"Are you extras?"

Jen and I went to our second show taping last night. It was essentially a free night of stand-up comedy, filmed as "National Lampoon Live" with the younger not-household-name type of entertainers. There were six comics, including John Diresta from FX's "Trash to Cash" strange redecorating show that I've seen once on TV, and the runner-up from "Last Comic Standing." I only vaguely remember a show by that name from earlier in the summer, but I wasn't watching much TV then, either.

Most of the audience appeared to be hired from an extras company. I never really thought about it before, but that tactic for filling a studio audience" is probably more common than most people realize. The show tapings were advertised around UCLA's campus, though, so we just showed up.

The humor was typically rauchy but good, and it's nice to see that it's acceptable to make fun of GW Bush again in pop culture. No idea when or where this will air on TV, though.