Melissa Lee- I did not pay attention to the VIPs. It is quite possible that there were not many of them at the showing I was at. My guess is that it would be difficult to get a front row seat but honestly all the seats are great.

Also, David Brauer recounts what it’s like to go to a taping of the Daily Show.

Thanks for posting this by the way.

Mayor Chis Coleman was there and Paul Mecurio sincerely didn’t know it… after calling him a male prostitute (because everyone in the crowd seemed to know him) and asking his wife how long they had been married, finally asked him what he did. When he responded he was the Mayor, the room exploded with Chris Chris Chris and Paul fell to the floor speechless.

The show was great fun. Be ready for a lot of hurry up and wait. They aren’t kidding about the phones- a woman behind us had her blackberry confiscated…

Thank you so much for posting all the information Aaron!!

The email confirmation with your name, phone numbers and number of tickets is your “ticket.” the instructions on it say you must print and bring it but they did not check for mine.

That is a good question that I cannot answer. I’m not familiar with the tickets you speak of. I got my tickets on May 1st and I assumed they were completely sold-out afterwards.

Good question. I updated the answer to “When and how do we get in?” People can join up with you in line until about 3:31, according to the tickets. After that, they either don’t get tickets or your entire group gets moved to the back.