Watching The View

Today on The View, the aforementioned “big announcement” was that The View will be heading to Las Vegas June 23-27, which I wrote about this morning.

The first topic was a new Republican campaign ad that targets a comment made by Michelle Obama. Barack said that his wife is not fair game. Elisabeth said that they went after Teresa Hines-Kerry too. She said that if you are giving campaign speeches, you are fair game. Sherri said that they don’t have anything against Obama except Jeremiah Wright and the comment by Michelle. Elisabeth said that they have more policy based things that they just have not focused on yet. Elisabeth said that he is the most liberal senator there is.

Joy said that Obama has been in the Senate two years without any blunders and Bush had a lot of blunders over the last 8 years. She said that McBush is running now. Elisabeth said that Bush and McCain are very different. Whoopi said that they never put Hines-Kerry in an ad, so this is a different. She worries that it is the wrong path to go down and where do you draw the line, the children? She said that Betty Ford came out and admitted that she had a drug problem. (She couldn’t remember her name at first and Joy offered Cindy McCain).
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ABC has just announced that The View will be broadcasting from Las Vegas June 23-27. Here is the full press release, which includes information about a contest where you can win a trip to Las Vegas to see a taping.

ABC Daytime’s “The View” returns to Las Vegas, Nev. to broadcast from the legendary casino resort, Caesars Palace, JUNE 23-27. The broadcast, sponsored by Walgreens, was announced today by Brian Frons, president, Daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group. This is the first time “The View” will broadcast in HDTV while on location. “The View” had previously broadcast from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in February 2006 and February 2004.

“I’m thrilled that the Walgreens sponsorship enables us to take ‘The View’ back to Las Vegas and Caesars Palace,” said Mr. Frons. “What happens in Vegas won’t stay in Vegas once the ladies of ‘The View’ start talking about it.”

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As I wrote previously, View host Elisabeth Hasselbeck appears on the cover of the June issue of Fitness magazine. The cover shot is above. Below are links of the various pages of the articles. If you click on them, they should enlarge to a size big enough for you to read. You may have to click them a second time when they open to enlarge again and then move the frame around to read the whole page, depending on your browser.

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Here is The View schedule for May 19-23. I wonder what the “special announcement” is that they are going to make on Monday?

MONDAY, MAY 19 – A “Day of Hot Topics”; the co-hosts interview Barbara Walters about her new memoir, “Audition”; the co-hosts make a special announcement.

TUESDAY, MAY 20 – Anderson Cooper.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 – Denise Richards; Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear (“The Muppet Show,” Season 3).

THURSDAY, MAY 22 – Eric McCormack (“The Andromeda Strain”); Brooke Smith (ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy”); Julianne Hough performs.

FRIDAY, MAY 23 – Harrison Ford and Karen Allen (“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”).

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Whoopi Goldberg said that she was watching television and heard about how Hugh Hefner said that when Miley Cyrus is 18, he is welcome to pose in Playboy. She wanted to clear up that he did not invite her to come pose, but said in response to a question that when is old enough she would be welcome to. Sherri said that it was disgusting to think about her posing naked when she is only 15. Elisabeth Hasselbeck said that he should have just said we will talk about it when she reaches the legal age, saying it was off-the-charts on the gross-o-meter. Whoopi knows Hugh and doesn’t see anything wrong with the comment and said they should have an issue with the person who asked him the question.

Sherri said that Hugh’s girlfriend Holly is upset that he won’t marry her. Whoopi said that Holly should have known he wouldn’t marry her. Elisabeth said Miley Cyrus should not even be in the same sentence as Hugh Hefner. Joy said it reminds her of the Woody Allen story or the Celine Dion story and there is something about the picture that is wrong. She said it is like if someone asks Grace–and Elisabeth cut her off, saying not to bring her daughter into the conversation. Joy said that if there was a little girl who looked like a Hasselbeck and someone said that she could come pose nude when she is 18, there is something wrong that.
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The first topic today on The View was that Sherri Shepherd’s former boss and co-workers, from when she was a legal secretary, were in the audience. Sherri was always late to work then and still is now. She always thinks it will take less time than it actual does to get to work. Whoopi Goldberg said that in her contract it says that she is not allowed to be at the show later than 9:01 a.m. Joy said that was probably because they were worried about her coming late from her radio show. Whoopi added that it only takes her six minutes to get ready.

