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Friday Flashback: Bette Midler Makes Johnny Carson Cry

Although these days, Bette Midler is hanging with 50 Cent and giving Jennifer Aniston man advice (like ya do), there was a time in our young lives when Bette made us tear up on a regular basis. She was the wind beneath our wings. She was CC Bloom, the character in Beaches who had us crying the ugly cry as she said farewell to her cancer-ridden friend. Throughout the ninties, homegirl just kept tugging on our heart strings with that big patented Bette grin on her face. Her most memorable moment might have been her Johnny Carson serenade. On Carson's last show, the Divine Miss M sang the perfect tribute to send him off.

Now our time with The Remote Island is coming to an end. And though, we're no Johnny, we still want to hear Bette to sing her sweet little goodbye.

50 Cent + Bette Midler?

Lately, 50 Cent has been diversifying his personal portfolio. He’s got a highly anticipated reality television program on MTV titled The Power and The Money. He’s working with his G-Unity Foundation giving grants to deserving organizations across New York City. And he’s hanging out with Bette Midler. He and Bette teamed up to create “The Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson Community Garden” in Queens. Their community garden opened on Monday.

First of all, envision 50 Cent gardening. Mmm-hmm, close your eyes and picture it: 50 Cent using an actual hoe, instead of rapping about ho’s.

Now read Bette and 50’s hilarious commentary on their collabo after the jump.

Dating Tip of the Week From "Lipstick Jungle"

When in doubt, Bette Midler lyrics work for any situation...

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Lindy Parker has worked as a ghostwriter, editor, dance instructor and a purveyor of dreams, one beer at a time. She loves Charles Dickens and Gabriel Garcia Marquez and also, straight-to-video releases with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. It's possible she reads more teen fiction than she should. She hails from Los Angeles, her hometown and soul mate, but she lives in Brooklyn, the fling she'll never forget.

Olivia Purnell left Ohio for sunny Los Angeles; then found that she couldn’t ignore New York City’s call, and brought herself to Brooklyn where she has worked with GenArt, BlackBook, the School of American Ballet, and finished an M.A. in Creative Writing from N.Y.U. She loves one-liners with sting and hates the stench of the subway in the summer. That said, she can’t get enough of either.

Jake Kalish is a freelance journalist and humorist whose work has appeared in Details, Maxim, Stuff, New York Press, Spin, Blender, Men's Fitness, Poets and Writers, and Playboy, among other publications. He is also the author of Santa vs. Satan: The Official Compendium of Imaginary Fights.

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Ben Kallen is an entertainment, health and humor writer who's been lectured to by Sidney Poitier, argued with by Lea Thompson and smiled at by Jennifer Connelly. He's the coauthor of The No S Diet and author of The Year in Weird, along with hundreds of magazine articles. He lives near the beach in Los Angeles, just like the gang from Three's Company.

Nicole Ankowski has lived in Ohio, Oakland, and on the high plains of South Dakota, but is now proud to call Brooklyn home. She wrote for alternative weekly papers in the first two states, and tried to learn Lakota in the last. (The vowels can be tricky.) She just earned her MFA in Creative Writing and has been published in Beeswax literary journal. She is unable to resist good writing or bad TV.

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