my That '70s Show finale experience
by *sitcomfreak on Comments
With connections to a fantastic audience page at Audiences Unlimited, I was able to gain access to the final episode of That '70s Show, appropiately titled, "That '70s Finale," and the first episode being titled "That '70s Pilot." I got there very, very early. I met with the audience page, Scott, who had gotten me in on the VIP list. We were loaded into stage 2 at CBS Studio Center at about 5:30pm. The audience warmup, Ron Pearson is a great comedian. I have seen him several times @ That '70s Show. There were many tears shed, even from Wilmer, Danny & Ashton. Topher Grace, who was in the finale, pre-shot his scenes on Thursday, February 16th, and the finale filmed w/ the audience on Friday, February 17th. The show began at 7:00pm, and lasted approximately the normal time that it lists in the schedule. Audience members were saddened, and they also cried. I got a script signed. It has the title in it's normal form, it has the title, and the director. However, right after the title it says in big letters and a different front "200th Episode." At the bottem, it lists simply the production company, Carsey-Werner, and their address, instead of the normal copyright notice. Instead, the copyright notice is listed on the next page, which looks exactly like the cover, but printed on white paper. All of their scripts are like that, the cover page on card stock paper, and then regular white paper with the exact same thing listed again. This time, the copyright notice was on the inside. Aside from all that nonsense. At the end, according to the page, there was to be a cast party, but it was not confirmed 100%. The cast graciously did autographs, and I got Kurtwood to say, "Don't be a dumbass." I got Debra Jo to do her famous "heh heh," laugh. I got a hug from the entire cast. I was polite to Josh Meyers, but he was not my main interest. Tommy Chong was absolutely amazing. I had seen him before, but I feel the need to mention again how amazingly funny he is as the forever stuck in the '60s, hippie, Leo. I got him to say "Hey man." It was an amazing experience that I will always remember.
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