Into the Wild"....WOW!!!! Absolutely Beautiful movie!!!! I read the book a couple of years ago and loved it and was so thrilled to see they made it a movie. Its about a very smart boy who gives up his identity, abandons his car and life to live off of the land in Alaska. He gets to Alaska and dies. It sounds depressing but its not. You have to trust me and see the movie!

Ok, for the moment youve been waiting for. On Friday I was asked to be on "The Tony Mendez Show". Tony Mendez is Daves "Cue Card Boy" and he has his own web show online. I am not sure if it will be up Monday but go to cbs.com/lateshow and look for the Tony Mendez Show and I will be on the most recent one. If it is not up on Monday then it will definately be there on Tuesday. Also, if you watch the Late Show on Moday then more than likely I will be on the TONY MENDEZ SHOW Promo that they air before the musical guest performs..so keep a look out.

Allright well it was great writing, I hope you enjoy reading and supposedly this week will be busy so I should have some cool things to report. Peace out!!!

God Bless America....and Ivan Reitman.

So I havent blogged in a week or so. Sorry..... A few things have happened since then last time I blogged.

Last week was super busy. My friend Anne is the Production intern and she was out, sick on Monday and Tuesday. Since I have the most flexible schedule out of all the interns I vollunteered to work for her department that day as well as my department. It was a busy day because Human interest had a guy jumping 6 taxis with an ATV so I was running around helping the guys get that segment situated from 1-2 and 3:30-4:30 then into the control room filling in for Anne, took a dinner break and then back into the control room for the second taping. Whew, what a day but it was amazing. Sitting in the control room is awesome because its like the University Television control room, on crack!!!!

So Wednesday is a normal day and then Thursday comes and I have my first human tricks segment!!! The way it works is that the producers bring on 6 guys and they all perform their trick during rehearsal. Then the producers decide which one work well together to make a segment and then they pick three. I felt bad for the guys that didnt get picked but everyone got along so well and I think they were just excited about getting that far. I hung out with everyone from 12:00 to about 6:30 that night so it was sad to see them go but it was an awesome day. On a side note, I was standing literally five feet from mellissa Etheridge (Musical guest) and I smiled at her...I think she smiled back. Also, the human interest segment producer gave me a copy of Kevin Smiths new book and he signed it for me. Kevin Smith has doon the moveis, Jay and Silent bob Strike back, Dogma, Clerks and many other movies. He has a filthy mouth but is a real nice down to earth guy. I guess his movies are one of my guilty pleasures..haha...

If I have learned anything from this experience so far, is that I love the TV industry!!!! I love being involved and I know I want to do this for the rest of my life.

So that was last week. This weekend, me and Phil went to the Firehouse that they used in the Ghostbuster movies. Its a working firehouse and we bought patches from one of the firemen. Phil is a hugs Ghostbusters fan so his life's journey was complete and he can now die a happy man. Then we walked the brooklyn bridge and checked out prospect Park in brooklyn and it was gorgeous!!!

Well, I cant think of much else to report. This blog was not as creative as the others I felt. ALot has happened and Im tired but i promise the next one or two will be far more entertaining. Take care everyone and I miss you all!!

"I love the dark, I love the dark! But I hate nature, I hate nature!"

Hey wassup, Hows it goin? Of course you cant actually answer me so those questions I guess are rhetorical. Anyway, the show is on what is called "a dark week". We will not be taping any shows until Monday. The reason for this is that I dont feel like getting anyone coffee this week so they decided to not tape until I got everyone coffee. Just kidding, Of course. The real reason is that God said not to tape. Ok, so I guess the true reason is that they take a week off from taping every moth to get everything re-organized and relaxed around the office. Its been a good week so far. I was pretty busy on Tuesday but today was pretty slow.

One of my jobs for Tuesday was to go over to the CBS broadcast center to get a european formatted dvd (Pal) dubbed to an American format DVD (NTSC). It was pretty awesome getting to go in the central hub and I saw one of the cameras that was used in the first televised, presidential debate.

