it's open chest. >> yeah, it's open chest. they don't open your heart. >> you had a valve. >> i had a valve replacement. >> how did you know those -- >> i didn't really. i didn't have the symptoms. one of the things without going through every detail -- one of the things i hope by doing this special that i've talked about women have different symptoms than men. did you know that? >> i know they have a lot of heart disease, though. >> they don't get treated in the same way. men they talk about a pain in the arm and women have other things. women have fatigue, women have sweats. i had almost no symptoms. i'd gone to the doctor and had an echo cardio gram. i have no symptoms and then i walk up. there's a fountain in new york in central park called the bethesda fountain. i walk to work almost every day with two people i'm very close

to. >> they're both here. >> they're both here. we walked to work in the morning, and when we climb the fountain, we're a little out of breath, and so were they. one day i said to them, i feel a little pressure in my chest. do you? and they said no. and when i went to the doctor, he said, you know, that's a sign. and just to make this story short, i wanted -- i was thinking of doing it in the summer. they tell you not to go in the hospital in july because that's when the residents change. "grey's anatomy" it isn't. i was going to go in in august. then i had such a big may. i was either giving an award or presenting something, and i said to my cardiologist, well, you know, could i wait until the end of may for this because, you know, it didn't seem to look good. and he said, you can wait, but there's a small risk that you

could drop dead. i said, how soon -- >> tomorrow. >> i told no one until i announced it on the air. >> your first show back to work, you wanted david letterman to be your guest. you swapped heart stories. let's take a look. >> yours were arteries. >> i had pulmonary artery disease. you just blew out a valve. you could have gone to tune-up masters. >> just a second because yours was that your arteries were blocked. >> that's right. >> mine was one of the four valves was closing, and i have a pig valve in mine. you don't have any pig valve in yours. >> i have other pig parts on me, though. >> actually, i had a cow valve. >> you told me this. i never heard of a cow valve. >> they exist. moo, moo. >> you said pig valve there, though. >> i made a mistake. it affected my brain.

>> letterman and i had the same doctor. >> and you had the same -- >> same surgery. he had quintuple. i had quintuple. they go in a different route. >> i mean it sounds so awful. >> sounds weird. >> but i didn't really have a terrible time, you know. you're supposed to get depressed. very often you do. i didn't. i wasn't in pain. >> were you a good patient? >> yeah. but i mean i guess i was in good shape. and the time that i first came back on the show, because i was going to take the summer off, was when president obama came on the show in late july. and i thought, i can't miss this. >> not you, barbara. barbara showed her "view" audience her scar. let's take a look. >> if you want to see my scar -- >> i do. >> you are looking at it. >> what do you mean? >> what do you mean? >> my scar starts somewhere around here. >> i don't see it.

do you have makeup on it? sq >> i have a little bit but -- >> i'm right next to you, barbara. >> i thought that was cleavage. >> it really does look like cleavage. >> you do not see it. >> that's fantastic. >> it's a great piece of work, that surgeon. i have a very thin line too. it's amazing because some people have it, and you can really see the scar. >> can we discuss something else? >> okay, yeah. >> i hate people who say, let me tell you about my operation. let me tell you about my operation. >> you're healthy now? >> i feel great. it's over with. i don't have to think about it, pig or cow or whatever. i can just sit back and enjoy pals. >> we have a facebook question. you have facebook, right? >> no, i'm not on facebook. >> well, i'm on it, but i don't know what to do with it. cnn has me on it. i've never looked at it. >> millions of people who love you are supposed to call up dr. >> this facebook says star jones had heart surgery earlier this year. did you ever compare notes?

