Our last full day in NY was spent mostly at NBC studios. We did the combo ticket: NBC studios tour, Radio City Music Hall tour, ticket to Top of the Rock. At only $43, it’s quite the value. And maybe I was just oblivious cuz I didn’t know about this gem until we got there, but this is one of New York’s best kept secrets!
In fact, the NBC studio tour was one of my favorite parts of this trip (with Perilla of course!). We had to go through security and were told “if you are carrying a firearm or other weapon you will have to check it before you can come upstairs.” Yes, they had a gun check. So no one needed to stop and we were on our way. We saw the studio for the Nightly News with Brian Williams. Interesting, but not what I came for. Then we moved to the suite that houses Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Dude the studio is TINY! Our guide explained how they make it appear bigger, but its just a hoax lol. It was cool though. And everything is covered because the HD cameras pick up every spec of dust lol.
Moving on down a hallway full of stills from various SNL sketches. Yep, we were headed to the studio itself! Again, this is pretty small. I wished I could take pictures but that was “proprietary”. Fail. Our guide asked who was a fan of SNL. Most people raised their hand. Then he quizzed us, “Live from New York it’s __”. Many people failed this lol.
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