Comments on: B.J. Novak at the University of Illinois

By: Pam Scherbatsky

Pam Scherbatsky — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:12:54 +0000

Oh. You are kidding me. I was in Chicago this weekend. Damn.

By: skyash1588 (Heather)

skyash1588 (Heather) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:47:50 +0000

Here is a link to some of the pictures I took. I was about in the middle of the room so the pictures are not great, especially since he had the lights turned down for most of the show. I know BJ asked use not to post a ton of pictures online but I figured a couple would be okay for tallyheads. There are also some with him and shy puppet.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:20:17 +0000

What was the name of his opening act? He was really funny I just can’t remember his name for the life of me.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:25:15 +0000

BJ was AWESOME!!! My friends and I got to the venue at 5pm for a 730pm show, were the second group in line and got first row seats.. he was late due to airports and traffic, but being at the union for 5.5 hours was WELL WORTH IT!!

BJ: COME BACK TO CHAMPAIGN SOON!!! :-)

By: tanster

tanster — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:59:54 +0000

Yay, I’m so glad you guys had fun! Let’s see those photos!

B.J. is a sweetheart. :)

By: T Diddy

T Diddy — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:57:32 +0000

so i got to get in for the last few minutes when bj was answering office questions. he ended on a group “TWSS”. but the real fun was when me and a few people waited for an hour in the rain for him to get autographs…and we got them! such a nice guy for him to do that…it made my night.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:26:10 +0000

I just got back from seeing the show. : )

B.J. Novak was amazing, it was well worth the wait.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:56:01 +0000

What a night! Turns out BJ’s flight was delayed and Google maps told him it was a 19 minute drive down from Chicago. (segue into OnStar-is-not-GPS and I had “Dunder Mifflin Infinity” yelling-at-technology flashbacks)

I was growing tired of this new “Ryan” especially after last night’s episode, but charming and hilarious BJ convinced me tonight that he is indeed charming and hilarious and not a crackhead corporate nutcase (despite his similar appearance to Ryan last night, as he candidly pointed out). We heard about panda love, porn stars, how wonderful Paul and Mindy and Gene and Lee are, Shy Puppet and Wikipedia Brown made appearances, and he tested lots of new jokes on us with TTWS splashed about everywhere he could. He was very gracious and appreciative, which made the three hour wait worth it!

By: michigankathleen

michigankathleen — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:27:07 +0000

Well, I’m one of the 550 in here waiting…it’s now almost 8:30 and it was supposed to start at 7:30. We’ve been watching episodes, but it’s kind of hard to hear. (not like I need to–I know all the lines). It’s too bad it had to thunderstorm in Champaign-Urbana today and more people couldn’t get to hear him! I can’t wait! I’ve got my DMI shirt on all ready to go! YAY IUB!!!

By: T Diddy

T Diddy — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:17:51 +0000

Got there at 6 and the line stretched all the way around the union…needless to say I wasn’t one of the first 550 :( they said he’ll be signing after the show, though, so I can still ask about his nuclear warfare theories :)

By: Sammie

Sammie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:31:47 +0000

not fair!!! i’m a senior in high school why couldn’t i be a U of I student NOW!!!!???!!!!!!! uggh i wish i would’ve known about this earlier. i SO would have taken the 2 hour drive down to champaign…Have fun all of you Illini people…and I’ll see you when BJ comes back next year!

By: Troy

Troy — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:28:59 +0000

My girlfriend is morbidly depressed because she doubts there would be any way we could get in if we left now. It’s about an hour away.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:20:27 +0000

Yeah, they’ve updated the Illini Union Board website and it confirms that the event is now being held inside. I’m nervous now…

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:08:51 +0000

For those of you who are attending, one of my friends was in charge of setting this up and she just told me it’s been moved inside, so there will only be 550 people let in. Get there early!

By: Gwen

Gwen — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:05:17 +0000

I can’t wait! Only two and a half more hours! How early is everyone going to get there? I don’t want to miss it if they only let the first 500 people in. T.T

By: caro

caro — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:46:40 +0000

Tanster, thanks a million for posting this info!
I just changed my plans for this weekend so I can go tonight!!!

By: kazels

kazels — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:13:27 +0000

I live in the suburbs but am going to try to make it out there with some friends, also with my DM t-shirt!

By: Franchesca

Franchesca — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:50:33 +0000

B.J., if you read this, swing by the University of Chicago before leaving Illinois. Please?

By: Luis

Luis — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:16:53 +0000

I would get there at least an hour early. There’s a huge buzz going around about BJ’s show. It would be great to have it on the Quad outdoors, but the forecast predicts rain about 90 minutes before he starts.

By: Troy

Troy — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:49:26 +0000

Me and Bri live within an hour of there! We will DEFINITELY be going lol