Once again, In the industry, I have found amazing people to work with. The guy that helped me out at CBS wished could give me a tour. He has so much passion about what he does and its good to be around people like that. Now, of course, once you hit a certain level in the business, there are some people who are not the friendliest.

Moving on, I have found a church and am trying to get involved in the video department. That will give me something free to do on the weekend and the people are so fun to be around.

Recently, I have become a fan of the television show, "Firefly". If you dont know what Firefly is then you must join the Browncoat independents in the fight against crappy T.V. Programming!! Basically what had happened was.....Firefly was on Fox for one season and then was cancelled. The network did not even give the show a chance. The show was then cancelled and fans ended loving the show so much that it spawned them to make the movie "Serenity". The show focuses on a crew who rely on any job that will pay them money, to survive. Its a mix between, Star Wars and any western movie. It is sooooo good!!!! I believe that if anyone watches at least three episodes they will realize how good the show is and will want more. So get hooked. It has an amazing cast also.

Oh and this weekend I am going to Baltimore with my friend Phil from the show. I will try and take some pictures and have some cool things to report.

Allright, I wish I could give you guys more crazy awesome New York stories but not a lot has happened. We have a human tricks segment on Monday though, so interesting things should happen soon. I hope you are all well and have a great rest of the week.
Tyler

Natural History Museum Video

Hey everyone. Here is a video I put together of my trip to the natural History Museum. P.S. - Im not as dumb as I sound in the video. Enjoy!

The best of times, the worst of times.

Last weekend I went to the American natural Museum of History..woohoo!!!! It was really cool and I took a lot of video and pictures and I have been meaning to compile a short video for your viewing pleasure but I jsut havent had the time (or the energy). But do not fret, as soon as I get it done it will be posted and hopefully you will enjoy it.

So its been a looong week and we only had to work four days! Since Monday was labor day, we didnt have to work and since we didnt have to prepare for a show for Monday, we also had last Friday off as well. SO needless to say, it was a four day weekend. With all that time off, it was tough getting into the swing of things on Tuesdy because we jumped into taping two shows.

Even though the week was long, I learned alot and I am realizing my place in this world. I realized this week that I love every minute of working in television, the good and the bad times. So even though it was a long week, it was a good week.

On a lighter note, Im on a first name basis with Paul Shaffer now. Yeah, as he was leaving the other night he stopped by and said good night to the interns and we all said "Good night, Paul." Yeah, thats how we role.

For a quick movie review, I saw "3:10 to Yuma" last night. I enjoyed it but as the critics keep saying, it was somewhat disappointing. THe plot was fairly simple, a poor rancher gets offered 200 dollars to escort a famous outlaw to a train to be sent to prison. I will say though that if it had not been for the character development of the actors, mainly Ben Foster, Christian Bale and Russell Crow, then the movie would not have been as entertaining. It also starred the "Easy Rider", Peter Fonda and "Wash" from Joss Whedsons "Firefly". So a pretty good cast. I think my biggest problem was, there was not enough action. I know, that could be the guy coming out in me, because the main point of the movie was not about the actio but about the relationship between the rancher and the Outlaw. Anyway, I would recomend seeing it. It is not infested with violence and language so its not unbearable to watch. Thats one of my pet peaves is when the cursing becomes so common that it seems like there was not even a script involved. But it wasnt like that.

Well, I think Im going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art today so I will get back to you on how that went and get that video ready about the Natural Museum of History. See ya later, Tyler

"Welp, thats New York for ya."

"Well, thats __________ for ya." Have you ever had anyone say that to you? (That was not a rhetoricle question. I will wait approximately three days and 7 hours for a response)

Haha, just kidding....of course I am....anyway

This is the phrase commonly used by those who have experienced something to the point where all of the odd and strange things about that experience become the everyday average norm. The point of this senseless rambling is that I have experienced multiple things over the weekend and the earlier part of this week, that if I told them to someone that knows alot about New York then they would grace my ears with "Welp, thats New York for ya." Here we go.

