MY EXPERIENCE AT "THE VIEW"

 

YESTERDAY WAS A FUN DAY; I WENT TO SEE  'THE VIEW".

SINCE I AM BEYOND PUNCTUAL, I ARRIVED IN LINE AT 7:30 AM. MY LETTER HAD ASKED WE BE THERE BY 9--LOL. I WAS THE 8TH PERSON IN LINE.

AFTER WAITING 15 YRS , I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD GREAT SEATS & I DID : FRONT ROW BY BARABRA WALTER'S CHAIR -4TH CHAIR IN--AWESOME! YOU CAN SEE ME IN YESTERDAY'S SHOW (JULY 9, 2013) IN LONG SHOTS. I'M WEARING A GRAY SUIT & A RED SHIRT.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE WAIT WAS EXTREMELY LONG-REALLY LONG!

I DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD REDEEM THEMSELVES BUT THEY DID. THE ENTIRE CHECK-IN STAFF WAS GREAT--ESP. THE AUDIENCE COORDINATORS. 

ONCE INSIDE THE TEMP WAS COLD IN THE STUDIO-PERFECT! IT WAS A HOT DAY OUTSIDE.
THEY GREETED US WITH CRANBERRY DRINKS & SWEET POTATO CHIPS.
THE MOOD WAS JUBILANT --EVERYONE WAS SMILING & EXCITED. THE STUDIO IS MUCH SMALLER THAN IT APPEARS ON TV ( SO WERE THE HOSTS & GUESTS--THIS I KINDA EXPECTED).

THE WARM UP GUY (TOM KELLY) WAS NOT ONLY ADORABLE--TOO BAD HE'S STRAIGHT- AND VERY FUNNY. IMMEDIATELY HE HAD US LAUGHING & DANCING.

THEN WE WENT ON AIR.

IMPRESSIONS OF HOSTS:

CO-HOST-CHIQUI RIVERA-DAUGHTER OF THE LATE & GREAT JENNI RIVERA, SHE'S BEAUTIFUL & ARTICULATE. SHE SPOKE EMOTIONALLY ABOUT HER MOM, THE PLANE CRASH, THEIR RAPES AND UPCOMING BOOK, "UNBREAKABLE"

BARBARA,  AT 83 YRS OLD, LOOKS GREAT FOR HER AGE (THE LAST TIME I MET HER WAS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AT CARNEGIE HALL WHEN SHE TAP DANCED WITH GLORIA STEINEM-I KNOW, RIGHT?)

JOY LOOKS THE SAME, BUT SINCE I'VE MET HER THROUGHOUT HER CAREER I HAD A CLEARER IDEA OF WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE IN PERSON.

 WHOOPI GOLDBERG LOOKS THINNER & HAD KILLER SHOES, AS USUAL (SHE WAS THE MOST ENGAGING WITH THE AUDIENCE ON BREAKS- SHE DEF. CAME OFF AS THE MOST LIKABLE).

JOY WAS HYSTERICAL--WHEN I WATCHED THE SHOW BACK YOU CAN'T REALLY HEAR HER NON SEQUITURS UNDER HER BREATH--SHE WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO PERSONALLY WAVE HELLO.

BARBARA PERSONALLY THANKED THE AUDIENCE & HOPED THERE WOULD BE TIME FOR QUESTIONS FROM US--THERE WASN'T, UNFORTUNATELY.

 (WHILE OTHERS WERE MINDING THE COMIC DURING BREAKS I WAS TRANSFIXED WITH WAS GOING ON ON STAGE & WALTERS WAS THE MOST CONCERNED TECHNICALLY WITH TIME & OTHER DETAILS-JOY LEFT TWICE TO TEXT/PEE/WHO KNOWS?).

I MISSED BIBLE-THUMPING SHERRI-SHE HAD A DAY OFF- BECAUSE SHE IS SO DAMN FUNNY!

ELISABETH HASSELBACK DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE AUDIENCE OR TRY TO  ENGAGE AT ALL-SHE CAME OFF AS A SNOB. TODAY I READ SHE IS LEAVING THE SHOW TO JOIN "FOX (FAUX) NEWS"--MAYBE SHE WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH THAT--BUT REALLY, NOT A WAVE? SCREW YOU! SHE WAS DRESSED NICELY & HAS KILLER LEGS BUT IS RAIL THIN--TOO THIN FOR MY TASTE. IRONICALLY, SHE ANNOUNCED LATE YESTERDAY ABOUT HER MOVE TO FOX BUT RUMORS HAVE IT THAT SHE WAS FIRED A FEW MONTHS BACK BY WALTERS--GOOD MOVE BARBARA, THOUGH I DO THINK A CONSERVATIVE POINT OF VIEW IS NEEDED IN THIS FORMAT.

 NOW 3 SPOTS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN SEPTEMBER;  THE NAMES BEING THROWN AROUND ARE BROOKE SHIELDS & JENNY MCCARTHY AS REPLACEMENTS.

THE GUESTS:
ANDREA SYRTASH & JEFF WILSER SPOKE ABOUT THEIR DATING BOOK (THE AUDIENCE WENT HOME WITH IT). JEFF DANIELS TALKING ABOUT HIS CAREER (WE GOT SEASON 1 OF "THE NEWSROOM"). THE STUNNING BERNADETTE PETERS WAS THERE TO PROMOTE THIS WEEKEND'S "BROADWAY BARKS" TO ADOPT PETS IN THE THEATER DISTRICT THIS SAT FROM 2:30-6:30 AT SHUBERT ALLEY. SHE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ADORABLE, ADOPTABLE DOGS--OMG! SHE WAS VERY SWEET TO US AFTER THE SHOW AS WELL. SHE LOOKS AS HOT AS EVER!

I RATE THIS & "ANDERSON" AS THE MOST FUN SHOWS I HAVE EVER BEEN TO, FOLLOWED BY "THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW". ELISABETH REMINDS ME OF HOW DISGUSTED I WAS WHEN GERALDO RIVERA HAD HIS SHOW & HOW WOODEN & DISENGAGING HE WAS TO HIS AUDIENCE--THEY ARE OF THE SAME ILK. DON'T THEY KNOW WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A CAREER? IDIOTS!

 SOME WAITING IN LINE WERE RUMORING  THAT TYRA BANKS PUTS HER HEAD DOWN ON BREAKS NOT TO LOOK AT THE AUDIENCE--WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?. A REPORTER I KNOW HAD LUNCH WITH HER & SHE TOOK HIM TO ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE RESTAURANTS IN NYC & MADE HIM PAY THE BILL--HE THOUGHT SHE WOULD. AFTER ALL, SHE'S LOADED, HE ISN'T. IT WASN'T EVEN FOR HIM TO GET A STORY.

MOST STAND-BYS GET IN "THE VIEW" NOW (HARDER IN THE FALL)---GET THERE EARLY OR SEND IN FOR TIX. THE WAIT IS ABOUT 2YRS OR LESS.
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UPDATE: (JULY 15, 2013):

Done deal: Jenny McCarthy is joining The View.
The comedian-actress will fill one of the open slots on ABC’s popular daytime talk show this fall.
Longtime The View fans already have some sense of what she’s like on the panel. McCarthy, has made 17 previous appearances on the show, including eight as a guest co-host. For months the media has speculated that McCarthy is likely to fill a vacancy on the show.
The View saw the departure of longtime co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck last week to Fox News, while Joy Behar will leave next month. Founding co-host Barbara Walters has announced she will leave the show next summer, but will remain on the show as a producer.