According to wikipedia "Emigration is the act of leaving one's country or region to settle in another. (..) There are many reasons why people might choose to emigrate. Some are for reasons of religious, political or economic freedom or escape. Others have personal reasons such as marriage. Some people living in rich nations with cold climates choose to move to warmer climates when they retire."
Well, neither of these reasons apply to me, but nevertheless I decided to move from Germany to England where it always rains and the men are not really classified as the most attractive ones in the whole wide world. When you have lived in a foreign country before, you might know how different, awkward, funny and difficult your daily life can become.
Here are some highlights of my life in London Town.

May 15, 2013

TV Show Tapings

There are a lot of TV show tapings taking place in London and it's quite easy and free to attend one. Sometimes you have to be lucky, because they always send out more tickets than they actually have. But in that case (and it happened to me once), you get priority tickets for the next two shows you apply for (okay, I think that was by accident and you usually get only one).
Thanks to that, though, I was sitting a few metres away from Cameron Diaz on The Graham Norton Show and also from British comedian Micky Flanagan on The Marriage Ref. As a result of that, I thought I knew Micky very well, when I bumped into him in Covent Garden. I was sitting in a cafe, he passed by, we smiled at each other, greeted each other, and then both of us went our ways. When I was at home, it dawned on me, though, that I don't really know him and that he doesn't know me at all. We just had a parasocial interaction.

A TV show taping is always fun. I particularly like the warm-up guys. It's usually a comedian who brings the audience into the right mood before the show starts and practises the clapping and woohooing and aaaahhhing with them. At the taping I attended yesterday, we had quite a lot of breaks since they were filming three episodes. So the warm-up guy, called Stew, did some quizzes with us. One was: "Name the 11 body parts with 3 letters" and go! How many can you think of?

If you are interested in attending a TV show taping in London as well, check out these websites:
http://www.sroaudiences.com/
http://www.applausestore.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/tickets/

And maybe you'll sit here soon:


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  1. ZakiMay 19, 2013 at 12:03 PM

    Hello dramagirl. Good to see you have a taste for English humour! How do English comedians compare with German ones? I wonder if you've seen this episode of 'Blackadder Goes Forth'. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a clip of the whole scene with the Red Baron.

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