Video of the Day: Law & Order Rips From the Headlines

In anticipation of tomorrow night's Law & Order episode about a the meltdown of a Mel Gibson-esque celebrity (Chevy Chase says sugartits!), we present you the video of chirpy Elisabeth Hasselback's complaint about a Law & Order SVU episode, via Best Week Ever. In the episode, a character named Elizabeth Hassenback was raped twice and murdered. So Elisabeth took time to call the executive producer of L&O SVU Neal Baer and relayed the conversation on The View. We liked this exchange:

Joy: Could it have been a coincidence?

Rosie: I don’t know, if they had Rosie O’Connell, an overweight lesbian talk show host, I might go “Maybe it’s me!”

Please, L&O, make a Rosie O'Connell character who kills her looney co-hosts on a morning talk show! Rosie O'Connell, meet Detective Goren!

And we saw that SVU episode, but all we can remember was shirtless Stabler. Yowza.

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By Jen Chung in Arts and Events on November 2, 2006 3:51 PM

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Reality

Hey! Hasselback, it's Reality calling.

Wake up! You were dreaming that you're important and people actually care about what you say....AGAIN!

Also, The Internet called with a question:

Why are you famous?

I've seen one eyed, two legged pole cats that have more talent you.

And the voice! I'd rather listen to a harp being played by Helen Keller accompanied by NOC (Nails on Chalkboard) Orchestra.

don't watch The View

I watched the clip.

Why is Rosie wearing the dull ugly sweat suit.

Why is Rosie trying to make a plug at the end

as if it is all about her? It was a fat joke.

So out of touch.

Hasselbeck is wear a boring white suit that

she would wear to the office.

Is Barbara in morning. What's with the black

outfit. She only dresses up for 20/20?

Joy is the only one with the nice colors.

Why is the table an ugly silver with ugly white

mugs?

Why does the combination of women look like a

dish without seasoning? A Bunch of boring women

that you would see together in a resturant

not a talk show, on the our tv's, in our

livingrooms, uninvited.

stop the dumb blonde edpidemic

Hasselback, Hasselbech, Hasselhoff, Hasal, Hasselbeck. If my last name is Jefferson or Jeffersen, or Jeffersin can I request to have my face placed on the US currency?

Who cares.

The show was not about the chick on The View.

She is a dumb blond that needs attention.

I don't watch The View or was it CSI?

Elisabeth Hasselbeck has had a few minutes of fame, via survivor and now thinks that she is powerful enough to make demands. Get real Hasselbeck.

With all of the copy cat weirdos in NYC. Why would she call attention to herself with an ugly scenario like that.

The rule is low key. Elisabeth, you wait ten days and it will go away.

nick

help! ive been sucked into a vortex and suddenly its this time last week.

The View Blows Ass

I never watch the view - just can't get myself to peel my ears away from the swet voice of Brian Lehrer!

I've met a couple of people whose last names were Hasselbeck (or similar), and it's not as if Elizabeth is a rare first name, so I think she should get over it.... probably a tired writer was half-consciously watching TV while cranking out a script...

heckle and jeckle

That's a good one! Magpies!

Just more proof there's no line between entertainment and news when barbara walters is involved. her and here society, socialite, money grubbing, don't know how to use the internet friends.

just saying

"Please, L&O, make a Rosie O'Connell character who kills her looney co-hosts on a morning talk show"!

Ha, Ha. Good one, Jen. This has got to be the most annoying morning talk show. Those women are like magpies with all of them chattering at the same time.

Tim N.

Rosie O'Donnell's a lesbian? Hadn't heard.

ELS

It seems someone is somewhat overestimating her celebrity...

I'd never heard of her, when I google her I find she's a d-list tv host, ex-survivor castoff and married to a football player...