The View Co-Hosts Mourn Longtime Producer Bill Geddie
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00:00 How do you work for 25 years with a partner like Bill Getty,
00:04 the special guy who has produced something like
00:06 4,000 episodes of "The View"
00:09 and over 100 primetime specials with me?
00:13 - Women at home deserved a show like this.
00:15 They needed it, and I think we filled a void.
00:17 - Co-hosts of "The View," past and present,
00:19 remember Bill Getty.
00:20 The show's longtime producer died on Thursday.
00:23 He was 68 years old.
00:25 - My mother taught me to be respectful to women,
00:27 and so I try to bring that in.
00:29 - Bill's death comes less than a year
00:31 after he said goodbye to Barbara Walters.
00:33 Together, they created the talk show staple in 1997.
00:37 - I just think it's a wonderful cast.
00:39 We spent a lot of time trying to find the right people,
00:42 and we have.
00:43 - I think she gave it a gravitas in importance,
00:46 and I think that a lot of these folks will say
00:49 they came here first because of Barbara.
00:51 They keep coming back because of the show.
00:53 - Joy Behar mourned Bill on Twitter.
00:55 "As a producer, he kept us together.
00:57 I'm forever grateful to him and Barbara."
01:00 - We are a real reality show.
01:03 This is what it looks like
01:04 when people talk to each other honestly.
01:06 - Her freedom should be enough, I think.
01:08 - Debbie Matanopoulos shared photos to her Instagram story,
01:11 saying they texted just days ago
01:13 about a new series they were producing.
01:15 Sunny Hostin called Bill her friend and mentor.
01:18 - I think Barbara and I are pretty good at figuring out
01:20 the combination that needs to be sitting at the table
01:24 and what sort of content relates to women at home.
01:27 - Just one of Bill's many projects
01:29 in his decades-long career,
01:30 The View continues to dominate daytime
01:33 25 years after it launched.
01:35 - Barbara and Barbara Walters and Bill Getty
01:37 gave me the best seven years of my life.
01:39 - There's no other program like this.
01:41 This is new, this is fresh, this is informative.
01:45 - I think when we first started this show,
01:47 everybody assumed it was gonna be very, very light,
01:50 and Barbara and I kept saying,
01:51 "No, we're actually gonna talk about stuff.
01:52 We'll talk about reality shows,
01:55 we'll also talk about abortion and the death penalty
01:57 and politics," and everybody went,
01:59 "Well, you're not gonna get an audience with that."
02:01 Well, they were wrong.
02:02 (upbeat music)
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