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September 15, 2006
Hola, blog buddies!
And welcome to you NEW blog buddies who are visiting for the first time after seeing my VIDEO BLOG segment on The Tonight Show! Stay around and check things out - we have a lot of fun around here!
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I've already posted a blog entry for today (scroll down and see below), but like I do after every segment of mine airs on the show, I'm posting a 2nd entry today so you can all see what went on today behind-the-scenes. Who takes care of his blog buddies?!? I do!
After I went into the office early this morning to record some more voice over for tonight's segment, I went shopping for something to wear on the show tonight. My signature look is always the same - bright floral or paisley shirt, jeans and possibly a blazer. I was kind of in the mood to shake things up a bit today so I was THRILLED when I found a chocolate brown shirt (a pretty muted color for me) with - get this - little dog paws printed all over it. Seriously! And guess what else. IT WAS ON SALE FOR $20!!! Seriously! Here's a close up of one of the little paw prints:

Kinda cute, right? And kinda weird, too... in a good way.
Then I went back to NBC and settled into my dressing room. I don't care how many times I'm on the show - it's always surreal to walk into a Tonight Show dressing room with your name on the door and The Tonight Show logo on the monitor.

This was a very special Tonight Show segment for me because it involved my paw-fect little dog-ter, Louise. (Click HERE for a behind-the-scenes video of the day we shot tonight's segment!) In fact, it was extra special because I got to bring her with me to the show today! Here she is right when we got to NBC. You can totally tell that she can totally tell that something's up.

After rehearsal, Tonight Show announcer and my good friend John Melendez stopped by to wish me luck. How nice, right?!?

The part when I go out on stage with Jay before the segment airs is always lightly scripted - we write the basic structure of what we'll say, but when we're out on stage we always make it up as we go. For some reason, however, I always memorize the script anyway. Here I am after I changed into the dog paw shirt and a blazer going over my lines.

Then Roberta, the stage manager, came to get me and tell me it was time to go on. You guys - it will never be "normal" to be backstage of The Tonight Show knowing that Jay Leno is about to call your name. It's like the biggest rush ever. This time Louise got experience the rush, too - she got to come on stage with me!
I may be used to the high-paced world of show business, but Louise isn't. After the show, she was pooped.

In fact, I'm kinda pooped, too. I think I'm just going to stay in tonight and watch TV. Kinda boring, right? Oh well.
Don't forget to check back in tomorrow - I blog 7 days a week!
Until then, blog buddies!
Ross





































