The View.

LEFT, Yogi Dominguez - third from right, second runner up in the 1972 Ms. International Beuaty Pageant, was one of the hosts of  Ms. Ellaneous.

I never liked  ABC's television show "The View."  Even the presence of the controversial Star Jones, then Rosie O'Donell nor that of Barbara Walters could prevent me from switching channel. The few times I actually watched it, I was only enamored of the host Elizabeth Hasselback.  

I like Whoopi Goldberg who replaced the hustler Rosie O'Donnel better as an actor not as a host. Same with Sherri Shepherd; I like her better when she was acting as the cop-partner of Robert, Raymond's brother in the show Everybody Loves Raymond. 

I don't like the View because I find it noisy; everyone seems to be speaking all at the same time. I am reminded of committee or general meetings where staff out voice each other to get the attention of the Big Boss.

Elizabeth Hasselback is a Republican.  In the last U.S. Presidential elections, all except Elizabeth rooted for the Big O.  She also campaigned with Mrs. McCain. 

There was a Philippine TV talk-magazine show in the late 70's to mid-80's which also had an all-female panel like The View.   It was called Ms. Ellaneous and had Ma-An Hontiveros, Tina Revilla and Yogi Domingues as hosts. I used to watch this show over at GMA but I don't recall any "sapawan," (camera hugging) among the three female hosts.

Back in the early 2000's, there was another show with the word view in its title - Points of View  which writer Jessica Zafra hosted.  I never got to see any episode of this show but I heard some of her interviews over at her blog.

Meanwhile, an American talk-show that I prefer over Conan O'Brien's Late Show (he was booted out by NBC from the eleven o'clock late night show spot and replaced by /handed back to Jay Leno) is Jimmy Kimmel Live at ABC.  I adore Jimmy Kimmel's sidekicks - Beatrice, Uncle Frank and Guillermo (Giyermo).

Giyermo reminds me of our office handyman Luis who hails from Chile and is a soccer fanatic and a hardworking family man who maintains two jobs and still could work on weekends doing renovation and repair jobs ( I used to call him to work at the condo). This guy drives a rust-colored SUV. 

Point of View.  Hardwork and persistence always pay off.