I've written quite a bit about my internship over the past week and a half. When you do something full-time and factor in four hours of travel time in addition to the eight hour work days, then you're bound to be inspired. And not always positively. What I don't think I've conveyed quite so well is what an amazing opportunity it is to be working on a studio lot, one that I visited a few years ago as a nerd and to audition for a Disney Channel show (you didn't know about my sordid past, did you? Now you do).
Today, I got to explore the CBS Studio Center Lot more than I've ever done before. I work here every day, but I'm never quite able to see all it has to offer. That changed this afternoon.
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I work in the building on the left. Next door is CSI: NY. I had no idea until today, but I am certainly impressed. |
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This is the Broadcast Center where the news station is located. And where all the golf carts socialize. |
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My desk has a Beauty and the Beast mug. My work is overseen by a large photo of the cast of The Big Bang Theory. |
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This is our tour guide on New York Street. Sponsors buy out store fronts on the outdoor set. |
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All of our streets are named after famous shows or people. MTM Enterprises filmed most of their shows on the lot. |
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Apparently I ate lunch yesterday at the table on the porch of the According to Jim house. |
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A mini-Central Park that was used on Seinfeld. Trivia: there's also a mini-Central Park at Warner Bros. Studios, where they filmed Friends. |
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I don't watch CSI: NY, but I got to hang out on the set. Sorry for violating the sanctity of your office, Detective Mac Taylor. |
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This was taken somewhere in the CSI: NY stage. I was trying to be artsy even though I don't understand my subject. |
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All that's left of the lagoon where Gilligan's Island "took place." |
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I went to Pawnee. I was prohibited from taking photos. I'm sorry. But I hung out in Ron Swanson's office. I don't know if that means anything to anyone. |
So no matter how much I complain about the drives or about how nothing is 100 percent perfect, I can't begin to express my excitement at getting to drive into work at a studio five days a week. Every day I'm working in an environment just inches away from hundreds of fascinating people. Sometimes those people are big names as well (i.e. I saw John Legend on the set of
Duets today, just sayin').
This is the kind of experience I might pay money for. To tour a studio lot and get to sit in on a rehearsal for a TV show is something a lot of us only dream of. But instead I'm paid to go into CBS Studio Center every day. And I'm offered a tour at no cost. I'm even encouraged to take the opportunity.
I have no right to complain. Just look at these photos.
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