SAMPLE ROUGH DRAFT: BASIC ACADEMIC ESSAY
An Incandescent Experience: Spending “Real Time With Bill Maher”
With our hectic work and class schedules, my friends and I were
tempted to give away our free tickets to see Bill Maher’s new
television show. Still, the microphone, located above our seats in
the television studio, captured the proof that we made the right
decision by going to the live taping. Along with the groans and
laughs of other audience members, our applause could be heard in
homes across the United States that evening. Attending a television
taping of “Real Time With Bill Maher” is a reasonably inexpensive,
intellectually stimulating, and celebrity-filled experience that I
recommend to other Chaffey College students.
Compared to many other activities for college students, Maher’s
television taping is reasonably inexpensive. Events, such as
attending the movies or a concert, will leave a group of college
students with little money left. For example, my friends, Rommel,
David, and Mark went with me to see a movie on a Friday night. To
enter the theater, we had to pay $32.00 for the four of us. In addition
to the entrance fee, we spent $23.00 on a bucket of popcorn and
drinks because the smell of the butter was difficult to pass up and
the salt from the popcorn left us thirsty. In two and a half hours at
the movie theater, we spent $55.00 that could have been saved for
college tuition fees. In contrast, the television taping cost very
little. To drive from Rancho Cucamonga to Los Angeles and back,
my friends and I spent $12.00 on fuel. To enter the television
studio, we did not have to pay any money; we called and reserved
four free tickets in advance. Unlike the movie theater with its
expensive smells of hot buttered popcorn, the television studio
does not allow visitors to consume food and drinks on the sound
stage. For the three hour experience, the four of us paid $3.00
each. Compared to a $55.00 expensive movie experience, the
television taping experience was more intellectually stimulating
and less expensive.
Watching the taping is intellectually stimulating. Maher begins the
evening with a series of intelligent jokes, focused on current
events. Following the jokes, a round table issue discussion,
featuring individuals with various political beliefs, addresses
current events. For instance, in several, recently-taped episodes,
Maher uses humor to introduce questions, related to the California
recall election of Governor Gray Davis. In the episode we viewed at
the studio, he begins with jokes about the recall election. “The U.S.
economy went into a down turn,” says Maher, “falling right into the
hands of Gray Davis.” Through his jokes, Maher raises questions,
relating to whether or not Davis has become a scapegoat for
California’s financial problems. Maher’s round table discussion
provides a variety of answers about the scapegoat question.
Listening to different points in favor, in opposition, and in question
of the recall made me think about my own perspective. Also, my
friends and I had an intelligent conversation on our drive from Los
Angeles back to Rancho Cucamonga; we discussed the recall and
other issues, raised by Maher’s star-studded panel. Attending a live
television taping of Maher’s show is intellectually engaging, during
the taping as well as after the taping of the program.
An hour from Rancho Cucamonga, the Bill Mahr television taping
provides a celebrity-filled experience, unique to Los Angeles. Los
Angeles is known for being the capital of entertainment. Hollywood
is a tourist stop for seeing a variety of television and movie stars.
Although celebrities are not likely to frequent the movie theater
near Chaffey College, these elusive individuals visit Los Angeles
sound stages, such as the sound stage for Maher’s show. On the
evening we attended, D.L. Hughley as well as the creator of the
cartoon, The Boondocks, presented their opinions. Maher
announced that evening that Alec Baldwin would be appearing the
following week. These guests exemplify the variety of stars,
appearing in person during the television taping.
No matter the amount of money in their wallets, their opinions on
the subjects of discussion, or their opinions of the celebrity guests,
including host Bill Maher, college students should have a really
engaging time at this television show taping. Beginning in late July,
students can call for free tickets for the current season. Students
should visit the show’s web site for additional information.
An Incandescent Experience: Spending “Real Time With Bill Maher”
With our hectic work and class schedules, my friends and I were
tempted to give away our free tickets to see Bill Maher’s new
television show. Still, the microphone, located above our seats in
the television studio, captured the proof that we made the right
decision by going to the live taping. Along with the groans and
laughs of other audience members, our applause could be heard in
homes across the United States that evening. Attending a television
taping of “Real Time With Bill Maher” is a reasonably inexpensive,
intellectually stimulating, and celebrity-filled experience that I
recommend to other Chaffey College students.
Compared to many other activities for college students, Maher’s
television taping is reasonably inexpensive. Events, such as
attending the movies or a concert, will leave a group of college
students with little money left. For example, my friends, Rommel,
David, and Mark went with me to see a movie on a Friday night. To
enter the theater, we had to pay $32.00 for the four of us. In addition
to the entrance fee, we spent $23.00 on a bucket of popcorn and
drinks because the smell of the butter was difficult to pass up and
the salt from the popcorn left us thirsty. In two and a half hours at
the movie theater, we spent $55.00 that could have been saved for
college tuition fees. In contrast, the television taping cost very
little. To drive from Rancho Cucamonga to Los Angeles and back,
my friends and I spent $12.00 on fuel. To enter the television
studio, we did not have to pay any money; we called and reserved
four free tickets in advance. Unlike the movie theater with its
expensive smells of hot buttered popcorn, the television studio
does not allow visitors to consume food and drinks on the sound
stage. For the three hour experience, the four of us paid $3.00
each. Compared to a $55.00 expensive movie experience, the
television taping experience was more intellectually stimulating
and less expensive.
Watching the taping is intellectually stimulating. Maher begins the
evening with a series of intelligent jokes, focused on current
events. Following the jokes, a round table issue discussion,
featuring individuals with various political beliefs, addresses
current events. For instance, in several, recently-taped episodes,
Maher uses humor to introduce questions, related to the California
recall election of Governor Gray Davis. In the episode we viewed at
the studio, he begins with jokes about the recall election. “The U.S.
economy went into a down turn,” says Maher, “falling right into the
hands of Gray Davis.” Through his jokes, Maher raises questions,
relating to whether or not Davis has become a scapegoat for
California’s financial problems. Maher’s round table discussion
provides a variety of answers about the scapegoat question.
Listening to different points in favor, in opposition, and in question
of the recall made me think about my own perspective. Also, my
friends and I had an intelligent conversation on our drive from Los
Angeles back to Rancho Cucamonga; we discussed the recall and
other issues, raised by Maher’s star-studded panel. Attending a live
television taping of Maher’s show is intellectually engaging, during
the taping as well as after the taping of the program.
An hour from Rancho Cucamonga, the Bill Mahr television taping
provides a celebrity-filled experience, unique to Los Angeles. Los
Angeles is known for being the capital of entertainment. Hollywood
is a tourist stop for seeing a variety of television and movie stars.
Although celebrities are not likely to frequent the movie theater
near Chaffey College, these elusive individuals visit Los Angeles
sound stages, such as the sound stage for Maher’s show. On the
evening we attended, D.L. Hughley as well as the creator of the
cartoon, The Boondocks, presented their opinions. Maher
announced that evening that Alec Baldwin would be appearing the
following week. These guests exemplify the variety of stars,
appearing in person during the television taping.
No matter the amount of money in their wallets, their opinions on
the subjects of discussion, or their opinions of the celebrity guests,
including host Bill Maher, college students should have a really
engaging time at this television show taping. Beginning in late July,
students can call for free tickets for the current season. Students
should visit the show’s web site for additional information.
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