John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama. Joy called them the “dreamboat” ticket because they both looked so good. Elisabeth said that Dennis Miller said it was like an endorsement from Ryan Seacrest. Elisabeth said that she doesn’t want to date the president. Whoopi said that she would like the president to have at least a drop of charisma. Elisabeth said that John McCain cracked some jokes today in laying out his whole plan. He said that he will work with anyone to make the country better. Barack Obama called apologized for calling a female reporter sweetie. Whoopi said that she calls everyone sweetie or baby when she doesn’t know their name.
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Barbara Walters will continue her cross-country book tour for her memoir Audition with a stop at The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday. The show has already been taped and you can see a preview clip at Ellen’s website.

The View, Barbara Walters, Ellen DeGeneres, Audition

If you have not yet had enough of Barbara Walters talking about her memoir Audition, check out these clips of Barbara Walters from last night on Larry King Live in which she talks about Star Jones and Rosie O’Donnell.

The View, Barbara Walters, Star Jones, Rosie O’Donnell, Audition

Whoopi Goldberg started The View today talking about the Tony nominations which came out this morning. She will be hosting the awards show, but she prefers “guide” to “host.” She then read many of the nominees.

Then Whoopi said “Let’s talk about the damn Bachelor.” Elisabeth said that the finale was “truly special.” She was upset that the man called the woman “monkey” when he proposed. Sherri wanted him to pick the other woman because he said that he was falling in love with her and there was more passion. Joy said that he will marry the one woman, but have sex with the other. Elisabeth disagreed, saying that he called “monkey” a great lover. Whoopi said that “monkey”’s father Lorenzo Lamas would probably not approve of the bachelor calling his daughter a “great lover” on television. (although she used another word that got bleeped out, maybe “great lay”? Not sure). They talked about whether her had sex with all the contestants and Elisabeth hopes that they got the HPV vaccine.

They showed a picture of a 6-foot cow and Whoopi said that she wants to leave the planet. Sherri said that she would be scared to eat meat from that cow because it looks like it was on steroids. Elisabeth said it would make a great burger. Joy said that she worries about the gas from that cow and Whoopi said that they could use it for wind energy.
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According to ohnotheydidnt, Tim and Elisabeth Hasselbeck will soon have a new place to call home. They reportedly purchased a $3.25 million unit in the new Ariel Wast development at Broadway and 99th Street. The unit is four-bedrooms and 2,349-square-feet.

The website for the new building advertises floor to ceiling windows, a community children’s playroom, theater, billiards parlor, and pet salon. They currently reside in a place 20 blocks south, which they purchased in 2005 for $999,000.

The View, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Tim Hasselbeck

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Today on The View was another “day of hot topics,” except for the part at the end of the show where the Broadway cast of Passing Strange appeared on the show. It is the first of several upcoming performances from the casts of current Broadway shows. There is no Barbara Walters this week on the show because she is traveling around the country on her book tour for Audition. Hopefully that means that they will go the whole week without mentioning the book. (I can dream, right?)

Elisabeth Hasselbeck said that her Mother’s Day was “good,” not sounding too enthusiastic. She said that she was disappointed that the bubbles she took to the park were not as good as another mom’s bubble machine, saying she was “out-bubbled.” Sherri Shepherd did not get to spend the day with Jeffrey, but she talked to him on the phone. Joy Behar spent the day looking for knobs for her cabinet. She didn’t want to look on-line, because she likes to “grab the knobs.” They then made several jokes about “knobs,” including biting and licking knobs. Whoopi went out to dinner with her “better half.”
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The first topic on The View today was (another) poll, this one about “what people want.” For example, 44% of people want a limit on how many times a person can re-marry. Sherri Shepherd said that if someone gets married seven times, maybe it is not working out. Whoopi said that just because they were married that many times, doesn’t mean than the marriages were not good throughout. Also 41% of people want a renewable contract for marriage after five years. Whoopi said that can help people work on things and move on if they want to. She also added that if a couple doesn’t have kids, a divorce is not a big deal. Elisabeth said that marriage should be more of an investment than five years. The poll said that 29% of people want to be President. Barbara was surprised that it is not more.

People would also look to hear more “Yes, ma’am” or “No, ma’am” from children. Sherri has her nieces and nephews to say “Miss Barbara” or “Miss Goldberg.” Barbara said that she doesn’t like hearing ma’am from a 40 year old, then she feels old. Whoopi said that is based on where you grew up. Barbara said that reporters asked her daughter if she remembered Senator Brooke from her childhood. Jackie said that she did and that she had a lot of “uncles” growing up, but they never stayed over. Whoopi said, “You were busy.” Moments later Barbara took the whole thing back, saying Jackie didn’t have a lot of “uncles.”
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