Watching The View

Today on The View, Barbara Walters was back, but Joy Behar was absent. According to Whoopi Goldberg, Joy was “working elsewhere” today and will be back.

The first topic was how Barbara Walters attended Howard Stern’s wedding. Beth Ostrosky’s wedding dress had a cut-out on the side. Whoopi said that women on Bridezillas always wear crazy dresses showing skin. Barbara showed some other photos from the wedding, including one of her posing with Donald Trump. Bill Geddie was her date for the wedding. He loved Beth’s dress. Sherri asked Barbara if she thought the marriage would last. Barbara said she thinks so, noting that Howard vowed that he would TiVo all Beth’s favorite lousy reality shows. Barbara did not know that anyone could get a license to marry people. Whoopi suggested that she could do that as a side job. Whoopi said she would marry her cat if Barbara got a license.
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Today on The View, on a pre-taped, but new episode, Barbara Walters was absent again.

The first topic was that a new edition of The Joy of Sex is coming out. It claims that women don’t care what shape a man is in. Whoopi said that we do care, but won’t talk about it. Sherri said that we will take a belly or thinning hair, because we care about the inside. Joy said thinning hair, but not morbid obestity. Elisabeth said women care mare about closeness, while men need to be turned on more. Whoopi said that when you can’t breathe, you need to tell him to lose weight. Later she said if she can’t carry the man, he needs to roll over and they will think of something else. As she said that she pretended she was being crushed by someone on top of her. Elisabeth said some men like a little something to hold on to. Joy said they like the skinny bitches. Elisabeth said men don’t like women to complain about their bodies and want you to be confident. Joy said that Prince Charles had a beautiful wife in Diana, then went for someone more “horsey.” Sherri said maybe he wanted someone to talk to at that age. Joy said he should have gone with Mr. Ed. Joy said that men sometimes will like a woman of a particular shape if it is like his mother. Whoopi said that you don’t want him thinking about his mother when you are having sex. When she was married, Joy thought her husband looked like the man in The Joy of Sex, but thinks she was just projecting because another married woman thought it looked like her husband.
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Today on the October 2nd episode of The View, it was the four main co-hosts and no Barbara Walters. The first topic was Joy Behar’s continued annoyance with people peeing on the bathroom seat at the studio. Sherri Shepherd thinks someone is trying to get at her and is doing it on purpose. Joy made some signs to hang up like “Don’t Pee Where You Sit,” “I Won’t Take This Sitting Down” and “Aim or Die.” The other hosts are scared to use the bathroom because they are afraid Joy will think it is them. Whoopi wants to carry something around to pee in. Elisabeth said that she has an “on-the-go-potty” for Grace and has considered using it herself.

Tonight is the Vice Presidential Debate. They discussed what question they would want to ask the candidates. Sherri would ask Joe Biden, “How do you plan on lowering taxes” with having to fund the war and the bailout. Sherri would ask Sarah Palin how she will help children with special needs, especially those families without insurance. Elisabeth wants to ask them both about their perspective on the war, given their own children’s involvement in the war. Joy would want to ask Biden how she can trust him when he did not use due diligence in voting for the Iraq war. She would ask Palin about how rape victims in Wasilla had to pay for their own rape kits because it contained a morning after pill and they wanted to discourage use of morning after pill. Whoopi said that the fight over that issue did not involve Palin and she did not vote for it. Whoopi does not think she will hear what she needs to hear from them and they don’t have the answers. She wants to know from Biden what his plan as VP will be. Elisabeth wants to know if it bothers Biden that he is on the bottom of the ticket when he has more experience than Obama. Sherri wants to hear them talk about themselves and not talk about McCain and Obama.
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Today on The View, in this new, but pre-taped episode, the four main hosts were present, without Barbara Walters. Whoopi Goldberg was wearing a brown dress today, with black tights, and brown shoes. Joy Behar asked her if wearing dresses this week changed her. She joked she was “much more weepy” and was “chilly in areas she didn’t go she could be chilly in.” In all seriousness, she said that she was not changed and she would be happy to go back to her regular clothes.

The first topic was tonight’s debate. (The show was taped earlier this week so there was no discussion about whether it will happen or not). Sherri said that she was excited to see the debate. Elisabeth said that she is ready for it, because she has has “electionitis” and wants to hear from the actual candidates. She predicts that John McCain “will do quite well,” and Barack Obama “will hang in there, too.” Elisabeth said that foreign policy experience is a huge strength of his. Whoopi said she doens’t know if it is a huge strength and both candidates have some foreign policy experience and everyone has met with with world leaders. Elisabeth said that Barack took a field trip and had a free concert in Germany and that is not experience. Whoopi said it is more experience than Sarah Palin has and Elisabeth said that she is not running for president.

