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And you're saying I had tickets for that particular show and gave them away.....dang!!!

I know Oprah takes a lot of criticism but I've always been impressed with her. And now after reading this article, I know I really like her! I'm so happy for those in her audience.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/1 ... index.html

Mary

PS - as some of you may know, Letterman mentions Oprah on his show ~a lot~ and the fact that she's either ignored or declined invitations to guest on his show. I can just picture Letterman and his writers tossing out jokes/material/scripts and furiously rewriting them, featuring this story. I can also picture Dave saying - we've been known to give out hams before....let's see ya want a ham or a new car? LOL Or saying - in the spirit of Oprah, we've decided to give out new cars also...we thought what the heck! Inside each gift box, the audience members would pull out a Matchbox car!

Dang - I gave my tickets to a little old bag lady
who said she loved Oprah! DANG!!!!

Oprah is totally cool! When her show comes on
in the waiting room on the tv, I don't have to
run out and change the channel because of all
of the.......bleeeeeeeps!.....with curse words!

I saw that.. Did you also see what the 1 girl got..?

The cars were actually given by the manufacturer. For them and Oprah is was a stroke of marketing genius! Look at all the publicity thet're both getting for what amounts to peanuts. It's also great for anyone inteh audience ....everyone wins

I would rather have a lifelong supply of mountain dew..... but its really awesome everyone won a car. =D

kevin wrote:I would rather have a lifelong supply of mountain dew..... but its really awesome everyone won a car. =D

lmao. Forget the dew.
...Jennifer...

Jen - LOL

I'm just addicted to my Pepsi as some are with Dew. But if someone said you can have a new car or a lifetime supply of Pepsi, I think I'd take the car!!!!

Having said that, the mention of M. Dew comes up quite a bit on these wx boards. At a local TV station therock1811/Jeremy assisted on-air with local wx reports, I'm told they ALL drink Dew - so they can rise at 4 to be on air by 6.

Now since I tend to drag thru my days anymore, maybe I need to try M. Dew? LOL

Mary

PS - and oh, heard Letterman's episodes this week are all reruns. I still say he's going to have a reference to Oprah when he returns, he talks about her a lot and she's declined offers to guest on his show.

You all should of heard people on the Radio the day after this came out. People were going balistic up here in Chicago... But then..what would Chicago be without Oprah LOL

Awesome story---thanks for posting it--it brought a great big smile to me!

When I was 16, all my friends were getting cars for Christmas so that's what I asked for (and, frankly... expected).

Christmas morning I opened a box that I hoped had keys in it. But no, it was a matchbox car.

But it gets worse-- at 14 I asked for a phone, and they gave me a toy phone. After laughing for a while, they gave me the real phone. So when I got the matchbox car, I just kept waiting and waiting and waiting for that real car to show up!

I don't think "santa" realized the cruel joke-- it was an oversight.

cswitwer - your parents sure had a funny sense of humor! At least you did get a real phone.....LOL

Found this follow up article about the "free" cars......mmmm, I always say nothing is free in this day and age. Nothing! I walk past a booth at a fair offering drawings on a free vacation....sure I'll fill out your questionairre and look forward to many sales pitch calls you'll make to my home!!! Not! Anyway, here's the article.....

http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/22/news/ne ... tm?cnn=yes

But it was a nice try Oprah....wonder if she'll fork over the $7,000 each? Legally, I'm sure she can't.

Mary

PS - I wasn't supposed to be online until Sunday, but I have a computer for about 30 minutes more....trying to make the most out of it! My husband needs it for work.....

I heard that this morning.. What a shame for those people..