1/31/12 LEAVING TONIGHT SHOW w/ MICHELLE OBAMA, 1st LADY: I JUST LEFT the TONIGHT SHOW w/ special guest, 1st Lady Michelle Obama. ..got a ticket around 1130am ..gal at the ticket counter recognized me..nice gal. Got in line around 2pm (the outer circle by the street) ...the line slowly moved..and we were ;by the wall" by 230..entering the gate, tim the ticket man fr seacliff ny, asked for id (altho they're not supposed to ask if u have a counter ticket as opposed to a paper ticket ordered online w/ names on them.) Got the big frisk fr sec service, ., ..he said "u got a lot of jackets"...ha ..I said "it gets cold in the studio" ..one of them was from kentucky, , decent fellows. Had #251..sat in line next to a nice african-american lady next to me fr chicago, ..she says michelle is fr hyde park (michelle's a chicago native?)... A Few of the Jokes: 1) re gal who ate mcchickens her entire life ..finally saw doctor & they told her she had a chicken deficiency...2),(later) re "whitehouse honey",..that was a spur of the moment joke..michelle had some "whitehouse honey' go w a slice of apple (to encourage jay to eat fruit), & jay joked "that would have a diff meaning w/ a diff president...3) clip of obama singing a song ...then mitt singing "god bless america", then a fake newt singing 4) then HEADLINE HUMOR: ad for people who want to make some extra cash by using their swimming pool to raise catfish; ad trying to encourage people to become less illiterate, said "fight literacy"; recipe for chicken requires "beat w/ mallard," Jay introduces 1st Lady: Michelle arrives, beige top,lime bottom, Jay asked M. About how much tv the kids watch..& M said they get 1 hour on Friday, 2 hours on sat, &1 on sun only if they completed all homework,..& only the eldest daughters get to have a cellphone..jay asked how do u tell the younger daughter she can't have cell. Michelle says, "U say No". Then they discussed, of course, healthy foods..Jay said he hasn't had veggies in decades..so michelle chided him & pulled out a pizza w/ veggies on it, & Jay took a few bites and liked it. Then she gave him sweet potato fries (which r good, I had some myself a few weeks ago), t..then jay made M eat a bite of beets which she said earlier was one of the foods she didn't like....they talked abt working out..M says she runs 3 miles every day & is in better shape than Barack (Barack said the same when he was here a few months ago, ie that M is in better shape). Jay asked abt Barack's graying hair..she said "Yes he's aging, but still gorgeous". Then jay asked abt politics..M says they don't pay attention to repub. Primaries..will "cross that bridge" when the repubs have a nominee (Romney won florida as they spoke). By the way, I noticed that the black warmup guy was all dressed up in a 3-piece suit, which id never seen before,...was that b/c of Michelle? Also better dressed than usual was the short guy who is always whispering in Jay's ear & gives him lines to repeat at the end of the show. They didn't dress up for Bush . A little bias? & That was about it. Next guest was Mark Harmon. Haven't seen or heard from him in a while (I don't watch CSI. I remember him from something else, but can't name it). Jay asked him if he met Michelle in back. He had. & said the only other presidential person he ever met was vice president Ford back in the day. He also had a funny whitehouse story re a tour of the kitchen,(Just the kitchen). Harmon told a "battle of the network stars" story after vidclip showing him win a swimming event at pepperdine..Jay asked how much he got "just for showing up" & Harmon said "A lot." And Jay pressed him for a figure. Harmon said "$10,000." Leno showed his financially out-of-touch with the real world self by responding, nonchalantly, "That's a lot?'.. Leno probably makes that much per minute. Harmon concluded the story by telling how he met howard cossell & sugar ray robinson at the event. Then there was the musical guest, Imelda May. Nice singing. Also, Mark harmon at the end refused to do a script read ("shout out") .Jay said "You wanna try?" Harmon steadfastly refused, so Jay said, "Mark can't read." And that's as much as I can write for now. As people, ie as human beings, I find both Barack & Michelle to be very personable & down-to-earth (I've seen them both in person now on the Tonight Show). However, liking them as people does NOT mean I agree with them politically. I still have a difficult time w/ Obama's position on abortion (pro-choice) & re gay marriage (he's in favor of it & has took active steps to make it legal & "open" (ie abolished "don't ask, don't tell). Furthermore, Obamacare requires religious organizations that hire non-religious employees to provide contraception alternatives in their healthcare plans. That's going too far. That's the main "stumbling block" for me re Obama & the traditional democratic party position. I continue to hope & pray that Obama may have a change of heart & help defend unborn babies & that he will also defend traditional marriage.

[yes, I'm saying the Lord's Prayer as I leave the Tonight Show studio in Burbank] 1/31/12 LEAVING TONIGHT SHOW w/ MICHELLE OBAMA, 1st LADY: I JUST LEFT the TONIGHT SHOW w/ special guest, 1st Lady Michelle Obama.  ..got a ticket around 1130am ..gal at the ticket counter recognized me..nice gal.

