I can't believe it, but Wed we got up at 6 AM for the purpose of seeing Regis and Kelly. Ok, I admit it, we do seem to find ourselves having a cup of coffee at home around 9, and "host chat" is on. Not the highlight of our day, but it's on. So off we are to the Upper Westside to get in the stand-by line. Lady Luck was with us. We were # 22 & 23 in the stand-by line and about 28 or so got in, so we made it! And they were taping 2 shows that day. One to air on Wed, the other to air on July 5. Here is the scoop: Guests were Dolly Parton (WAY WAY too much botox and makeup), but she was nice. Vern Yip (yes, I watch HGTV!) and US World Cup Soccer scorer -Langon Donovan. For the 2nd show, we saw Dennis Leary (Gary saw him smoking a cigarette out on the street, cool dude) and Yankee's pitcher Andy Pettit (tall, dark, and handsome). What you don't know: Regis literally lives diagonally across the street from the studio. His next door neighbor is Alan Alda. He leaves his apartment every am at 8:20 (on the air at 9AM not much of a commute) and has a body guard walk with him down the street to the ABC studio. That's where I had my photo with him (I should have put on makeup and fixed my hair but it was 6 am!!!). When Gary was taking the photo, Regis said "Hurry up Buddy!" because he was running a little late and needed to get inside. They are very nice to you there. They had a coffee truck on the curb and they gave everyone in line free coffee and doughnuts. Regis and Kelly were both very friendly to the studio audience at commercial break. Kelly is skinnier than you can imagine and has 2 tattoos. Someone asked about the tatts....she said the one on her wrist it says "Consuelos" and she said the one on her ankle represents "stupidity". Then she told all the girls in the audience : never get a tattoo. She also told us where she gets her hair done, and said she was in "desperate need of a touch up". Regis was very comfortable, and you could tell he was a pro. He thought some of his jokes were really funny and you could tell he enjoyed it when he said something funny. He wanted to get the taping done, he kept saying "get it rolling".
