>> yes, they do. >> they get new material each and every day. no question about it. >> never lack of it. >> thanks, erica. see the most recent "shots" on our website, ac360.com. that does it for this edition of 360. thanks for watching. american morning is next. tonight, joan rivers smack down. why did the qvc queen take me out at her roast? i'll ask her about that and how she got so rich. then levy and me. >> i'm going to be looking at his beautiful, chocolate eyes all night and waiting for magic to happen. >> that's right. the father of sarah palin's grand baby strolls the red carpet with his cougar, me. >> i don't really pay attention to other women, you know? >> see, he only has eyes for me. >> what happened when the

cameras stopped rolling. >> i have your back. >> thank you. >> then kids with crowns. baby beauty pageants. their parents are here. should i be calling children's protective services? next on "larry king live." good evening. i'm kathy griffin sitting in for larry. can you believe it? i know. anyway, larry's on vacation. joining me tonight is comic, writer and entrepreneur, joan rivers. her new show "how'd you get so rich" airs wednesday nights on tv land. she'll be appearing at the venetian ballroom in las vegas later this month and in early september. you have to see her live, by the way. her live shows are fantastic. that is where the fur really flies. joan joins us live from qvc. i think there's a separate room where they print her money. i really do. anyway, there in pennsylvania. joan, how are you doing? >> i'm so excited talking to you. it was so great last night on

the roast for comedy central. if people don't know, you were the roast mistress and you were terrific. >> joan, you knocked it out of the park. first of all, let's take a quick look at some of the proceedings. >> okay. >> joan started out in brooklyn as little joan molinsky. you know, my joni, jewish girls are supposed to grow up and marry doctors, not support them. joan is not an orthodox jew but men still [ bleep ] through a sheet so they don't have to look at that face. >> kathy griffith, yes, my good friend, you call yourself the biggest star? is that what you say when you come out here? the biggest star in this room? that's like calling yourself the thinnest girl in kirstie alley's house. i mean, it's like -- >> joan, do you have any idea how excited i am that you would refer to me as skinny? >> oh, you are so thin.

you look like you went to union of schindler's list. i'm telling you, you are just thin, thin, thin. >> that makes me emotional. it is so sweet. i have strived for that and starved myself just for this moment. >> yeah. david brenner who likes women who walk out of auschwitz, david brenner would think you're hot. that's how thin you are. >> that's it. i'm calling him. although you probably heard i'm in a romantic relationship with levi johnston. >> i saw. >> maybe to make him jealous we'll call david brenner. tell me how you felt watching the roast. how did you feel about it? give me the dish. >> i was nervous for everybody. you want everybody to be good but not better than you're going to be. because i knew i was coming at the end and every time somebody would do a joke, i'd say, damn, i can't do danny bonaduce because they just done it. damn, i can't do a joke on whatever. i was nervous.

i was -- and very excited at the same time. i thought it was wonderful. >> when we have dinner, at first you were telling me in new york, you were saying, oh, you didn't know if you wanted to do it. do you get now in a really twisted way it really is an honor? >> no. i'm sorry. no. >> who are you speaking to and who are you not speaking to? >> i'm speaking to everybody, i think. you especially. when i decided to slap you, i thought oh my god, there goes that friendship. i only have three friends left. they're either not talking to me or they're dead. i was so scared that would kill my christmas list this year. >> joan, i have to tell you, i forgot to tell you that night. i swear my jaw buzzed for three days. you clocked me. it was like a ghetto girl fight. >> i didn't -- i swear i didn't mean to. i swear. the next night we went to cher's house and we made up. >> yes. >> how about that?

