6-18-10

In case you missed it...

JAMES SITS IN, THE ANIMALS IN OUR LIVES AND JANETTE'S CATS
James was sitting in on the panel today and Rosie asked him about his work-out regime. James is still working out at the gym and doing the P90X. Rosie asked him what he loves about the gym and James said he loves the gym because he likes to take care of himself. Rosie met James' partner at the Memorial Day party she had at her house (the one that Lou did not show up to) and she thought he was delightful! James' partner is not as physically fit as James which seemed to surprise Rosie. James quoted the genius artist Paula Abdul and said that "opposites attract." Plus James said the best thing about his partner is that he doesn't take James' shit! James said that recently his partner revealed to him that he wanted to lose 10 pounds so they've been walking together in the evenings. Rosie said that's what Tracy wants to do too - take walks together in the evenings.

James and his partner have been together for almost 8 years and his partner is 36 years old and 7 years older than James. He said they get along really well together and the only reason the relationship works is because his partner doesn't take his shit. James called himself a "control freak."

Rosie said that a woman whose mother died wrote in to her on the blog to confess that she was more upset about her dog passing recently than she was when her mother (who had severe dementia and was pretty awful to be around at the end of her life) died. Rosie didn't think that was weird at all and asked the group if they thought anything was weird about it. Bobby who absolutely adores his Chihuahua didn't think that was weird at all. He said there is something about the helplessness about animals, how they need humans to survive, that makes him feel very connected to them. Bobby admits that he treats his dog like a child. Janette said that she loves her cats that way but she sees them as her friends, not her children. She's pretty much anti-mother. She didn't have a mother and she's not a mother and even when the postman wishes her a Happy Mother's Day, it's everything she can do not to respond back to him about it. When talking about her love of her cats she showed the puncture wounds on her arms and her legs. Pete GASPED! Janette's cat Beastly wanted Janette to pet him the other night and she was busy working on her computer and so he attacked her ankles and bit her! Rosie asked Janette if she thought there was anything wrong with the fact that she gets attacked by her animals. Pete said that he's never bitten one of his supposed friends in the ankles! Janette and Barry rescued Beastly over 10 years ago and Janette said it was love at first sight. She said the attacks have gotten much better and he used to attack her almost every night between 2 and 3am. He would meow outside her door at night so she would let him in thinking "this time it would be different" and she would let him in the room and he would bite her! She doesn't really discipline her cat except for a spray bottle with water in it. Occasionally she will yell at him but she really really loves him! Janette also said that Beastly really does love her and she is his favorite human. The attacks got a bit better when she got him a friend named Bismark. And now she also has Whitey Brown who sleeps with her. James' take on the whole subject was that Janette's story sounds like one of an abused spouse and she has all the hallmarks of a battered woman. He thought perhaps she needed to go to counseling for it.

Pete said that he followed all of Sonya Fitzpatrick's advice about his cat - getting him pretty food dishes and a paw print pad for under the dishes, and changing his name - and his cat is still awful to him. James asked if Janette's cat bites can get infected. Janette said she thinks she's immune to him at this point. She suggested that there's a possibility that her cat is frustrated because they had him declawed. She didn't know about the horrors of declawing and now she feels horrible about it.

James is skived out by cats. Janette loves cats and so does Pete. Rosie said Janette may be like the Grey Gardens lady someday. Not good.

WHAT'S ON YOUR BUCKET LIST? RO'S DENTAL WOES AND THE QUESTIONS GAME
Rosie asked the staff what is on their bucket list? A bucket list is a list of things you want to do before you "kick the bucket." Janette said she wants to live in another country for a year, she just doesn't know where yet. She said it sounds romantic and is thinking somewhere in the third world. Pete said Janette would like Southeast Asia. Janette loves Africa but isn't sure she wants to live there. On Bobby's bucket list was to ride in a hot air balloon. He's said it's something he's always wanted to do and that he's done everything else on his bucket list. Rosie's flown in a hot air balloon before and said the experience is a little scary because it's like you have a bunson burner near your head. Pete and Janette would never fly in a hot air balloon. Pete said it was because he would panic and he's not fond of heights.

One thing on James' bucket list was to win a Grammy in music production! Rosie asked him if he would thank her in his speech- "I would like to thank Rosie, Star of the Flintstones." Pete doesn't have anything on his bucket list. He's done it all! They asked him if he would like to meet William Shatner and Pete said it would be cool to meet him but that wasn't on his list. Pete said that if he only had 6 months to live he would continue to do what he's doing and he feels pretty complete with his life. Rosie wants to ride on the back of a jet ski with Laird Hamilton, the big wave surfer. Rosie shared that when her Ex Kelli turned 40, she jumped out of an airplane. Janette said she would NEVER do that but her boyfriend Barry has done it before and thought it was fantastic. He has also bungee jumped. Rosie said she always wanted to bungee jump but she's afraid she would lie about her weight to the man strapping her into the bungee and instead of bouncing back up she would just drop to the ground. Lou said he would like to follow Pearl Jam on tour for an entire year (then he said summer, then he said a month). He also wants to take this meditation class with his girl and someday he wants to go see The Jimmy Fallon Show. Rosie said that next time she goes on Jimmy, she will bring him with her!

Tracy thought holding a chicken would be on Rosie's bucket list but it was not. Janette also wants to go see the Mountain Gorillas. Rosie said that looks terrifying and couldn't understand why the threat of getting your face ripped off by a wild Gorilla was less scary to her than going up in a hot air balloon. Janette said that almost all of her bucket list goals involves travel. Rosie doesn't enjoy traveling and neither does James. Bobby and Janette love traveling.

Rosie said that she's still going to the dentist on a weekly basis and up to this point the dentist has finally finished working on her top teeth and now she's working on the bottom. This has been going on since the beginning of the show in November! Rosie said she'll be done with the dentist in The Year 2525 and they played the song.

Janette had an Either/Or Questions game! This went very fast and it was hard to tell who was saying which answer so I did my best. Here's how it went. Janette asked the staff to pick one...

Love or money? All the men said money and all the women said love.
Paper or plastic? Pretty much everyone said paper because it's reusable and then biodegradable.
Peanut butter: smooth or crunchy? Everyone (that I could hear) said crunchy. Janette only likes natural peanut butter. Then they started talking about Goobers and Rosie sang the Goober commercial from memory.
This then prompted the next question Goobers or Raisinettes. Everyone said raisinettes except Pete who doesn't like either. He wanted Kit Kat to be a choice.
Bagels or donuts? Rosie, Janette and Bobby said bagels. James said he could go either way. And Pete enthusiastically said donuts!
Would you rather: lose your hair or lose your teeth? Everyone said hair. Janette said that Rosie has already lost her teeth.
Ketchup or mustard? James and Rosie said neither. Bobby said mustard and talked about the amazing mustard he brings back from Holland that he gives to guests who visit his apartment. He gave some to Janette the last time she came over and Rosie got jealous that they were hanging out! Pete said bacon mayonnaise is better. Rosie agreed and said it's like B.L.T. without all the trouble.
Miracle Whip or Hellmann's. Everyone said Hellmann's and Rosie thought that Miracle Whip should be outlawed.
Medium-well or well-done? Rosie likes medium-well. Janette said she likes her meat cooked like an old shoe. She said if you really start to look at the meat industry you'll want to start shopping locally.
How would you rather die: be burned alive or drown? Janette said drown. Bobby didn't want either choice! After pressuring Bobby he picked being burned alive because he can't even stand being in the car or on an airplane and not feeling the air blowing. He said it makes him feel like he's suffocating. Oh, and Janette had a tip about death! She said if you're being burned alive you should inhale as much smoke as possible so you pass out before you die! Good plan.

JAJERO - JACKIE, JEANNIE AND ROSIE
Then it was time for coffee talk with JAJERO - Jackie, Jeannie and Rosie. And Jackie's 17 year old daughter Katie was in the studio to visit! Rosie asked Katie all about her life. Katie just got a 1300 on her first try at the SATs! Jackie only got a 1260. Rosie asked Jackie if that makes her feel inferior to her daughter or happy. Jackie said she's competitive in games but wants her kids to do better in life than she did. Katie wants to go to UCONN. She felt most at home there and the boys were pretty cute! Rosie asked her to rate how boy crazy she is on a scale of 1-10. Katie said she's probably about a 6. She then asked her to rate her daughter Chelsea and Katie gave her a 9! Rosie wasn't very boy crazy (surprise, surprise) and said that without Jackie in her life she wouldn't have passed Spanish. Rosie asked Katie what it is like to have a mom with 2 such close girlfriends who have been in her life forever. Katie said she wants to have what they have but she doesn't. Rosie said she didn't realize how unique their friendship was! Jackie said her mother can't believe they see each other as much as they do and they continue to lay in the sun together to get tan! They talked for a while about Jackie's father who kept himself busy growing cannabis and drinking beer all day as he laid in the sun and got extra tan. Jackie's father mastered the luggage-look.