Got in line around 2pm (the outer circle by the street) ...the line slowly moved..and we were ;by the wall" by 230..entering the gate, tim the ticket man fr seacliff ny, asked for id (altho they're not supposed to ask if u have a counter ticket as opposed to a paper ticket ordered online w/ names on them.) Got the big frisk fr sec service, ., ..he said "u got a lot of jackets"...ha ..I said "it gets cold in the studio" ..one of them was from kentucky, , decent fellows. Had #251..sat in line next to a nice african-american lady next to me fr chicago, ..she says michelle is fr hyde park (michelle's a chicago native?)...

A Few of the Jokes: 1) re gal who ate mcchickens her entire life ..finally saw doctor & they told her she had a chicken deficiency...2),(later) re "whitehouse honey",..that was a spur of the moment joke..michelle had some "whitehouse honey' go w a slice of apple (to encourage jay to eat fruit), & jay joked "that would have a diff meaning w/ a diff president...3) clip of obama singing a song ...then mitt singing "god bless america", then a fake newt singing 4) then HEADLINE HUMOR: ad for people who want to make some extra cash by using their swimming pool to raise catfish; ad trying to encourage people to become less illiterate, said "fight literacy"; recipe for chicken requires "beat w/ mallard,"

Jay introduces 1st Lady: Michelle arrives, beige top,lime bottom, Jay asked M. About how much tv the kids watch..& M said they get 1 hour on Friday, 2 hours on sat, &1 on sun only if they completed all homework,..& only the eldest daughters get to have a cellphone..jay asked how do u tell the younger daughter she can't have cell. Michelle says, "U say No".  Then they discussed, of course, healthy foods..Jay said he hasn't had veggies in decades..so michelle chided him & pulled out a pizza w/ veggies on it, & Jay took a few bites and liked it. Then she gave him sweet potato fries (which r good, I had some myself a few weeks ago), t..then jay made M eat a bite of beets which she said earlier was one of the foods she didn't like....they talked abt working out..M says she runs 3 miles every day & is in better shape than Barack (Barack said the same when he was here a few months ago, ie that M is in better shape).

Jay asked abt Barack's graying hair..she said "Yes he's aging, but still gorgeous". Then jay asked abt politics..M says they don't pay attention to repub. Primaries..will "cross that bridge" when the repubs have a nominee (Romney won florida as they spoke).

By the way, I noticed that the black warmup guy was all dressed up in a 3-piece suit, which id never seen before,...was that b/c of Michelle? Also better dressed than usual was the short guy who is always whispering in Jay's ear & gives him lines to repeat at the end of the show. They didn't dress up for Bush . A little bias? & That was about it. Next guest was Mark Harmon. Haven't seen or heard from him in a while (I don't watch CSI. I remember him from something else, but can't name it).

Jay asked him if he met Michelle in back. He had. & said the only other presidential person he ever met was vice president Ford back in the day. He
also had a funny whitehouse story re a tour of the kitchen,(Just the kitchen). Harmon told a "battle of the network stars" story after vidclip showing him win a swimming event at pepperdine..Jay asked how much he got "just for showing up" & Harmon said "A lot." And Jay pressed him for a figure. Harmon said "$10,000."

Leno showed his financially out-of-touch with the real world self by responding, nonchalantly, "That's a lot?'..
Leno probably makes that much per minute. Harmon concluded the story by telling how he met howard cossell & sugar ray robinson at the event.  Then there was the musical guest, Imelda May. Nice singing. Also, Mark harmon at the end refused to do a script read ("shout out") .Jay said "You wanna try?" Harmon steadfastly refused, so Jay said, "Mark can't read."
And that's as much as I can write for now.

As people, ie as human beings, I find both Barack & Michelle to be very personable & down-to-earth (I've seen them both in person now on the Tonight Show). However, liking them as people does NOT mean I agree with them politically. I still have a difficult time w/ Obama's position on abortion (pro-choice) & re gay marriage (he's in favor of it & has took active steps to make it legal & "open" (ie abolished "don't ask, don't tell). Furthermore, Obamacare requires religious organizations that hire non-religious employees to provide contraception alternatives in their healthcare plans. That's going too far. That's the main "stumbling block" for me re Obama & the traditional democratic party position. I continue to hope & pray that Obama may have a change of heart & help defend unborn babies & that he will also defend traditional marriage.
[by the way, while Michelle is pushing better nutrition, including more "whole wheats", I recently read an article that places in question the nutritional value of wheat products in America (see http://boingboing.net/2011/10/26/triticum-fever-by-dr-william-davis-author-of-wheat-belly.html#more-126282 )