now is it true we got to ask you this
because we heard this that you
originally were offered the role of
sandy and grease and turned it down
right yeah yeah but but Livia has more
pull than I did because they wouldn't
change the script for me but they did
for her what was going to be changed it
was quite edgy when they presented it to
me so for that era but she did fantastic
and she's the perfect sandy so will
Murray Happy New Year to you we're so
glad when we new you're gonna come on
today we know it's for you it's all
about family how are two of your
brothers let's start how is Donnie doing
uh you know he's great he just has
soldier shoulder surgery did you know
that yes that mean yeah and we saw he he
had to have his butt surgery when he did
Dancing with the Stars how's his
shoulder
next will be a lobotomy your brother
Johnny I understand he had a stroke
recently too well you know this this
year has been interesting my brother
Burrell has Jimmy Jimmy's had a stroke
and my brother my brother Tom had a
quadruple bypass and so you know that
you know you they're things genetically
heart issues or something that runs in
my family but you know you know they're
all they're all going and keeping going
and it's one of the it's one of the
things that takes women in my family
they usually don't make it past 60 so
it's a serious issue and we don't take
it we don't take it as seriously as we
should but when they say you have your
health you have everything it's true
we are a nation that we're and I love it
you know I'm a very positive woman I was
I was a very ambitious woman even in the
70s and you know this empowerment thing
that's going on for women is great it's
like I love my size whatever it is but I
encourage women especially to realize
that if you get that size and this right
here that's a heart attack and stroke
waiting to happen and really truly right
now in my life I feel better than I did
in my 30s you know so you know you stay
active and reinvent yourself all the
time and you know it's important to have
healthy body and then it affects
mind and then it affects your soul I
think after the holidays everybody's
feeling like oh maybe I overdid it and
maybe overdid it a bit
what's your tip like what is your secret
to getting back Oh focus after the new
nobody sees Nutrisystem commercials I
know that but also so I'm one of the
founders of Children's Miracle Network
and I walked into a hospitals in Hawaii
at Kapiolani and this little kid about
nine looks at me goes who are you and 15
you know the age and I thought how am I
gonna relate with this kid and I said
I'm Marie and I lost 50 years now right
Marie it's 12 years and I have to tell
you now I had all the head trips we all
did growing up you know everybody had to
be a lollipop head I started performing
at 3:00 and we were doing our show I was
14 15 yeah but when I started getting
those kind of head trips but I fought it
my whole life
I did everything name a diet I've done
it and Nutrisystem honestly the only
reason I I keep out there telling people
is it's the answer it's easy you don't
measure it don't weigh it you don't cook
it all you do because you're so
overwhelmed anyway with weight and
having to maintain it
all you do is pick the food and as you
do the program you learn how to keep it
off it's been 12 years guys that's crazy
man yeah I know you taught me we're
going the show in Vegas yeah you know
we're in our 11th year and the show you
know we've been voted best show and
energy and dancers and band and
choreography and there's with 50 pounds
on my knees I'm telling you what so we
got a the show comes back February again
so is Donnie gonna be ok by that time ok
sorry
yeah he had planned it you know but we
don't know this this could be our last
year there I mean - we know now don't
you sell that right now you talked about
him being back on you know being ready
to be back on the live show he's got to
be alright because he's you doing this
other show the masked singer is great as
the peak as great as the peak of what do
you think
is he a peacock oh okay wait how you
said you said he'd be warming when you
were three how old was Donny when he
started performing we've started the
same year he was five I was three
that's one of the clues he gave away was
he friends with Michael Jackson I know I
told him I said why are you giving away
such easy clues the peacock I don't know
but I know that we started at NBC which
was the peacock well he's also a
preening kind of guy right yeah oh he's
the cookies what about the magic act
clue has the I mean we know he in Vegas
of course he's probably been a part of a
magic act at some point right
well I'd like to make him disappear
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happy new years to you we love when you
come on for this and choose a show I
neveri think it's not New Year's unless
I see you guys this year we're coming to
you I just did a whole opera piece
that's gonna it's so fun wait till you
see it all right
you