Worst. Seats. Ever.

On Tuesday, Megan and I decided to see what Hollywood was all about and attend a taping of a real show: Rules of Engagement. Ironically, we had to go to Culver City, and not Hollywood, to see "Rules" but we still got to see a behind the scenes view of sitcoms we all have come to love.

Even though we managed to get to the studio early, we still got stuck with horrible seats. In fact, they were arguably the worst seats in the house. We were stuck third row, all the way stage right, meaning we had people in front of us blocking our view and people behind us preventing us from standing. To make matters worse, the woman sitting directly behind us had a wicked cough, and we could feel the germs splattering all over us every time she coughed.

The stage was designed so that the sets sat next to each other in a linear fashion. With the grand stand seating being about 150 feet long, we could only see two sets. As luck would have it, of the 12-13 scenes filmed, two were directly in front of us (in Timmy's office) and two were in the set adjacent to us (the diner), although that set was difficult to see due to the camera positions. Thankfully, we were able to see the other 8-9 scenes on the monitors mounted above the grandstand.

Even though we had bad seats, the whole night was enjoyable. We both like "Rules" so we had fun seeing the actors in action and laughing at the jokes. Meg loves "Squinty Guy" (aka Patrick Warburton), so she enjoyed actually seeing him in person.

The best part of the night might have been the comedian employed to keep us entertained during brakes in shooting. His shtick reminded me of something that would have been on a cruise ship - funny, but nothing special. He filled the void between takes well and made us forget that they only filmed for at most an hour during the 4.5 hour experience. The funniest part was probably his obsession with a Swedish girl in the audience. Every time he needed a volunteer, he picked her, regardless of whether or not she was interested in volunteering. He also managed to give her a free t-shirt and have a long conversation about where she was from, what she did for a living and what she was doing in LA.

All in all, it was a fun experience, but not something we will do again anytime soon.