Watching The View

Here is this week’s schedule for The View, subject to change.

April 13th: Zac Efron (17 Again); Lloyd Boston (Closet Cases)

April 14th: “Bank on The View”: How to Get a Job

April 15th: Tori Spelling (author, Mommyhood); Chef Bobby Flay

April 16th: Tom Bergeron (host, ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and author, I’m Hosting as Fast as I Can); Kristin Chenoweth (author, A Little Bit Wicked)

April 17th: Matthew Perry (17 Again); Tracy Pollan (Natalee Holloway)

Today’s April 10th, 2009 episode of The View is a rerun which originally aired on 3/06/09 and features Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen); Nathan Fillion (ABC’s Castle); Hollywood home makeover.

Today’s April 9th, 2009 episode of The View is a rerun which originally aired on 3/20/09 and features Regis Philbin (Live with Regis & Kelly); John Rendall and Ace Bourke (authors, A Lion Called Christian); “Bank on The View”: Dieting on a budget with nutritionist Joy Bauer.

Today’s April 8th, 2009 episode of The View is another rerun. If you missed it the first time around, it might be worth watching just for Joy Behar’s Month in ReView segment, which was quite funny. Other guests are Rob Lowe (ABC’s Brothers & Sisters) and Jason Mesnick (ABC’s The Bachelor). The show originally aired on 2/27/09.

Today’s April 7th, 2009 episode of The View is a re-run of the Comedy theme episode featuring Andy Dick; John Pinette; Judy Gold; Kristin Johnston (Celebrity Autobiography), which originally aired on 12/22/08.

Today’s April 6th, 2009 episode of The View is a re-rerun of an episode that originally aired on February 6th, 2009. It features a teen theme show with Molly Ringwald and Shailene Woodley (ABC Family’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager); Teens and technology; What every parent needs-to-know; Teen fashions.

If anyone is re-watching the episode, or perhaps watching it for the first time, feel free to comment here about it.

The View will be on a week-long spring hiatus next week, April 6th-10th, 2009. Here are the episodes that they will be re-airing. “OAD” means “original air date.”

Monday, Apr. 6 - OAD 2/6/09: Teen theme show: Molly Ringwald and Shailene Woodley (ABC Family’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager); Teens and technology; What every parent needs-to-know; Teen fashions

Tuesday, Apr. 7 - OAD 12/22/08: Comedy theme show: Andy Dick; John Pinette; Judy Gold; Kristin Johnston (Celebrity Autobiography)

Wednesday, Apr. 8 - OAD 2/27/09: Rob Lowe (ABC’s Brothers & Sisters); co-host Joy Behar’s “Month in Re-View”; Jason Mesnick (ABC’s The Bachelor)

Thursday, Apr. 9 - OAD 3/20/09: Regis Philbin (Live with Regis & Kelly); John Rendall and Ace Bourke (authors, A Lion Called Christian); “Bank on The View”: Dieting on a budget with nutritionist Joy Bauer

Friday, Apr. 10 - OAD 3/06/09: Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen); Nathan Fillion (ABC’s Castle); Hollywood home makeover

Today on this prerecorded episode of The View, the four main hosts were present. The first topic was whether to “avoid comedy in the bedroom.” Joy Behar said if she had a mirror on the ceiling she would never be able to have sex again. Sherri Shepherd said it is a problem when your leg locks up on you. Whoopi said it is like when your eyes are locked and one of those weird sounds come out. Joy joked that you should always have a dog on the bed for that reason. Elisabeth Hasselbeck asked the others if something funny comes into your head in bed, would you laugh. Joy said wait until it is over because they will think you are watching Leno instead of paying attention to them. Joy talked about a commercial for a mattress company whose jingle was “have more fun in bed.” Elisabeth said that she has fun in bed, saying “look at me. I have a blast.”

A survey by Oxygen of women 18-34 said that they would rather win America’s Next Top Model than the Nobel Prize. Joy asked if that meant we are losing our top minds to the modeling industry or there is no chance they would win a Nobel Prize anyway so it doesn’t matter. The survey also said that 20-some percent of women would make their best friend fat for life if it meant they could be thin and 50% would marry an ugly man if he were a multi-millionaire. The survey also said that 22% of women 18-24 who consider themselves attractive would rather lose their ability to read than their figure.
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Today on The View, the scheduled guests are Mary Tyler Moore (author, Growing Up Again); Sean Astin (Playhouse Disney’s Special Agent Oso); comic Craig Shoemaker. Feel free to comment here during the show. My recap will be up later tonight. Probably.

The View, Sherri Shepherd, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Mary Tyler Moore, Sean Astin, Craig Shoemaker

Today on The View the four main hosts were present. The first topic was April Fool’s Day. Whoopi Goldberg said that she once had a friend that pulled too many practical jokes so she had the woman arrested as a prank.

There are protests in London at the G-20 summit. Whoopi is going to London, so they are going to put her in a flight simulator later in the show. Elisabeth went in it and it nearly made her throw up. Whoopi has a lot of superstitions, like if she sees several people she has not seen in awhile, she thinks it is because she is going to die. Whoopi took a five hour class about fear of flying and it has helped her. She will explain more later in the segment with the simulator.
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Today on The View, the four main hosts were present. Whoopi Goldberg said that she was wearing a top from Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s “collection.”

