Barbara Walter's life was influenced greatly by her older sister and she's written a beautiful memoir about her life. I read another memoir of a life influence by a sibling that I recommend highly - I actually liked it even more. The memoir is ""My Stroke of Insight"" by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. Dr Taylor became a Harvard brain scientist to find the cause and cure for schizophrenia because her older brother was a sufferer. Then, crazy as life can be, Dr. Taylor had a stroke at age 37. What was amazing was that her left brain was shut down by the stroke - where language and thinking occur - but her right brain was fully functioning. She experienced bliss and nirvana and the way she writes about it (or talks about it in her now famous TED talk) is incredible.

What I took away from Dr. Taylor's book above all, and why I recommend it so highly, is that you don't have to have a stroke or take drugs to find the deep inner peace that she talks about. Her book explains how. ""I want what she's having"", and thanks to this wonderful book, I can!

Ellen... besides your show.. i love the view.. i actually only usually watch the Hot Topics, then do other things.. unless someone i really like is on... GOOD JOB ELLEN.. LOVE YOU!!!

Dear Ellen,
I thought it was so upsetting her book she thought the only bad thing that about having the affair with Ed Brooks was to ruin his career, never mentioning the ruining his marriage.
You see it happened to me. Oh,yes the women was more exciting and I was just his wife and the mother of his children.
Some people go on with there "little mistakes". Other never get over how plain blind they were for never seeing thing,just never recovering for their falled life.
love you,
a.

The view is sooo much better since Whoopi and Sherri became apart of the show. Whoopi is able to take control of things and Sherri is hilarious!

The view is a good program. We all have to learn not to bud in when someone else is talking. I like to hear all views but when they are all talking.. I don't hear anything.. all I hear is yelling.. noise. Hurts my ears... so I lower the volume actually.. and if it gets too bad... fighty... I flip!

I felt bad that star left. I liked her. Meredith is the reason why I started watching.. I think she's cute and funny! Then I started liking Joy's humor/views.. and Star was logical/attorney view person... and Barbara was the "mom" on the set.. who gets imbarrased!!!! but can also throw in her 2 cents! I miss Meredith but she's moved on to better things and am happy for her. I like Rosie when she was on for the sake of missing her on tv from quitting her talk show... I liked it when she through stuff at the audience!!! and it was a fun show. ... so I thought I'd watch her on the view but sadly it wasn't the same Rosie.. 'cause it wasn't her show.. she was more laid back in a sense and it didn't fill the gap of missing Rosie show.. then it got ugly and people got hurt and then Whoopie comes in.. and I like Whoopie.. she's funny! Soo... Yeah.. I watch on occassion. I like the guests sometimes... if not I just watch the first 20 minutes where they tell me the news.. that's where I get my news!!!

I love your show. My husband, George X. Hale, loves your show. Our lesbian daughter, Alice, loves your show. Our son, Morgan, and his fiancee, Cassandra, who are marrying in Alaska in August love your show. My sister Dorrie loves your show. Only Dorrie is nearly as funny as you. (Not REALLY nearly, but when we tell her that, it makes her feel good.) We all love your show!.

Thanks for making me laugh. Sometimes things are going so well or I'm not feeling well and you make EVERYTHING better. Thanks

Love,
Deborah

I think you do a great job. I really enjoy your show.

Hello Ellen DeGeneres,
Today I think you have the right Topic and Comments is Barbara Walters Poll on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for This Week in May 2008.