Whoopi said that none of them will have the experience that a president will have and no one is ready for the job until they have it, like Bill Clinton said. Joy said that she looks at “temperament, judgment, and intelligence.” Whoopi joked that none of them would be in then. Joy said that she think that Barack Obama has those qualities, but McCain does not have a good temperament. Elisabeth said that she doesn’t understand why people keep talking about McCain’s temper. Joy said that his own colleagues, like Pat Buchanan have talked about it.
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Today on The View, Barbara Walters was absent, but Paris Hilton was at the table for the first hot topic segment. Joy Behar said that Paris looks beautiful and joked that she is surprised that John McCain did not pick her for Vice President. She has a new show called “My New BFF” where people auditioned to be her best friend. Joy asked if they will be real friends. Paris said that they are real and and she has made good friends with several of them. The quality that she looks for in a friend is that they really want to be her friend and are not users. Paris said she was turned off if the people said they were into paprazzi. Whoopi asked if there were any people who were too old? Paris said that there was a cute 78 year-old woman who auditioned, but MTV has an age limit. Joy asked if she worries about getting old. Paris said she is not scared to get old and is looking forward to having grand kids. They showed the video she made for “Funny or Die” where she pretended that she was running for president. She made it in response to John McCain’s use of her in a campaign commercials. Joy asked if she could vote because she was in the slammer. Whoopi said that she thinks that is only for felonies. Joy asked Paris, “So was yours a misdemeanor?” and Paris said, “No, it was driving with a suspended license.”

The next topic was John McCain suspending his campaigning to focus on the economic bail-out and he wants the debate postponed. Joy said that it is a political move, but she doesn’t want to be too predictable in what she says. Joy said that he has been there to vote lately and now all of a sudden he has to go vote. She said that then he will take credit for fixing it. She wants to watch the debate and has company coming to watch. Sherri said that we only have 40 days and she has been looking forward to the debates. She said that as president you have to be able to do more than one thing at a time. Elisabeth said that this is why people love John McCain because he acknowledges it is his not his job as Senator to do nothing. They need him to get the bill passed because the Republicans could block it. He will push aside party lines to get that done and she loves that about McCain. Joy asked if it has anything to do with the poll numbers.

John McCain canceled on David Letterman and he made the point that as president you can do more things at once and that is when your VP should come in and pick up the slack. She said that we haven’t heard from Palin and we don’t know if she can pick up the slack. Joy said that they should be flexible and put Joe Biden and Sarah Palin on tomorrow. Elisabeth said that they could. She then added that while everyone is hungry to see a debate, there are things that are bigger than what is planned and on paper and on our television schedules and dinner menus.

Joy asked if it scared anyone that George Bush was on TV talking about rushing into a solution. She said that it was deja vu, like the panic after mentioning WMD. Whoopi said it is important that Obama and McCain are there to do what we elected them to do and the debates will happen eventually.

They thanked Paris for being on and encouraged people to watch her new MTV reality show I Wanna Be Paris’ Best Friend.

Whoopi went to a dinner for the White Ribbon Alliance, which was in support of safe childbirth throughout the world. She said that it was all women, including every female prime minister, as well as wives of prime minister and it was “an extraordinary gathering of women.” She wondered how it has taken the United States so long to have a female leader. Sarah Palin made an appearance there, but left very quickly. She said that the caption in the NY Post said that she attended the dinner, but she was not really there very long. Whoopi wanted her to speak and does not know why she did not. Elisabeth tried to call the Palin camp this morning to see why she did not speak and someone said that she made a point to be there for the time that she could, but did not have more time to stay. Joy said that we will see if the excuse keeps coming up that she is too busy. She wants to see Palin on Meet the Press. Elisabeth said, “She’ll be there.” Whoopi said that back in the day when she used to be a big movie star, she would make a point to speak for a moment at events to just say that she was sorry she could not stay longer. She said it would have made a big difference if Palin would have at least done that. Elisabeth said maybe she wanted the other women to have their moment. Whoopi said that these were the world leaders that she was in NYC to meet and they thought she was going to say a few words.