>> what about that moment? where the heck were the camera crews then? >> can we just -- you called me up and said, let's have dinner. then you called me and kathy said would you mind if cher joins us? you go, i can't believe this. we went to cher's house. and we sat around. >> cher doesn't live in a house, she lives in a compound. there's a difference. >> it's huge. >> it's huge. >> i kept thinking with all the plastic and all three of us, don't let us serve anything program bay. please, god, we'll go up. >> i think i got implants on the way out and didn't feel it. cheek lifting. >> she's just great. i'm crazy about cher. >> tell me about your history. the reason -- i know you guys go back. i love when you told me one time cher came up to you one time and said she was angry when she wasn't in the act. >> she's very smart, cher. and i used to use her in the act and had a cut out of her. remember she had the big horn thing? i would take it and throw her on the ground and i would say,

that's her favorite position. i did all these jokes art about her. she had an iud with call waiting. this and that. on and on and on with cher about what a shut and tramp she was. when i took her out of the act, she came backstage with me and said, you took me out of the act. she's so damn smart. she knows people don't talk about you unless you're a big star. >> amen to that, sister. she's really cool. one of the first times i got to talk to her alone, i said, is that true? did you really say that to joan? she said, yeah, of course i want to be in the act. by the way, upon the way over there, you threw these in your purse from your collection. i want to -- can i read you a text that i got from cher? >> oh, yes, yes, yes. >> okay. here we go. it was nice to see you and joan. i have mad respect for her. can you tell her i love my bracelet and want to buy ten more? i'll pay. >> i will send it to her.

i won't make her pay. maybe wholesale. >> okay. that's very unusual for an "a" lister to want to pay for anything. >> she's not jewish so she doesn't have my feel about money. she's willing to pay. you know, she was a wonderful mother. we -- i love that larger blue would stay at the house. i just -- we go way back together. we go back when the children were really small. that's -- >> tell me about -- did you ever have an uncomfortable run-in with a celebrity you put in the act? how do you handle it? >> the only bad celebrity i have ever really had was what's his name? russell crow. who's just an s.o.b. and stupid. that's the only bad one. he doesn't talk to me. i'm really upset. you know who else? kathy baste got angry because i made a joke if she had not been on the titanic in the movie, it would not have gone down.

she wouldn't talk to me for months after that. >> i have to say, that's a pretty good list. when people say, oh, i've been kicked out of better bars than this? those are two pretty good bars to be kicked out of, actually. >> who does not speak to you anymore? >> whitney. >> whitney. okay. all right. >> she gave me the cracky, shaky finger. she was not happy with me. >> i used to always say i was scared -- she doesn't talk to me either. i had a joke i was scared i would be cremated and would be snorted by whitney houston. that would upset me because i would end up in bobby brown's ass. that was the joke. i got a letter but a shaky letter. >> and the problem is what? >> i'm sorry? >> i mean, what's the problem with that? >> do i know? >> no. it's a perfectly innocent, harmless joke. >> you know, they don't understand with comedians. you're there to make a joke and make people laugh. that's my job. >> i know. all right. hey, look, we're going to talk about money and we're going to

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hi, it's me kathy griffin back. i am -- kathy griffin my life on the d list which is on tonight, by the way, the season finale which is excellent. in addition, take a look at a

clip from joan rivers' tv land series "how'd you get so rich?" let's take a look. >> how did you get so rich? >> i clean toilets and sinks. you go inside to the more private and less pleasant areas. >> i bet nicole sees that after every meal. what's the most expensive thing you ever bought? keep going. that is me before liposuction. >> the number would be somewhere around 15 million. >> 15 million people want to look like [ bleep ]? i've got an idea for a novelty. me having sex with a guy turning gay. >> okay, joan, this show's so fantastic. now, my first question is, why do you think people don't always want to talk about money? how do you get them to talk about it? >> nobody wants to discuss this. you know? new money -- maybe talking about it, you just don't understand them.

you know, fa, fa, fa, what did you say? but new money, i love new money. i love people that are still living in trailers. they're rich like the limos on blocks, you know? i got them all to talk. and the show is -- >> how, what is your secret? >> the secret is they know i'm a piece of new money. so we all feel compatible if that makes sense. people, kathy -- you're new money. new money is fun. >> i'm brand spanking new money and i love to show it off, including my joan rivers jewelry and my fancy watch. i'm going to mug myself just for this watch. >> you know what i was saying? i love when people say, i'm having a good time. i've made it myself. i've come from nowhere. i've made it myself and i'm having fun. one man said to me, i've got alan greenspan on speed dial. now, that's rich. >> that is money. that is money. >> you know what rich is? if oprah ever calls you for a loan, you know you've made it. wouldn't that be great? i don't know oprah.

