D.ORG.
>> Jason: RACHEL RAY WILL
CELEBRATE HER 2,000th EPISODE OF
RACHEL.
JOINING US FROM HER SET IN NEW
YORK IS RACHEL HERSELF.
CONGRATULATIONS!
>> GOOD MORNING, HIGH JASON,
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US!
>> Jason: 2,000 EPISODES AND
OPRAH IS HELPING YOU CELEBRATE.
THAT.
>> YOU CAN'T GET BETTER THAN
OCCASION.
BUT SHE BLEW ME AWAY AND OPENED
THE ENTIRE SHOW AND DID A
GRACIOUS INTRO FOR ME, NOT ONLY
IS IT MIND-BLOWING TO HAVE 2,000
SHOWS, BUT TO HAVE OPRAH
INTRODUCE YOU, THAT'S HELP
EARTHQUAKE.
AFTER THAT, A ROLLER COASTER
RIDE OF SURPRISES.
EMERIL IS HERE, CAKE BOSS, ONE
OF MY HUGE CRUSHES, FITTY CENT.
AND MY HUSBAND DIDN'T KNOW WHILE
I WAS GETTING MY FLIRT ON, AND
FRIENDS.
TONY BENNETT COMES OUT AND SINGS
TO THE WHOLE AUDIENCE.
ON AND ON AND ON.
IT'S MY FAVORITE EPISODE, AND
WE'VE HAD MANY FAVORITES OVER
THE YEARS BUT IT'S SO ACTION
PACKED.
TOMORROW, 2001 IS GREAT, TOO.
WE HAVE AL ROKER AND HIS
BEAUTIFUL WIFE.
SO WE'RE HAPPY WE'RE STILL HERE,
KNOCK ON WOOD, DOING OUR THING
AND PEOPLE CAN SEE THEMSELVES
AND CELEBRITIES AND JOIN THE
PARTY, REALLY.
>> Jason: WE WERE LOOKING AT
VIDEO OF THE PRE-TAPING THAT
WHEN OPRAH CAME OUT, ONE LADY
FAINTED, ANOTHER HEAD EXPLODE
AND THEN SHE STARRED GIVING
EVERYBODY CARS, RIGHT THERE IN
[LAUGHTER]
>> Jason: WE CAN SEE IT LATER
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT WILL BE AN EPIC HOUR AND IT'S
SUPER FUN, SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE, FOR SURE.
>> Jason: YOU MENTIONED THE
OTHER 1999.
ANY GUESTS STICK OUT?
>> THE DAY WE LAUNCHED OUR
CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE, PRESIDENT
CLINTON CAME HERE AND GAVE THE
ALLIANCE OF HEALTHIER GENERATION
IN PARTNERSHIP TO THAT, SO OUR
CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE HAS BEEN
WORKING FOR 10 YEARS.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME I MET
MICHAEL J. FOX, A BEATLE WAS
HERE.
ON AND ON.
WE WEPT TO DETROIT AND SPENT THE
HOUR HELPING OUT THE DOWNTOWN
DETROIT GYM, IT'S AN INTEGRAL
PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND OUR GOAL IN SEASON 9, WE
WANTED TO FEED $9 MILLION AND
PEOPLE.
SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GIVING
BACK AND WE'RE PARTNERS INSTEAD
OF JUST PROGRAMMING.
>> Jason: YOU MENTIONED DETROIT.
YOU SHOULD COME AND SEE US
AGAIN, WE'RE THE COMEBACK CITY
WITH THE FOOD SCENE.
>> I DEGREE.
I'M A HUGE, HUGE FAN OF DETROIT
IN EVERY WAY.
EVEN WHEN I'M IN OTHER CITIES, I
DID A POP-UP STORE DOWN IN
AUSTIN, AND I FEATURED ALL
ARTISTS FROM DETROIT, PAINTING
ART.
I PROMISE, I'LL BE THERE SOON.
DETROIT IS A GREAT PLACE TO
HANG.
>> Jason: WHAT ARE YOU GONNA BE
FOR HALLOWEEN?
>> ON MY SHOW, MY HUSBAND, HE'S
YEARS.
WE'VE KIND OF TORTURED HIM.
HE WAS ROGER RABBIT TO KING KONG
TO HEAVY MAKEUP AND CREATURE
FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.
THIS YEAR, HE'LL BE THE KING
ANAHEIM THE QUEEN.
>> I HAD TO GO HOME AND COOK A
GOOD DINNER THAT NIGHT.
>> Jason: SEE THE SPECIA