Talking about Palin, Joy said that the president of Pakistan “practically jumped her bones” and told her she was gorgeous. Joy said, “What is this, American Idol?” Sherri said that Palin did not ask to be a good looking woman and can’t tell world leaders not to tell her she is good looking. Whoopi wonders if Palin said, “What the Hell?” to herself. Elisabeth said that she’s sure he said the same thing to Senator Clinton when she was there, with a smirk on her face. Whoopi told her to take the dagger out of her hand.

There is a video of a Kenyan Bishop giving Sarah Palin a blessing to banish witchcraft. Sherri said it was “cool” that they prayed over her. Whoopi said it is usually for witchcraft? Sherri and Elisabeth said that they do that to ban any evil. Whoopi said that she was not being facetious and she doesn’t know these things. Joy said that it is not just moose we have to worry about up there, but also witches. Elisabeth said, “I would just like to formally welcome everyone to hate Sarah Palin Day on The View.” Whoopi said she was not hating on Palin and she (Whoopi) is a heathen and does not know about these things. Sherri told Elisabeth that Whoopi does not know what happens in church, so it is not right to say she is hating on Palin.

Joy said that it is the country she is worried about, “Don’t you get that, yet?” She said that she not care about Sarah Palin personally. Elisabeth asked what she thinks about Joe Biden saying that the idea of taxes are supported by his Catholic faith. Joy said that she had not heard that before and that, hearing it now, it bothers her a lot. She does not think God and religion should be involved in political conversation. Whoopi said that they would be having the same discussion if Barack Obama was getting prayed over to remove witchcraft. Joy added, looking at Elisabeth, “And you wouldn’t be defending it.” Elisabeth said that she is for any prayer that banishes evil. Joy said that the preacher also prayed for her election and to bring her money. Elisabeth said that you can pray for anything and she could pray that she gets a new shirt tomorrow.

When they cam back from commercial, Elisabeth was pretending to read Barbara’s book Audition. Elisabeth will be on Mike Huckabee’s new show on Saturday at 8pm eastern on Fox News and it will re-air again on Sunday in prime time.

Elisabeth talked about the David Blaine and his “dive of death.” She said it was annoying because she waiting up late and there was no death. Then he magically disappeared and she hopes he ends up at Wall Street and does some magic there. Whoopi said that was not a dive, it was a bungee jump. Then, following a lengthy disclaimer read by Whoopi, they showed a clip of him catching a bullet in his teeth. Whoopi said it is an illusion. She think what was fired and what he showed in his mouth were two different things. Sherri was not that impressed by it and would prefer a man has good credit. Whoopi wished her man could catch a bullet in case someone comes up to them on the street and threatens them with a gun.

Sherri was upset at the playground where she took Jeffrey and her stepson. It was a toddler park, but two older boys were using the tire swing. She asked two older boys if her kids could use the tire swing and they back-talked and told her that they were using it. Sherri was shocked at the way that they spoke to her. Whoopi said, “Where have you been?” and added that the moms were probably afraid of their boys. She said that parents want their kids to like them and won’t “upset” the children by telling them they are doing something wrong. Elisabeth told Sherri next time to tell the kids that they are giving away free ice cream and the kids will run to get it.

Prior to the next segment, Whoopi said in case there is a question about whether she is wearing a dress or a skirt, it is a dress, but with a t-shirt over it.

Chandra Wilson from Grey’s Anatomy appeared on the show to discuss tonight’s season premiere. She has three children. Her almost three-year-old is starting to get a little territorial with his things. His birthday is Halloween and he thinks that everyone celebrates for him. He has started being more daredevil and is throwing himself around a lot. They showed a picture of her HS graduation picture.

She was recently nominated for the third time for an Emmy. They showed her outfit from the Emmy Awards. Whoopi said that the show is amazing and it is well-written and brilliant.

Chandra said that all the cases are based on real cases, but she doesn’t know anything about medicine. She said people should call someone else and not get medical information from the show. Sometimes people will joke with her by asking her about a medical problem. She wants to be as assertive as her character.

She is spokesperson for Lee National Denim Day, which is October 3rd. It is to raise money for cancer research. You can donate $5 and then wear jeans to work as a rebellion.

They showed a clip from tonight’s episode. Sherri asked if her character will find some love this season. Her priority is to let people know she is a strong surgeon and she will get to her therapy and her family issues after that.

The next segment featured Rachel Zalis and Emmy lookalike fashions. The showed dresses that look like ones worn by Teri Hatcher, Vanessa Williams, Brooke Shields, Marcia Cross, and Christina Applegate at the Emmy Awards this past Sunday.

