In true American style, 4 gals from AustraUSA piled into a 2 door Mustang, with knees up around our earlobes, we try to be as classy as possible in our precarious position as we headed to NBC studios in Burbank along the 101 to see the Ellen Degeneres Show.
As soon as we arrived, we are corralled into a confined area and arranged into tidy rows which were painted onto the ground. We fought the urge to "mooo" in the herd as we proceeded single file to get branded, er, I mean receive our number. It was quite 
fitting that we were simultaneously overwhelmed by the smell of manure from the freshly fertilized gardens nearby.
After our security checks and lining up for an hour, we wait in line again to be escorted to the restrooms. Once escorted back, we join another line, sit and…. Wait! For 2 more hours! To amuse ourselves during this time we played ‘Spot the Ellen Lookalike’, of which there were many, and of which we were a little scared. Some of them were Ellen VERBATIM! Her Hair, her clothes, her shoes, her walk.
TV screens scattered along the wall by the waiting area played the current Ellen episodes for our enjoyment. Far more considerate than many other TV shows in LA. When the time came to head into the studio, we were once again corralled according to our branding number and forwarded in an orderly fashion into the studios via the Riff Raff Room.
The 4 of us were given our own podium seating with only 4 chairs - our own private seating area just behind Stryker (the DJ)! No sooner than the cattle were in the pen, the music blew through the speakers shaking the floor and it was time to… DANCE! 1 song… then another, then another, then another… The Aussie girls continued to rock on for another 2 songs before Ellen finally entered the stage beginning her monologue about talking.
First up? Amy Brenneman from Judging Amy. (we didn’t know who she was either). Then she interviewed the reporter who was reporting on his own home burning down in the California “FIRESTORM”. During each add break, we danced and frolicked and dance competitions were held. Back on the air, Stryker begins cooking a hamburger in his DJ booth in a Sunbeam rocket grill. THEN! Ellen gave away a Sunbeam Grill to everyone in the audience!
As the show was aired the next day, the 4 of us were in a featured in closeup, applauding furiously as Ellen entered the studio.
No autographs please, we need to roll.
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