Jeannie said she's waiting for the day that she's the best looking one of the 3 of them and they said she always was! Then they started ganging up on Jeannie because she was the prettiest and Jeannie said this was only the second time that they did a JaJeRo segment and they always gang up on her!

Jeannie then told a very funny story about drinking too much wine with her husband and him calling the ice cream man to see if he would make a special trip to their house. Then the ice cream man drove by and her husband tried to get him to give him a business card so he could call him for deliveries.

Rosie asked Katie if she was embarrassed by them the night they went out to dinner. Katie was there with 2 of her friends at a table nearby. She wasn't really embarrassed and said it was just funny. Especially when Rosie had a few too many and told Katie's friends she used to be very famous and she could drink a lot because she was very fat.

Rosie asked Katie what her plans were for the summer and Katie said working at Dairy Queen and taking some trips. Rosie asked Katie if she thought the story about the 16 year old girl that tried to sail around the world was gross negligence on her parents part. Katie asked, "What does that mean?" Rosie explained it as " bad parenting." She said no, that she thought it was just a publicity thing like in the case of the balloon boy story. Rosie asked Katie if her mom is too overprotective and Katie said no. She asked her if she was going to miss her mom when she goes off to college and she said yes, at first. Rosie asked Katie if she had a boyfriend and she does not.

Rosie told Katie the story of why she chose Dickinson College - because they had leaf blowers and it looked like a college. She said that when she got there she was intimidated though because everyone was smarter than her.

After all this line of questioning Jeannie said she would never bring Toni in because she would have no filter!

Then Rosie and Jackie, the original mean girls, told a story about how they used to secretly plan their outfits in elementary school and then tease this girl named Lauren that she was the odd girl out because she wasn't wearing the same color as them. They would also tease another girl because she was born yellow and another girl because she was breast fed. Then they both went on to have babies who suffered from jaundice, I'm just sayin'.

Rosie and Katie ended the interview talking about what Katie wants to be when she grows up, a special education teacher because she loves kids and kids love her.

KINDRA ARNESON

Rosie Radio reaired the Kindra Areneson interview from the show that aired on June 7th 2010. If you haven't heard it you need to listen...

MOBIUS TECHNOLOGIES
Rosie Radio then replayed the Mobius Technologies interview that aired on June 10, 2010.

A Mobius Technologies Video

If you want to support Mobius Technologies and what they are trying to do, here is what you can do:

Contact the following people and ask them (nicely) to get the EPA to allow the use of loose oil-sorbent material. Please remember that it will not be helpful to make angry calls to the contact people. Instead, express how terribly sad and deeply concerned you are for the people and wildlife in the Gulf. Be polite and seek to enlist these officials to be on our side. It is the volume of calls and emails that will be the most effective way to get their attention not the anger in your tone.


Contact Information :
Lisa P. Jackson
Administrator Environmental Protection Agency
jackson.lisa@epa.gov
202-564-4700
http://blog.epa.gov/administrator

Governor Charlie Crist (State of Florida)
Press Office: 850-488-5394
Citizen Services Hotline: 850-488-4441
Executive Office of the Governor Switchboard: 850-488-7146


Governor Haley Barbour (State of Mississippi)
Chief of Staff - Paul Hurst: 601-576-2038
Press Secretary - Dan Turner: 601-576-2009
dturner@governor.state.ms.us


Executive Office Contact Phone Numbers
877-405-0733
601-359-3150


Governor Bobby Jindal (State of Louisiana)
Chief of Staff - Timmy Teepell 225-342-7015
Press Office: 225-342-8006
Governor’s Office: 866-366-1121


Commissioner of Conservation - James H. Welsh: 225-342-5500

THE MORE COWBELL GAME!
Brendan then introduced the More Cowbell Game! He would play a clip from a song with a cowbell in it and you had to guess either the song or the artist. Here we go...
James: he got the song Low Rider by War and didn't know it. Pete stole.
Bobby: he got Honky Tonk Woman by the Rolling Stones he didn't get it.
Janette: she got Mississippi Queen and no one got it except my husband who was listening in the kitchen.
Pete: he got Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc and he guessed it! They played the song and Pete sang along.
Rosie: She got Drive My Car by the Beatles. Pete got it again!

James: he got Hey Ladies! by the Beastie Boys Pete got it again! He was then crowned "Cowbell Pete."
Bobby: he got FunkyTown but couldn't guess it.
Janette: she got Creedence Clearwater Revival Down on the Corner. She didn't get it, I don't think.
Pete: got Lady Maramalade. I think he got it but they were going fast at this point!
Rosie: got The Ohio Players Love Rollercoaster. No one got it.

Rosie said this game was not fun but Cowbell Pete said it was awesome and he loved it!

Rosie closed the show wishing everyone to have a good weekend and reminding everyone to use sunscreen that does not cause cancer.

and that's what you missed -kw

6-17-10

In case you missed it...

HAIRSPRAY, DINNER WITH ROBIN QUIVERS, MARINES ARE SEXY, ROYAL TITLES AND RADIO
Bobby sang along to the Rosie Radio theme song Broadway style! Rosie then said, "Good morning, Baltimore!" which started a long discussion about the Broadway musical and movie Hairspray. Rosie explained that she absolutely loved Hairspray on Broadway, so much so that she called Marc Shaiman crying! Then she was anxious anticipating and waiting for the movie to come out. She took her kids on opening day to the movie and was so disappointed. Adam Shankman directed the film who was also her choreographer when she was in the Flintstones. Rosie had such high hopes for the film because she loved the play so much but she was disappointed. She wrote to Marc and said that she didn't think the movie was that great and if she ever sees Adam Shankman, she's going to kill him (because he was the director and she expected much more). Deirdre and Janette LOVED the movie Hairspray. Bobby thought that since they saw the play first and it was so spectacular the movie couldn't produce the same experience as you can get in a live theater. Then, one day Rosie ran into Harvey Fierstein and Harvey told Rosie that Mark wasn't talking to Rosie because of what she said to him about the film. Then Vivi walked into the studio who had been at Rosie's ex's Kelli's for a while. Rosie was so excited to see her and had her come over and give her a kiss. Then Blake walked in too. Rosie asked Blake if he was excited about his tournament on Saturday and he said that he was. She asked them if they had been out to see the chickens yet and then told Blake that Jackie (who's Blake's tutor) was going to come to the house today to do their work. Blake groaned. Vivi was excited and asked if she could study with Jackie too! :) So, Rosie wrote to Marc and told him that Harvey told her that he was upset with her. Marc wrote Rosie back and was mad. Really mad and wrote back something pretty mean. Janette talked about her frustrations that people hold grudges over things that are said in the heat of the moment. Rosie said she was so excited that Hairspray was being done by "the gays" and thought "the gays" could have done it better. She still feels bad she hurt Marc's feelings though. She was really upset about it at the time and cried to Kelli about it (whom she was with at the time).

Rosie had dinner with Robin Quivers last night and had a fantastic time. She said Robin was smart, compassionate, kind and open-hearted. Rosie said she didn't give Robin a moment to eat because she asked her so many questions. Rosie said Robin was so forthcoming with advice and details about her own experience with food. Robin told Rosie that becoming healthier is "an evolution not a revolution." She said the changes you make don't have to be everything right away, all at once. Janette thinks Robin is fascinating. They also love her laugh and amazing voice. Rosie and Robin also talked about their frustrating years they spent on terrestrial radio. Janette said the movie Private Parts is a great portrayal of what Robin and Howard went through in their careers.

Someone mentioned that Robin also used to be in the Armed Forces. This then started a discussion about how great men and women look in uniform and who's uniforms are hottest. Deirdre said that Marines are sexy! Janette said she bets Robin was hot in her uniform. Rosie said she didn't know Janette had a yearning for women in uniform?! Janette explained that she's not "hot" for women in uniform but she can appreciate beauty. Janette said 2 of the sexiest things to her are uniforms and hereditary titles. She said a hereditary title is the only thing that would ever make her marry. Rosie has no interest in hereditary titles. Janette said she always wanted HRH (her royal highness) after her own name.

