Hey, So I finally got tickets to the show, I had them once before but things didnt work out so well,. and i wound up missing the show ..

I need past audiance memembers guide to making the experience the best it can be.

1. Where do I enter?
2. When I enter where do I go? Im assuming theres a desk//
3. What's the best time to arrive to ensure a front row seat?
4. How long does the show tape for?
5. Do you get to meet Conan/Does he interact in any way with the audiance?
6. Do you need your ID?


(I have been inside the studio, when i went on an NBC Studio Tour this past December, so I am kind of familiar with the building)

ALSO: What does this statement mean?: Please note that we admit the audience on a first-come, first-serve basis, and therefore no ticket guarantees admission.

I would greatly appreciate your help! Im going to the January 15th ( Monday) Taping.

1. Where do I enter?: NBC Studios is located in 30 Rockefeller Plaza on 6th Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) between 49th and 50th Streets. You enter the building where you see the NBC Studios marquee (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/3024019...4b43605.jpg?v=0), on the 49th Street side of the building.
2. When I enter where do I go? Im assuming theres a desk// - You go up one floor to the mezzanine level. And there's a desk up there as well as people to ask where to go.
3. What's the best time to arrive to ensure a front row seat? - When I went to the show (2005), the earliest people would arrive was normally about 2:00. I'm not sure what it's like now. I'd say the earliest you'd need to get there would be noon. And now I think they give you a number corresponding to your place in line, and they tell you to come back at 4-something. (As opposed to when I went - you had to stand in line from the time you arrived until being taken up to the studio.)
I believe NBC tells you to arrive no later than 4:15.
4. How long does the show tape for? 1 hour, normally from 5:30-6:30pm. You get to enter the studio around 5:00-5:15 and you're out fairly quickly afterward (by 7:00).
5. Do you get to meet Conan/Does he interact in any way with the audiance? Only if you have a penis. Before the show, Brian McCann starts the audience warmup. Then Conan comes out briefly and picks a guy from the audience to dance with and another guy to go meet Max and get a pair of drumsticks.
6. Do you need your ID? I believe the NBC ticket hotline and confirmation email both instruct you to bring your ID. When I went, I wasn't asked for my ID. However, they did ask to see everyone's confirmation emails. And if you look younger than 16 they'll probably ask for an ID.

ALSO: What does this statement mean?: Please note that we admit the audience on a first-come, first-serve basis, and therefore no ticket guarantees admission. - As long as you have reserved tickets and arrive by 4:15, that doesn't really apply (unless they were to accidentally overbook a show, which I don't really think happens). I think that statement is primarily directed at people trying to get into the show on standby.


I hope that helped. Good luck and have fun.

Thank You!!!

Question continued for members who have seen Conan recently:

What time should I get there to be ensured front row seats?


do they really start lining up at 12:00 PM?

ALSO: do you get in trouble if you yell out stuff like "I LOVE YOU CONAN!!!" or "YOU ROCK!!" i see that some times on the show

probs not.

yell out "I want your baby Conan" when the crowd is quit so we know who u r

Actually, this is frowned upon. You can do it during the opening right before the monologue, but I think any time after that you'll get in trouble.

I don't think any of the members of this board have gone to the show recently. I think you'd have better luck taking that question here: http://community.livejournal.com/conan_obrien/

I'd still say if you arrived there around 2:00, you should be the first or one of the first to arrive. And if you're in NY anyway, going earlier couldn't hurt since you just go there to "reserve" your place in line and are told to come back at 4-something.

I don't think so if you only do it once, but you will probably get the Stare of Death from Jeff Ross (the exec producer).

philmc, http://www.conan-obrien.net has some good information, but i don't think you'll check this board anymore before going to the show! anyway, have los of fun and let us know about everything that happened! hope you'll get a chance to talk with conan

i'll be in NY in feb, so i hope i'll be able to get tickets.

I can now share some tips, as last thursday i went to my first live taping. my wife and i showed up at about 2:30 and waiting for 50 minutes for someone to show up and give us our tickets. There were about 10 people in line already when we got there. The tickets were given out with either a letter or number on the back of them, A and 1 going out first. When you come back later to actually que up for the studio, they line you up in descending order. We had E.

Luckily though, when we got past security, we were the last ones in the elevator, so we exited first, and ended up in the 2nd row, in the aisle with only 2 seats behind the producer.

I was somehow, lucky enough to be the guy conan picked out of the crowd. Conan comes out before the show to say hi, and shake hands with the people in the first few rows. Then he is staring at me and says, "hey, lets dance". so i got up and started doing this really weird power-mosh thing, i had no idea what was going on and i am frankly suprised i didnt just have a stroke on the spot. after this i sit down and conan remarks about how my dancing was angry but he liked it, and that there was a sexual attraction! hahhaa, i was just dumbfounded at what was happening. then he asks me what my name is, thanks me for being such a good sport and asks the crowd if they want to see us hug. of course the respond yes, so i jump up and hug the gigantor that is Senor Conan O'Brien, who smelled like baby powder, i am assuming because of the make up.

Conan says I love you to me, i say i love you CONAN!!! and i sit back down. then hey points to some random guy and asks the crowd if they want to see him and me hug, and they cheer, so the random guy in the audience gets up and we hug. i sit down... again.... then conan asks everyone if they want to see max and i hug, and they cheer, so i run down onto the set and give max a hug and he gives me his drumsticks....

i have been wathcing conan for so long, and i was beyond shocked and completely happy. i think my wife was frozen with shock, but i didnt look at her once during the whole ordeal, lol.

so i walked away just about as happy as i had ever been from that show, thanks to showing up a bit early, a lot of lucky, and i have to attribute some of it to my deliberate choice to wear an XL bright gold George Mason University hoody that stands out like crazy.

duckz - Thanks for sharing that advice about what time to arrive & your experience at the show. It's awesome that you were one of the lucky few Conan picks out of the crowd.

lol, I think I love you.

hehe.. what would be really great is if she was just as big a fan as you and then was like "You could've at least pointed me out to him" or something. What I said before about needing a penis in order for Conan to acknowledge your existence in the audience ain't a complete lie.
I love that picture of you two with Max's sticks - so adorable!

That's exactly how I felt after I went to a taping! The whole experience was unbelievable.

And thanks for telling us Conan smells like baby powder. I had always hoped he'd smell like Baby Magic. But any man who is hot and smells like baby is a serious threat to women everywhere.

Hey Duckz,

Thanks for the tips!!! I'm going to a taping in less than two weeks....YEAH!!! I'd love to be one of the people Conan picks out of the crowd, although, I'm sure I would just die Oh God, please...

Hmmm....Padre's jacket might pay off after all

With your collar??? Even better!!!

I told you this board does strange things

Awww...that's so awesome! I would have died on the spot! But I don't have a penis so I would have been overlooked!
I was supposed to go to a taping and now I cannot, so I like living vicariously through you. Hope you don't mind.
That pic of you two with the sticks is cute!
ps-your wife is totally hot. I'm not a lesbian, but she's totally hot.

Sorry, a half-filled woman...I'm gonna smell the REAL thing! Mmmmmm....


I'm not in a very good mood.