Here's One Way To End An Alicia Silverstone Interview
You know that something crazy happened during an episode of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson when people are talking about something other than the cold open in which a sailor, a mermaid, a bondage submissive, three puppets and the host (wearing a pirate's hook) lip-synched to "In the Navy." So just how did guest Alicia Silverstone's segment top that mish-mash performance, as she innocently promoted her new book about veganism, while sagely steering clear of any flesh chewing-rape comparisons?
It was nothing that Silverstone did -- or said. As charming a talk show guest as any, the Clueless star discussed her new book, The Kind Diet and started wrapping up her nine-minute segment when the set lights flickered and then went out completely. In the dark as cameras continued to roll, Ferguson declared, "Ooooh, it's getting close to Halloween. This is awesome!" and cut to commercial. The power shortage was later attributed to wind gusts in the Los Angeles area.
Video of the interview blackout and Ferguson's final segment, conducted with a flashlight, below.
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Yet somehow they had enough power to run the cameras.
I think CBS keeps the studio in disrepair for entertainment value. When LA had rain, he had two people on during his cold open on two separate nights that had gotten leaked on. The lights behind his desk constantly go out (I've seen at least two interviews where that's happened) but he just rolls with it and makes it funny.
Backup power.
Here's the mystery...
One of the world's biggest movie studios doesn't have some sort of super nuclear powered Monster generator installed to stave off problems like this? What if they were shooting 6 movies with budgets north of 100m and the power went out? Seems like it'd be a costly day at work.
As for the power for the cameras, the back up gens they MUST have probably provided enough power for the base electronics needed but not enough for lighting which drains a lot.
Either way, Ferguson, as always, stepped up and made it funny.
CBS: Not a movie studio, but a T.V. studio. I've been there so I know pretty much that it is the garage Craig says it is, not fancy at all, especially their studio which is only a little bigger than a match box. The reason why everything but the lights worked are surge protectors connected to the equipment in case something like this happens. A power outage may fry all the equipment which would be a huge loss of money. Light bulbs not so much. Of course they played and made the most from the situation, they are awesome like that. Now, the second interview had been previously recorded, he even joked about it.