Madonna is in Africa trying to adopt a four year old girl named Mercy, but some people are unhappy about that. The child’s grandparents accuse her of stealing the child. Sherri asked if the grandmother is able to care for the child herself. Elisabeth wondered if she had to bypass some laws about out-of-country adoption. Joy thinks she should just send money to the orphanage or the family, rather than take the child out of the country. Sherri understands why she wants to adopt the child, because then David will have a sibling that looks like him in the family and had the same birthplace. Elisabeth said that some people argue that there are children who need homes in this country, but it is hard to pass judgment when children all over the world need a home and she is giving the child a home that it needs. Joy wonders what would happen if Madonna wants to adopt an African-American child in this country. Sherri thinks it would be more difficult and Elisabeth thinks it would be harder for her to jump the line here. Joy says that some people think that Madonna is a little looney tunes, based on her sex book and kissing women on stage. Elisabeth said it goes back to the argument of separating the performing from the person. Whoopi said that she herself did a lot of performance art in the past that she would not want people to see today.

The next topic was Dancing with the Stars.

Then they talked about Sherri’s pilot for Lifetime and she needs a studio audience in Los Angeles and you can get tickets on The View website. She said that if the show gets picked up, it will be filmed in NYC.

Whoopi said that Barbara wanted her to mention that they are sending their thoughts to Lisa Ling because her sister Laura and another woman, Euna Lee, will now be reportedly standing trial in North Korea. Of course Whoopi butchered what would have been a nice sentiment and had to start over because she got it wrong. It is hard to buy her “concern” when she obviously has no idea what she is talking about. Joy said that Lisa is part of the family and they are very concerned for her sister.

In the next segment, they talked about how the FDA said to avoid pistachio nuts because of potential of salmonella. Whoopi wants to know how you can get to a pistachio because it has a shell. Elisabeth admitted she just ate some pistachio last night and said that she still hasn‘t had spinach after that outbreak a few years ago. Whoopi said that she is going to eat a giant bowl of salmonella.
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Watching the View reader Jan recently had the chance to sit in the audience of The View, in an afternoon taping for an episode that eventually aired on Friday March 27th. Here is what she wrote me about her experiences:

My sister, 2 friends and I arrived at ABC studios around 9:30 am. I was 12th in line. Very cold & windy, waited til 11, then ushered inside. Asked intern in line if Whoopi was there, he said he did not see her assistant (so that’s a no). He also said Dr Gadget was there. View watchers know what that means, crowd excited. Inside lobby, given tax form to fill out, if gifts total over $600 taxes taken out (maybe Dr Gadget IS there!). Security check (guys were unfriendly). Sherri came out in the lobby and talked to several people in line. Waited in lobby until 12:30 (only time for bathroom breaks). When 1st show audience left we were taken to elevators according to number we were given waiting in line outside (VIP & handicapped people first). Given cookies and juice and shown seats.

We were 2nd row on left side of set facing stage. Much smaller set in person, tiny table and stools, only a few steps from door to table when View ladies cross stage. Taping started at 1, lasted until 2. Pictures allowed in commercial breaks (no cell phones). Sherri the friendliest of all the ladies, came into the audience each time, answered questions. I talked to her personally about Twitter, she was also asked about her weight loss. Spent a lot of time with us.

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Today on the March 30th, 2009 episode of The View, the scheduled guests are Bill O’Reilly (The O’Reilly Factor); performance from Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Warren Haynes (The Dead). (I decided on a picture of my cat, rather than one of O’Reilly).

The first topic on The View was that there is reportedly a video of Joe Biden’s daughter snorting cocaine. Whoopi and Joy thinks it is a nasty thing. Barbara wondered if this is supposed to show that her father is not a good father or whether they are trying to embarrass Joe Biden. Elisabeth said that he coined the phrase drug czar and they are using that against him. Whoopi talked about when her daughter got pregnant and she had the choice to do what she wanted. She said that you have to live the best life you can and your kids will sometimes experiment. Barbara brought up Sarah Palin and her daughter getting pregnant and how they said at the time it does not make her a bad parent. Joy said that kids in that position often rebel against their parents. Elisabeth asked if Biden’s daughter is overly protected, while it was okay to joke about the Bush girls.
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Here is the schedule for The View for March 30th-April 3rd, 2009, subject to change.

March 30th: Bill O’Reilly (The O’Reilly Factor); performance from Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Warren Haynes (The Dead)

March 31st: Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors); Alyssa Milano (author, Safe at Home)

April 1st: Lauren Graham (Broadway’s Guys & Dolls)

April 2nd: Mary Tyler Moore (author, Growing Up Again); Sean Astin (Playhouse Disney’s Special Agent Oso); comic Craig Shoemaker

April 3rd: Bob Saget (ABC’s Surviving Suburbia); co-host Joy Behar’s “Month in ReView”; Alexandra Wentworth (Head Case)

Winnie McCarthy will not be posting this week on Watching the View. Today’s guest poster is Aileen. You can visit her own website at I’m Just Saying. The content of this recap represents the thoughts and feelings of the individual writer and not necessarily that of Winnie McCarthy.