>> no. >> you kicked off your 14th season earlier this month, and the 3 thousandth episode is this thursday. >> yes. >> did you ever think it had longevity? >> no. you know, what happened was that the network -- we were on at 11:00 in most of the country, 10:00 in los angeles. and the network was havinging trouble. it was a bad time period because 9:00 in the morning, 10 in the morning, the women are shopping, picking up the kids at school, and so on. they said to me, they said to bill getty, who is my producer of my specials, do you have any ideas for a show? i said, well, i have an idea for a show, which was sort of based on when david brinkley used to put the panel together. it still exists. he used to do it on the sunday news program. i said, i'd like to do that, different women of different generations discussing the topics of the day. that's how the show began. it's not a very difficult

format. what we have gotten right is the chemistry. i mean there are so many shows that are going on the air and copying us. we have been very fortunate in having the right chemistry. >> you were on with us right before it began. how did you pick that great name, "the view"? >> i think we were going to call it "the view from here" or something, and it was already taken. but at the time, most of what i was doing, i was on 20/20 then, abc's news magazine every week. this was kind of on the side. run ar ledge said, i don't want you to do this. it's going to lessen your reputation. people think of you as a serious journalist and you're going to do this stuff with the other women. i said, you know, i'll do it two days a week. and joy behar was supposed to take my place the other three days. she's the only one who's still on the show after 14 years. >> how many days do you average a week now? >> now three. we never thought that it would

go on. >> the president of iran will be our guest tomorrow night. back with barbara walters after this. we'll talk about her guest thursday night. don't go away.

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tina fey is barbara walter's featured guest on "the view" 3,000th episode this thursday morning. tina wrote some interesting parodies of the show for "saturday night live." let's take a look.

>> i'm doing lots of press. >> you know, for someone who has absolutely no experience in this industry other than wrangling a bunch of kids into a minivan on camera, you seem very self-assured. >> thank you for saying that, barbara. actually, every day i practice emphatically talking in front of a mirror. >> you know, the only thing i practice in front of a mirror is sucking in my back fat. so what? who cares? >> i don't even own a mirror. the last time i looked in the mirror i gave myself one of these. and you know what was weird? the mirror gave me one of these. >> that's very funny. >> years ago when gilda radner did you with barbara wawa, you didn't like it. >> i didn't at all. it was when i first left nbc and had been very happy and went to abc to be the first female anchor of a network news

program. and she did barbara wawa. it bothered me being made fun of until i walked into my little girl's room. she shouldn't have been watching television, but she was. she said, oh, mommy, she's so cool. and i thought, i've got to learn to laugh at myself. and after she died, i wrote a letter to her wonderful husband and said how sad i was because she died much too young. and i signed it barbara wawa. >> the show thursday, tina fey is the special guest. >> then we have surprise guests and we sort of look back all over all of the years. well, we have somewhat different casts, and each one of us, perhaps what we remember the most and what was the most important thing. i think the one that i chose was coming back in the year after 9/11 because for a program that's somewhat newsy but also is supposed to be entertain, that for me was a very hard

time. each of the women picked their own segment. >> when did "the view" start making news? last couple years? >> i think we made news before that, but the last couple of years we've become much more political. maybe because of this particular , which is politically oriented. whoopi really cares. elisabeth hasselbeck does. sherri shepherd does her homework. joy, who's a flaming liberal. once we had barack obama on this summer. we've had, what, colin powell on last week. we had prime minister blair on with us. we had jimmy carter yesterday. so we can be -- you know, we can ask the tough questions, and then at the next moment, you know, be amusing. >> how long are you going to

keep on? >> i knew you would ask me that. i said, he's going to say to me, how long are you going to keep doing this and i have a prepared answer. >> what is your prepared answer? >> here is my prepared answer. i will know when the time is right to leave, as you did. >> you know when it's time. you do. >> yeah. and the program is very successful. i'm having a good time. i'm in very good health. i will not be doing this forever. i, myself, know when the time is. but right now, i feel valued and happy. >> we couldn't have it any better. >> even if it were not the prepared answer, that's what i would say. >> we'll be right back with barbara walters. don't go away. >> it's not just him. he's been trying to do it. >> you don't just say do it today. it does take time to prepare. he has to talk to the military. it's happening to --