>> if oprah even just called me i would just wet myself and faint. i don't think it's going to happen. joan, i need your advice. i've just completed my first book, kathy griffin official book club selection coming out september 8th. please preorder. now, i loved your book. tell me about the process of how did you decide of what to put in the book, who to offend, who to protect? how did you decide? >> okay. first of all, make a list of all the good looking dead actors. you can say you slept with them because they're not going to come after you. that's very important. seriously, tell the truth. people are not stupid. tell the truth. you've got such a story. i told you at dinner, it's going to be a huge success. either that or -- >> now, did say in the book that i had relations with barack obama. good choice or bad choice? >> barack obama, very good choice. very good choice. still a little edgy. so that's good. people will look at you.

i had relations with michelle. >> are you making -- >> i just said that. maybe it will go on, like, ebay or something. we can sell that piece off. >> we can sell the tape we have of us swinging with the obamas. >> us swinging with the obamas. >> we're not saying that to get publicity for our shows at all. >> no, no. you're up for another emmy now, my darling angel. >> joan, i want to win that emmy more than i -- i would trade in my mother for that emmy. is that wrong? >> not -- no. she's old. >> okay. >> no. you have two, right? >> it's not enough, joan. it's not enough. my emmys are like my new money. i can't have enough. >> where do you keep your emmys? >> well, i sleep with them so i do a lot of cuddling and spooning. every day i make sure they're real. every so often i brick myself with them to watch the blood. is that sick? >> isn't it great? where i got my emmy as well as

my tony, well i don't want to push, but it was one of the happiest moments of my life -- because -- and i'm sure you've felt this way. it's something they can't ever take away from you. that's it. they can't -- >> absolutely. it's kind of unbelievable for a couple gals like us who do our thing and tell our jokes and sometimes get in a little trouble. it's sort of an amazing moment, is it not? >> it's great. i was so happy for you. you know, i am happy for very few people. >> oh, i'm bitter as can be. i don't like most people. i think they're wrong and we're right. >> that's why we're friends. if i ever lost my middle finger i would have nothing to say. >> mail it to me, i'll use it or vice versa. that can be, like, our pact that we have together. now, i don't know if you're -- i hope you're supportive of my new romantic relationship with levi johnston. >> i saw -- i don't like young guys. i'm always scared i'll wake up and think, is this my date or did i give birth last night?

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filling in for larry king who is on vacation. and hi, kathy. great to have you on. >> hello, joan. how wonderful to see you. >> how wonderful to see you. let me ask you, seriously, you know, gay men love strong women. they love you, they love me, they love liza. they love richard simmons. i mean, it goes on and on and on. why do they love us so much? what do you think -- >> i think because in a way we're on the outside looking in like they are. you know, i kind of identify with gay people because they have a struggle and uphill battle. i feel like you and i have had that our whole careers. >> yeah. okay. because i -- who found you first? did the gays find you first? >> oh, no, i found the gays by mistake which is that my first boyfriend, tom, now has a boyfriend named david. so i don't know if it's the chicken or the egg. which came first? either i turned him gay.

or i found him gay and i liked him because of it. the gay audiences are so fantastic. i call them my unshockable gays. there's nothing you can say that will shock them. they've heard everything. >> they'll laugh at everything except barbra streisand. if you say anything -- if you dare to say she's cross eyed, they'll go, what? i have one joke in my act, if she can cross the street without looking to the right or the left. they just go -- >> that's because you're making fun of the holy messiah that is barbra streisand. >> that is barbra streisand. >> i understand it is an alter that we all serve at. >> all right. you and i go back a long time. a long, long time. what was the first thing -- so many things i want to ask you. people don't know because they know you as smarty and funny and things. talk about the first time you knew you were wealthy. i have "how did you get so rich" and money is so much on my mind because of this show. when was the first big purchase you made?

