Around the Watercooler Fantasy Dinner Guests
ABC News (GMA)
Transcripts November 14, 2003 Friday
(Voice Over) Tony has the "Watercooler."
TONY PERKINS, ABC NEWS
(Voice Over) "Parade" magazine did a fascinating study.
TONY PERKINS
(Off Camera) They asked their readers, who would you most like to have dinner
with if you had the opportunity? This is an easy question for me to answer. My
choice would be Johnny Carson. I never met ...
ROBIN ROBERTS
(Off Camera) Ohh. Yeah.
TONY PERKINS
(Off Camera) Johnny Carson. He's my idol. I would love to do that. Although,
he's having dinner with nobody we're told anymore. But the readers of
"Parade" magazine agreed. They said President Bush.
ROBIN ROBERTS
(Off Camera) Men said President Bush.
CHARLES GIBSON, ABC NEWS
(Off Camera) Men said.
DIANE SAWYER
(Off Camera) For men.
TONY PERKINS
(Off Camera) Men said President Bush. And women said Oprah Winfrey.
ROBIN ROBERTS
(Off Camera) Yeah.
TONY PERKINS
(Voice Over) And -I mean, by large margins, these folks agreed. Now, we did the
same thing on abcnews.com just to find out what people thought.
TONY PERKINS
(Off Camera) The most popular choice, and I kid you not, was Charlie Gibson.
People want to have dinner with you.
ROBIN ROBERTS
(Off Camera) Yeah. I mean, why wouldn't ...
CHARLES GIBSON
(Off Camera) And that's fine, 'cause I'll take a free meal anywhere.
DIANE SAWYER
(Off Camera) But you ...
ROBIN ROBERTS
(Off Camera) I know. About to say, 'cause you will not pay. You might want him
for dinner, but you're gonna have to pay for it.
TONY PERKINS
(Off Camera) But the second most popular choice, very close to you, was Justin
Guarini from "American Idol."
CHARLES GIBSON
(Voice Over) And we're thinking about having dinner tonight.
ROBIN ROBERTS
(Voice Over) (inaudible) about the bill.
DIANE SAWYER
(Off Camera) And the women?
TONY PERKINS
(Off Camera) Although, well, we didn't break it down between men and women. But
the others that people chose were Judge Roy Moore from Alabama, Rosie O'Donnell,
Tony Blair ...
ROBIN ROBERTS
(Off Camera) Celine Dion.
TONY PERKINS
(Off Camera) and (inaudible).
CHARLES GIBSON
(Off Camera) Tony Blair?
TONY PERKINS
(Off Camera) Tony Blair. Lots of people.
DIANE SAWYER
(Off Camera) Thanks for weighing in.