You should know better.

[raybear]

Am I the only one in my world who watches The View? There is always so much to process, but especially today's show. It has all the things in pop culture that absolute fascinate me, related to daytime television's narratives that reflect "mainstream America". Seriously, it's more revealing than all the pundits on MSNBC combined.

I only watch the first 20 minutes until the celebrity guests arrive.

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[kisha.livejournal.com]

The View is taped 2 blocks from my job. I haven't seen any of the lovely ladies who host it, though.

[masscooper.livejournal.com]

I watch it when my state of employ has me home in the middle of a weekday morning. I find it bizarre and overwhelming, though I enjoyed the episode with martha and rosie going toe to toe on pumpkin carving.

[mintwaster.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I watch the clips of Rosie and Hasselbeck getting into when the post on the gossip sites.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

That's of why I started watching it (again) because I was doing the same thing. I wanted to see their fights. Except now, they are BFF. Seriously. Elizabeth has become pro-gay. I mean, as much as a young blond white Republican can be. And Joy Behar will occasionally make these relatively radical statements -- today she used the phrase "institutionalized racism" in regards to the whole Michael Richards thing and how his outburst was a symptom of it, not just an isolated incident.

[thedemonnemo.livejournal.com]

I am guilty of watching the view on days I don't have school. It is no schocker to me that Rosie O & Hasselbeck get along the have much more in common than different, i.e. they are both "mooomies" and prattle on about their kidz too much, and are supa rich rich rich white ladys. Rosie O is richer than Liz, but in the republican think weath=value, so liz by virtue of belief system CAN'T hate Rosie and not to let the Democrats of the hook Hasselbek's fame makes her a legitimate "authority" in the eyes of uber-Dem O'Donnel. Additionally, Liz kind of looks like Rosie's wifey-babymamma, which I find hilarious. In summation: other than a difference about the palatability of the act of doughnut-bumping and perhaps gun control, Hasselbeck and O'Donnel are two peas in a pod. Behar's intellignece often suprises me as well, I find her slightly caustic wit to be the real backbone of The View.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

omg, bless you for sharing your own intense analysis. i feel much less alone now in my brain now.

[unscrambled.livejournal.com]

Mostly I do the same. Sometimes it is on in the break room and it makes my head hurt. I like to spend my talk show deconstructing time thinking about how much I hate Oprah.

[penpusher.livejournal.com]

They really should change the name of it to "The Spew!"

My verbose analysis of the show, via my imdb.com comment.

So what was so special about today's events? I imagine they talked about Michael Richards, right?

[raybear.livejournal.com]

ha -- you're assessment of it's "golden era" is the time i never ever watched because it was boring.

today they talked about michael richards, they talked about praying for oj simpson and whether hell exists, and then rosie accused kelly of regis & kelly of a homophobic act and kelly ripa CALLED IN and they fought live on the air.

it was brilliant.

[penpusher.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's the fact that the concept of the show was faulty. Really, the point of having all those hosts was that they were going to have people from each decade to offer up opinion, to give their "View." Otherwise, two or three hosts would be plenty for this program.

Praying for OJ. This to help him since his special got canned! But no... I heard Juice got a $3.5M advance, so he got his payday anyhow! No prayers necessary!

That does sound lively. Rosie is the best (worst?) example of a spaceagers celebrity. She's just wound up so tightly, let her go and she'll spin out of control.

[thedemonnemo.livejournal.com]

your analysis is internets gold!

[penpusher.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[elephantskin.livejournal.com]

i want to stab them all in the throat.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

that's the easy way out.