I don't know where the find the people who are the guests on the show, but everything was VERY REAL. I used to think it was all staged. But when those people hit, they really do hit and punch and roll around on the stage. We actually sat in the employee lunch room with a few relatives of some of the people who were going to be on the show.
Since I was sitting right in front of the stair to go up to the stage, a security guy was sitting right near me and Kate. Jerry was really there as well and he is hysterical! He told a few jokes before taping began and was telling them before they would start the 10 second count.
The staff does warn everyone to not say curse words and the such during the question and answer period. And they even stopped handing out beads since so many chicks were flashing.