Rosie asked Janette how she's feeling about the upcoming 2 month deadline she set for herself about stopping marijuana. Janette said she never thought she would feel this satisfied quitting. Rosie asked what she thought was the reason why this time she decided to quit? Janette said it was because they discussed it and she made the commitment on the air. She said she has accountability now. Rosie then made a joke about the 7 listeners who actually hear what they have to say and Robin even feels sometimes that no one is really ever listening. Rosie said that at the James Taylor/Carole King concert two nights ago three people came over to her and said, "I listen to you on the radio!" Jeannie's response was "SO THERE'S THE ONE LISTENER!" Janette thinks this is because Rosie wasn't really a radio listener before the show but Janette was. She listens to Howard every morning and she listens to replays of their show. She also listens to Morning Jolt and Broadminded (Rosie and Janette love the women from Broadminded). Janette said that her friend and coauthor of Embracing Your Big Fat Ass: An Owner's Manual, Laura Banks has been trying to get Janette to take supplements for years. Janette's biggest reasons for smoking marijuana were insomnia and anxiety. She said the supplements are really working for her so she doesn't have the same need for pot. Rosie asked Janette if she wanted a party to celebrate her two month goal being made and Janette said yes to any reason for a party!

THE BEEKMAN BOYS AND A SPECIAL GUEST AT THE O'DONNELL'S
Rosie asked the staff if any of them had seen the Fabulous Beekman Boys last night? Rosie explained that for the past three weeks her girlfriend Tracy has been counting down the days until the show's premiere. Rosie said that Tracy's favorite show is Living with Ed on Planet Green. Tracy was so excited for last night. Rosie also had a fundraiser for her foundation Rosie's Broadway Kids last night so she had to be sure and not to interrupt Tracy during the show. Rosie explained the premise of the Fabulous Beekman Boys and said she would like to have them on the show! Deirdre said that she could book them and they also have their book The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentleman Farmers. She told Rosie to give it to Tracy. Rosie said the show is on every Wednesday night and Janette suggested that they watch that show as a group and discuss it since they all couldn't stand Last Comic Standing. Janette said that they could all get ideas from the show about how they can become more green. Rosie recommended Janette just have lunch with Tracy if she wants ideas! Rosie said there was a part in the show when one of the men wanted to have a harvest festival and the "really anal one" wanted to clean the pigs before the party. Deirdre said she totally would have done that too. Rosie then talked about her chickens and how they like to have a dirt bath after they eat. She said they all go out to the chicken coop for a show every night.

Theeeeeeeen, Rosie said something about a special guest coming to the house. She was talking to her kids who were in the studio and she told them they weren't allowed to say who it was on air but that she wanted the house to be really clean for the visit. She also didn't want her Chihuahua sitting on her lap because she didn't want dog hair on her clothes. She asked Chelsea if she was nervous and Chelsea said No. Rosie said if it was Taylor Lautner, she'd be primping right now. Rosie said she was nervous. Hmmmmm. Who could it be?!? My guess is Oprah. Michele guesses Tom Cruise. Who would make Rosie nervous and motivate her enough to do hair and makeup? Who's your guess?!

BOB ETHERIDGE VS. HELEN THOMAS AND PETE'S HAVING A GIRL (POSSIBLY)!
Then Rosie played and discussed the video below of Congressman Bob Etheridge.

Rosie asked what the difference is between what this man does and the words of Helen Thomas. She asked why what he has done is so forgivable and what Helen has done (and apologized for) so unforgivable.

Then Rosie interrupted this conversation to say there is BIG NEWS on the Google Pete front: it's a girl! He must have texted or emailed Rosie during the show and said the the doctor let it slip at the ultrasound.  UPDATE! But if you check the comments, Pete commented that the doctor first referred to the baby as a girl and then referred to the baby as a boy (but the second text was never read on air).  So, basically all we know is it's either one or the other.  At least it's not a dragon.

Then it was back to the Bob Etheridge vs. Helen Thomas discussion. Janette suggested that Helen crossed a "politically correct" line and that's what made her offense unforgivable. Deirdre said that if a celebrity grabbed a person by the back of the neck like that there would be a lawsuit! Rosie just thought it was so interesting that we have such different standards for what is acceptable and what is not and wondered why that is. Brendan suggested that the press corp didn't react to Helen Thomas's situation in outrage because the news stations jockeying over her seat at the White House press conferences. He said there wasn't anything for them to gain in order to defend Helen Thomas. Janette said we live in a culture of vultures that just like to swoop down on what anybody does. She said she has at least 16 bad moments a day (and Bobby said it was MUCH more than that). Then the conversation then led to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and Janette talked about fighting over land in Congo governments. Rosie asked why it is "THE Congo" and Janette said that we think it's THE Congo because of Tarzan. She asked if anyone could do the Tarzan yell and Rosie did it!

DIETING, FASTING, CLEANSING AND WHAT KIND OF HOTEL ARE YOU?
Rosie said that at dinner with Robin last night, they discussed how one learns to take care of themselves and how once we feel at a certain age, it's too late to get educated and change. Robin did it in her 50s and Rosie was inspired by that that there is still hope for her. Rosie said it's hard for her to give healthy eating another shot because she's tried so many times and failed. Deirdre said that if Rosie makes it all about weight, she will fail. She said it shouldn't be a diet, it should be a lifestyle change. During TROS Deirdre went on the Zone diet and went through withdrawals when she cut out the processed stuff. But she said that once she got through that, she didn't miss it anymore. Janette said that her friend Laura goes to the Optimum Health Institute and does a fast and by the end of it she's a new person! Rosie said she thinks she would like to try that. Deirdre said that once you get passed the detox you're better and you don't have the desire to eat that bad food anymore.

When Janette was at Women on Fire Retreat a woman did panel on self-care. She asked the audience if your self-care was a hotel, what hotel would you be. Janette said she thought her self-care was equivalent to a Knights Inn at the time. (aka a nasty rat bag) She said she's since upgraded her self-care to a Holiday Inn Express. Rosie said she would be a Knights Inn too. Janette said ideally she would like to be The Pierre or The Plaza. Bobby said he would be The Luxor. Deirdre would be above a Holiday Inn but below The Pierre or The Plaza. She said her goal is to be The plaza because she's starting Jenny Craig and going back to the gym! They then took several callers to discuss weight loss, cleanses and fasts.

Janette said she has gone seven days without eating but decided she better start eating once she started fainting! It kick started her weight loss and she lost 50 pounds in 2 months eating 2 scrambled eggs and grapefruit juice a day. Deirdre has done the master colon cleanse and said it was awful but afterward she felt fabulous. They had some discussion on whether there's an actual physical addiction to food and sugar.

ROSIE'S NEVER ENDING DENTAL WORK AND TIME WITH PARKER
Rosie said she was at the dentist (again) yesterday and that every time the dentist takes off one of her old crown she gasps. She said her dental correction is going to be a long hard journey and the dentist told her that her next appointment is going to be a really bad one. Rosie said she was watching the World Cup and she thought there was something wrong with the audio on the television in the dentist's office. She said the horns that they play sounded like a swarm of bees.

Then Rosie's eldest Parker walked in! Rosie asked Parker, "Parker, how come when I call you and text you you do not reply? Why don't you write me back?" He said he didn't have his phone with him at the time she texted him. Parker is going on an rfamily vacations cruise to Europe. He's working while he's there for rfamily and doing some appearances. He's also going to a "summer sleep away get ready for high school camp" and not looking forward to it. Rosie told him that she will come up and visit him on the weekends and his response was "Yippee!" Parker said that his mom likes to fight with the GPS and lose. He told a story about when he was in third grade and they were coming home from his class trip to Upstate New York and Rosie refused to follow the GPS directions because she thought they were wrong. Next thing they knew they saw a big sign that said "Welcome to Pennsylvania!" Janette thinks it's funny that Rosie hates to be told what to do so much that she won't even listen to the GPS. Parker said he's going to video tape her the next time she argues with the GPS.

Rosie asked Parker if he was nervous about going to Europe and he said he doesn't get nervous about traveling. Rosie asked him if he knows what he wants to be when he grows up and he doesn't know yet, he's only 15. Janette asked him if he studied any languages and he knows a little German. He spoke a little in German for them. Rosie asked Parker if he thinks kids text too much. He said No. She asked him if he thinks kids are addicted to texting. He said NO. She asked him if kids spend too much time texting and not in the moment. And he said NO! I guess we know how Parker feels about texting! lol

Then Rosie teased the listeners again with who is coming to the house! She asked Parker if he knew who was coming over to the house in the next hour and asked him if he was nervous. He was not nervous. She asked him not to say anything to embarrass her and he said, "It depends, can I have a Facebook?" LOL

Rosie said when they were doing press for her film A Family Is A Family Is A Family, Parker gave a beautiful reply about his mother and then turned around to her and said, "Now can I have a Facebook?" lol A listener called in whose 17 year old daughter has a HUGE crush on Parker! Parker said hello to her and she started crying! Her mom was on the phone and said that her daughter was shaking and crying and smiling. Parker told the girl (who never actually spoke because she was speechless) to have a good summer. Rosie told Park he's a little rockstar.

