KGILLA
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Post by KGILLA on Sept 10, 2004 14:43:23 GMT -5
ALLEGEDLY!!!Here in Chicago it was on the radio this morning that Oprah had some BIG secret for her 1st show of the season, which is to air Monday. On a particular radio station they were having people call in if they some how found out what the secret was. The people that got through said Oprah bought everybody in the audience a Pontiac Grand Am!!! They said that everybody that went to the show had to sign a confidentiality agreement. Now, I don’t know HOW true this is or not but we’ll see Monday! mi8.bpcdn.us/creviss6/t1.jpg [/IMG] -KGILLA-
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Post by Sweet Meat aka CC on Sept 10, 2004 21:16:55 GMT -5
If that's true, I'm sure those were some happy audience members!
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KGILLA
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Post by KGILLA on Sept 13, 2004 11:02:40 GMT -5
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Post by Sweet Meat aka CC on Sept 13, 2004 11:12:25 GMT -5
Unfortunately, Oprah doesn't come on in our area until 4, but I'm anxious to find out the surprise too. My momma watches her faitfully though, so I'll be givin' her a call around 4 to get the low-down on it.
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KGILLA
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Post by KGILLA on Sept 13, 2004 11:12:25 GMT -5
Answered my own questions, looked it up..... The Associated Press Updated: 11:46 a.m. ET Sept. 13, 2004
CHICAGO - This was the day to be in the audience for Oprah Winfrey’s talk show. To celebrate the start of her 19th season, Winfrey gave everyone a new car.
She kept everyone in suspense by first giving Pontiac G-Sixes to just eleven people.
Then she gave out gift boxes to the rest of the audience — who were told one of the boxes contained keys to a 12th car. But when audience members opened the boxes, each had a set of keys.
Audience members screamed and many began crying as Winfrey yelled “everybody gets a car!”
© 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
URL: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5989964/DAG!!! This is one time I wish I would've went to Oprah, well now & when Halle Berry was there! mi8.bpcdn.us/creviss6/t1.jpg [/IMG] -KGILLA-
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Post by Sweet Meat aka CC on Sept 13, 2004 11:13:37 GMT -5
Daaaaaaaaaaaaang, Oprah really looked out for her audience! I think I woulda been cryin' too--lol.
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KGILLA
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Post by KGILLA on Sept 13, 2004 11:22:11 GMT -5
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KGILLA
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Post by KGILLA on Sept 13, 2004 16:30:13 GMT -5
These 11 people didn't know just why they were coming on The Oprah Winfrey Show…boy, did we fool them! All of them suffered from an alarming epidemic that was driving them crazy…the worst car woes you couldn't even imagine. Surprise! They're all getting the new 2005 Pontiac® G6™—hot off the line and fully loaded! But the surprises don't end there… "I've got a little twist," Oprah says. "I've got one car left, and someone in the audience will have a chance to go home with a brand new Pontiac G6!" The plot thickens… Gotcha! Everyone in the audience is getting a key to a 2005 Pontiac® G6™! This brand-new mid-size sedan has one of the most powerful engines on the road, an XM Satellite Radio®, a Panoramic roof, an OnStar® safety system, just to name a few features—plus each audience member even gets to pick a snazzy color. Let the screaming begin! "You get a car! You get a car! You get a car! Everybody gets a car! Is that the wildest? Isn't it stunning? And, guess what? Your cars are waiting outside!" — Oprah That's $7 million worth of wildest dreams coming true! How do you pull off the biggest surprise in Oprah Show history? With 100 people working around the clock, there was plenty of sneaking going on…what fun! Talk show host Oprah Winfrey poses atop a Pontiac G6 automobile outside her Harpo studios in Chicago, Illinois, September 9, 2004 surrounded by some of the 276 people from the audience of her show who each received a new car during the show's taping. Winfrey stated the audience members were particularly chosen because family and friends had told the show's producers that they needed a new vehicle.
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KGILLA
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Post by KGILLA on Sept 13, 2004 16:31:04 GMT -5
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television host Oprah Winfrey had a surprise for the 276 members of her studio audience when she opened the latest season of her daytime talk show on Monday -- she gave them all new cars.
The $7 million giveaway came courtesy of General Motors, which provided the free Pontiac G6 sports sedans, a new line of cars, as part of a promotional deal with Winfrey's Chicago-based show, a spokeswoman for her Harpo Productions said.
The automotive handout introduced a "Wildest Dreams Come True" theme for the 19th season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which has reigned as the top daytime talk programs in U.S. syndication since its debut in 1986.
"No dream is too wild, no surprise too impossible to pull off," Winfrey said during the telecast.
The show opened with Winfrey calling 11 members of the audience to the stage and surprising them with the new car. She then handed out gift boxes to the rest of the audience, saying one of them contained the keys to a 12th free car. At the count of three, the boxes were opened all at once, revealing to shrieks of delight that everyone had won a set of keys.
Winfrey then led the ecstatic crowd outside the studio to a parking lot filled with G6s topped with big red bows. Each member of the audience was instructed to contact a Pontiac representative to personally customize the actual cars they will receive, allowing them to choose the color and features that come with a fully loaded model.
"We've never done a giveaway like this before," Harpo spokeswoman Carly Ubersox told Reuters.
She said most members of the audience had been specially selected from letters sent in advance by viewers on behalf of themselves, friends or family who were in need of a new car. But the audience members were kept in the dark about the nature of the show until it was taped.
Winfrey also gave away a four-year college scholarship, $10,000 wardrobe and make-over to a young woman who spent her teen years in foster care and homeless shelters. And a family with eight foster children was presented with a new house full of furniture and electronics plus a $130,000 check to cover their mortgage and home repairs.
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