when did you know you were going to be okay? >> year two of "suddenly susan," i bought this house that was way too big for me. everybody was saying, what are you going to do with this big house? i remember saying if i could afford it, i'm going to buy a house so big i can die in this house. what are you talking about? i bought a house big enough if i never worked again i would be perfectly happy in that house the rest of my life. i wish i could say i got a bunch of blow and some hookers but it was just a house. >> are you happy in the house? do you think you're going to go bigger? you know what happens. people get bigger and bigger and bigger and their houses get bigger and bigger and bigger. >> i love it. i want more. i love working. i love getting stuff. the best feeling is to be able to take care of my mom. that is the most important thing. in addition to that, i do love things. i'm materialistic. i find that things define me and make me happy and better. >> do you like fur? >> i like things more than people. i like things and dogs if i

would have to pick. then i would pick people third. >> okay. the other thing is last night you were out with a young, young, young man. what's your real life like? the real romance in your life? because i -- >> the real romance -- you, of course, are always advising me to find an older, wealthy guy. >> with a cough and a nurse. >> that's right. with a nurse -- although not a young, sexy nurse, right, because i don't want her mixing up my plan either. >> a bad cough, a nurse -- >> a bad cough, whooping cough one might say and a nurse. do i have to pay for the nurse as well? >> he's rich. he's rich. why didn't you marry the rich guy? >> who, steve was knee yak? >> why didn't you? there was, my god, you would have been set for life. >> there were a billion reasons to love him, but, you know, i guess the chemistry wasn't there and this weird thing happened. when we were seeing each other he met someone else and married her in three weeks. >> that hurts.

>> that will happen sometimes in a relationship. >> i was going out with a professor. while he was engaged to me, his wife became pregnant. so i went through heartbreak. >> well, of course. and the least he can do is, you know, pay her and the kid to go away and come back to you to find true love and get a bigger house. >> do you think you'll get married? or do you think you'll just live with someone now? >> i probably wouldn't get married again. kind of been there, done that type of a thing. like an idiot, i got a tattooed wedding ring and i'm freaking divorced. >> oh my god. you have a tattoo wedding ring? >> i foolishly believed in love. and i was wrong. it turns out it's better to believe in work and money and success and material things. >> oh my god. i was going to get a tattoo. >> children and the animals. it's all about the children and animals. >> i have a tattoo but i'm jewish so it's a recipe. >> is it right above your butt crack there like all the young girls have? >> it used to be on my shoulder. it's right on my buttocks now.

>> wherever it landed is fine with me. >> if i ever want to make toast, i just look down. >> all right. so we've already been far too inappropriate. we're both fired, so you know. they told me in my ear piece we're both fired. >> i love you. >> i love you and thank you so much. my romantic lover levi johnston and i had one hot date last night. i'm going to tell you guys all about it. so, joan, good-bye, and next get ready for my levi.

welcome back to "larry king live." it's me, larry king griffin. it's me, kathy griffin. i'm sitting in for larry king. our next guest -- i hate to use the word guest.

he was my date for the teen choice awards. he's the father of sarah palin's first grandchild, tripp. here he is, my own levi johnston. levi, let's just kiss and tell, shall we? what do you have there with me? >> had a great time. you look very beautiful tonight. thought i would get you a gift here. >> would you like to pin it to my bosom? there's my bosom. >> yeah. >> not that you haven't seen it, tiger. look. i'm exhausted. i'm going to be honest. i woke up this morning in your arms spooning. just so confused about what love is. i realize i found it in your chocolate, beautiful eyes. how are you ever going to get over me, levi? >> i done don't know. it's going to be tough. >> isn't it? >> yeah. >> can we please talk about my new wife in wasilla? tell me about our love igloo. >> it's going to be colder there so i'm going to have to keep you lit l bit warmer. >> with your big, strong man arms around me. i'm not afraid of you. >> no. >> do you have scars from last