>> will you say something good about the republicans? will you say something? no, no, no. let's just -- >> he got information from generals. >> you know, i leave this program, all of us do, and i know what whoopi goes through. i leave at the end of this day, i'm so tired, and i haven't done anything. >> that was today. whoopi has been off for a few days, so i was moderating. >> you ever lose it, barbara? >> no, because we do -- they do have very fierce arguments, but we genuinely like each other. and when we get into the station break, you know, it's this is the way i feel, this is the way you feel, and there isn't that animosity. i said today, larry is going to ask how we get along, and joy said tell him we hate each other. >> i've been there for some of that. i've seen you argue before. >> then we pick up the next subject. it's really amazing. and we're not afraid to argue. sometimes it gets very intense. >> i know how competitive you

are. >> less than i was. much less than i was. >> are you concerned that cbs is starting a show -- i want to get this right -- called "the talk"? it will be co-hosted by julie chen, sara gilbert, sarah osborn, holly robinson peete. "the talk." >> dick clark did a show that was all men. there was a time when they were trying to take the third hour of "today" and make it that kind of a show. i hear that there may be something on oprah's new network. look, as i said, it's not the most amazing concept to put people together. you see it as a panel every sunday, the last section of the news shows. i think what has made ours what it is, we first of all have a super producer, and the show is funny, and it's strong. then we've just been very lucky with our cast. even rosie, you know --

>> that was the most troublesome time. >> it ended in a difficult way, and i have -- you know, i have respect for rosie. i think she's a big talent. but when i asked rosie to be on the show, that wasn't a mistake. i mean she was wonderful on the show. i think the problem is if i have to think about it now is that she said she didn't want to drive the bus. she wanted to be a passenger. and she's such a big talent, she wanted to drive the bus. but, you know, we've been very courageous in a way in the people that we pick. look at whoopi. i mean, you know, we took a chance on whoopi. she had not done this kind of a show. she's been simply wonderful. the audience loves her. >> what do you make of oprah leaving and starting a network? >> you know, this woman, i have such admiration in what she has done and how she has conducted her life. and she's been doing it for 25 years. that's a long time. you were doing it for 25 years. i did 20/20 for 25 years, and there comes a point -- that's

why i mean "the view" for me is something different. there comes a point where it begins to become what, again, another guest? another big get? people don't understand how tough it is to get the guests. >> when it's over, what are you doing tomorrow? >> how many times did you and i, even though we're crazy about each other, you know, try to get the guest? and i think that for oprah, she's still young enough to have a whole other chapter. there's no one like oprah. >> president obama appeared on "the view" in july. he was the first sitting president to appear on a daytime talk show. watch. >> were you invited to chelsea clinton's wedding? >> you know, i was not invited because i think that hillary and bill properly want to keep this as a thing for chelsea and her soon-to-be husband. and i am going to have -- i'm letting you guys know now. y'all probably will not be invited to malia's wedding or sasha's wedding.

>> have boys entered the picture yet for your girls? >> thankfully no. >> you like him? >> we also asked him very serious questions. it was a great honor for us no matter how you feel politically to have the president of the united states on a daytime talk show with five women, you know, asking questions. yes, i do like him. i think -- you know, jimmy carter, who was on your program and mine, talked about the things that he accomplished while he was in office, for which he was not appreciated. and i think obama says, i've done this, and we did that, and we've avoided the recession and whatever you think of the health care bill, so on and so on, people say his message has not gotten through. and perhaps it will. but do i like him personally? yes, i do. >> president carter said he's never seen the country as split and as angered as it is. >> as angry. >> boy. >> that's what's scary. >> no civility. >> even with george bush with

people so divided about the iraq war, but the country wasn't angry. they may have been angry at him, but it wasn't -- i find that very worrisome, the kind of anger and vitriol that we're hearing. it's something that somehow or other we have to find moderation. >> i'm going to ask barbara about the tea party's new it girl, christine o'donnell of delaware, next. don't go away. a must in your medicine cabinet! less sick days! cold coming on? zicam is the number one cold shortening brand!