Rosie asked Chelsea if she should ask for listener's teens who have crushes on Chelsea if they should call in and Parker said "No, because it won't end well." Apparently, Parker is quite protective of his younger sister! For example, Parker told the story of this one boy that broke Chelsea's heart. He and this boy were playing a "friendly" game of football with friends and Parker tackled him a little harder than he would have and said to him, "My sister says HI."

JULIE HALSTON

Rosie then introduced actress, comedienne and Commack Alumna - Julie Halston! Julie told Rosie about her mother who still lives in Commack who she said is "comedy gold." She said she's "very opinionated yet has no information" and has opinions about everything yet she often messes up the facts. Her favorite restaurant is the new Applebees in Commack and they talked about all the dining joints in the area that they grew up around and frequented. They discussed yearning to be a Dix-Hill Jew when they were growing up and longing for their own pool in the backyard.

Rosie asked if Julie got to see a lot of Broadway growing up and she did. Julie said her mother was obsessed with show-business and even dragged them to West Side Story - the movie. Julie and Rosie also talked about Julie's friend Charles Busch who Rosie called "one of the best playwrights around." Rosie called him a gifted, talented, lovely man. Julie credits her entire career to Charles and she told the story about the time that they met in 1983. Rosie and Julie talked about the old stand-up days and what it was like to perform at some of the seedy nightclubs that they used to go to.

Julie said she was out with Love Loss and What I Wore director Karen Carpenter last night and she says "Hello!" Rosie performed in Love, Loss and What I Wore in 2009 and Julie recently performed in it this year! They discussed the play and the other actresses that Julie worked with including Doris Roberts. Doris liked to keep reminding Julie that she had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Julie called her an icon. Rosie and Julie loved doing Love Loss and What I Wore and talked about what a fun show it was to do.

Julie told Rosie about meeting her husband Ralph Howard from 10 10 Wins. She attributes the gay community for how she not only got a career but how she found her voice and her husband! She called him a mix between Steven Sondheim and Cary Grant with a fantastic voice.

Julie then told the story about how someone gave her a Joan Crawford's My Way of Life . Julie said she started reading it and couldn't put it down and said that it was comedy gold. She realized she had to read this every day of her life because Joan says the craziest things in the world. Then she thought she would take it to the stage and the people went berserk! She really started a craze and now everybody's doing it. Julie then read an excerpt from Joan Crawford's book in the voice of Joan Crawford! It was hilarious!

Rosie asked Julie what her best memories are from Commack and Julie talked about the Smithtown Bull. She said they used to hitchhike to the bull (and she wasn't even drunk!) and they would climb on the bull and laugh. She said it was sad and there weren't a lot of options for having fun back then in Commack. Here is a link to Charles and Julie's YouTube channel! And here's an Interview With Charles Busch and Julie Halston About Charles Busch's New Play The DIVINE SISTER which opens in September, 2010.

Rosie closed the show.

and that's what you missed -kw

6-16-10

In case you missed it...

THE CONCERT, DINNER WITH ROBIN, CYNTHIA NIXON AND CHELSEA'S BFF
Bobby sang along to the Rosie Radio theme song. He's proud that he finally learned the words to the song and it only took him 8 months to learn them! Rosie and Janette can't believe that it's already been 8 months. Time flies when you're having fun, ladies!

Rosie went to the James Taylor Carole King Concert last night and said it was "fan-fricking-tastic!" She said the concert was 2 hours and 40 minutes long and she stayed for the entire thing. Rosie went with her girlfriend Tracy, Jeannie and Jackie and their husbands. Rosie said that Carole looked beautiful and James looked "cute as hell" and they were adorable together. Tracy, Jeannie, Jackie and their husbands were the youngest people at the concert. Rosie called it a "senior citizen prom." And the guy who sat next to Jeannie was a little drunk and was getting a hand job from his girlfriend during the program! Pete said, "You can't rock out with your cock out." Another obscure movie reference by Pete that no one recognized. Pete couldn't recall what movie it was from so I googled the line and it's from American Wedding (the sequel to American Pie). Stiffler says it. Rosie said that she got choked up listening to the music from her youth (the olden days, just kidding!) and said it made her face and embrace her own mortality. Jeannie's husband (who is 10 years younger than Jeannie) didn't know all the songs but still managed to have a good time. Rosie said they went to Gray's Papaya on the way home from the concert.

Rosie is going out to dinner with Robin Quivers tonight! She said that she is proud of herself that she's been off soda for two weeks and can't wait to share her success with Robin (even though she cheated a little she's only had two sodas in two weeks and didn't even finish them because she felt so guilty).

Back to discussing the concert, Rosie said that Cynthia Nixon and her girlfriend sat directly in front of her. She said that they came with Cynthia's mom and her mom's much younger boyfriend. Rosie said since Tracy has moved to New York to live with her they see Cynthia and her girlfriend at every event they've attended. Rosie said that Cynthia is lovely and she really enjoys her partner too.

Rosie said that sometimes she gets nervous around famous people. It doesn't happen to her if they're working together in a movie but it will sometimes happen to her in social situations. She calls it an ACM or (Awkward Celebrity Moment). Janette said she has nothing to say to famous people. On The Rosie O'Donnell Show the only celebrity that was really exciting for Janette to meet was William Shatner.

Just then, Rosie's cell phone rang and it was Pearl, Chelsea's best friend, who Rosie adores. Whenever Chelsea and Pearl have a fight, Rosie panics because she wants them to be friends forever like her Jeannie and Jackie. Bobby said that would have bothered him to have his parents all involved in his friendships. Rosie said she adored Pearl from the first moment she met her and the cute way she got excited about a present Rosie had given Chelsea's class. Pearl suggested to Rosie that they create a time capsule and bury it in the backyard under where her mother buried her placenta! Pearl's mother is cool too and does roller derby. Rosie called her "hardcore!" Pearl's mom also makes soap. Pete loves making soap and Bobby loves making soap and putting ice-cubes in it to make the soap with the holes.

KATHY GRIFFIN ROCKS ON THE VIEW, BETTY WHITE NAKED AND OBAMA'S SPEECH
Rosie said that yesterday when she was at the dentist her phone started going crazy with every person she knows telling her she had to watch The View! They played the clip. All I have to say is Oh my God, watch it....

I love Kathy Griffin.

Rosie and the crew talked about Hasselbeck's body language and how she was all bitchy, yawning and rude during the segment. Then they replayed exactly what EH actually said back to Kathy which was "I debated in my head whether feeding your curious fire there..." Yes, that's a quote. And Rosie played it again and added "in the institute for studying steel!" LOL!!!! Janette and Rosie agreed that it was either Bill Geddie or a producer at the View named Dusty who was speaking into EH's ear that threw her off. They said that EH couldn't come up with a retort because she was listening in her ear and not paying attention enough to comment back to Kathy.

Theeeeeeeen, Rosie said that "Griffin" called her and said, "Tell me you saw it!!!" Kathy told Rosie that she read on Tori Spelling's Twitter that Tori had to cancel her View appearance so Kathy called them up and told them she was at The Today Show and if they needed someone last minute she could stop by! CLASSIC AND GENIUS. Rosie said that last night was also the premiere episode of Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D List. Rosie said it is such a funny show and makes her laugh. Janette said that what is so great about Kathy is she is just so herself and she doesn't give a rat's ass what anyone thinks. They also went gaga over Kathy Griffin's bangin' bikini body!

Rosie said that there is a rumor that nude photos of Betty White have surfaced. Yes, I just had to google the words "pictures of Betty White naked" in order to find that link. I'm going to Hell. They're from when she was younger and married to Alan Ludden. They were her private photos and got left behind when she moved and someone has found them and is selling them to the tabloids. Rosie attempted to make a couple jokes about this and said she's not much of a joke teller. Then Rosie tried to tell a joke that David Bowie once told her.

Rosie said that she didn't see it but she heard that President Obama's address to the nation was heavy on hope but didn't have a lot of facts about how we are going to solve the oil crisis in the Gulf.

DAVID MIZEJEWSKI ON THE OIL SPILL

Rosie then introduced David Mizejewski who was down at the site of the oil spill and called in to Rosie Radio to update everyone on what he was witnessing. David used to be the host of Animal Planet's Backyard Habitat, a show that Rosie loved but was sadly cancelled. Rosie told David that she wanted him to come and "do that" to her backyard and David said he still would. He and Rosie talked about her chickens and the growing trend of eating locally grown meat and vegetables and how it's better for our environment. David said the biggest thing we can do for our environment is to let our Senators know that it's time for change. He said that if we don't do it now, we will never get enough political will to make change.