The View, Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd, Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy, Paris Hilton, I Wanna Be Paris’ Best Friend, Rachel Zalis, Emmy lookalike fashions, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Barack Obama

Today on The View, all five hosts were present again. For her second day of “Whoopi Wears a Dress” week, Whoopi Goldberg had on a purpley dress with a small print, black tights, and shiny gray shoes. She said “I hate this,” and “I am in agony” meaning having to wear a dress, not that one in particular one. She said the outfit is too tight and you could see gas if it moved around her belly. Joy wore a Whoopi like long-sleeve button shirt and vest. She said it makes her look fatter and she is not comfortable.

The first topic was the Bill Clinton interview yesterday. Elisabeth Hasselbeck said that after the interview a secret service guy said, “You weren’t that bad.” She thought that Bill was a nice, thoughtful guy and she bonded with him over football and the fact that Chelsea does not eat gluten either. Bill told Sherri she is really funny and that he saw her in Beauty Shop and twice in Whose Your Caddy?

Barbara said that people thought they were hard on John McCain and Cindy McCain when they were on. She said that they were strong questions, but that they all have the utmost respect for them. She “fervently” hopes there are no hard feelings.
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The New York Times has an article about The View today entitled “‘The View’ Has Its Eye on Politics.” In the article, it is revealed that Barbara Walters felt good that she had conducted a fair interview of John McCain and Cindy McCain. However, when she received a congratulatory e-mail from Rosie O’Donnell, she second-guessed herself. Barbara told the Times she thought “Now I know I’m in trouble. I’ve got a lovely e-mail from Rosie complimenting me on the interview.”

The tone of the McCain interview and the tough questions that were asked were a calculated move, according to the article. It was “part of a conscious effort by Ms. Walters and her producers to insert their daytime talk show forcefully into the nation’s political conversation this fall.”

The article, like Fox News, compared John McCain’s interview with the one The View conducted of Barack Obama back in March, where, among other things, Barbara told him he is “sexy.” That is an improper comparison in my opinion because John McCain was also on the show in April and was not grilled the way he was on September 12th. Although I realize that I am not going to sway many people with that argument if my e-mail inbox is any indication. (Last count 350+ e-mail messages on the subject. And they keep coming, even though the interview was 11 days ago. I cannot even imagine how many e-mails the actual show got).

Barbara addressed the comparison by stating that “I probably regret” calling Barack Obama sexy. However, she also stated that “the political stakes had increased since the spring — for both candidates, and the country.” She added that “if and when” Barack Obama comes on the show he will get the “McCain treatment.” He has already been invited to the show, but no word on whether he will accept.

Here are some other interesting points from the article:
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Today on The View, all five hosts were present. Whoopi Goldberg was wearing a dress today as part of “Whoopi Wears a Dress” week. It was a black long-sleeve plain dress. She also wore black tights and red shoes (that matched her necklace). Joy Behar said she wants to start dressing comfortably like Whoopi. Whoopi told her she will never go back. Whoopi said she doesn’t care for dressing up. Sherri said Whoopi looks sexy. Whoopi said Sherri is really desperate if she is looking good to her. Barbara Walters pointed out that she and Elisabeth Hasselbeck matched today and it is because they love each other.

Barbara Walters was in Jimmy Kimmel’s Emmy pre-show, which was a parody of her Academy Award specials. Barbara said it was mean, but funny. She did an opening part for the show, in which she says it should not be mistaken for her specials. She also plugged her book and encouraged people to watch something else.
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Today on a pre-taped, but new, episode of The View, Barbara Walters was absent. Sherri Shepherd was sporting some silver leggings that looked straight out of the 80s fashion show from earlier this week.

A new survey says that 35% of PDA and Blackberry users would chose their device over their spouse. Joy Behar said her addiction is “getting bad” and she sleeps with it next to her. Sherri Shepherd said the only way to get a hold of her is texting her and she will check it at 2:00am if it vibrates. Whoopi said it used to be that the last thing you did at night was your husband, now it is checking Blackberry. She is not going to get on the Blackberry bandwagon herself and asked Joy if she takes it to the bathroom. Joy said, “of course.” Elisabeth agreed you need to maximize your time on the can. She also sends texts while she is jogging. Joy said she cannot text while walking because she would fall. Elisabeth said she has to be careful to not ignore the children in order to check the Blackberry. Sherri said that people don’t really get mad anymore if you use it at the dinner table anymore. Whoopi said she better not have dinner with her.
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Today on The View, Barbara Walters was absent, so it was just four hosts. The first topic was the announcement that Bill Clinton will be the guest on Monday’s View. Joy Behar said that is one politician she can embrace. Sherri Shepherd had her hair up and was wearing glasses and Elisabeth and Joy teased her that she looked like Sarah Palin. Sherri said that she was going for more of an Audrey Hepburn look. Elisabeth said, “Another one of my favorite women.” Sherri said that with the glasses she was trying to look more studious because is trying to learn about politics. Joy said you are imitating Sarah who is also trying to learn. Elisabeth rolled her eyes and froze in a really weird facial expression.