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. we're back with barbara walters. 3,000th show celebration this thursday. tina fey and surprises thursday morning. by the way, jerry seinfeld is

our guest thursday night. we taped it earlier. >> i hear it was hilarious. >> hilarious hour. anyway, what do you make of o'donnell, the tea party, the whole phenomena, the story. >> the perhaps republican nominee -- she is the republican nominee in delaware. i don't agree with many of her social views, which i'm not going to delineate. i try to keep my political opinions to myself. the big question is when she said, you know, i played with witchcraft and so forth, but, gee, i was in high school. i mean how far back -- that's an unfair criticism. how far back do we go and look at someone and say, aha, that's wrong today. she was on bill maher's show. i forgive her that. her views and her stand -- >> fair game. >> that's something that has to be examined. you asked -- >> what do you make of the tea

party phenomena? >> it's pretty much what we were talking about. there's a great deal of rage. obama said i wish the tea party, the republicans, they want to cut spending. tell me what you want to cut. do you want to cut the money for veterans? do you want to cut medicare? tell me what you want to cut. don't just be mad. and i think this feeling of, you know, everything's going wrong, and i'm furious, and i don't want this, and i don't want -- they haven't said what it is that could be done positively. and i hope that that will happen because there is genuine anger, and there's a reason for the anger. but then let's look at the solutions instead of just screaming and yelling. that's something that i said to the women of "the view" today. stop screaming. >> they scream a lot on "the view." >> yes, they do. >> are you planning a show with just men? that's a rumor. >> no, we are not planning -- the answer to your question is, no, we are not planning a show

with just men. >> could it work in the daytime? >> well, dick clark did it. >> it didn't work, did it? >> i think it become a travesty because then you have men putting on panty hose. i think there may be a place to have a mixed audience -- i mean a mixed panel. >> group. >> and at the moment, we have no plans. >> but you wouldn't be adverse to exec producing a show, would you? >> i think we'd have to have a show that has a reason and that has a format. i mean this is what's been so good. this is why we've lasted for 14 years. we really have known what we're doing. >> you had lady gaga on. we had her on. what do you make of her. >> this was very funny because i thought she was going to come on and put me on. i had seen one interview she had done where she was very blank. i thought this was going to be very dreadful. i'm going to have a very hard time. she came on in a stunning chanel suit. she took off her sunglasses. she said, i will only do this for you.

it was a very intelligent interview. i didn't know whether she was doing it out of respect for me or what, or whether it was just because -- i don't know. whatever her reason, she was wonderful, and we did it on ten most fascinating people. nobody knew who she was. this was two years ago. we had to practically explain to the audience who she was. look what has happened in two years. >> she's quite a girl. >> she has great talent, and i liked her a lot. >> interviewed sarah palin, but she won't do "the view"? >> she won't do the view. sometimes it's hard to have all of these women. that's why i thought the president was very brave. but i did interview her for abc news, and she's very charming and very likable, and so is her husband. >> tell me about what happened between mckayla sew haly, the white house interrupters and your show backstage. what happened? >> it was crazy. she's on with the other women.