Rosie asked David if he is concerned about the physical side effects of going down to the Gulf and if he had experienced any so far. David said that the fumes are getting to him and even though he's not physically coming in contact with the oil, he's still getting light-headed and nauseous. He said the ill effects just makes him think about the animals that are having to swim through the oil and fly and breathe in the polluted air.

David's team was already in the Gulf area before the oil spill and now he's really trying to get the word out about what's going on down there. He said they have created The Gulf Coast Surveillance Team Project to try to give everyone a way they can help. David explained that in order to rescue the wildlife you have to have specialized training. Even David can't just go out and rescue the oil covered animals because you have to have HAZMAT training. He said a way that everyday people can help is to look for and identify oiled and distressed wildlife and then report it back to a team of experts via GPS. He recommended anyone interested in volunteering to go to their website: www.nwf.org/oilspill.

David said he has heard powerful stories from fisherman who can no longer fish who have seen dead sea animals floating on the surface of the water. He said they can't be sure that it's because of the oil but the fisherman have told them they have never seen it before. Another fisherman said to him that there are 2 big industries down in the Gulf - Fishing and Oil Drilling. And one just killed the other.

David said that 21 years after the Exxon Valdez, the ecosystems of Alaska that were effected and the fisherman that were effected, still have not fully recovered. And there is so much about the use of the chemical dispersants that we just don't know. The dispersants used to break up the oil is good because that thick oil can have a hugely negative impact on wildlife but on the flip-side when you use the dispersants, the oil mixes with water and it sends the oil down into the water column. This means the oil can effect even more species that live under the water. David and Rosie talked about how BP did not give access to the HD camera footage until recently, when they had access to it. And David said that the President of National Wildlife Federation has called this is a crime and thinks we shouldn't be allowing the criminal to run the cleanup. They also discussed that we need to stop letting regulators to be in bed with the people that they're regulating.

David told stories of seeing the dispersed oil spill and said it is like looking at raw sewage floating in the ocean. He said the spill went from horizon to horizon and as far as the eye can see. David doesn't see how any animal that swims through that mess and breathes with gills could possibly survive it.

Rosie asked David if there was any chance that we would have some extinction of species due to this oil spill. David said that generally speaking, probably not but there are five endangered sea turtle species that live in the gulf. He said that over 400 of them have been found, most of which are dead. They've also found over 1300 birds dead or barely alive. He said what they are doing right now is just triage but we need to think what is going to stop the next oil spill. He said we need to have political will to pass energy regulation and call for corporate responsibility. As far as what listeners can do to help you can get information on how to sign up to become a volunteer to spot the wildlife on the website. He said they also need donations to support what they are doing down in the Gulf. If people would like to give money they can text WILDLIFE to 20222 and $10 will go to The National Wildlife Federation. David said that half of all of the shrimp we eat and 1/3 of all of the Seafood we eat is from the Gulf. Lastly, David ended the interview saying that people and nature are connected. The fish in the Gulf are just as important to the fisherman as they are to the Pelicans. This disaster shows how connected to nature we all are.

DAVID'S INTERVIEW REVIEWED, A CALLER, BP AND THE OIL SPILL
Rosie and Janette talked about how brave the people are that go down to the Gulf and how there's a whole new syndrome named TILT (Toxic Induced Loss of Tolerance) for the sickness that the people are getting from being exposed to the oil. They discussed Keith Olberman's take on Obama's speech last night (see video below). Rosie thinks we need to see more Leader in Chief and more powerful talk about HOW we're going to get this fixed. Watch below.

Keith Olbermann on the Oil Spill

Rosie took a call from a listener in Louisiana. She said that this oil spill not only effects the fisherman but it also effects the real estate in the area. The caller said that it is a huge resort area down near the Gulf and that the schools depend on that money from the taxes. And she was worried about the health issues that the people in the area are going to face and how they're ever going to get covered for insurance. The caller (and Rosie) think that BP should give the fisherman doing the cleanup health insurance for the rest of their lives. Rosie thinks the U.S. government should seize BP's assets.

The caller was frustrated that BP seems like they have never really tried to stop that oil that is coming out that they have only tried to find ways to capture it so they can sell it. She said it feels like a hurricane that's been hitting them for 6 months. The caller also said that some of the rental companies are filing a class action lawsuit against BP due to loss of business. Rosie said that we need to institute the RICO Act in this case which stands for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. We used this law in the past to seize the assets of organized crime and Rosie said it should be used in this case too.

OBAMA'S SPEECH, AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, IRENE, THE WORLD CUP AND A SQUIRREL
They very briefly discussed President Obama's speech last night which Bobby liked because he thought we needed to hear more positivity. Bobby thought the President didn't have enough time to go into great detail about how he was going to fix this in only 17 minutes. He thought the positivity was good. Janette thought the opposite.

Last night while Rosie was at the concert everyone else watched America's Got Talent. Lou, Janette and Bobby liked Chips Cooney the 61-year-old illusionist/comedian. Janette and Rosie knew him when he was a stand-up comedian. They also all like Howie Mandel who is a judge on the show. Rosie said she hated him on Deal or No Deal but she really likes him on this show. Janette said Howie is likable, sweet and genuine and gives everybody a chance. They then discussed a singer that they all loved who was Gabourey Sidibe's mom! You can watch her audition HERE. Rosie and the crew discussed breaking into showbiz and how knowing famous people does not always guarantee fame or a record deal.

Pete said it's been a rough couple of nights with his daughter Irene. He said she's been waking up every couple of hours.

Rosie was at the dentist yesterday and was watching a world cup game. She couldn't believe the sound of the horrible horns! Brendan called it "ear herpes." Pete said we're lucky they're using the big horns. He said the smaller horn sounds like a 3 month old baby screaming. Brendan tweeted recently "Sorry world, your sport sucks." You can follow Brendan on Twitter HERE. I follow him. He's funny!

Then a hoodlum squirrel came to the window who was NOT Rosie's trained squirrel Shady. Pete tried to mark him with the cattle spray but ended up spraying the Ustream Shady camera instead of getting the squirrel. Rosie said this other squirrel was dirty and quick to run away and she called him a hoodlum! She said she told Shady not to hang out with him.

BEFORE AFTER

ROBIN QUIVERS

Then Rosie introduced Robin Quivers who was on the phone! Rosie told Robin that she has another dentist appointment today but she promises she is NOT going to miss dinner with her tonight. (Rosie had to cancel their dinner plans the last two times.) Last time Rosie missed dinner she sent a picture of the infected tooth that her dentist extracted from her mouth as proof to Robin for why she had to cancel. Robin told Rosie the proof wasn't necessary, that she would have believed her. lol

Robin has been having a great time starting her foundation 15foundation.org. She said they have a big event at Carolines on June 23rd where they will be featuring many great comedians! Rosie will be there too! Robin said her foundation works with existing non-profits that deal with kids who are in impoverished situations and provide programs that can help change their lives. They've recently partnered with New Jersey seeds that discovers talented urban youth and put them in great school situations and teaches them the social skills to feel comfortable in those situations. She said they are also planning a college mentoring program to help H.S. students apply to college and with their SATs. Robin said she does this because she wished that she had this kind of help when she was younger. She wanted to give kids what she didn't have.

Rosie shared with Robin her big news, that she is off soda! Rosie said that her girlfriend Tracy inspired her to do it. Robin and Rosie talked about eating locally and growing and eating your own vegetables from your garden and how they taste better. Robin said that we should have the same outrage when we see pictures of children smoking as we do when we see a 2 year old eating a chicken nugget. She said what we are feeding our kids is bad for them and we as a country need to realize that. They also talked about how fast food restaurants are so prominent in the poorest neighborhoods. After Robin said her feeling on food changed after she became knowledgeable about food. She said she was really sick and the doctors maintained her and took care of her symptoms but couldn't really help her. It wasn't until she stumbled into fasting that she realized she felt better not eating. It was then that she learned the kind of food that works best for her and her body.

Rosie joked with Robin about the guys who listen to The Howard Stern Show and make songs about her boobs! Robin laughs at it. She said they used to have song parody contests for everyone on the staff. She said that Robin and Gary got the best songs. Robin's songs get played everyday just before she does the news.

Rosie said she will order something healthy today when they meet for a meal and Robin offered to do all the talking if Rosie's mouth is too sore from the dentist. You can find out more information about Robin's foundation at http://www.15foundation.org/.

