Desperate Housewives

Happy Tuesday, Everyone!

Today was a very fun day. We had an opportunity to edit a lot of our videos, and then around 12:00, we had the opportunity to travel to Universal Studios to take a walk down Westeria Lane and visit the soundstages for ABC’s “Desperate Housewives”.

When we arrived at Universal, we met with Ron, the Sound Supervisor (head of the sound dept.), for the show and he gave us a great tour of the entire complex. He had a lot of great knowledge about the industry, which was very interesting to learn.

Basically, the number one thing is this:

It isn’t about WHAT you know; it’s ALL about WHO you know.

Ron said that a lot of positions that have been open for employment on the ABC sets are often taken by friends of people that already work on the show. He said they had about 50 resumes for a sound editor position and the 2 people that got hired were NOT from the list of 50 applicants…they were friends of the Sound Supervisor and Director….

This seems to be the general theme for getting into the industry that we’ve been hearing the entire time, so my guess (duh) is that it’s probably true!!


Since Universal’s security is SOOOO incredibly tight, taking pictures on the set just wasn’t worth the risk. We got to see ALL of the indoor Housewives sets – including a hospital and divorce clinic (sorry if I spoiled season 3 for any of you DH fans). Which reminds me, if you want to hear about what happens in the first episode of the 3rd season (which premieres in a few weeks, I think), just let me know. I saw the script today and it was pretty neat!

Anyways…since the pictures weren’t worth risking, I got myself 2 different souvenirs to prove to all you “non believers” that I was there.

1. A backstage ticket to the Desperate Housewives sets (with my name on it) from Universal Studios
2. A watter bottle (personalized JUST for Desperate Housewives) from the show.

I almost think those are cooler souvenirs than pictures. Even though pictures would have been really cool!


For those of you wondering (*looks at mom, Allie, and Kasia*) “Did you see any stars?!?!”, the answer is yes.

Although we didn’t see as much of the actual filming, we DID get to travel to all the sets. As we were walking from set to set we would see different stars from the show such as Terri Hatcher and Iva Longora and whatnot. It was kinda neat to see them!

As cool as it was to see them though, I found a bigger thrill out of actually getting to hang out in their ‘houses’ that are seen on TV. We got to spend a good amount of time just sitting around and hanging out on the sets. I can now officially say I’ve sat in every housewife’s living room, their kid’s rooms, their bathrooms, and opened their fridges in their kitchens!


Anyways, I think that’s about all the excitement for today. It was a great day hanging out with the Desperate Housewives and stealing water bottles from the show.

I’ll be posting another update soon!