she's on with the other women and they start up sparring with each other. you were drunk, no i wasn't. you were drunk, no i wasn't. not all of us were doing the interview. just two of us. whoopi, who occasionally walks out, walked out and touched her arm like that and said, get back to the white house because she thought, oh, enough of this conversation. when it was over, she -- not whoopi. what's her face, now? >> michaela. >> michaela was crying and said, whoopi hit me. woop pi never hit her. so whoopi admittedly -- and then the husband started to take pictures. woop pi then opened her mouth and used, as she said, some choice words. >> you were witnessing all this? >> i heard about it afterwards. i wasn't there. if i'd been there at the time, i would have told her to stop crying, and i would have gotten whoopi out of the room. we talked about it the next day. whoopi was very honest. she always is. we showed with the isolated

camera that whoopi, all she did was just say, talk about the white house. and it became a big thing, and it's over, and it's -- >> why are the salah his famous? w >> why are all the reality shows famous? >> you tell me. >> a little bit of controversy, a little bit of trouble, and we've got to fill hours and hours. bravo, which probably does them more than anybody else, that's their whole program. you know, the cable shows. it's talk, talk, talk, and if you can find a bone to chew on, you'll chew it until there's just this much of the bone. it's a different time in television. >> but these people become a hit for being a hit. >> off of being messy, off of being sort of -- you know, it seems to me all they do is drink and shop, you know? where are we going today? where are we drinking? where are we shopping? you know, they're famous for being famous. where will they be ten years from now? they'll be rich. i don't think they'll be on the

air. >> who's your surprise guest? i just threw it in. i just threw it in. just thinking about it. all right. >> i wish it were you, darling, but it isn't. >> i'll be there. >> i hope you will be. you're going to come on. let me do your last interview. >> male or female? >> male or female what? >> the surprise guest. that's all i'm asking. >> oh, male. >> oh. >> you won't guess. i won't tell you. >> oh, he wouldn't do -- he's going to do the show? >> who? >> him. barbara walters is our guest. we'll be right back with barbara, one of my favorite people. don't go away.

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we are going to go out there. >> what are we going to do? >> whew, that was fun. just a touch-up. >> who came up with that bit? >> you want me to do it now for you? >> yeah. who came up with it? >> bill getty. >> great idea. >> our producer. >> who did the twirling? >> we hired a young woman. we got -- >> a gymnast, i hope. >> yeah. you know, i can -- i could stand up and sit down, and then we had the matching sweat pantsuit. then we got a wig and brian did the same look as mine. we made sure the hair was the same, the makeup was the same. >> and it worked. >> it works. that was the day that i -- the first day that i came back for good, the day after labor day when the view" began its new

season. >> your network has a major hit "dancing with the stars". >> we showed some of them today. >> how do you explain that phenomenon? >> first of all, i think everybody loves dancing. it's fun to see them dance. and what they accomplish, i mean bristol palin was on today, and the situation as they call him. what they accomplish in a couple of weeks or even four or five days is wonderful. it's an exciting kind of contest, and they're not -- you kn know, dancing with the stars. it's sort of dancing with wannabe stars. but it's fun and also throughout the history of television and radio, we love contests. i mean, you know, years ago there was -- what's that -- amateur hour. >> sinatra went on that show. >> beverly sills went on and i think lost. so we've always loved contests and this is something that's just fun to watch. we're supposed to have this year

all the losers on "the view." >> after they get knocked off. sandra bullock was one of your interviews. >> academy award night. >> why does everybody love her? >> because she's adorable. it was interesting because we were asked and because it was academy award night, we were told, please don't ask about her children. so i didn't. one week later, out came the "people" magazine story about her little boy being adopted. >> did that bug you? nobody told new. >> i wish they told me. but she is delightful. she is natural. she has a great sense of humor. i love sandra bullock. >> by the way, we have a facebook question. if you could interview anyone alive that you didn't already interview, who would you choose? >> the pope. >> me too. >> queen elizabeth. you always want the person who won't do an interview. probably we'd all want to do the pope, wouldn't we? >> oh, yeah. >> everybody else you've gotten. >> you did fidel.

>> yes, i did. i did a major interview with fidel. >> did he charm you? >> yes. and then i wanted to do another interview. there are a couple of things wrong with him, you know. i mean he is a dictator, and he does not allow dissent. i'm not just saying, oh, isn't he interesting? and then it took me 25 years to get the next interview, and, you know, i would love to do one now. i think it's the least he could do for me after all these years. but, you know, we keep putting our requests in. i don't know where they go. >> don't we all? >> they don't seem to go to him. >> we'll be back with barbara walters. 3,000th show thursday. don't go away. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people saw 90% clearer skin even at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to.