THE GUY WHO CUT OFF HIS ARM AND AMAZING STORIES OF SURVIVAL

Rosie and the crew then talked about the 31 year old man who cut off his own arm in order to save himself. They told the story of this man and his survival and no one in the studio really thought they would have the strength to do what he did. Rosie said that she could understand it if she was out in the elements, like the guy who had his arm crushed by a boulder, but she couldn't imagine doing it in your own home. Bobby thinks he will now keep his cell phone in his pocket all the time now. Janette said that we never really know how we will react to a situation like that until we face it.

Rosie then told a few stories of survival of people that came on The Rosie O'Donnell Show. One woman named Molly, never came on the show but Rosie really wanted her on. This woman swam for 36 hours to save herself from drowning. Rosie said she was obsessed with talking to her. Another woman named Nelly, who appeared on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, survived being trapped in her car drinking rain water and sucking on one mint she had in her purse. Rosie loved those stories.

Rosie told a story of Twin brothers who had a very rough and horrible childhood. When they grew up one brother was on death row and one brother was a successful CEO of a company. The brother in prison said to his brother the CEO, "After all we've been through, how you could become so successful?" And the brother who was the CEO said back to his brother in prison, "After all we've been through, how could you not?" Janette said the single difference between people sometimes is optimism. She said when they study people who have lived a very long time they are all naturally optimistic people. Janette gave everyone permission to order the flowers for her funeral now. :)

KARATE KID, DISNEY WORLD WATER PARKS AND TRACY'S SON ARCHIE
Rosie said again how much she enjoyed the new Karate Kid movie. She said Will Smith's son is so stunning and so good in that movie she almost considered calling him! They then had a discussion of 3D movies and no one really likes them. Rosie said that they give her a headache and Pete pointed out that they cost more money to see! Pete said it's the cheap glasses that make the difference. He said he went to a screening of How To Train Your Dragon at Paramount and they had glass glasses. He said it was a BIG DIFFERENCE and it was great! Bobby mentioned the 3D Toy Story ride at Disney. Rosie said that she promised her kids that they will be going to a water park at Disney this summer. She said being famous and fat at a water park is just not something she's looking forward to.

Rosie said that Tracy didn't know her son Archie had Autism until she had him tested after they moved to New York. Deirdre said that she remembers from the Horse Boy Movie when they said if it wasn't for Autism we wouldn't have some of the best inventions we have today. Rosie talked about what a sensitive soul Archie is and how he doesn't like it when people are mean to anyone. He didn't like it when the fans booed at the Umpires at the Yankee game. Rosie also said that Tracy's is much better with Archie than she is. Rosie's still getting used to having a child with Autism around.

GAME

Brendan introduced a game for the studio called the "TV theme song game." Here's how it went. They played a very short clip from a TV show theme song and the contestant had to guess the TV show.

Round 1

Rosie: got the Three's Company theme song - she guessed it.

Deirdre: got the Lassie theme song. She didn't get it but Janette stole and got her point.

Bobby: got the Will & Grace theme song. He didn't guess it so he was out.

Pete: got the Growing Pains theme song but didn't guess it so he was out.

Donna (a caller): got the theme song to Maude but she didn't get it so she was out but Rosie still gave her a $50 gift card to Chilis and silly bandz!

Round 2

Rosie: got the I Love Lucy theme song and guessed it!

Janette: got the Gimme a Break theme song and guessed it with a hint (that Rosie was once on that show!)

Round 3
Rosie: got the Dallas theme song but she didn't guess it.

So Janette WON!

And Rosie closed the show saying that Jackie, Jeannie and Tracy think the entire staff who told Rosie that she doesn't dress like a slob is a "suck-up" because they said that she IS. So there.

and that's what you missed -kw

6-15-10

In case you missed it...

SOME ROSIE RADIO RANDOMOSITY TO START THE SHOW
Rosie said that something was wrong with Janette during the beginning theme song. She said that Janette has been having a lot of issues lately. Pete and Rosie were really tired today and Rosie's crown fell out last night! She said the temporary that the dentist had put in fell off and she couldn't drink or eat anything hot or cold and nothing sugary.

Rosie also said she's been taking Suzanne Somers vitamins for about 2 years and her assistant, Shoshana, has been laying them out for her every morning. Shoshana told Jackie that she feels like Michael Jackson's pusher and one day Rosie's going to be gone and Shoshana will be the one to blame. Rosie also said she successfully weaned herself off of Effexor. She said it took her 6 weeks but she's off of it after finding out that she was only low in Serotonin. She has since switched medications. Rosie said that people on the blog have suggested to her that that might be the reason she's been grouchy lately.

Janette said that she is a little edgier and been talking a little faster since she stopped smoking. She also admitted that she never read the paper before because she didn't give a crap but lately she's been reading the paper every day because her job requires it and and now she thinks she either needs to move or she needs to bury supplies in the backyard and she can't trust anything. She said the news is making her scared and paranoid.

Rosie said that Parker is out of school for the summer and was listening to the radio show yesterday and wanted to see the video of the tap water catching on fire they were talking about on yesterday's show. She showed it to him and he said "Holy shit! Sorry to say shit mom, but holy shit!" Go to gaslandthemovie.com to read more about yesterday's interview and the movie Gasland.

TANNING AND SUNSCREEN AS CANCER ACCELERANT
Rosie said at the 8th grade graduation party she had this weekend a woman came up to her and advised her to see a dermatologist because of the spot on her nose. Rosie explained that the spot on her nose is not skin cancer but she said she will go again to put everyone's mind at ease. She also said that New York Senator Charles Schumer has been putting heat on the FDA to warn the public about how sunscreen contains the cancer accelerant Retinyl Palmitate. This ingredient is found in most sunscreens and accelerates the growth of tumors and skin cancer. The FDA had this information 10 years ago but never shared it with the general public! Shoshana went to buy the kind of sunscreen at the drug store that didn't contain it and couldn't find any of the safe products that were listed. All she could find was one very small bottle that cost $15!

Janette was then made fun of a bit for her general pessimism with life and how she wakes up every morning and thinks about dying. She explained that she doesn't think about dying per se but she thinks death is coming so she better make the most of today! Rosie refuses to believe that the sun, that she loves so much and that she feels so good when she's in it, will hurt her. She knows people have died of skin cancer but she still has a hard time believing it's bad for you. Jackie's mom still calls Jackie up and yells at her for laying by the pool with Roseann. Rosie enjoys seeing women who are in their 60s or 70s that have that tan, leathery look from years of sun exposure. Rosie thinks it looks good. Also, everyone has been coming up to Rosie and telling her how thin she looks since she's been tan! Deirdre suggested a spray tan and said that they can even spray on a 6 pack for you! Rosie laughed at this thought and said that a sprayed-on 6 pack doesn't work if you have a pregnant-like belly! Rosie said that when she had to get her ovary removed (back when she was doing TROS) she had 3 different incisions. She said that one kept opening up and the doctor told her that was because it was right near her crease! She laughed and said you never want to hear about your "crease" from your physician.

Someone said that skin cancer rates have increased tremendously over the years and that could be because of the sunscreen accelerants or the depletion of the ozone layer. Rosie asked why strangers feel the need to come up to her just to tell her that sunning is bad for her. She said you would never come up to someone and say that being fat is bad for you!

TALKING ABOUT UNCOMFORTABLE SUBJECTS AND THE DARKSIDE OF GIVING
Rosie said that 14 years ago when Parker was in public school, another mom at the school had a face covered in blackhead pimples and acne. The woman's face was giving Rosie a tremendous amount of anxiety so she told this woman that she had just had a facial and how much she enjoyed it. She told the woman that they gave her a free facial and she offered to give it to her (which was a lie, she basically went out and bought the woman a facial). Rosie said nearly a month went by and there was no change in this woman's face and then one day the woman walked in with her hair pulled back and a totally clear face! Rosie said she barely recognized her! The woman told Rosie how much she liked it and thanked her for it. Rosie couldn't believe how great the woman looked. Rosie said she often helps strangers with problems. Deirdre told Rosie she is really sweet. Jeannie, on the other hand, thought giving someone with bad skin a "free" facial is really transparent. Pete said that people also get facials for relaxation so she may not have thought that it was about her skin. Rosie admitted that the need to give is often to quell her own anxiety and that there is a dark side to giving. Rosie said the dark-side of giving is when it actually benefits yourself to do so. For example, she will use giving to control her own inability to fix everything around her. Tracy often asks Rosie who told her she could fix everything. Janette has said it many times, that her going to third world countries to give of her time is more about what she gets out of it than what she gives. Rosie said it's the same when people commend her on adopting kids. She said she's the winner in the adoption because she gets to have kids which makes her incredibly happy.

