...fame! Someone recently asked me if they could see the video from the Ellen Show. Here is the link along with an excerpt from my diary from May 2005 (trasncribed from handwritten entries from my journal) The video starts out with a promo, then goes directly into our interview followed by Betty White's comments about Alan.
http://www.rosenbaummedia.com/portfolio.html
(Scroll down then click onto Ellen box)
May 3, 2005
I am sitting in a hotel lobby in Los Angeles, California awaiting to be brought to the Ellen Degeneres Show with Alan and Roger. We will appear as guests because Alan uttered 2 words: “Alan and Boom-Boom”. He is less than 3 months old.
May 5, 2005
Roger, Alan and I are currently taking off on an airplane from L.A. We spent the past two days here as guests of the Ellen Degeneres show. Yesterday we taped the show at her studio in Burbank. A driver picked us up at the Universal Sheraton to take us there. I could hardly believe it. I called Marie and Jim on our cell phone just to make sure that I wasn’t dreaming. I remember telling Jim that I was just passing a highway sign pointing towards Hollywood, and that I could see the letters upon that mountain. Just last week, I was afraid of taking Alan to the supermarket!
Upon arrival to the studio, we were given our own dressing room where they served us candy, water and a basket of snacks. I guess they are trying to jack us up on candy before the show. I breastfed Alan prior to the taping, in the hopes that he wouldn’t be hungry while I was sitting in the hot seat. While waiting, Roger thought he heard the voice of Betty White outside our door. Sure enough, when we were taken to “Hair & Make-up” there she was! She jumped out of her chair to sneak a peek at the baby and said, “It should be illegal to have a baby so cute!”
So there I was getting my hair and make-up done with the fabulous Betty White! She had little white shoes and a grandma-style purse with a kitty design. She looked more worn than she does on TV – her wrinkles become ironed out with the make-up I guess. When she left, Roger was asked to hop into her chair – so that he could get make-up too! Ha Ha!
While we were getting ready, a camera operator tried getting footage of the baby. The make-up crew was running a bit late, so at one point, I had two of them working on me at once!
When I was done, I assisted with trying to get the baby to say “boom” – we got just one “boom”.
Our producer, Bradford, then came to get us. We were already “miked” and ready to go….
They gave us a quick recap on what they expected us to say and as we approached backstage a stage manager gave us directions.
While waiting for those brief moments, we saw Matt Dillon complete his segment. As he walked backstage, he saw the baby, and said, “so this is the incredible talking baby!” and the baby smiled back at him. Then, Roger, Alan and I were introduced to Ellen and we walked onto the stage with the audience applauding! I have vague memories of the actual taping!
I think it might have been all of the people, the coldness and the lights, but he did start to cry a little bit at the show, but all in all we did well.
May 12, 2005
An article appeared in the Saugerties Times about our appearance on the Ellen Show.
POSTSCRIPT: Upon rereading my diary entries from over two years ago, I think the only thing to add is how much I had obsessed over Matt Dillon as a teenager. I had a teenbeat pin-up of him tacked to my wall, watched every movie of his, dreamed about meeting him, etc....If an angel from the future visited that shy 16 year old to tell her that someday she'll be on a TV set with Matt Dillon, I wonder what she would think?
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