night? >> i might have a few, yeah. >> i have a bruise in a naughty place. i love these flowers. they're very beautiful. i'm sure you got them yourself. maybe you'd like to tell the audience what your request is on the way to the hotel. that we stop for some -- >> chew. >> levi, that is not in our future. >> it was a long day with you. you're a lot to take care of. >> all right. let's take a look at us together at last night's teen choice awards. this is an unlikely couple. i admit it. it's levi johnston. i'm kathy griffin-johnston. >> best looking one around here. >> he cares for the woman inside the woman that is kathy griffin. he's actually delayed hunting season by a day to share our love. i'm also going to slip him a -- and he'll wake up four hours later, crying.

what do you think of britney's comeback, levi? >> i don't really pay attention to other women. you know? >> see, he only has eyes for me. levi, we were even in a twirling fashion shot. i don't do as much modeling as you do. >> well, you look good. >> oh, god, i cannot get enough of you honestly. now, what kind of modeling would you like to do? because i'm seeing underwear campaign. >> that would work, you know? >> i think so, too. >> yeah. yeah. >> tell me what it was like the first time you had to wear makeup. i know you don't care for the hollyweird makeup. >> that was the biggest -- one of the best times right there. i look forward to it every show. >> can you stop looking at my rack and look at my face, please? >> i'm trying, you know? >> i know it's incredible. i'm a person, levi, i'm not just a sex object. how could you not shave? you're on "larry king." >> you said you like me scruffy.

>> that's true, i do like you scruffy, you dirty dog, you. tell me how last night, the red carpet compared to the gop convention. more screaming for john mccain or the jonas brothers? >> i would say the jonas brothers and the kids for "twilight." >> i know. i believe you called robert pattison your home boy. >> yeah. >> because he gets almost as many screams from the ladies as you do. >> yeah, he's getting there. >> i'm going to show you a picture from last night and you tell me your feelings. all right? i'm going to hold them up to the camera. who is this? >> the dude with the sword in his fingers. yes. >> correct. who's this? >> that would be -- i don't know. >> it's amanda bynes. >> i'm sorry. >> levi, you know it's amanda bynes. when she walked by in a tight dress, you talked about how i had a better body. >> that's true. >> levi, we practiced this. this is completely off the cuff. how dare you. here is leighton meester from "gossip girl."

which i think you should make a guest appearance on. levi, i really do. this is chase crawford who is not as hot as you are. all right. here's my favorite. this is noah cyrus. she's one of the cyruses. but she's a little girl with a boy's name who had an ark. can you make sense of this, levi? >> i can't, no. >> would you say you had to act as my bodyguard for a moment when billy ray cyrus was giving me the evil eye? >> i did. i thought we were going to get into it for a minute. >> who would win in that one? >> oh, come on now. >> here he is now. >> that's him. >> he better look out. you're coming after him. could we talk about miley cyrus' performance? let's cut to it. first of all, miley cyrus was at the teen choice awards. she comes out in the set of the trailer which is clearly her own home they drove out there. she comes out in sexy hot pants

and started grinding and did a number on the stripper pole. levi who is 19 turns to me and says, isn't she 16? that kind of shocked you, levi, and you're 19. >> it did. you know, she did her little thing on the pole. i thought it was a bit inappropriate for the teen awards. >> i agree. you know, even though i'm older than you, i just turned 24, still, i think it was too much. all right. this is a pretty lady named -- >> i have no clue. >> you don't have to. it's ellen degeneres. meagan fox, you like her. >> that would be meagan fox. >> she did have the shortest dress of the evening. i know you didn't notice that. because you were only looking at me, of course. what do you think of the "twilight" kids? they're very famous now. do you remember when he went to the bathroom the whole crowd cheered? >> yeah, i do. we don't mean to imply he actually urinated in the theater. he exited to go to the bathroom.

