[quote name=\'NicholasM79\' post=\'144991\' date=\'Jan 31 2007, 02:58 AM\']If you're asking for a day they're taping on, they will NEVER run out of tickets.[/quote]
Not true! Even though they distribute tickets in excess of studio capacity, there are still a finite number of tickets that are printed and sent out. After all, after you've sent out over a thousand tickets, the odds are pretty good that 300-some audience members will show up.
If they run out of tickets for the valid date you've requested, they'll try to send you available tickets for a nearby date. With Bob's retirement looming, I would guess that that will start happening more often now. If you get a form letter saying that there are no more tickets for any nearby date, you can try the ticket window on the Television City lot. A separate batch of tickets becomes available there about two weeks before the tape date (for example, the tickets for the February 5 taping became available around January 22). Those tickets are also in limited supply, so if you know somebody in L.A. who can pick them up for you, call in a favor.
I do not envy the pages out there right now, I can tell you that.
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Scott Robinson