Anyone been to a taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart?

[sadiem100]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:47pm

Do they check ID? On the website it says you have to be at least 18.

[sadiem100]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:55pm

Help!

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:57pm

I have no idea... do you know how to get tickets to the Colbert Report though? I really wanna buy them as presents...

[sadiem100]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:04pm

I think you can just go to the website, and request them. I know for Jon Stewart all you have to do is request dates and tickets via email.

[Calvin]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:09pm

I've never been to a taping, but I can almost guarantee you that they will check ID before you are let into the studio. Any TV show that I've ever attended has. It's for security more than anything.

[sadiem100]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:20pm

Hmm... I guess that makes sense but by doing that they will see that I'm slightly underage. Well thanks for your help.

[etoile]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:29pm

If the website says you need to be 18, and you are not 18, why would you entertain going?

[ckeaton]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 9:58am

You don't buy tickets for TV shows, usually. They are free. That also saves them the hassle of A) Guaranteeing the seat (They can over'sell' like crazy to assure a full house) B) You don't have final say over when you go, they do.

If you are with your mom, they might let you through, but why risk it?

[LionessInWinter]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 1:39pm

Why not try? The worst they can do is say no to her even if she's with her mom. So then her mom can decide to go in anyway...maybe there's somewhere for sadiem100 to wait or they both just turn around and leave disappointed. It's worth a shot. Not like they wouldn't/couldn't give the seats to someone else.

Sadiem, what is *slightly* underage?

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 1:44pm

It may be 18 with an adult.

Your best bet is to contact them.

[etoile]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:27pm

Two years isn't exactly slightly underage. I think THE DAILY SHOW is pretty specific about their policy. So why do some people feel that policies are only for other people to abide by?

[sadiem100]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:33pm

Ok, I'm *two years underage*. Is that better? I wasn't going to try and sneak in, I was wondering if it was relaxed enough for them to let me and my parent in. Just because I had a question doesn't mean that I'm excluding myself from the rules. I'm sorry my post was misleading.

Updated On: 9/2/06 at 03:33 PM

[mabel]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:39pm

I haven't been to a Jon Steward taping, but I think it's more of a set age restriction, not an age recommendation. Though, I do get where you're coming from, sadie, and I think it was worth asking. I mean, you can still go to a restricted movie with an adult, if you're under 17, and the same with theatre that has recommendations for age limits. But, like I said, I don't think you'd get in here. I've been to other tapings, and they check IDs on the way in, and I'd tend to think it'd be the same deal with Jon Stewart.

With that being said, I would tend to think getting your hands on a pair of tickets for the date you need would be as tough as getting in underage.

[sadiem100]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:48pm

Yeah, that's the impression I was under, mabel. My mom just emailed them requesting tickets for in December, but who knows. Thank you for understanding!

[dramaparoxysm23]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 5:36pm

In NYC on my seventeenth birthday ['05], my parents & I tried to get tickets to see Letterman [Not that I really wanted to see him, but my parents did.] They wouldn't let us sign up for tickets because I was under 18, but I'm not sure they would've checked ID or anything had I said I WAS 18. Not everyone carries around an ID...well, everyone I know does, but I don't know what you non-military folks do. [Guess I'll find out in a year.]

Updated On: 9/2/06 at 05:36 PM