The View Panel Talks Whitney Houston’s Funeral, Falling On Top Of Caskets

Oh, how I have missed watching The View every morning! On this day in history, the panel covered the most touching moments of Whitney Houston’s funeral in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, which included performances from the likes of Stevie Wonder and a moving speech by Kevin Costner. Then, naturally, talk turned to Whoopi Goldberg’s own funeral. Elisabeth Hasselbeck didn’t want to have the discussion, but Sherri Shepherd and Whoopi agreed that shying away from the inevitable doesn’t help anyone, and that funerals can sometimes be joyous.

At this point, the two of them began talking about “the lady that falls into the casket,” wailing, at the end of African American funerals, which is apparently enough of a trope at that both of them recognized it immediately and were able to do impressions? Never change, ladies.

You can see that clip here via ABC:

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