Sir Ian McKellen stopped by 'The View' on Thursday for a friendly chat about his latest project, but ended up schooling Whoopi Goldberg on the difference between Dumbledore and Gandalf.After discussions about his TV series 'The Prisoner' and a semi-testy exchange with Elisabeth Hasselbeck about flu shots and government health care, McKellen got asked: "Are you coming back in 'Harry Potter'?" The question, from the show's moderator, silenced the audience and confused the rest of the panel.
"Well, if I were Michael Gambon, I might. But I don't play Dumbledore," he explained. "I play in 'Lord of the Rings.'" [crickets]
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Thursday 05 November
By Wendy
They need to do some homework before a guest is on the show.
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Thursday 05 November
By Sweetjanice39897
Not when you think you know everything like Those Ladies.
Friday 06 November
By hookmrl
who cares and does any one watch this liberal hour put all the hosts together and still would not have any brains woopie is the most useless ,like her useless pres
Thursday 05 November
By Bob Sounder
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Thursday 05 November
By jababaland
Yeah, then she asked him if we will ever see "little black hobbits." Give it up, Whoopi! He should have answered, "perhaps when we see little gay hobbits." Tolkien must be shaking his head somewhere.
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Thursday 05 November
By L
Well put, fellow scholar. Do you think anyone in this discussion knows the background of Tolkien or C.S.Lewis??
Friday 06 November
By DiAnna
Hyper-super Christian? Or are you referring to something else?
(Hyper-super Christian, meaning likely very homophobic, and also racist due to the times they lived in)
Thursday 05 November
By holmma7
So what!! Whoopi is almost always on point. Everyone is entitled to a miss.(right church, wrong pew). Elisabeth was the one, as usual, she was rude, over-talking the guest in order to make HER point.
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Thursday 05 November
By Maria
I agree with you. I don't watch this show, it just happened to be on my aol that I clicked on it. It was really irritating and annoying of that woman hasselback to distastefully interrupt a guest so she could bring up her unsolicited political nonsense. If she wants to talk about politics, why can't she just make her own political show for all of her political crap?! Can't stand her!
Thursday 05 November
By tonie
Gahhh I totally agree. Elisabeth was so rude! As soon as Ian sat down she started spewing false information. It was so annoying. I mean seriously. I'm tired of her saying crap. That's all it is, is crap. She needs to get her facts straight before she starts forcing her opinions on people.
Friday 06 November
By Gort,say g'day,eh?
Wrong again. Whoopie (cushion) is the one that is usually rude. Elizabeth is the only sensible one on the show.
Friday 06 November
By harleydeby
That twit Elizabeth is the reason I can't watch the show any longer. He voice sounds like fingernails on a chalk board and she constantly has to interject her nasal comments when she should have kept quiet and let someone else speak. I can not STAND that woman. If they'd get rid of her, I'd be a viewer again....
Thursday 05 November
By Carol
Elizabeth needs to get a life. She is so rude and never, never, never shuts-up......How does she stand herself?????????!!!!!!! Please zip it!!!!!!
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Thursday 05 November
By Billy Bleachblood
Elizabeth is the only one on this show with any sense or intelligence.
Thursday 05 November
By cc
Sometimes I wonder what drugs Whoopi's on.
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Thursday 05 November
By Jackie E.
Whoopi likes the ganga.
Thursday 05 November
By Ztruth
She was probably on something for her miserable cold - you people who don't like her because of her looks - her hair, how she dresses - whatever - need to notice how good she listens and how level headed she is - a stark contrast to the loud, annoying ego of Elisabeth who just wants to rant her Limbaugh parroting.
Thursday 05 November
By jim
Good ole LIB DEM whooooooopie!!! What a FOOL! LOL!! Of course since she is a LIB DEM OBAMABOT Idiot she gets a pass!!! DUH!!!
I don;t know how Elizabeth puts up with all of the LIB DEM CRAP spewed by all of those LIB DEM OBAMABOT MORONS, day after day!!
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Thursday 05 November
By stephanie
Jim! You poor fool.
Thursday 05 November
By Vampira
I like Whoopie but I think people getting paid a lot of money for one hour of air time should do the work that is required behind the scenes or pay an assistant-it is very disrespectful to the people who come on the show,granted they are "only entertainers" but they are in the "entertainment" business and make lots of money from these actors/celebrities/stars/musicians who come on their show-people don't watch only for "hot topics" how long can you listen to opinionated women talk over each other before your head explodes we watch for the guests,would she like it if someone mistook her for the predator?
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