Maury Show Video Now Online!

Using the power of the G5, I have put together a movie using still pictures taken while in the front row audience of the "Maury Show". It features a song by the punk band "The Ataris" called "How I Spent My Summer Vacation", which I felt was appropriate. Click here to check out the video. Note: It is in Quicktime format but I've set it up to stream so you won't have to wait for the whole thing to finish downloading before you can watch it.

A little background on the video... The girlfriend, my friend Deese and I went to see the Maury Show while we were in NYC. For some reason, the girl that I spoke with from the show gave us "VIP" tickets, which basically meant that we had the pick of whatever seats we wanted in the studio. So, naturally we picked the front row! Anyway, I was only allowed to take pictures between taping segments. They filmed two different shows while we were there: a makeover show and an "outrageous and shocking videos" show. I was disappointed that it wasn't one of the lie detector "your boyfriend is sleeping with your mom" segments, but the makeover show was surprisingly poignant and fun. The family of one of the makeover moms was sitting right behind us and the woman's daughter started to cry when her mom came out because "she looked so good". It was very sweet. There was also a kid, whom I've featured somewhat on my video, that was a "Make-A-Wish" child and his dream was to meet Maury and attend a taping. The Maury Crew basically let him run amok between segments and he even got an opportunity to "rap" on the microphone while the studio blared an Eminem song.

Maury was very amiable and friendly with the audience, always willing to take a picture, talk and even dance with people. I was pleasantly surprised at that. Not a prima donna, at least not to us! (I did see him give the evil eye to one of his staff and managed to take a picture of it... look for Maury with an orange sweater on the video!)

All and all, it was a great experience. I'll be posting a collection of short videos that I took between segments that capture the action of the studio a bit better later on.

Let me know what you think of this video in the meantime...