Jeannie told a story about a girl at the grocery store with a disfigured face. She noticed her kids were staring at the girl so she encouraged them to shift their focus and try to find something else that they noticed about the girl. Her daughter said that she really liked the girl's hair so they told her so. The girl with the disfigurement said that she just got her hair done and smiled. She said it was a good lesson. Rosie said that the reason Jeannie is like this is because she dedicates her life to kids and instead of seeing the malady she sees the totality. Rosie said that Tracy is the same way. Tracy thinks her kids are not that hard because she's dealt with them for years.

Jackie scolded Rosie the other day because Rosie told Tracy that Wyatt almost looks like he's from another planet. Rosie didn't mean it in a bad way at all, she thinks he's beautiful. Rosie talked about seeing beauty in our differences and mentioned a book that Tracy loves called Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic. Rosie said that in the book the woman is walking along the beach and thinks she sees a diamond so she picks it up. After she picks it up she realizes it's cellophane and not a diamond at all and then discards it. The author talks about why we see beauty in things and how something can still be beautiful even if it does not hold the typical standard of beauty. Rosie said it can be a huge perspective shift to see the world with a different set of eyes.

Rosie said that she had a similar experience to Jeannie's at the Starbucks near her house. She said the girl behind the counter had a facial scar and Rosie asked the girl what had happened to her. Rosie said she wanted to connect to her as a person and not ignore it. Rosie said her kids were horrified that she asked about it. But Rosie liked Jeannie's way of focusing on something else rather than the disfigurement. She thought that approach might be better. Jeannie thinks Rosie, because she is famous, can take liberties that the "average Joe" cannot. But Rosie said she's been this way before she became ....pregnant and then corrected herself and said famous! Whoops! She laughed about the slip and said that she didn't have any special pregnancy news to share with the listeners.

SLOPPINESS, INTERVENTION, MURDERERS AND RAPISTS
Rosie said that she will also go up to kids that are virtual strangers and clean them up! She finds this a little odd because she is sort of sloppy. Deirdre and Pete said that Rosie isn't sloppy and Jeannie said they were just kissing her butt because she IS! Rosie said she has OCD about showering and bathing but she's sloppy when it comes to eating. Jeannie said that Rosie had toothpaste on her pajama top when interviewing Chita Rivera! Pete said he's sloppy too and Jeannie said on Pete, the sloppiness is adorable.

On the sloppiness topic, Pete said that Jackie's house is so clean. Rosie said that Jackie's grandmother lived with them growing up and would clean from the moment she woke up in the morning until dinner time. She had a pantry full of cleaning supplies. After Rosie's mother died, Jackie's grandmother would ask Rosie who was cleaning her house since her mom died. And Rosie said "no one." This made Jackie's grandmother crazy and she wanted so badly to go over and clean. Rosie said with 5 kids, no mother, an elderly grandmother and her dad, the house could have really used it! But Jeannie said no matter how messy Rosie's house was it was never as messy as Jeannie's (whose mother was a hoarder).

Rosie said that she watched last night's episode of Intervention but that the show isn't pulling her in like it used to. She said the show was about a woman who was an alcoholic who drank only vodka so that no one could smell it. Rosie wasn't sure if that was possible but Pete said that he would do that in college and it worked. Janette and Pete then talked about how they can tell the difference between vodkas by the taste. Pete compared it to being able to tell the difference between different kinds of pizzas. Rosie asked Pete if he could tell the difference between and an Oreo and a Hydrox. Pete said he could and he and Brendan preferred Hydrox cookies to Oreos which made Rosie gasp in horror! Janette said she used to have a glass of vodka every night of stand-up. Janette said she could drink a half a bottle of vodka and not feel it at one time. But not anymore!

Bobby had a friend named Dean who he once introduced to Rosie that is currently in jail for murder! Dean was not a doctor, he was trained in electrolysis and had learned how to remove hair, tattoos, and moles with this machine. One day he injected a patient with lidocaine and she had an allergic reaction. Instead of taking her to the hospital, she died and he put her in a suitcase and drove her to a house and buried her under a cement driveway! Now Rosie is in the book about the murder just because she met him one time and he came to her house once!

Janette and Rosie said that a comedian that they used to travel with on the road turned out to be a serial rapist. He was a $100,000 winner on the show Star Search and he was booked in a lot of small towns for having a "clean" act with no cursing. Rosie and Janette once shared a condo with him at a booking and stayed in the next room! At the time they had stayed with him he already had a record. The thing was, both Rosie and Janette said he was one of the nicest guys they ever met on the road. They ended up catching him because someone interrupted him raping a girl and the girl grabbed the mask off his face and then went to police and the police created a sketch of him. After he was identified the police went to the towns that he visited and connected him to other unsolved rape cases.

Rosie was only 16 years old when she started stand-up and can't believe she started at it so young because she doesn't even let Parker go to the mall!

JANETTE'S MELTDOWN, JEANNIE'S BIG NEWS AND RAISING RESPONSIBLE TEENS
Janette said she had the driver fired who drives them from the city out to Nyack everyday (though she didn't mean to). She said the driver was very nice but the car, that would smell normal in the morning, would smell as if he bathed in bad cologne by the afternoon. The smell gave her a powerful headache and she had to rinse her sinus cavity out with a Netti pot when she would return home to get the smell out of her nose. Janette said she told the driver that his cologne was giving her an allergy but he didn't listen. Yesterday, after Deirdre checked out the car for Janette and told her she "was fucked" Janette "had a small snit and yelled into the air." She slammed the car door and sort of said, "I don't want another fucking headache!" Deirdre sat in the front seat for her and was texting back to them about how bad the smell was. They have now since changed drivers and Janette feels horrible about it.

In reference to the "small snit" that Janette had, Brendan emailed to the others "Remember in the movie Alien when Ian Holm goes berserk and tries to tear everyone apart?" Yeah, it was sort of like that. That was Janette. Janette defended herself that she had to ride with her head out the window like a dog!

Rosie announced that there is BIG NEWS IN JEANNIE'S LIFE!!!!! Jeannie's daughter, Toni, is graduating from high school a week from today! Toni passed gym! She also passed English which she was struggling in because of Shakespeare. Toni had an anxiety attack during the scheduled final so the guidance counselor and the teacher arranged for her to do a makeup of it yesterday. Toni scored an 88% and passed English. Jeannie said that public school oftentimes gets a bad rap and she's written a letter to the town paper about how wonderful the school is.

Rosie said Jeannie is just finishing up the teen years with Toni and Rosie is just beginning this journey of teendom. Jeannie said the teens are the hardest thing you will ever have to make it through as a parent. She said that parents have no idea how hard it's going to be until you're in it. Jeannie said we enter into parenthood thinking we're so much more evolved and educated than our own parents, that we're never going to have the same problems, blah, blah, blah. And then BAM- the teen years hit. Jeannie said that having gone through what she has gone through with Toni gives her more appreciation of the little ones and the times she has with them. Rosie said that she still misses having a baby around terribly and will call Ellis (her friend/nanny's baby) just to talk to him on the phone! She adores him to pieces.

Rosie has had "the talk" with Parker about safe sex and what age is appropriate but last night she was taking a bath and she called to Parker (who was with his girlfriend watching a movie) and he took WAY too long to answer. Then he told her "be there in a minute!" She said Parker and his girlfriend are both 15 and she's worried. She asked Parker why he turned off his phone and told him that he needs to be accessible to her. She even talked to his girlfriend too to explain to her that they have certain rules in her house that they need to abide by.

Rosie then took several callers who shared their own troubles they have had with their teens, putting teen girls on birth control, maintaining open communication, and teaching teens about STDs . Jeannie said when Toni was 15 she had a steady boyfriend so Jeannie brought her to a gynecologist to have her put on birth control. She said that people in her life expressed their disapproval to her but Jeannie believes that the kids who are going to have sex at a young age are going to do it whether they have birth control or not. She wanted her to be safe and not get pregnant.

Rosie said that Parker shares with Rosie what is going on within his group of friends and she appreciates that. Rosie talked with a caller who will interrupt her sons with their girlfriends with spontaneous bowls of popcorn and drinks but Rosie said she has no desire to catch and shame them.

A listener called in who was a gynecologist who said that parents are terrified to put their teen girls on birth control because they think it gives them permission to have sex. She said that the ones that are going to be sexually active are going to do it regardless and if you're thinking they might need birth control they are probably already are having sex. The doctor said that letting your teen girl see a doctor privately is part of the letting go process. She often has to tell parents that they are not her patients, their daughter is her patient. She said it can be an education for both the mom and the teen. They discussed having sex at a young age and girls giving away too much of themselves sexually without an emotional connection to their partner. They also discussed the gross amount of pornography available to teens on the internet today.

