They Should Have Told You to Eat First!

The taping of THE GAME television show was a lot of fun. However, I must say, they should have told us to eat first. We had to be there by 5 PM and supposedly the tapings can last 4-5 hours. We left around 9 PM and they weren’t even close to being done. Most of the takes that we saw were good but they would do them about 3 to 4 different times. As a writer, I was more impressed by the writers than the actors. Mara Akil Brock, the head writer for GIRLFRIENDS, one of my favorite shows (you would know this if you’ve been reading my blog), is the head writer for this new show, hence the network is calling it a spin-off. I was soo excited to see her! It was funny. I was pointing out the different writers to my husband and he was like – who? And he said it over and over again. I would say something else about Mara and he would say who?! Ugh! She is a star in my mind. She has written for and produced a laundry list of hits such as South Central, Moesha, The Jamie Foxx Show, Girlfriends (the creator too), and now The Game. She was an actress in the 1994 movie With Honors. Her husband Salim Akil was the executive producer of Soul Food on Showtime. Can a writer wannabe say – WOW! And she is beautiful to top it all off. It looks like she has everything – great career, spirituality (self-proclaimed Muslim), loving husband, child, beauty, and brains!! She is definitely on my most-admired list and that is a short list.

Anyway, the taping was a good experience. It was truly behind the scenes. We got to see the different sets and all the people that make a TV show happen. We were told by our security escort that it takes roughly 200 people to produce one show! Wow! Amazing. Can I just be one of those 200?! And then I would be remiss if I didn’t say that Tia Mowry from Sister, Sister (with the twin Tamara Mowry) is the leading actress, and she is fantastic. She is a great actress and truly talented. The show will not fail on her account. I’m a big fan of black or urban sitcoms and try to support them as best as I can. The show will debut after Girlfriends which will run on Sunday nights on the new CW channel (UPN + WB) in the fall. Stay tuned for more updates!