Barbara Walters Special to Feature Dave, Bill Clinton, Regis, et al.
Brady
Clinton, David Letterman, Regis Philbin, Robin Williams, Charlie Rose
Airs Feb 4
By Bill Gorman – January 21, 2011
Posted in: Network TV Press Releases
via press release:
“A BARBARA WALTERS SPECIAL: A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH,” FEATURING THE
PERSONAL AND EMOTIONAL STORIES FROM THE MOST WELL-KNOWN HEART PATIENTS,
AIRS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4 ON ABC
Barbara Walters, President Bill Clinton, David Letterman, Robin
Williams, Regis Philbin and
Charlie Rose… Life Can Change in a Heartbeat, No Matter How Famous You Are
“I realized there was really no alternative, if I wanted to live, I had
to do this,” President Bill Clinton
“I would find myself busting into tears and sobbing uncontrollably,”
David Letterman
“…Stop the heart, work on it, restart it… good luck,” Robin Williams
“They’re going to put him on a gurney, roll him into the OR room and
bust him open like a lobster!,” Regis Philbin
“It was hell,” Charlie Rose
“I probably would have had a heart attack and may very well have died,”
Barbara Walters
What do Barbara Walters, President Bill Clinton, David Letterman, Regis
Philbin, Robin Williams and Charlie Rose all have in common? They all
went from being in the spotlight to being in the operating room for
life-and-death open heart surgery. Now in a groundbreaking report, the
“brotherhood of the cracked chest club” (as Robin Williams describes
them) all open their hearts to Walters and reveal their emotional
stories of how they triumphed over heart disease. Each account is an
intimate portrait of these most public figures, infused with laughter
and tears. Walters also takes viewers on an unprecedented
behind-the-scenes journey of her own battle from discovery of a faulty
heart valve to the operating table and recovery. In addition, she talks
to doctors, including her own, about what viewers, especially women,
need to know to save themselves and their loved ones. “A Barbara Walters
Special: A Matter of Life and Death” airs FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4
(10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on ABC.
[...]
“Take advantage of the technology and the care that’s available. There’s
no reason why a man or woman in this day and age should unexpectedly
drop dead of a heart attack,” says Letterman.
foxysc...@yahoo.com
Hi there Brady!
I will be watching....I often think how my dad would have lived way
past 53 - but back in
73 who knew about blocked arteries, etc. He sure did unexpectedly
drop dead of a massive
heart attack on April Fool's Day.
Brady
> Hi there Brady!
Hello.
> I will be watching....I often think how my dad would have lived way
> past 53 - but back in
> 73 who knew about blocked arteries, etc. He sure did unexpectedly
> drop dead of a massive
> heart attack on April Fool's Day.
I don't know how many of you ever listen to the Neil Boortz Radio Show.
(I'm not a 'fan' of Neil Boortz's show. I'm not a 'fan' of a lot of the
ridiculous talk radio I catch sometimes, but that's beside the point. I
do a lot of 'flipping' around the radio dial.) The point is: His
producer, Royal Marshall, who would oftentimes come in the studio or
participate on mic, dropped dead of a heart attack last weekend at the
age of 43.
Makes you think; made me think; makes me think.
Brady
Sally
These kind of reminiscences are not my cup of tea at all. I'm sorry to
hear about your father's tragic death, Shirlee.
My own father had a car accident and wound up having a pacemaker put
into his chest.
How 'bout a special on traumatic hysterectomies? Uterine polyp
removals? I just don't think this makes for a fun hour show. IMHO.
I'll make a special note to miss this. Now I'm watching the last,
final episode of MEDIUM.
Sally
foxysc...@yahoo.com
Robert Cohen
>
> - Show quoted text -
Purloined script by way of Licki Wits
Babra: Because of our notorious diseased hearts, here are jokes pre
Super Bowl of ole far... persons
DL: I allegedly wolfe-down Hershey anti-oxidents but w/o sugary
almonds
RW: Stent is now my thing, fug Freudianism
BC: But that's the electro-chemical that makes me & Berlusconi so
Italian
CR: Esoteric Bloomberg interviews are rating losers w/o my risque
double entenders for filthy minds
RP: I'm sue-ing SLUMDOG's plagiarism for zesty adulturous curry anti-
oxident with Kelly Lee
Gary
procedure?
It really did have a positive affect on him. When he had Clinton &
Regis on the show right after they went though the same procedure it
was noticeable they didn't seem to share Dave's enthusiasm for the
experience. They both looked weaker after it compared to Dave who
seemed invigorated by the whole thing. I bet it didn't take much
persuading to get him to participate in this show.
Gary
plop
Sally
> oh?
Gary's right. Very few people come through that operation as quickly
and optimistically as Dave. The usual reaction is depression.
Clinton's reaction is the classic one. Dave, in case no one ever
noticed, is a seriously positive thinker, despite all the propaganda
I've read about how he fears everything.
For a man who fears everything, he seems to do very well when faced
with tough situations that traumatize most other people. I'm sure his
mother is very proud of him, but just doesn't show it. (Well, he said
she's the least demonstrative woman in the world.)
He's just a strong guy. More power to him. But how many times can you
discuss it? I don't want to hear about it. Maybe because my father
almost died that time of his accident, and that darn pacemaker kept
him alive but used to stand squarely out of his chest as a constant
reminder.
Btw, my father was a hypoglycemic. He's been eating candy after candy
and his blood sugar went so low he blacked out at the wheel.
Fortunately, he didn't die in a crash, nor did he bump anyone off. The
car veered into an empty parked car. But the steering wheel imprinted
itself onto his ample stomach, and it was a huge ugly bruise for a
very long time. Sorry. I haven't thought about it in years. The
pacemaker made him better than ever.
Did it stop his sugar addiction? Not a bit. Hard to believe, but true.
Ice cream is the major craving of hypoglycemics.
Sally
Steve Curtis
>Dave, in case no one ever noticed, is a
>seriously positive thinker, despite all the
>propaganda I've read about how he fears
>everything.
Where did you read that?
Sally
I remember the line, "Dave fears everything." I'll think about it,
Steve, and see if I can remember where I read it. It was a long time
ago. Maybe he's overcome many of those fears. I also heard that the
only hour he's happy is when he's doing the Show.
Sally
Steve Curtis
>>"Sally" wrote:
Where did you hear that?
I'd take claims such as those with a grain of salt and question the
credibility of the source(s).
Sally
You can do whatever you want, Steve.
Sally
Steve Curtis
>>"Sally" wrote:
>>>(Steve Curtis) wrote:
>>>>"Sally" wrote:
So can you. I'm just questioning the "authority" of your source(s) for
posting personal information about Dave, that on the face of it, appears
to be nothing more than speculation rather than factual.
Jess Band-EE-Coot
> "A Barbara Walters Special: A Matter Of Life And Death,"
Hi Brady! :)
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This is, however, a rather archaic usage of the word.
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What you have probably found is a lesbian.�
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.....and here he goes with his "tactics".