Busted!
Monday night Ben and I went to scout the X-ecution. As soon as the lights went down, they played a video which included photos of all of the contestants from the audition. I leaned over to him right then and said I wasn't going to make it past this week. Tuesday night I actually had a few people coming to vote. I was afraid they'd say something to me before the show started and I wouldn't be able to go on at all. We congregated upstairs and JD told us about the video. He said he didn't have everyone's photo, but not to worry. My stomach flipped.
We went onstage and it was the same beginning as before. Short scenes that the host edited. I did one scene that was pretty decent. I actually had a lot of fun. Then, as we were all lined up, JD asked one of the contestants what made him special at the audition. Why did they pick him. He wasn't ready for that question, but eventually said listening. I looked up towards the balcony, where my mini-crew sat. Oh boy. He's going to ask me. And he did.
"Fannie Mae, what was it about your audition that made you stand out?"
"Ummm...I didn't audition."
"That's right. You didn't. And you're not getting eliminated because you crashed the show. I actually think that's not bad. You're being eliminated because you blogged about it."
Yep. This lj did me in. This is my improv journal. I wrote about last week for the improvisers in LA who read it and who would come out to support. I never in a million years thought JD would google his own name. But, that actually makes sense. As a producer of this show, he probably wanted to see what sort of press he was getting. They let me walk up the stairs and have a last word. And as I did, the three judges gave me a standing O. It was pretty cool. My word at the top of the stairs was "ballsy!". The crowd cheered.
The most awesome part about this was that JD clearly knew he was going to eliminate me before the show even started, but he let me do the first round of scenes. It's not like they pulled me aside prior and asked me not to go on stage. And, to be honest, I'm glad it's over. The goody-two-shoes in me has been having major anxiety. I mean, if I wasn't in it last week, maybe Nick would still be there. Making it to the second week wasn't even something I had originally considered. I thought I would be gone after the first or second challenge. Besides, they have a set number of shows to do, and an extra person would have messed up the bracketing. At some point, even if they didn't say anything, I would have. Too much guilt.
Anyway, I'm still really glad I did it. I've never done anything like that before, and it was an awesome experience. The way I was called out was so fantastic. And Drew mentioned Ultimate does this a couple of times a year. I will actually audition next time. I would have for this one, had I known about it. And who knows? Maybe I wouldn't have gotten in anyway.
Thanks, JD, for being a good sport. It was fun while it lasted!
We went onstage and it was the same beginning as before. Short scenes that the host edited. I did one scene that was pretty decent. I actually had a lot of fun. Then, as we were all lined up, JD asked one of the contestants what made him special at the audition. Why did they pick him. He wasn't ready for that question, but eventually said listening. I looked up towards the balcony, where my mini-crew sat. Oh boy. He's going to ask me. And he did.
"Fannie Mae, what was it about your audition that made you stand out?"
"Ummm...I didn't audition."
"That's right. You didn't. And you're not getting eliminated because you crashed the show. I actually think that's not bad. You're being eliminated because you blogged about it."
Yep. This lj did me in. This is my improv journal. I wrote about last week for the improvisers in LA who read it and who would come out to support. I never in a million years thought JD would google his own name. But, that actually makes sense. As a producer of this show, he probably wanted to see what sort of press he was getting. They let me walk up the stairs and have a last word. And as I did, the three judges gave me a standing O. It was pretty cool. My word at the top of the stairs was "ballsy!". The crowd cheered.
The most awesome part about this was that JD clearly knew he was going to eliminate me before the show even started, but he let me do the first round of scenes. It's not like they pulled me aside prior and asked me not to go on stage. And, to be honest, I'm glad it's over. The goody-two-shoes in me has been having major anxiety. I mean, if I wasn't in it last week, maybe Nick would still be there. Making it to the second week wasn't even something I had originally considered. I thought I would be gone after the first or second challenge. Besides, they have a set number of shows to do, and an extra person would have messed up the bracketing. At some point, even if they didn't say anything, I would have. Too much guilt.
Anyway, I'm still really glad I did it. I've never done anything like that before, and it was an awesome experience. The way I was called out was so fantastic. And Drew mentioned Ultimate does this a couple of times a year. I will actually audition next time. I would have for this one, had I known about it. And who knows? Maybe I wouldn't have gotten in anyway.
Thanks, JD, for being a good sport. It was fun while it lasted!