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March 07, 06:28 PM
Ellen
This is where guests of the show arrive. By show, I mean Last Call. As far as I know, Ellen DeGeneres may or may not have a television show. And if they do, I certainly don’t watch it live nor do I Tivo it. And I didn’t get rejected from their internship program.
March 07, 06:27 PM
Private Bathroom
And I really don’t care that I can’t use their private bathroom.
March 07, 06:26 PM
Important
We get calls from our guests when they’re leaving from wherever they’re coming from to get to our show. Here I’m talking to Nelson Mandela, a favorite of Last Call!
March 07, 06:25 PM
Legacy
Let’s go to the stage for Last Call. Studio 9 has a rich history, as it was the home of TV classics Saved by the Bell and The Dennis Miller Show, among others.
March 07, 06:24 PM
Purty
Here I am in the Hair and Makeup Room, where guests come before they go on stage. If I slip the gals a fiver, they’ll make me up all purty.
March 07, 06:23 PM
Shhhh
Hoo boy, getting dolled up sure does make me pooped. Here I am taking one of the several two-hour catnaps I’ll sneak during the day.
March 07, 06:22 PM
Chillax
This is the green room, a place where the guests come to chillax before their interview is taped. I have to make sure that is stocked with food, drinks, and love.
March 07, 06:21 PM
Snacktime
I’ll come in here and sneak snacks. I have to be careful though, these are Nelson Mandela’s Goldfish crackers. If he sees me getting my feed on with his food, he’ll flip his wig.
March 07, 06:20 PM
No Smoking Please
No smoking inside the studio. That’s OK, I don’t even need a cigarette right now.
March 07, 06:19 PM
HQ
Now that I’ve shown you a little bit around Studio 9, let’s go over to Last Call’s HQ on NBC’s Burbank Lot. We do plenty of stuff over there too. It might not look as glamorous, but darn it, I love it just as much. Also, they have corn chips over there, and I really like corn chips. I mean a lot. I’ll fight you right now if you don’t believe me.
March 07, 06:18 PM
Don't
You do not want to mess with me. I fight dirty.
March 07, 06:17 PM
Booking
You have to hustle if you’re going to make it here as an intern. You give 110 percent each and every day. Here I am booking it over to the bungalow. Not because they really need anything right now, but because I want to grab a Breakfast Hot Pocket before they’re all gone.
March 07, 06:16 PM
1600
Here it is, Bungalow 1600, the HQ for Last Call with Carson Daly. People make life-changing decisions here. Some will alter the destiny of many here, others will write sketches that radically alter social stigmas…
March 07, 06:15 PM
Thank You
…and others will steal as much supplies as they can get into the trunk of their Geo Prizm before the producers get back from lunch.
March 07, 06:14 PM
School is in
One of the things you have to do as a veteran intern at Last Call is teach the new interns. Here I am sharing my views on the entertainment industry with our newest intern, Warren G. Harding (no relation to our 29th President).
March 07, 06:13 PM
Nice
It’s nice to know that I’m making a positive impact on these impressionable youth. They really take my pearls of wisdom to heart.
March 07, 06:12 PM
Research
Here I am doing…research, yeah research. Umm, they wanted me to umm…look at soap operas and uhh…OK, fine, you caught me. I love my soaps. I guess I just really connect with the characters and plot lines. I’ll never forget the time my evil twin escaped from a Bulgarian prison and schemed to ruin my rising textile business.
March 07, 06:12 PM
Studio 9
OK, when I’m done making copies, reviewing recently taped episodes, and taking phone calls, I head back over to Studio 9.
March 07, 06:11 PM
Control Room
Let’s take a peek into the control room. I have to put down schedules, scripts, and other information in here before episodes are taped. Interesting note, the person who wrote the brail on this sign misspelled control room. This reads, “Control Rome”. Maybe the guy who wrote is…Julius Caesar? Get it? Julius Caesar! Eh, you’ll get it later
March 07, 06:10 PM
Pretend
Here I am pretending to be director of Last Call.
March 07, 06:09 PM
Not Pretend
Here I am getting yelled at for pretending to be director of Last Call.
March 07, 06:08 PM
Magic Room
Now let’s take a peek around the actual set where Last Call shoots. This is where the magic happens, people.
March 07, 06:07 PM
Eye Contact
This is where David Friedman, the show’s executive producer, stands during tapings. I make sure to put down scripts and schedules on his stand for him. If I do what I’m supposed to correctly; then I get eye contact. If I screw up, I am shunned for three weeks. So far I’ve gotten eye contact once and only have been shunned for 12 weeks!
March 07, 06:06 PM
Helpful
Here I am reviewing script changes with Last Call’s head writer, Dave King. I like to tell him which jokes I thought were good and suggest changes. He really appreciates my dry Canadian humor. Not that I’m Canadian. Nor is my family. I’ve actually never been to that nation. Before I started as an intern here, I didn’t even once leave my hometown of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
March 07, 06:05 PM
Chops
I go over a similar process with Joe Firstman, the leader of Last Call’s band. I tell him which songs worked in rehearsal and sing to him slight variations of what he’s already done. I am a classically trained tenor, although I hit high enough octaves to qualify as an alto. Right now I’m wowing Joe with my rendition of Kurtis Blow’s “The Breaks”.
March 07, 06:04 PM
Extra luck
Only a few minutes before we go to air! I make sure that Carson’s desk has his notes, pens, markers, and highlighters. I also blow it a kiss for extra luck.
March 07, 06:03 PM
Approachable
Interning at Last Call with Carson Daly is great. The staff is wonderful to me when they’re not smacking me around, I get to see all the tapings of the show I want as long as I remain hidden from security, and Carson himself is really approachable. You can walk right up to him, tell him to get out of his seat, sit down in it, and ask him questions pretending he’s a guest of the show and he doesn’t even care.
March 07, 06:02 PM
You too....
Well, that’s all for now. I hope this gave you enough of an idea as to what it’s like to be an intern at Last Call. If you’re interested (if you’re not, than you’re just hopeless) in an internship here, go to http://www.nbcunicareers.com/ and click on “Internships”. For all the interns here at Last Call, I’m Calvin Coolidge, peace out!
March 07, 06:02 PM
Security
Woops! Forgot my NBC ID Badge again! I have to call Security and ask for a visitor’s pass. Without a pass, I won’t be able to get on NBC’s lot. That would be bad news; the producers at Last Call said they really value my help. Then they gave each other high fives and laughed while pointing at me.
March 07, 06:01 PM
That's Me!
My name is Calvin Coolidge, no relation to our 30th President. I’m one of Last Call with Carson Daly’s great group of interns, and I’m going to show you a little bit of what my day is like at Last Call. Here I am taking a cigarette break before my day starts. I like to stand out here and mentally prepare for the day in front of me.
March 07, 06:00 PM
Welcome to NBC
This is the wonderful NBC lot in wonderful Burbank, a sleepy little villa in the wonderful state of California, which is in the wonderful United States of America, a can-do nation on the wonderful continent of North America, a large landmass on the so-so Western Hemisphere on the wonderful Planet Earth.
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