The Dr. Phil Show

Nov 14 - 15.... Hollywood, CA -- We are writing this while driving in traffic through LA. We ventured out yesterday to begin our trek to the "Dr. Phil Show". The drive to Hollywood was 140 miles & then we drove around to find a hotel that was near the Paramount Studio as we were to check in the next morning between 730a-830a. This is where the fun began - We arrived at the studio at 730a, however do you think there was a place to park? Tue. is street cleaning day, residential areas must have a permit to park & there are no parking garages anywhere. After driving around for 45 minutes we finally found someone leaving & parked there (we later found out there was a shuttle parking lot - we weren't advised of that when we setting up the reservation) . It's now 815a and we go to check in and they tell us and about 6 others that we are on 'standby' - the show is full. Needless to say we were a bit frustrated. Luckily they film 2 shows in a day and they told us we could go to the afternoon show. This show had the audience view a movie prior to the taping. We were then walked across the Paramount lot to a large theater where we watched a movie called "Yours, Mine & Ours"... a remake of the movie of the same title that was made in 1968 starring Lucille Ball & Henry Fonda. This one starred Dennis Quaid and Renee Russo. The topic of the movie and the Dr. Phil show was "Blended Families". The movie will be released on the 23rd of this month and the Dr. Phil show will be aired next Tues., the 22nd. After the movie we were walked back to the studio where we waited some more. Finally at 1230p were taken into the set and the show started at 110p. The show guests were Dennis Quaid and two families that were having difficulty 'blending'. One family was given $100,000 to increase the size of their house (I guess it does pay to go on national TV and tell your problems!). Even though the day was long, the experience was made fun for the audience & we did really enjoy the show. However, we can honestly say we will not miss driving the LA freeways! I will add a couple of photo's when I can download them!