Ellen Hooks Up Military With Cruises

For relatives and friends of U.S. troops serving in Iraq (news - web sites), "The Ellen DeGeneres (news) Show" was the place to be. Studio audience members, all with a military connection, were surprised with the gift of a free cruise at a taping Tuesday. The episode of the syndicated talk show, with guest Tom Hanks (news), aired Wednesday.

A total of 250 seven-day cruises for four, along with taxes and fees, were given in appreciation of troops deployed from three California bases: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Camp Pendleton and Fort Irwin.

Celebrity Cruises is providing the vacations, available at any time to allow for troops overseas to take part on their return, according to a spokeswoman for the show.

DeGeneres also joined with the USO to send more than 5,000 care packages to the audience's relatives and friends in Iraq. The episode will be repeated on Thanksgiving on the Armed Forces Network.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041124/ap_en_tv/people_ellen_6

It was a nice gift to those famalies.

she is an immoral lesbeeeen.

who caused 9/11

:crazy: :crazy:

I hope the abortionists and feminists and witches step up and do their part too.

they helped out. :crazy:

and this proves it!

can't stand - she is a nice person - or so it seems - I like her humor

I have never seen her show - when is it on and what station - I am east coast

She got a toaster from Melissa Etheridge, y'know. Can't have our brave troops seduced into cruising by one of those people, now can we? </sarcasm>

Go Ellen! And maybe...

The episode will be repeated on Thanksgiving on the Armed Forces Network.

...it'll pre-empt Rush! (who is actually on AFRTS radio and has no business there :grr: )

I wish the best in everything she does .

talking all their trash talk. Well this certainly upstages the yellow ribbon set.What a great person she is.

Because her's is the one show that doesn't engage in any of that kind of thing. She just wants to make people happy. You won't see abused women or white collar criminals or tragic gossip on "Ellen" (except for that picture of her mom with a thermometer in her mouth the other day!). I want to be Ellen. Ellen rocks.

She rocks and has humor that doesn't hurt people. She is great.

corporations for those stupid yellow ribbons on the back of their cars would put the money into a kitty and sent stuff to the troops would be a lot more productive than those stupid thing on the back of their cars...

She makes me laugh, when she dances.
Go Ellen :bounce: Go Ellen!

and call up fans on her phone. She better with people than most other hosts (especially the ones on that joke of a show called "The View").