Watching The View

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Today on The View, it was the four main hosts. The first topic was Sherri Shepherd’s weekend in Orlando for Super Soap Weekend. She has lost her voice a bit and Joy Behar said it was sexy and she was strangely attracted to her. Joy had lunch with Dustin Hoffman yesterday, but had to turn down a movie invitation with him because she had other commitments. Joy will be interviewing Alec Baldwin on Larry King Live on Monday. Elisabeth said that they are getting jealous of her relationship with Larry King.

The cover of The Advocate says “Gay is the new Black.” Whoopi said that some people are complaining about the comparison between gay rights and Black suffrage. Whoopi did not know what “suffrage” meant. {Whoopi: It means the right to vote.} Sherri said that Black people had to go through a lot with Jim Crow and lynching and risking death. Whoopi said that gay people were harmed, too, although not as many as Black people. Elisabeth said that they should be fighting for the rights and not the word “marriage.” She repeated her point that the people voted for this and not judges. Sherri repeated about churches not wanted to marry gay people and getting sued and Whoopi repeated that law prohibits that in California. (I really wish they would just stop repeating themselves.)
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Here are videos of the extended hot topics on The View for November 17, 2008. Videos are courtesy of YouTube user lester94111.

Here is a video of The View segment featuring Sir David Frost. Video is courtesy of YouTube user lester94111.

The hosts of The View will be participating a New York Times Arts and Leisure Week event on January 8, 2009. For more information and an opportunity to purchase tickets ($30), check out the Arts and Leisure Week page. Thanks to reader Deena for the link!

Sherri Shepherd attended Super Soap Weekend again this year in Orlando, Florida. There are a couple of photos of Sherri at the event, at blog at Orlando Attractions Magazine.

Whoopi Goldberg recorded an audio message for all the people who sent her Happy Birthday wishes at her WoW blog. The highlight is when she said that she was surprised that she meant so much to people when, as she put it, “I’m just sort of here scratching my butt and hoping to help the world somehow.”

The View, Sherri Shepherd, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar

Today on The View, Barbara Walters was present, but Sherri Shepherd was absent. She spent the weekend in Florida for “Super Soap” weekend. Whoopi Goldberg made that announcement using another weird accent.

Barack Obama had his first post-election interview last night on 60 Minutes. They played clips of the interview where he talked about his mother-in-law possibly moving into the White House. Barbara said that watching the interview was reassuring because Obama had so much knowledge about all the topics covered in the interview, like the auto industry and the economy. Barbara talked about other first families that had in-laws in the White House.

Barbara sent a picture of Cha-Cha to the Obama family as a suggestion of breed of dog, because she is hypo-allergenic. Whoopi talked about her cat again being angry about the Obamas getting a dog and not a cat.
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Sorry I am late in putting this up, but this is the video of last week’s episode of The New Adventures of Old Christine in which they make a joke at the expense of Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Thanks to berndoubt for the link.

The View, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, The New Adventures of Old Christine

Here is a round-up of the events that Barbara Walters attended in the past couple of weeks.

Premiere of Billy Elliot on Broadway, November 13:

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Here is a promotional video for Rosie O’Donnell’s upcoming variety show, called Rosie Live. It will air November 26th on NBC at 8/7c. The commercial makes brief reference to Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

Video from YouTube user blazinbimmer

Here is what we can expect from the show, according to the NBC website:

Emmy Award winning talk show host, producer and TV personality Rosie O’Donnell will host this hour-long variety special featuring a wide array of celebrity guests, musical acts, comedy skits and a giant primetime giveaway for both the in-studio and home audiences!

The special will feature a topical monologue, musical production numbers and hilarious comedy sketches from Rosie and her in-house acting company, as well as performances from today’s hottest artists. In addition, the special will showcase a spectacular array of guest celebrities and many surprises…and it’s all live!

The View, Rosie O’Donnell, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Rosie Live

Last night Joy Behar guest-hosted on Larry King Live. In the first half of the video, Joy and guests talk about the possibility of Barack Obama naming Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. The second half of the video is about Proposition 8 and includes an interview with Cynthia Nixon.

The View, Joy Behar, Larry King Live, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Cynthia Nixon

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Today on this pre-taped, but new, episode of The View, all five hosts were present. The first topic was whether we are entering a new era of political correctness. Barbara Walters said we have been in that era for years and Whoopi Goldberg agreed. Joy Behar said it came up when the Italian prime minister referred to Barack Obama as “sun-tanned.” Barbara said that he has said much worse things. Elisabeth Hasselbeck said that it extends to the schools during the holidays where there is no celebration at all because of the risk of offending anyone. Whoopi said that because we are a melting pot you have to celebrate everything. Elisabeth wrote a paper in the third grade about not liking the phrase “melting pot” because it takes away everyone’s background and we should celebrate differences. She thinks it should be a tossed salad instead.
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