Rosie asked Jeannie if she remembered what it felt like to have those feelings for her boyfriend. Jeannie said she did and she also remembers the feelings of shame and guilt she battled when dealing with sexual feelings. She said she had to walk a fine line with her daughter to not shame her for her feelings but not let her think that it was acceptable either. Jeannie said she stressed with her daughter that she wanted her to be emotionally ready for sex first because if you're not emotionally ready, you will crumble from it. Jeannie's daughter tells her that to this day that she has absolutely no regrets because her first time was with a lifelong friend who will always respect her and be in her life. Jeannie said she at least feels good about that.

Jeannie thought they were going to get disapproving calls from mothers who think it was horrific for her to take her daughter to a gynecologist at a young age. They did not though.

WOULD YOU GIVE A KIDNEY TO A STRANGER?
Bobby mentioned an article he read about a Massachusetts man who put a sign in his front yard advertising that he needed a kidney. He was aware that he was one of 80,000 people who were on a list for a kidney so he began to advertise for one. People seem to be responding to his ad. They then asked the question whether or not you would give a kidney to a complete stranger. Hypothetically, Bobby doesn't know if he would be able to give one of his kidneys to a complete stranger (although he couldn't because he only has one). Janette definitely knows she wouldn't be able to. She said she would help in any way that she could but she wouldn't be able to give up a kidney and have the unnecessary surgery. Jeannie said she would have a lot of questions like how her quality of life would be after the fact since she's a busy mom of three.

Bobby was in a skiing accident almost 30 years ago and the impact of landing on the ski pole severed his kidney. In the hospital for a long time because of it and now only has one kidney. Rosie told Bobby he shouldn't drink so much diet soda because it's bad for his only kidney that's already working overtime.

Rosie said she thinks she would be able to give a kidney to a perfect stranger. She then said she would probably die of a staph infection because of it because she always gets a staph infection after surgery. Bobby said he would definitely give a kidney (if he had one to give) for a family member but if it was for a stranger, he would have to know more about the specific case.

Rosie briefly mentioned a story about a little boy who was selling a valuable Titanic postcard to raise money for his best friend's mother who was dying. Janette mentioned the book Never Let Me Go by the author who wrote Remains of the Day about clones who are created in order to harvest their organs. Rosie then asked if any of the staff has ever read a book and then realized at the end of the book that you're read it before. Pete said that he has done this. Rosie said she did this with the book The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. Janette loved Wally Lamb's She's Come Undone.

A listener called in who gave up one of his kidneys 13 years ago for his Aunt that had kidney failure. He said he was the only match and when he realized it was the only chance to keep his Aunt alive it was a nondecision. His Aunt is still doing well. The caller said he was out of commission for about 2-3 weeks and had some pain and internal things that had to correct themselves but no long lasting effects. He never regrets it and he and his Aunt have a unique bond because of it.

BRYAN BATT

Rosie then interviewed the talented Broadway actor and star of the show Mad Men - Bryan Batt! Bryan and Rosie performed the same role in the Broadway play, Suessical.

Rosie asked Bryan about when he found out he was getting fired on the TV show Madmen. She asked him if he was told ahead of time or if he found out in the script. Bryan said he was told beforehand and as of right now that's Bryan was just on the last 2 episodes of Ugly Betty and he just did a film called Brawler. He also just filmed Mel Brooks' son's movie called Sam.

Bryan is a Broadway boy though and he said he can't wait to get back to Broadway. His first show ever was Starlight Express and he learned to skate for the play skating through Central Park.

Bryan just wrote a book entitled She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother: A Memoir. The "momoir" as he likes to call it is about his childhood growing up in New Orleans. Bryan's mother is now 79 years old and battling cancer for the 4th time. He said she rests all day and goes out every night with her friends. Bryan and his partner have been together for 20 years and live in New Orleans where they own a store called Hazelnut. He said they opened the store 2 years before Katrina and then reopened after. Bryan really enjoys working at the store and finds it freeing to do as an actor. Bryan said that Hurricane Katrina put life into perspective and what was important. Bryan's mom is really happy about the book and has even done a few book signings with him! She loves it and she's loves the notoriety she's getting from it in Louisiana.

Rosie and Bryan talked about how he was gay and how his mother took the news when he came out to her. He said he was amazed that she didn't figure it out on her own. He said he was more worried about how his Republican brother was going to take the news. When he finally came out to his brother his brother asked him "Are you Gay?" And Bryan said "Yes." And his brother said "Thank God, I was worried you just weren't getting any." He said his mother had a greater adjustment period but she loves his partner Tom and in the end everything worked out.

Rosie asked Bryan if he and his partner ever considered having kids and Bryan said that he has 7 Godchildren and 2 wonderful nieces and he never wanted to necessarily have his own kids. He said he admires parents and his friends that are parents because he knows it's a hard job. You can check Bryan's website for a book signing in your area! Bryan ended the interview with Rosie talking about his mom and how he really lucked out having her as a mother. He said he's so thankful his mom is in his life and admires her greatly for her inner strength and her beauty. Rosie said she hopes Parker can say the same thing about her one day. She said he'll say "She's in an institution now, and she still hates that Trump guy, but I love her!" LOL!

GAME -OPENING NARRATION
Brendan called this game Opening Narration. He said there have been a lot of television shows with narrated openings. The game is to guess what show the narration is from. Rosie guessed this game would be Pete's forte! Here we go...

ROUND 1
Pete: "If you have a problem, if no one else can help if you, if you can find them, maybe you can hire_______. He guessed GhostBusters the cartoon. That was wrong. The answer was The A Team! Pete was OUT!
Janette: "In the criminal justice system the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups." She guessed Dragnet and then said Law and Order. Janette got to stay in.
Jeannie: "Gentleman, we can rebuild him, we have the technology." The answer was The Six Million Dollar Man and she got it.
Bobby: "A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hardy high ho silver." The Lone Ranger was the answer and he got it.
Sandy (caller): "You're traveling through another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind." The answer was The Twilight Zone and she got it.
Rosie: "Ladies and Gentleman the stories you're about to hear are true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent." The answer was Dragnet and she got it!
Pete was freaking out because he knew every answer except the answer to the narration that he got.

ROUND 2
Janette: "Once upon a time, there were little girls who went to the police academy. But I took them away from all that and now they work for me." The answer was Charlie's Angels and she got it!
Jeannie: "Dr. David Banner, physician, scientist searching for a way to trap into the hidden strengths that all humans have." The answer was The Incredible Hulk but she didn't get it so she was out.
Bobby: "On November 13th, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his wife." The answer was The Odd Couple and Bobby got it.
Sandy (caller): Like sands through the hourglass, these are __________. The answer was The Days of our Lives and she got it!
Rosie: "Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Samuel Beckett stepped into the _________. Pete had a seizure-like fit and yelled out "Quantum Leap! The greatest show!!!" Rosie cracked up and peed a little. The way Pete said it made him earn his way back in the game. Rosie said Pete was 5 seconds away from needing medication so she let him take her place.

ROUND 3
Pete: Now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything and one son....." He got Arrested Development.
Janette: "A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a life of a man who did not exist." Janette couldn't get it. No one could. The answer was Knight Rider! She didn't get it so she was out.
Bobby-"There's nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture." The answer was The Outer Limits but he didn't get it.
Sandy (caller): "What you're witnessing is real, the participants are not actors, they're actual litigants with a case pending in_______." The answer was The People's Court and the caller got it!
Pete: "This is a story about two sisters. Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell. These are the Tates and these are the Campbells and this is________. The answer was SOAP and Pete didn't get it but Sandy stole it and won!!!!!!!!!!!

Pete did not lose graciously!

Rosie gave Sandy a $50 Visa Giftcard, a $25 Starbucks giftcard, a $100 giftcard from SteppinBirkenstocks.com, Silly bandz, and a Rosie swag bag!

PETE NEEDS LOSING MANAGEMENT
Rosie told Pete that he needs to go to a losing management class. He admitted that the worst fights he and his wife Barbara have ever had have been about games. They've fought over Scrabble and once had a really big fight over a trivia contest they were once in. They had to put three events in chronological order - The Exxon Valdez oil spill, the fall of the Berlin Wall and Black Tuesday. Pete was positive that it was Berlin wall and then Exxon Valdez. Barbara thought she was correct and said she knew the answer. They went with Barbara's guess and she was WRONG. He said it got nasty. Janette said she once didn't speak to someone for a year after he took revenge on her in the game of Life.

Rosie said that she and Jackie and Jeannie and their spouses are going to see James Taylor and Carole King in concert! Lou went out to the end of the show playing so they went out to I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet.

Rosie closed the show.

and that's what you missed - kw