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we're back with barbara walters. what was your most challenging interview over the years? is it possible to pick one out? >> well, what comes into my mind are the number of murderers i've done and the number of prisons i've been into. you know, the interviews that you are proudest of, you mentioned fidel castro, anwar sa sadat. i've interviewed you, every president and every first lady and so on. i think that i heard that john lennon's murderer, john david chapman, was just refused bail. that's on my mind at the moment because i just heard it. i did him in prison, and at the end of it, he kept saying, i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry. i mean it was very strange. the menendez brothers. >> i had one of them on. >> we had both of them on after they were sentenced. and erik menendez still writes to me. >> bright guy.

>> very. said i'm just a normal boy. and i said, erik, you're a normal boy who killed your mother and father. oh, jean harris. i did almost every major -- you remember she killed the scarsdale doctor. he did so many interviews with her and had such empathy for her that my network said, you can't interview her anymore. you're prejudiced. >> the most amazing thing was how mario cuomo, very sensitive guy. >> he would not pardon her. he said if i did it with her, i have to do it with the others. and i saw her, jean, after she got out of prison, and she's leading a nice and productive life. >> is she still around? >> she has two very fine and very devoted sons, and she did a lot to bring about better relationships for the prisoners with their children because there were no facilities for the children. there were no picture books or crayons or so forth. there was no opportunity for them to go on to high school if

they needed special training or for college, and she worked with one of the nuns on that. she tried very hard to lead a productive life, and that was a crime of passion. >> anybody you don't want to interview? >> that i don't want to interview? >> yeah. >> you and i have -- people have said, would you interview ben -- why would you give him airspace? >> in a second. >> now i'm putting on the abc news hat. you have to try as much as possible to be objective. now, this is fading in news. i was brought up in the school of you don't give your opinions. you do the interview, and if you do the right kind of an interview, you will get the person to -- let the audience judge, and the audience will know how you feel. but there's almost -- i mean i'm sure i'm going to go home tonight and say why didn't i say that to larry? and i'll call you at 3:00 in the morning. but, no, there's almost no interview that i wouldn't do.

>> me too. did you have a favorite subject that you do? >> a favorite? >> is there a favorite? would you rather do an actor? >> no. i think -- they're not my favorite people to interview. that's why i stopped doing the academy awards. as much as i liked them, i got to me tired of the same questions and a lot of the same answers. there are actors whom i like enormously. we have them all the time on the view although less celebrities than in the past. we're a little more political, a little more juicy, i think. but, no, they're not my favorite people. and comedians are very hard to interview. i mean some of them like jerry seinfeld, who is so smart and discusses so many subjects. but very often it's sort of ba da dum. you know?

back are barbara walters. look how healthy. don't go away. we're back with barbara walters. there were reports over the summer that hbo was interested in turning your best-selling memoir, great title, audition, into a movie, true? >> into a documentary. >> follow you around? >> not exactly. i mean i can't tell you because it's down the line, and it's not -- >> are they going to do it? >> let's say we're in talks, okay? but i mean, for example, they did one with ted kennedy, which is his story, but it's voiceover. i won't be on, i don't think. and i think -- i think a lot of it has to do with my early years on television because that's something that i think men can we late to, but certainly women can, some of the struggles, some of the humor. and my childhood, which you knew my father, who was a very famous