Today’s scheduled guests are Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Rush (Broadway’s Exit the King); Carol Leifer.
Sorry for the late post peeps, I am up to my eye teeth in diapers and peanut butter and jelly. I considered telling my daughter that I can’t baby sit since I have to guest post today but thought she would hire a lawyer and get conservertorship on me for lunacy.

Since the show is taped, Whoops is still sick and Barbara is moderating.

Barbara starts off with woman who are straight and becomes gay over 40 years of age. She read this in Oprah’s magazine so it must be true.

Joy thinks woman have just been faking it for so many years and they finally got the noive to do what they wanted to do originally.

Now Sherry likes men and made it quite clear… again.. Sherry like’s men. One more time… Sherry likes men….

Barbara seems to think woman are more affectionate then men. Uh Barb.. maybe its you and not them and I would feel better if they stopped this conversation. I am starting to think that Barb is an ice queen and thinks maybe woman are sweeter and softer and I feel yucky.

Joy seems to think that men know who they are at a much earlier age since they walk around with “Heated Missiles”. She tried to get 2 unsuspecting men in the audience to agree with her a nd they just stared at her.

Elizabeth is talking about a website where mom’s blog in the most desperate feelings. Sherry mentions that she loved when Jeffrey said mommy for the first time and now she just wants to stuff a sock in his mouth. I have said a thousand times, MY NAME IS NOT MOMMY!!! I tried telling them they were adopted but I can’t shake them.

Barbara told the story again about Jeffrey wondering in her dressing room looking for his mommy and took her hand. Is she trying to tell us something or does she have oldtimers and forgets that she told this story already this week. Wait it’s taped, this could be the first or second time she told this story. I dunno.

Barbara is now talking about James Gandolphini talking about kids wrecking your life and not having brats late in age before your body becomes ridden with old age. Ok, I said it first and he stole my line. My life and body is now wrecked and am always referred as someone’s mom and not Aileen the magnificent. Joy thinks having a kid is necessary and is like having a third leg? Someone explain that one to me. One kid brings on unnecessary furniture in the living room, boundless toys you step, endless feeding and diapers, pukey smelling shirts, speaking in tongues and bad hair days.

Joy has romantic love but won’t talk about because it’s not funny. Bitsy says if she digs a hole, Tim likes it and its somehow romantic. I have all kinds of evil things in my mind and I am trying to respect Winnie here.&nb sp;

More sex talk from the ladies and I am going to barf. Not worthy of recapping.

Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Rush are guests from “Exit The King” and dressed in regal attire. Joy asked Susan if she will become a lesbian now. Geoffrey says he might become a queen. It’s hard to not notice their long trains of their regal robes spilling down the stage. Geoffrey looks like he has the burger king crown and now I am hungry.

Ok now they talk about how great they are as actors, blah blah. Movies, broadway etc. I wan’ t dirt and I am not getting any. Susan won an Oscar and the following year actually presented an Oscar to Geoffrey. They also performed together in the Banger Sisters. This week is truly a 6 degrees of separation week.

Joy asked Geoffrey if he has licked himself yet since his face is now on an Australian stamp. Geoffrey prefers others to lick him instead. I myself prefer to be licked than be the lickee.

Doctor Gadget is presenting the Best in Electronics and am glad the Mr. Man is not home. He is a techy nerd and my electricity bill is outrageous. We buy 100 batteries a week and even the grandbabies know how to insert batteries.

Ok I missed the first item but it appears you can locate your lying ass kids and tell them to get home. Next item is a DVD TV combo. Perfect for the kitchen? Who watches TV in the kitchen? That would assume I am cooking for forgettaboutit.

The next item is a shredder that can even shred staples and DVD’s. What I always wanted. Until you can insert kids and men, I aint buying it.

Next gadget is a pen that records what you hear and write. This sounds too techy for me and have no idea why I need this item and it appears the ladies don’t know either.

Now we got something I want. A Sing Stand! This item was made for me. It’s a microphone where you can place an IPOD in it.

I can scream… DINNER!!!! CLEAN YOUR ROOMS!!!! GET THE HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!!!

Now we got Carol Leifer, an author whose book title is too long to remember. I still don’t know what they are talking about. She is 52 and that is all I know. She thinks she is smarter now than in her 30’s and thinks it should be talked about. Ok, I was smarter when I was younger since as I get older the kids suck the life out of my brain and my waistline only gets bigger. I want to be 30 again. I still have no idea what the heck she is talking about. OMG, this woman also decided to bat for the other team as she got older. What is up with this? Maybe I should switch but Carol said being with a woman is like being on The View 24 x 7 and that is a horrible thought. I keep thinking of having an affair with suzq, Bernie but girls, I can only handle you so much. If I had an affair with Kelly, I would be peppered with facts and concise arguments that I would shoot myself quickly. So I have decided not to become a lesbian consciously.

I’m just saying…

- Aileen
http://imajustsaying.blogspot.com/

The View, Sherri Shepherd, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Rush, Carol Leifer