It would be fascinating to see the actual goings on in the production of the show. Are the audience really as gullible and stupid as they seem?
Or is it all just paid people clapping and cheering as they're instructed by some toady with a sign or a display?
I was in the audience once at a taping of Real Time with Bill Maher back in 2009. I was surprised that the audience was not as large as I had expected it to be... maybe 200 people tops. The "Applause" sign only came on at the very start and the very end of the show. All the laughter and applause in between was organic. There was one joke Maher told that nobody laughed at and he smugly said "F you guys!" to the audience.
But that's Real Time 15 years ago. I am not sure how things have changed or if it's massively different on a show like The View.
I was also surprised how close the cameras all were to the guests - they had special lenses that make it look like a longer shot than it actually is. All the cameras ran onto stage and clustered around the guests point-blank so you, as the audience, could barely see around them. You had a better view looking up at the giant monitor next to the stage than to actually try and look at the real thing.
Interesting. How was it that you happened to be there?
shareThat was back when I lived in LA and wasn't working a full-time job (the height of the 2008-2012 Recession) and was looking to break into national TV/film. I looked up online how to be in the audience for various live TV broadcasts and found out it was free if you sign up ahead of time. I went with a friend of mine who was also out of work. I remember we had to park and wait in a giant line at the CBS (?) studios in Hollywood and some producer lady walked around and chose all the "best looking" people to be in the first couple rows. The rest of us were essentially treated like cattle.
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