have you seen "twilight?" >> no. >> can it be one of our dates? >> it can. >> talk to me about brit. do you feel like it was good brit, hopped up on the goof balls? what do you think? >> i think she spoke half her speech before anyone could hear a word she was saying. >> because the cheers were overwhelming. >> yeah. >> all right. there's one more picture i think was the photo of the evening. >> that's the one right there. >> america, do you think levi and i make a good couple? go to cnn.com/larryking. click on blog and let us know. i'm dying to hear what you think. although i can't take my eyes off levi. levi is going places with his life and i got the whole lowdown. so how long is our love going to last? it's coming up next. it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. at legalzoom, we'll help you incorporate your business, file a patent, make a will and more. you can complete our online questions in minutes. then we'll prepare your legal documents and deliver them directly to you. so start your business,

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you may be feeling better but your risk never goes away. help stay protected, stay with plavix. levi, how are you going to survive without me? tell me what your day is going to be without me. what's a normal day. you wake up, think about me and then what? >> i spend most of my time eating because i'm depressed when you're not around. >> drawing pictures of me. >> yes, things like that. >> i understand. the other thing we have in common people may not know, we both have sort of unfortunate tattoos. here's my wedding ring. i'm divorced. you, of course, have bristol. what is your plan? are you going to change it to something else? what are you going to do with it? >> i'm not sure yet. what are you thinking? >> is there a way to, like, make it tripp? >> i don't think i'd want tripp on my ring finger. >> yeah, that be kind of weird. how did you guys come up with the name tripp? what does tripp mean?

>> i just like the name. bristol mentioned it, and it just kind of worked. >> all right. now, you're still in contact with bristol. you guys are getting along to a degree. >> yeah. >> all right. you know my plan. my plan is that sarah could make all the trouble go away if she moves you into the big house, everybody gets along and you actually get to help raise the kid. why is that a problem? >> i don't know. she screwed all that up. i'm not really looking forward to being around that family anymore. >> i understand. that's how guys are with my family. that's all right. i'm willing to kill them for you -- i mean, get along. we all get along together. now, last night when we were together, between many sessions of making tender love, at the teen choice awards, someone handed me a letter to give miley cyrus because i know her so well. so i did promise to try. so if you wouldn't mind reading -- this is a genuine letter from a genuine teen to miley cyrus. so miley, if you're out there, we want to make sure you got this letter as read to you by levi johnston. >> okay.

it says dear miley cyrus, my name is josephine -- >> you said that like you're black. you're like, my name is josephine. hey, girl, what's up? >> i'm trying to -- miley, tune in right now. the first time i knew you -- what the hell's that say? >> levi, please tell me you can read. this is like an after-school special. >> the first time i knew you existed, i would beg my mother to take a -- or buy a picture of you. could you just call this number once in a while? >> don't read the number. >> okay. please -- >> unless it's yours. >> -- thank you. i know i could trust you, so the number is -- >> don't say it. >> i'm not going to say it. >> all right. could you take your clothes off real quick? >> yeah, if you want. you might want to wait until the cameras are off. >> then what? my pants are falling off just thinking about it, levi. what's going to happen when i get angry mail from bristol because of our serious relationship? >> i think you can handle her.

>> you're darn right i can. she's not going to know what hit her. look out, leighton meester. whatever the hell those gossip girls are named. we're going to come back with levi in a second. i have one more thing to ask you about pertaining to last night. are you ready to go there with me? >> i'm ready. >> there's nowhere we haven't gone. we'll be back in 60 seconds with levi. we just know. announcer: finding the moment that's right for you both can take some time. that's why cialis gives men with erectile dysfunction options: 36-hour cialis or cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. don't drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache.

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>> yeah. that will work. >> like the rubber bow and arrow thing like that? have you ever shot yourself hunting? >> no. >> are you sure? because you took a second to think about it. >> no. no. >> who are our hunting buddies going to be? >> i don't think we need anyone. >> it's just you and me and guns and running moose? and the plural of moose is? >> just moose. >> it's not mooses or mices? >> pretty sure, yes. >> how many moose have you shot in one day? >> one day or just one. >> they just screamed the word break in one ear. i think i may have gone too far. next, kids with crowns. beauty pageant toddlers who look like they're teenagers. what is up with that? we're going to find out after the break. so hear this: regions makes it simple to save money and time with lifegreen checking and savings for business, free convenient e-services and regions quick deposit, so you can deposit checks right from your desk.

