The View to try a new point of view

ABC in turning things around on The View -- at least for one day. In what a cynic might call a stunt, The View is going to broadcast one show from the next two weeks from backstage. Essentially, what they're doing, is a rerun, but in a way you never saw the show.

On Friday, May 30, the experimental episode will show how The View is made, by lifting the curtain so you can see how the magic happens. They've chosen to show the upside down, backstage View on that Friday - and don't worry about marking it in your calendar. You can expect plenty of reminders from Barbara Walters (if she's there), Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd. With all that behind the scenes footage, only half of the show as seen originally -- from the camera's point of view -- will be seen.

What I'm hoping is that something actually happens the day try this noble project. I'm thinking about Kathy Griffin's story about the backstage freakout amongst the interns when Barbara doesn't get her way. I don't know, maybe Rosie O'Donnell could drop by to promote CBS's Million Dollar Password to create some dressing room fun. Okay, okay, I know that Rosie isn't likely to show, and if she did, the orders might be shoot to kill. So, since that's not happening, what about a return visit from another View fave, Star Jones! Yeah, that'll happen...when hell freezes over.