Watching The View

Here are video clips of some of the hot topics on The View today, October 20th, 2008.

Here is a video of a portion of The View hot topics segment from October 7th. In it, the hosts talk about politics and, among other things, Sherri Shepherd confronts Elisabeth Hasselbeck about John McCain’s lack of judgment when he left his former wife for current wife Cindy McCain.

The View, Sherri Shepherd, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, John McCain, Cindy McCain

ABC has posted some video clips of the hot topics from The View from today, October 6th. The first video discusses the Vice Presidential Debate and the second involves the latest attacks on Barack Obama and John McCain, where Whoopi Goldberg tells Elisabeth Hasselbeck that she is “spreading crap” about Obama.

Clicking on the pictures will take you to the ABC website.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck made the following video for the Breast Cancer Awareness website.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck, The View, Breast Cancer Awareness

Here is video of Bill Maher’s interview on The View, today September 30th. He was on the show to promote his new film Religulous and spoke about religion, as well as the economy and Sarah Palin.

The View, Bill Maher, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd, Whoopi Goldberg

Here is video of the segment featuring Paris Hilton on The View today, September 25th. I noticed that Joy Behar’s question to her about whether she is able to vote despite having been “in the slammer” has made the rounds on the gossip sites today, many of them calling it a feud or fight or something silly like that.

The View, Paris Hilton, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck

YouTube user Edster posted the following video on his channel. It is a 1996 Tums commercial featuring Joy Behar. I remember this commercial from when it aired (I have a thing for commercials) and it was fun to see it again knowing what the future holds for the “waitress.”

He has also posted several old Rosie O’Donnell K-mart commercials.

The View, Joy Behar, Tums

Here is a video of Aaron Eckhart’s appearance on The View today, September 23rd. I thought it was a very entertaining interview and I don’t think my recap really reflects that, so I encourage you to watch if you missed it.

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

Here are video clips of President Bill Clinton’s appearance on The View today, September 22nd.

Here is a partial video of the Cindy McCain tribute luncheon at which Elisabeth Hasselbeck served as the MC today. (Courtesy of C-SPAN) I am not sure how long the luncheon lasted before the part that is at the start of the clip and am I not sure if we missed anything in that earlier part. For those of you who don’t want to watch the video, here is a brief summary.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck appears at the beginning of the clip and introduces country singer Clay Walker. He jokes that he has never been on The View and hopes maybe if the audience likes him that he will be invited to her show. He then sings “I’m proud to be an American.”

Elisabeth then returns to the podium and says that it felt good to sing that song. She then tells Clay that he is going to be booked on The View. Then she introduces actor Jon Voight who speaks. (I don’t know what he said, I fast-forwarded through it).

A video tribute clip to Cindy McCain then plays. Following that, Elisabeth introduces Todd Palin, husband of VP-candidate Sarah Palin, which I wrote about earlier today. Elisabeth says that Sarah Palin “knocked the cover off the ball last night” and she “knocked the wind out of the liberal smear machine” and she showed “grit and passion.”

Todd Palin then spoke. (I fast-forwarded again, but his remarks are summarized here). Todd Palin then introduced Cindy McCain who spoke for several minutes. When she left the stage at the end of the speech, she got a big hug from Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

The View, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Cindy McCain, John McCain, Clay Walker

Here are some video clips of the September 4th episode of The View. You can read my full recap here: The View September 4th Recap.

The official View website has an “Elisabeth Cam” video posted. It follows Elisabeth Hasselbeck on this past Tuesday leaving her building and going back to work for the first day back from hiatus.

It shows her greeting audience members waiting in line outside, as well as greeting the other hosts when she arrives late to the dressing room. It also shows Sherri Shepherd enthusiastically shouting “PALIN!” before they go out on stage.

Click the photo to head to the ABC page to see the video or click here. Be sure to check out how they incorrectly spelled Elisabeth’s name in the caption of the video. EDITED TO ADD: They corrected the spelling. It had been “Elisibeth.”

Thanks to the person who emailed me the information. I would thank you by name but you didn’t leave your name in the message! (You know who you are!)

Elisabeth Haselbeck, Sherri Shepherd, The View

UPDATE: She is no longer listed as a guest on the website. Maybe the listing I saw pertained to yesterday’s show? Or did she get bumped because of the VP story? They are now listing Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich as guests for today.

View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck will be on “The Sean Hannity Show” today, which is Hannity’s radio show. (Although his website calls her “Elisabeth Hassleback”). The show airs from 3:00-6:00pm eastern time online and on different radio channels across the country. I do not think I will be able to listen to it personally, but if you want to hear it, you can do so online at his website. [Aside: When I was at the website, I noticed he has a link for something called "Hannidate" where "people of like conservative minds can come together to meet." Interesting.]

Since no doubt Elisabeth and Hannity will be talking about Barack Obama’s acceptance speech last night at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, here is a video of it, in case you missed it. Or if you did not miss it, but want to watch it again.

The View, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sean Hannity, Barack Obama

The View moderator Whoopi Goldberg appears in a new Barack Obama tribute video, which is entitled, “An American Prayer.” Whoopi appears several times in the video, which was just posted at Perez Hilton. The video also includes Pamela Anderson, Macy Gray, Forrest Whitaker, Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg, Joss Stone, Barry Manilow, Linda Perry, Cindy Lauper, Margaret Cho, Perez Hilton, and several others.

Watch below:

The View, Whoopi Goldberg, Barack Obama, Pamela Anderson, Macy Gray, Forrest Whitaker, Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg, Joss Stone, Barry Manilow, Linda Perry, Cindy Lauper, Margaret Cho, Dave Stewart

Despite being a month-long blog vacation, Rosie O’Donnell posted a link to this YouTube clip with the title “2 years ago.” It is a segment when she was a guest host on The View which features guest Sean Hannity. Although the person who posted the clip did not know the exact date, it had to have been more than two years ago because Meredith Vieira was still on the show when this episode aired and she left at the beginning of June in 2006. Also, given that Rosie says in the clip that she does not have a job, this had to have been before she was hired on as the show’s moderator, which was announced in April 2006. I suppose the “2 years ago” could be in reference to the fact that two years ago from today she was gearing up to start on The View as moderator?

Watching the clip made me think a few things. The first, and most predominate, feeling is that I miss The View with Rosie; for her passion and excitement about issues and for her humor, both of which are evident in the clip. The second is that her statement near the end of the clip was huge foreshadowing when she said something to the effect of that the reason that she she does not have her own show is because she gets so animated about issues like the war and it angers people.

I am wondering what provoked her to link to that particular clip on today of all days? Could it be because of vice-presidential talk in the clip? Could it be because it is almost the two year anniversary of her start as moderator on The View? Maybe there is no significance in the timing and she just came across it on YouTube? What do you think is her reason for posting the link? To show that she has had the same feelings about the president/war for a long time? Is she going to be a guest on Hannity and Colmes? Is she just being nice by giving me something to write about? (Yes, that must be it!)

The View, Rosie O’Donnell, Sean Hannity, Meredith Vieria, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar, rblog, George Bush, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Condoleeza Rice