Sunday, I am on my way to enjoy some culinary socialry (dinner) with two amazing people, Sean Carnahan and Laura Adkins of GCSU'S graduating class of 2006 and I am waiting at the subway stop and this guy comes up to me and, without introduction he proceeds to tell me that if I lifted dumbells then I could "put anotha inch on my "OM" (arm) and tone up a little and I would look good, Id look good...not too much just a...just a lil bit...I dont wanna go too much..just a lil bit and all the girls would be....all the girls would be goin for me. Not that he was gay or anythin but he knows..he goes to a gym...crunch on 34th and 3rd (thats not actually where it was, I dont remember)..so he knows... he knows

So this was the beginning of a 45 minute train ride and my friend, Bobby, I found out later was his name entertained me the whole way to Union Square. Dont get me wrong, I am not making fun of the guy but he was a very interesting character and I loved his Brooklyn accent....seriously. We...and I mean.... he... talked about tons of things. It was hard to hear him because of the train and luckily he didnt ask alot of questions so I didnt have to respond much. Apparently he was ok with me just saying..."Uh huh...Oh cool...yeah...thats awesome..yeah, that wouldnt be too good...Ok...yeah...Ok...cool.
It got worse at one point it was so hard to hear him on the train and then John Coltraine Jr. comes onto the train and oblidges us with a serenade of "Somewhere over the rainbow" with his saxaphone. It was very beautiful.
"Thats New York for ya."

Up next, on my way home that night I saw a dead rat on the steps going out of the subway station....YES, thats awesome!!!!!!!
"Thats New York for ya"
Some other crazy things have happened but thats new York for ya so i dont see any need to dwell...

So onto stuff about the show. This week was pretty awesome. We had a guy come Monday that will be on the Friday show and his act is outside. Hes the one I mentioned on my previous blog about how my bosses found him through the website I gave them. I got to meet and talk with him as well as being behind the set for rehearsal and the actual show!!!!! It was awesome getting to see all of the crew members around with the cameras and as well as meeting ou human interest guest I got to meet Biff Henderson. If you ever watch the show he is one of the guys that Dave puts on the show all the time and he was very nice and was interested in where I was from. Among the Late Show Regulars, I met the voice of the Late Show, Alan Kaulter and Paul Shaffers kids came into the intern room today so I got to meet them and Paul Shaffer. Pretty neat.

Ummm, lets see oh, We had Dalton Carricker on the Show, Tuesday. He is the 12 year old that hit the winning home run in the Little League World series game, Georgia Vs. Japan. I was told to take T-shirts to his family and he was in there with them so I got to shake his hand and congratulate him on his success. I met one more semi-famous person today. Even if you are not fans I am sure all of you know what "Halo" is. If not, then its a really popular video game. Anyway, I met one of the head writers of Halo 3, due to be released September 23rd. He is friends with the human interest segment producer and he stopped by today.

Well, thats New York for ya. I know the post is rather long but alot happened. So get over it...anyway, I miss everyone. See ya later!

The Rock was Superbad

So my first week at the Late show is over and I am pleased to say it has been quite the experience. I also have good news!!! I cant tell you what it is but on Friday my boss, Ryan, told me to search the internet for someone that could do a specific "Something" in the United States. I jumped on a computer and found a website and sent the link to Ryan. He then found what he needed from that website!! I was pretty stoked to be apart of the process. So keep and eye out for next Fridays show. I had a hand in getting the human interest guest.

The other interns and i went out to a place called the Rodeobar last night to celebrate our survival of the first week. The place had really good food and it was just really nice to get to hang out in our own element.

Today a few of us went to Rockefellar Center and went on the "Top of the Rock Tour". It was pretty cool. We went all the way to the top and was able to see the whole city. Its your typical tourist attraction but once we were at the top it hit once again that I was living the dream in one of the greatest cities in thew world with some of the nicest people Ive ever met.
I took a bunch of pictures and I have posted a video of us in the Rock elevator for you to enjoy below.


