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Subscribe to RSSThursdays and Fridays are great in this building--as I've noted before--because when SNL is "in season," you can see selected rehearsals and promos as they happen in Studio 8H. It's great to watch--I'm very excited to see this week's show as hosted by Jon Hamm--though part of the Employee Creed is never to talk about what you see. Starting on Thursday nights, when we exit this building into the night, we often see the first few die-hards, with sleeping bags, on the sidewalk along 49th Street--they are the Super Fans, and they wait days for a scarce few stand-by tickets on the day of the show. Rain or snow, good shows…and clunkers…they are the stalwarts. By the looks of rehearsals, they won't be disappointed come 11:30 Eastern time Saturday night.
We have a number of the members of our political team here in New York tonight--so it's been a day of catching up and talking politics. We hope you can join us tonight.
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What's at stake in the mid-term election? Everything. The Tea Party has just begun, and the silent majority
will not be silent any longer. "that the vital principle of republican government is the lex majoris partis,
the will of the majority; that if the will of a majority cannot be trusted where there are diversified and
conflicting intersts, it can be trusted nowhere. " What then? A Coup!!!
Have a nice evening, Brian
Phyllis
Good Evening Mr.Williams, Another fine broadcast this evening as always. It must be fun to see the rehearsals and promos for "SNL". And I'm sure you are excited that Jon Hamm from "Mad Men" is hosting this Saturday. It should be a great show!
Now on to the broadcast. First of all the report by Mr.Costello about the Gulf Oil disaster and the early report of what was the fault and who. The companies of Halliburton and BP knwoing the cement mixture was unstable and went along with it anyway is awful. After running all the tests and many showed it was unstable they ignored the data and remained interested only in the bottom line. They rushed the job and it cost lives sand livelihoods of many, many people. Along with a massive environmental disaster in the waters of the Gulf. So very tragic that lives were lost.
The reports by Mr.Todd and Andrea Mitchell about the Mid-Term election camaigning revealed extremely tight races and tough campaigns. All the major representatives of both parties are rallying support for the party's candidate. Time will tell when the votes are counted and the results are in Wednesday morning.
Great analysis by Mr.Gregory as always.
Always excellent reporting by Richard on the survey of how US Troops would react to serving alongside a gay member of the military. Many did not object, but some have major objections.
Hearing from Jeff Hart who operated the drill to rescue the 33 miners was truly moving and showed a humble man about his wonderful efforts. When peoples lives are at stake the job has great meaning with the rescue of all 33 miners. They did all work together like he stated and solved problems as a team. It was nice to hear from him.
Sad to learn of the passing away of James MacArthur who played "Danny Williams on the show "Hawaii Five-O" Associated with that famous line spoken by Jack Lord.
The "Making A Difference" segment by Anne Thompson from Jerusalem about women fighting against breast cancer was very moving. Seeing 5000 women gathered was incredible and it iis so important they are aware if the disease. It is good thet dialogue is going on and seeing the survivors was encourging. Such great efforts by these women. A special piece. Thank You Anne Thompson!
Thank You for the broadcast Mr.Williams. Peace to You and to All!
Lots of Love to Laurel,Jackie,Stephanie,Claudia,Celine,Anna,Lori,Cary and Matt!
Be Well Always!
Stay Extra,Extra Safe and Well Richard!
Take Extra Good Care Richard and Crew!
XOXO
Lisa
Hey Brian
Your blog tonight reminds me of someone I used to work with in the 1251 bldg, across from you. A co-worker of mine’s boyfriend used to work for SNL then moved over to the Today Show, his brother worked for NBC as well. I remember my co-worker having the privilege of sitting thru so many of the rehearsals, she also told me that from Friday night till Sunday morning, her boyfriend had the option of staying at a hotel nearby as well as some other people on the SNL staff, which they sometimes did. She even took a few other co-workers with her to the live rehearsals, although I told her I wanted to attend when Alec Baldwin was hosting, for some reason , I’m sure the fault lying on my end, that never came to be . I also remember her running across the street just to pick up her boyfriends paycheck and to buy stamps, believe it or not, this was during the early 90’s way before 9/11, so I’m sure with all the security in place now, that would be a hard thing to do now, I bet they’ve probably cut back on the number of people that can attend the live rehearsals as well.
I know I can’t mention his name here, but I wonder if my friends boyfriend is still with the Today Show, unfortunately, my friend and co-worker passed away about ten years ago.
I can't believe I actually saw what was behind your desk on the 10-28 broadcast.... Is that a shredder on the right?
Good one Thursday night Brian! That half hour flew!
Look forward to your Tuesday "all nighter" with cast of thousands!
For those who may not have heard: NBC's election coverage will start at 9 PM and continue, with a break for local news at 11, until 3:30 AM.
The cast: David Gregory, Tom Brokaw, Andrea Mitchell, Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Mark Whitaker (NBC Washington Bureau Chief), Chuck Todd and Brian anchoring.
Should be excellent. With that cast, how could it miss?!!
Take care all-
Celine
Sestak's example of political courage is standing up to Crime Inc and saying "don't give my job to someone else"? What a servant of the people. geeshhh
Hey Bill don't you remember? Trickle Down Reaganomics was replaced by you with Rubinomics. How many times did he run a bank into the ground that had to be bailed out by taxpayers? 3? 4?