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i'm jon roberts in for anderson cooper tonight. coming up at the top of the hour on "360," town hall to bawlroom brawl. the heat continuing to rise on community forums on health care taking place across the country. hundreds of people showing up the to events and lacing into their elected representatives. what's behind it? we went to one of the town halls to talk to the people there. it's an interesting conversation to say the least. the midair collision over new york's hudson river. thousands of tourists take to the air every year to tour manhattan. we wanted to know who's watching the skies. we sent erica hill up in a helicopter to find out. all that plus the coroner says the autopsy of michael jackson is complete. we'll let you know when the results will be released. that all starts at the top of the hour on "360." see you then. welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 2009 gold coast buddy

pageant. >> pageants are a big business. today there's over 100 contestants. >> aden is a whole 3 days old. this is an amazing pageant. >> i love it. >> the new high point winner for inland empire 2009 goes to -- >> hi, everybody, i'm kathy griffin and welcome to my personal dream come true. our next guests are featured on "toddlers & tiaras" airing wednesday nights on tlc. i'm with cassidy blair and emily salazar. they're with us. also emily's dad and cassidy's mom will be joining us shortly. we have a sneak peek of an upcoming episode of "toddlers & tiaras." or as my gays and i call it, "t & t." watch. >> today, we're getting her ready at the salon. getting her nails done, her hair trimmed, pedicure, facial, man

nick cure. also going to get a massage this time around. >> favorite part is the facial. >> what was your favorite prize? [ inaudible ] >> the new gold coast queen -- >> all right, ladies, it's a pleasure to meet you. now who's who? what's your name? >> emily. >> hi, emily. will you shake my hand? thank you, like a perfect lady. you must be? >> cassie. >> hi, cassidy. now, ladies, would this be considered glitz wear? >> yes. >> cass? >> yes. >> i think so, too. now, i understand you guys probably know how to walk. would you mind teaching me how to walk? i would like to learn for my first pageant. >> okay. >> do you have any tips?

>> let's show them what you've got, girls. >> i have to do that. now, all right. what do you do when you get to the end of the sort of runway? >> you make a circle. >> a circle. all right. emily, let's make a circle. i did this with levi johnston last night at the awards show. it wasn't glitz, it was wild wear. >> we walk. >> where do we walk to? >> walk in a circle. >> okay. i love it. okay. emily? emily? honey, focus. yeah. perfect. this isn't weird at all. i love it. then where do we -- do we have an ending pose? >> no, then we -- >> we have to move back. sorry, we're getting yelled at by -- it's like they're judges. okay. what is our ending pose? >> we don't have one, but we, like, do -- we, like, turn around. >> okay. and then do we offer them money to win?

>> no. >> here's 20 bucks. what do you got? that would be fun -- you might want to think about it because you have to have an edge in this business. tell me about these incredible, beautiful dresses. they look very, very fancy and glitzy. do you like your glitzy dress? >> yes. >> yeah. >> okay. do -- do you want to just go right to child protective services? just the three of us could get in a car? >> no. >> i'm just asking. this is a very pretty color. would you call this a cream ori? i would too. cass, do you have other glitz dresses as well? >> no. >> this is the main one. this is glitzy. now, is this maybe some, as mrs. kathy calls it, magic hair? >> no. >> no, it's not? neither is mine. i agree. we are in this together. all right. now, exactly what are the pageants preparing the girls for? we will ask the grown-ups, next.

