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There's nothing like a random still-shot to make a situation look weirder than it actually is.

Rosie debuted on The View today, and I gotta say she was pretty funny. I thought she had some good interactions particularly with Joy Behar, which was nice, because it's always good to see two solid comic minds riffing together.

Beyond that, I thought the most interesting thing going on was how clearly it seems that Barbara Walters is losing her control of the show. She seems slow, out-of-touch, and unamused. She fakes it all decently, I bet her days as a full-time co-host are numbered after this season. Remember you heard that here first. Rememeber it!

I also watched a couple minutes of Katie who was her usual, new self. By that I mean, sort of smiley, but also not trying to smile too much. As Andrew Tavani pointed out to me, there is a poster of her on a bus here in NYC where her smile is so contrived, as if to please everyone, that it's utterly ridiculous.

Okay, that's it for the ladies of TV in new places. Tommorrow, the men of TV in old places that shouldn't exist anymore.

As for me today, I went food shopping this afternoon and had the good fortunate of seeing a woman yell at a man behind-the-counter over the price of caviar. Fortunately for him, I don't think he understood much English, and fortunately for her, despite her bad attitude, she has enough money to buy caviar. It was 400 bucks for 4 ounces. Is it really that good? Somehow, I doubt I'll ever know.

(If you'd like to send me some caviar via caviar.com or snootyfood.org, just e-mail me for my home address.)