show business impresario. i think it will deal with that. it will not, i wouldn't expect, deal with the interviews i've done although some of them because we have those interviews. but it's just in the talking. hbo is so creative and so imaginative. >> was it hard to break ground? >> well, i didn't have a choice. you see, i couldn't say, well, i could do this or i could do that. what i did was not waving the flag and making, you know, i'm going to be out there for women. >> i didn't kick the door open? >> i did kick the door open, but i kicked the door open by my work, i hope, and not because i was -- i mean i was not, you know, i was not a television suffragette. i kicked the door open because after being there 11 years, i was named the first co-host of a morning program. and ever since then, every woman has been named a co-host. i kicked the door open when i

did certain interviews that women weren't doing. so that i'm so proud of the women today. there are so many of them that are wonderful. that's my legacy. >> sure is. >> maybe that's it more than any of the interviews i've done. >> the best thing is no one makes a deal of it anymore. >> isn't that wonderful? >> you ain't kidding. we'll be back with our remaining moments and a look back over the career she and i with barbara walters, next. nothing kills more viruses, including the covid-19 virus, on more surfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. lysol. what it takes to protect.

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as we mentioned before, this is barbara's 20th and likely final appearance on larry king live. let's take a look at some of the fun we've had through the years. >> i can remember just before the war in iraq, being in

jordan, trying to do an interview with king hussein. sitting in the ante room, what was everyone watching? larry king. >> i feel that we have different programs. i watch you myself. i'm hoping everybody switches the kmchannel at 10:00. >> i have nothing to plug except for my affection for you. >> now the grand dame, barbara walters. >> why do you introduce me as the grand dame? >> what would you like? >> sex pot. >> we'll do it over. >> all right, sex pot. >> a network, cnn, someone came and said do an hour. >> i would never do cnn because there's only one larry king, and he's the best. >> is this the future, you and me on the abc/cnn channel? >> wouldn't that be nice? we could finally be together ♪ someday when i'm awfully low and the world is cold ♪ ♪ i'm going to feel a glow just thinking of you ♪ ♪ and the way you look tonight ♪

>> i love you, my friend. i wish you everything good. >> we still have a few minutes left. >> i sort of like that ending. >> is there anything -- >> okay. >> -- you haven't done that you tell yourself, i should have done or i'd like to do? >> i'm very big on could da should da would da. but i'm getting much better. i don't do that as much anymore. no. i mean i've got -- fortunately with my cow valve, i'm in very good health, and i'm so blessed to have the life i have that i'm trying very hard to just enjoy it. >> has the surgery changed you? >> i'm not sure, but i did say i'm not going to go to the big parties i don't want to go to. i'm not going to go to shakespeare, who i don't really like, plays of shakespeare. sorry. i'm not going to do the things that i think i should because i should show up, and i should be

seen. i'm going to just do things that give me threat pleasure, like tonight. >> thank you. while you're still as aggressive as ever -- >> no. i think -- no, because on "the view" we don't have to get the biggest get. on my specials, the ten most fascinating people can be all kinds of people, and i like to do -- i mean to do the special and the open heart surgery. then i've got another big interview that is a big get coming up. but i'm not in there every day making the phone calls. >> did you do the big get already? >> no, i have not done the big get already. >> do you get more up for the big get? >> i want it to be -- i want it to be -- if you're going to get a get, you better get a good get, and you better -- >> get the get and get. >> yeah. and get a good show. >> are you more up for them, though? >> it's not that i'm more up or not. >> you always want to do a good job. >> the first week that i came back on abc, i was doing "the

view," but i did story on children with a disease where children are born normal and then they get older and older and usually die by the time they're in their teens. and it had nothing to do with show business, and it was just a -- >> brad pitt did that movie. >> sort of, except brad pitt got younger and younger. these children get older and older, and there's only 65 of them, i think, in the world. >> there's only one barbara walters. >> thank you, larry. there's only one larry king. >> her 3,000th show thursday morning. tina fey and a surprise guest, and she didn't tell me who it was even off the air. iran's president will be here for the hour tomorrow night. jerry seinfeld thursday. and the cast of "saturday night live" on friday. anderson cooper and ac 360 is next. anderson. hello and welcome to our viewers g