Paramount (part 1)

Our most recent studio drive-on was at Paramount Studios. The old school backlot with all the history. You'll notice that the title to this post says part 1. That's because in addition to Liz's internship rocking, Cornell in Hollywood likes to hook us up too so we are going there again today and meeting the President of Physical Production. I'm sure we'll have some pretty cool stuff to talk about after that visit as well.

We got onto the lot with a drive-on to meet Sasha Alexander of Rizzoli and Isles. Although we didn't expect to meet the famous Ms. Alexander, we did end up walking right by her and only Elizabeth realized what was going on. Just to be sure we quickly IMDB'd her to match picture to face so as not to make giant fools out of ourselves only to find that when we looked up from my phone, Sasha had vanished.
Unfortunately we didn't get to see Sasha again for the rest of the visit, but if you're reading this Sasha, it was nice to sort of meet you.

After that we did an intensive self-guided tour of the historic lot. We walked down the streets of the different city backdrops moving from Chicago to Brooklyn to Soho to some rundown city in just 10 minutes. It's pretty amazing how detailed all of the sets are. 

We also saw the sets for Dr. Phil and The Doctors (which was what was set up at that time) and took pictures in the star's chairs backstage as we eluded to the more legitimate tour groups as they actually toured the set. We just can't be tamed by the conventional tour group.
   

As we went from stage to stage and as the weather got hotter and hotter, we started to feel our energy wearing down and decided to head back to the car. The lot itself isn't that big because it is relatively old and in the middle of West Hollywood (as opposed to the rest of the lots we have visited so far which have for the most part been in Burbank in the Valley with a lot more space). That being said (and I take full blame for this since I claimed to know where I was going) we got lost a few times and ended up taking the very long windy way back.

In the end we used up the last of our energy to check out the gift shop, where, per usual, we bought nothing because everything was insanely priced, and took pictures with the banners (well the ladies did) and the famous Paramount Gate. 

All in all it was a nice break from all the work we've been doing for Liz on an upcoming project and very cool to see a place with so much history, but it will be even better after today when we get a personalized tour, explaining what exactly we are seeing.

                                                                                      

The girls and their men (there are more but I figured, 5 pictures of virtually the same thing would be a little overkill)

The Minterns in the classic Sunset Blvd. shot

Excited to tell more about this awesome lot soon, also shout out to Carla from The 24 Hour Plays who works at Paramount that we had the good fortune of bumping into for a quick hello!

--Jesse