A recent article said that kids learn more than when they lose because it puts things in perspective. Whoopi said that she remembers losing was part of life. Elisabeth said that now everyone gets a trophy even if they lose because it rewards the effort and the spirit of the game. Joy asked her what she learned by losing Survivor. She said not to do it again. Sherri said that she was told that there is no growth with the absence of pain. Whoopi said losing should not be painful, but it should make you want to do better. Elisabeth said it can give you drive. Joy said her dad always said he lost at the ponies and that is what she calls a loser. Sherri said maybe he had his own personal goals. Joy said that when you are a compulsive gambler, noting that she and Whoopi have those tendencies, it about the high and wanting to keep playing. Whoopi said that she has a lot of money, so she can gamble a lot and she is not risking money for her kids or the mortgage. Joy joked that maybe Lehman Brothers should have taken a lesson from her.
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Today on The View, all five hosts were at the table. Joy Behar said she still has a bad cold, but is not contagious. She said she “croaked through 45 minutes” at her stand-up performance with Whoopi on Saturday.

Barbara Walters went to see Celine Dion last night at Madison Square Garden. She said Celine is “just the nicest lady” and does a great act. Sherri Shepherd said if you think about the sound of angels singing, that is Celine’s voice. Barbara ate a whole box of popcorn. Barbara gained three pounds from eating the popcorn. She had lost weight, almost 15 pounds and it took a year to lose it. Whoopi joked she was “looking a little chunky” and joked she only weighed 21 pounds to begin with. Sherri said Barbara’s butt looks good. Joy said Barbara gains her weight in her boobs and that is what her husbands liked. She said if a man likes flat-chested woman, you should see if he is gay.

Whoopi revisited yesterday’s topic of she and Sherri getting poor cable service. DirectTV and Time Warner (she did not say the names today) came to the rescue. Whoopi said that the companies should treat everyone with the kind of service they gave her and Sherri yesterday. Sherri said they sent the cutest guys to her house to work on her cable. Whoopi said “desperate women will accept anything” and then said she meant desperate for cable.
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Following the John McCain and Cindy McCain interview on The View on Friday, there has certainly been a lot of response, both positive and negative. This will no doubt make Barbara Walters very happy. I am predicting that if she is on The View today, she will certainly bring up all the attention that The View has garnered over the weekend, perhaps showing some newspaper headlines. Part of me wonders if she may also feel compelled to make a comment about how she is a journalist and it is her role to ask tough questions, in order to stave off criticism that she was too harsh. I hope she does not make such an apology, but that type of statement might be necessary in her eyes in order to one day get Sarah Palin on the show.

Here are some highlights of the View/McCain aftermath:

ABC, Cindy McCain criticized the interview that took place on The View on Friday. She told supporters that the hosts of The View, “picked our bones clean.”

Watching the View received a record number of visitors in one day on Friday, including a large amount of new visitors and commenters. The amount of negativity and hate against the show and its hosts beat the positive comments about 5-1. Many of the comments were not approved due to vulgar language, racist comments, and overall disgusting-ness. Others were not approved because they violated our comment policy right off the bat. I figure if someone cannot follow the rules on their very first comment, they should not be permitted to post.

The Nation asked: “Thank God for Barbara Walters?” in their article on the John McCain interview. (Thanks to several of you who sent me the link).

The New York Times asserted: “The View Couch Not So Cozy for McCain.”

Hannity & Colmes headline: “Claws Come Out.” (That link also has a video of the discussion on that show).

John McCain, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Cindy McCain, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Sherri Shepherd, Watching the View

Despite the fact that it is Friday, a day that is usually pre-taped, today’s episode of The View was live. All five hosts were present for today’s episode. They were all wearing black and white.

