in the early days of the show, i would put her out there when there was no time for a sketch. there was like four minutes and i had two and a half. i could just put up a slide that said what gilda ate and she would talk about it and be interesting about it. i didn t order dessert but on the way back to the office i had a fig newton and an almond joy candy bar and when i got to the office i told everyone that i was going to a bathroom but i went to a coffee shop and had a la mode and ate the whole thing. and then on the way after work, i went to a drugstore and bought an m&m munch bar. thank you, gilda. that s enough. but i m not finished yet. but we have to go on with the show. i m sorry. i ll just go get a snack. hello, i m gilda radner and okay, now. i found that my comfort in live television was laughter. i can do almost anything if people are laughing. that s what hugs me and holds me and gets things out of me. live from new york, it s
two people that the audience connected with, because they were essentially playing a version of themselves. and now a new feature on saturday night, what gilda ate. gilda? thanks, rob. okay. i started the day with one piece of dry toast and two egg whites scrambled in a no-stick teflon plan pan. i would put her out there when there was no time for a sketch and there was four minutes and i could put up a slide athat said what gilda ate and be interesting about it. i didn t order dessert but on the way back to the office i had a fig newton and when i got to the office i told everyone that i was going to a bathroom but i went to a coffee shop and had a la mode and ate the whole thing. thank you, guild jaric that s enough. but i m not finished yet. but we have to go on with the show.
she and chevy were the first two people that the audience connected with, because they were essentially playing a version of themselves. and now a new feature on saturday night, what gilda ate. gilda? thanks, rob. okay. i started the day with one piece of dry toast and two egg whites scrambled in a no-stick teflon pan. in the early days of the show, i would put her out there when there was no time for a sketch. there was like four minutes and i had two and a half. i could just put up a slide that said what gilda eta and she would talk about it and be interesting about it. i didn t order dessert but on the way back to the office i had a fig newton and an almond joy candy bar and when i got to the office i told everyone that i was going to a bathroom but i went to a coffee shop and had a la mode and ate the whole thing. i bought an m & m
so as the saying goes, the customer is always right. but in the restaurant business that can be a tough one. you are not kidding, special requests especially from celebrities can be out of hand some times. one hollywood chef is spilling the secrets. here is abc s david wright. reporter: call it kitchen confidential west coast edition. l.a. maitre d s, dishing about some of america s most famously finicky diners. the hollywood reporter reveals all in a new article. we are talking special requests that rival meg ryans in when harry met sally. apple a la mode. i want the pie heated i want the ice cream on top, i want it on the side. strawberry instead of vanilla. if not, no ice cream, just whipped cream. only if it is real, not out of a can, or nothing. reporter: one maitre d said a celebrity ordered steak in a private dining room just so he could keep up the appearance of being vegan.
recorded saying this about the influence of rush limbaugh and right wing radio on the republican party. get great ratings and drive the message and it s really problematic and this is not on the democratic side. it s only on the republican side. there is something delicious, of course, about a celebrated word smith committing a verbal lapse. don t worry, my friends. today s feast of republican foley includes a lot more than just luntz a la mode. joy reid, managing editor of the grio.com. and dana milbank, political columnist for the washington post. david, you will recall mr. luntz was the author of politifact s lie of the year in 2009, which is the claim obama care was a government takeover of the health system. now we ve got him telling the truth but had to be secretly recorded in order for anyone to hear it, didn t he? right. he tells the truth when he thinks nobody s listening.