We have been trying to get on the Ellen show since we moved out in September, but we quickly learned after applying multiple times online that even to be in the studio audience, its who you know and who they know that'll get you there.  So somehow a friend mentioned back in January that he happened to be roommates with a guy who worked for the Ellen show (I'm pretty sure that if that were me, it would come immediately after my name when introducing myself). Since I got 4 tickets, my roommates a

nd I actually held a balderdash competition to see who would get the golden ticket- our friend Liz won, and she was just the right person because she was the only one out of all of us who actually watches Ellen (although we started doing some research viewings once we found out we were going).

 

So Monday was our big day!  It was a looooong day of waiting and signing stuff, but so worth it. The best part was that Mario Lopez was a surprise guest (even though his segment didn't air on the show, because he was doing an interview that will later air on E!) Here he is in his heyday:

 

Dierks Bentley played the song Sideways, which sounded slightly better in real life than it did on TV, and a good bit better in real life than it does on youtube, but here's the clip... look for Rebecca and me at around 2:45, back row! If you want the free cd I won you can have it, its unopened... He was nice to look at but I'd rather not listen to him... even though when Ellen tells us we get a free copy you can see me jumping up and down clapping my hands... It was all for the cameras.