After the Rock we grabbed some New York style pizza (for the fifth time this week) and then watched the movie Superbad.
Wow. Thats really all I can say. I wont encourage anyone to see it but Im not gonna lie when I say I highly enjoyed it and its one of the funniest movies Ive seen in a long time.

Then we parted ways and hopped on the good ole F train to Brooklyn and stopped by the Church Ave. Restaraunt Cafe for some authentic Athenian Gyros and then concluded the evening with a three hour long phone call to parentals. Not a bad day. Till next time....uummmm...see ya.

Sprinting Manhattan

Alright, so im not sure how often im going to update this blog but I am going to try and do it often enough to give everyone an idea of whats going on.

So today I had my first Manhattan outing. My mission was to run down to 42nd and 8th to a sports shop called Modells for a can of tennis balls. Not sure why but thats what I did. I got to see the city and its on broadway so its the best part to explore, so that was fun.

I am still on the hunt for the perfect human and pet tricks but havent found many yet but we will see. Ok, so not alot happened at the studio but when I got home, to brooklyn...yeah, I know...weird....my roomate and his girlfriend wanted to go to target so I tagged along. It was quite an adventure. We knew where we were going but we got mixed up on the subway and got turned around but then we got on the right "track"...Ha!!! Im so funny....anyway, we were on the right track and survived our little adventure. I felt like I was in the movie Adventures in babysitting starring Elizabeth Shue from the Back to the Future franchise and co-starring soon to be RENT star, Anthony Rapp. Anyway, it was kind of hectic at first and we were underground for most of the night but once we figured out where we were, we were waiting on a train that was above ground and we look up and see the Statue of Liberty and the skyline and I forgot how crazy the city was and just remembered that this was my dream, that I was living...Im loving it.
Ok, so Im not going to be too sentimental but this experience is pretty awesome and I cant wait to share more with ya'll. See ya, Tyler

Genesis (The beginning)

Ok. Wow!!! So it all started in September of 2006. Now its almost September of 2007. God works in super crazy ways. If you dont know me and just randomly stumbled upon my blog, my name is Tyler and I am a Senior at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Ga. My major is Mass Communication with a concentration in Tellecomunications, specializing in T.V. Broadcasting...whoo...thats alot to say aint it?

Well, This blog is primarily to share with the masses, my experience in New York City, working for the man....not the government, but the real man, David Letterman!!!! I am an intern in the Human Interest department at the Late Show. I am living in Kensington, Brooklyn which is right next to Prospect park (Yeah, Im not sure where it is either) but its a cool place and about a 45 minute train ride from the Studio so its not bad.
"What do you do Tyler?"
Well, I am glad you asked, basically I am one of the many gatekeepers in the H.I. Department who looks for people to bring on the show for bits like Stupid Human and pet Tricks and other average Joes and Josephines who can do weird and interesting things. My job is to skim through newspapers and magazines to find any stories potentially interesting. Once I am done with those, I go to watch tapes and laugh at how funny people THINK they are...but they really arent. Then I move back to the newspapers and magazines.



So far, I have not met any celebrities but i do have stories about some of the perks of the job.
On Tuesday, I am sitting in the conferance room hanging out with the New York Post and the Miami Herald when three Late Show employees walk in carring a box and a large bag each and said that McDonalds had donated 100 Big macs and 100 cartons of fries to teh late Show staff...no one really knows why, but we partook in the friendly gesture and continued on our business. Then, I get back to my conversation with the Herald and Paul Shaffer starts walking down the hall, playing an accordian. he then stopd in the doorway of the conferance room and continues to play while talking with one of the producers....wow!!!, Eating FREE McDonalds and getting seranaded by paul Shaffer (inadvertantly) in one day!!! So that was pretty cool. Thats really all I have right now for ya. I am having a blast getting to know everyone and I get to watch the rehearsals on the closed network, up in the office building so the perks are pretty awesome. Well, I really want to leave you with a catch line but I cant really think of anything clever to leave you with so sleep good...or well...I guess....See ya bye!