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her favorite person is her mommy. >> i don't like being on the stage that much. my mom forces me to smile. i just don't want to. >> when cassidy is on stage, my palms are sweating. in my head i'm thinking, please smile. please smile. please smile. >> one word that best describes cassidy, mild. oh, she's doing awful. >> we are with julie and alex. you guys are a pageant mom and a pageant dad. >> yes. >> you are not married, is that correct? >> no. >> have you ever had an affair? >> no. >> getting that on the table.

i'm fascinated with this whole pageant thing. i watch the show every week. i admit it. tell me about the different crowns and what they mean and why they mean so much. >> emily just a couple weeks ago won this one at magical dream world. she won which is an honor. this is from california gold coast. the overall model of the year which was throughout the whole pageant. she had the best model scores throughout the whole pageant. >> what does that mean? what is the -- i'm frightened to tell you right now. not that i don't want to win one. first of all, how much for the big one? >> how much does she win? >> i'm offering you $40. take it or leave it. >> i'll leave it. >> when i watch the shows, there are entrance fees. this is a crown here for which pageant? >> golden carousel. >> how much did it cost to get into the national carousel? >> this is a national crown. each winner won $500. >> how much does it cost?

do you have to sign up and register for it? >> yes. >> how much is that? >> it costs more than a preliminary. it costs -- it depends on how many categories you enter that are exstra besides your mandatory categories. can cost between $400 and $1,000. >> does that include the dresses as well? >> to register and enter, between $400 and $1,000? >> these are pageants, bigger nationals have bigger cash prizes. >> what's the biggest cash prizes you can win from a national contest? >> i've heard up to $10,000. even cars. >> win a car? >> yeah. >> be careful. one of those situations where they don't pay taxes like i allegedly heard. how much did you spend on emily's glitz dress we saw? >> that's a creation by -- wow -- >> the creator. we'll just say the creator. >> it was a $1,300 dress. glamour girl creations.

>> yeah. >> so it was a nice dress. >> that's the scam i got to get into. i want to start hosting these pageants. that's where the real money is. get yourself a marriott or double tree and make people pay 500 bucks just to enter. do all the kids win some kind of a prize? >> in most pageants, yes. >> do some kids go home empty handed? >> in some pageants, yes. >> what is that moment like? >> it's hard. it's hard, but the pageant system is a good system. it teaches the kids self-confidence. it teaches them self-confidence. a lot of good, positive stuff out of it. >> i don't know if you sold me on that part. i'm entering. don't get me wrong. how do the kids enter sometimes? sometimes i see kids with a bonnet. >> any age. you can be a couple weeks old if your mother wants to put you in. >> a 2-week-old pageant? >> you can. >> i couldn't put a puppy in a pageant. when they have the little

babies, what do they judge them on because they're kind of sloppy babies. how sloppy they are? >> honestly i wouldn't know because i'm not a judge. >> that's what i want to know. where do they get these judges? >> they're usually ex-contestants and ex-contestants -- contestants, contestant's parents. sometimes they use, like, a miss california or use -- >> not the current one i hope. she's in a lot of controversy. >> sometimes they use talent agents. >> oh. maybe get compensated. i see where this is all going. >> sometimes the talent agents stick their cards in the gift bags. >> of course they do. do you guys -- tell me the pros and cons about the pageant life. i'm sure there's a part of you that's a little nervous because you're exposing these kids to who knows what. there's a part you don't like. what do you not like, what do you like? >> i love the friends she makes and the people we're around. it's like a pageant family we're around with. i see a lot of positive for her.

the negative? i don't think there's too much negative for us. maybe in other systems. >> would you say denial is a river in egypt? >> no. >> you reminded me of my mother for one second there. are there good pageant days and bad pageant days? >> definitely. there's a good pageant day and bad pageant day. cassidy had a bad pageant day if a national once when she was, like, 3 years old. she had been doing super great and got on the same and during beauty she picked her nose and lifted her dress. that was it. >> i've done that on stage. it made me a star. >> it was a national, if you don't do good during beauty, kiss the whole pageant good-bye. >> are you impressed with my -- could i make it in the pageant world? i've got the crown. it's askew. thank you so much. you guys have been very helpful, educational. i do, i watch the show every week. i can't resist. i am kathy griffin. i've been sitting in for larry king. thank you to all of our guests. theye