If your hand isn't raised right now, YOU ARE LYING! Believe me, I know you.
We did all of the above, thank you very much. Not to mention the fact that we were in our hallway next to the bathroom (that was the place with the best reception for PBS with rabbit ears), eating dinner and trying to get dressed to serve at the Easter Vigil at church. Could ACL possibly pick a worse night? Doubt it.
At any rate, we were tearing up, choking on pizza, struggling with wierd zippers and clapping wildly after every song. We looked pretty silly. But I bet you did too.
So the show was really well done (the reception was not, as our slightly excited father informed us every half a song). We got a big kick out of the editing job. Rmember when Rhett was talking about wearing plaid? Well, right after the, "Well...Willy wore plaid," bit he said some thing naughty to the effect of, "Freak yeah!" (we can't say it-our mommy looks at this). We got a big chuckle out of that, as well as "The House That Used to Be." The first time they played it, something happened so they had to start over. Ellen loved it, of course. "House" is her favorite song to hear live. Yah! Ellen would also like to say that she didn't think that Ken was able to hit a right note to save his life he was so nervous. Libby thinks that he played near perfectly and that the show was pretty cool because a lot of the music was re-arranged. Some of the guitar melody lines were different, along with other things like the fact that "House" opened with an acoustic guitar solo from Rhett.
The show was especially exciting live because of the newly recreated music (which always delighted the practically rabid audience), and the expectation of being on TV cheering for our favorite band in the world. For those who weren't at the taping, it's a shame because the part about Little Jimmy skipping basketball practice was much longer, and in the final edit they failed to show the cute little kid covering his face with his hands and squirming in pseudo-embarassment. You know he loved every bit.