My Ellen DeGeneres Show Experience

I got tickets to be in the audience at one of Ellen's shows. When we arrived in Burbank for the taping of the show, people looked confused when they saw 'Ellen' waiting in line for her own show...but wait, it wasn't Ellen...it was Me. People began acting as if I was Ellen, following me down the street, taking my picture, chanting and yelling "ELLEN", asking for autographs and even giving me hugs. One frenzied fan told me I looked more like Ellen than Ellen. Hum?

While we waited to be seated for the show, one of Ellen's staff came over and took my picture - with a Polaroid camera - and then disappeared. Later, I found out the staffer took the picture to Ellen and the producers of the show. When they ushered us in the studio we were seated in the isle Ellen typically dances down. The show started and sure enough here comes Ellen, down our row, and she stops right in front of me, did a double take and then we started doing this mirror shadow dance thing.

When she got to her seat, she says "when did they put a mirror in the audience, because now I can see myself dancing through?" She then proceeded to do a mini interview with me. After the show was off the air, she looked up at me again and said to the entire audience "I know a lot of people claim to look like me, but you really do, come down here and get a picture with me."

I do get people telling me all the time I look like Ellen, the funny thing is that I don't think I look like her, and I am not trying to look like her. Although, if you gotta have a look alike, I guess she is a good one to look like. So many people LOVE her. I hear it all the time. I think people feel a connection to Ellen when they see me, so they feel compelled to share their Ellen stories. It's great fun!

Do you have any Ellen stories to share?