The first topic was Sarah Palin’s interview last night. Barbara said that John McCain said that he will get Palin to come onto The View. Sherri thinks that Palin is a “formidable woman,” but the interview reminded her of being in the principal’s office. She noted that Palin spoke well and did not use any “ahhs” or “uhhs.” Elisabeth said that some people are saying that the interview was too hard, but it should be hard, because it is not a date. Joy wonders if they would say it was “too tough” if she was not a woman? Barbara said she was “very well briefed.” She said she did not know what the “Bush doctrine,” is but everyone in government does not. Joy said that everyone in government is not running for VP. Joy said saying you are ready does not mean it is true. She could say that she (Joy) is ready to be a model, but it isn’t true. Elisabeth said she has run a state. Barbara said that we need not go through the whole litany again.

Whoopi said the interview didn’t do anything for her and did not feel engaged in the conversation. She doesn’t like that they split the interview into 48 parts. Barbara said she doesn’t know whose decision it was to break it up into sections of sitting and walking. Whoopi thought it was too tense and rehearsed and there was no relaxed part of it. Joy said it was very strict and severe, but they tried to act like it was relaxed by having them walking. Whoopi wants to tell Palin that if you aren’t sure of the answer, do not keep repeating the same phrase over again. Elisabeth said all the politicians do that. Whoopi said she is supposed to be different kind of politician. Joy wants to see the interviews unedited. Barbara saw the unedited version and they didn’t take out anything important, but that Palin had a really long answer which was not shown prior to Charlie Gibson saying he got lost in all the words.
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Today on the September 11th episode of The View, all five hosts were present. They began the show by acknowledging the anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Whoopi asked where they all were that day. Barbara Walters had an assignment that day to talk to families of the survivors. Elisabeth was in Los Angeles. Joy was in make-up room that day at The View. She noted that she is losing her voice today and joked it was God’s will. Sherri said that God wants her to scream from the mountain tops. Joy said that she still gets chills every year and pointed it out that it is always a nice day on the anniversary. Sherri did a comedy show that night and it was the most crowded it had ever been because people needed to laugh. Whoopi was doing interviews in LA following the completion of taping of Hollywood Squares. When she first saw it on the television, she thought it was a movie. She stayed in LA, but let people use her bus to get back to NYC.

Elisabeth was in the park with the kids last week and heard shouting. It was 100 Army people working out. Elisabeth yelled “woo!” at them. She explained to Grace that they were working to protect us. Grace asked why they needed protection. She told them that they have been working seven years to keep us safe. She didn’t want to give her fear because children will have their own fears. Grace then turned and said, “Woo!” at the Army people. Sherri said she held Jeffrey a little closer today. Joy’s daughter was on a plane on 9/11 getting ready to go to Canada. Joy called her and told her to get off the plane and she did. The stewardess did not know or was not telling the passengers. Whoopi said today is the day that you recognize that we are all American. Barbara said that although many people are critical of President Bush, whatever has happened, we have not been attacked in the past seven years and they should give credit where credit is due. They all agreed.
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Today on The View, Barbara Walters was absent. They talked about how the set background changed from purple to yellow which they liked better. (I liked the purple, personally, but no one asked me)

Whoopi Golberg’s last night at Xanadu was last night. She is exhausted. Elisabeth Hasselbeck pointed out how close Whoopi had gotten with the cast. Joy recommended community theater to people, as did Whoopi, because it is a great experience and you can meet interesting people. Sherri Shepherd and Barbara Walters went to see Whoopi in the show together. They also had lunch together and it messed with Sherri’s head that she was having lunch with one of the top 100 most powerful women. Barbara told Sherri not to read bad press and gave her advice on being a single mom. She wants to have a pajama party with Barbara.

Joy will be on Larry King Live tomorrow night as a guest.

The Video Music Awards were last night. Whoopi thought Britney Spears looked “terrific.” Sherri said for awhile there people were worried about her but she looked “so good.” Joy jokingly asked if she had a baby on her lap. They showed a clip of her winning an award, thanking her beautiful children. Joy said she is waiting for someone to come on TV and thank their “ugly children.” They then talked about cute babies and ugly babies. Sherri said Jeffrey had such a big forehead, it was a “fivehead,” but he grew hair so he looks better now. Whoopi said her daughter looked like Mao when she was born and she kept trying to give her back to her real mother. Joy said her daughter is beautiful now but looked like Nikita Khrushchev when she was born. Elisabeth said that Grace looks just like Tim, but that Taylor looks Elisabeth’s grandfather.
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