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So Why’s Oprah So Popular?!

October 18, 2005

If you ever watched Oprah, one particular thought may have entered your mind just like me: Why on earth is Oprah so popular? On her show, the audience, mostly white women (and the occasional gay guy) are screaming and clapping like she is a rock star, and she gets to interview all the top stars in Hollywood. A US magazine even named her one of the most powerful women in the world, higher than CEOs and Martha Stewart.

So why is she so popular?

Top Ten Reasons Oprah is So Popular

  • She has no competition. How many prime time talk show hosts do you know?

  • She’s not really popular. Every week the producers go to the mental institution and get out all the white women to act as the audience. They are trained to do two things – jump and cheer wildly every time Oprah or a guest enters, and nod vigourously (and smile like a lunatic) each time Oprah ends a sentence.

  • She’s not a black woman. ‘She’ is actually Jay Leno with face paint in drag.

  • American constitution says that there must be at least two black women that are famous, and who are not singers or actors. So after Condoleeza Rice, Oprah is the other one.

  • The wonder of having a name no one else has. Just ask Beyonce.

  • She can hypnotize movie stars to appear on her show and fawn over her. It’s a secret power, just like the X-men.

  • For some strange reason, the other channels always run crappy TV shows in the same time slot as Oprah for the last ten years, thereby forcing everyone to watch her show.

  • Because it’s the only show left on US TV that isn’t a reality show.

  • She was one of the members of the Supremes, the Chantelles and the Shangri-Las. Now you know.

  • Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hatred. Hatred leads to suffering. Suffering leads to controversial TV stories. Controversial TV stories lead to Oprah Prime Time.

22 Comments

  • anjali*

    October 18, 2005 at 3:15 pm Reply

    Aww, man, by sending this post, you have openly admitted that you watch Oprah Prime Time.

    And she’s popular coz of she represents the best case study for the black American dreams – rag to riches story. You have to tabik her la.

    And last bit is v v good 🙂

    Hidup Oprah!

  • lucia

    October 19, 2005 at 7:57 am Reply

    i watch ‘the oprah winfrey show’ on local tv many years back when it was shown and enjoyed it very much. actually i enjoy the interview with non celebrities (ordinary normal people like you and me) more than the interview with celebrities.

  • simon

    October 19, 2005 at 9:51 am Reply

    anjali – i do watch oprah on sundays. while waiting for the epl matches to start.

    lilian – yeah! you can interbiu celebs on the blog!

    yuin & coppersnare – tom cruise has gone bonkers.

    lucia – the interviews with normal people are usually sob stories. Its the celebrity interviews that are popular…

    jason – do you know anyone else with the name Beyonce? Like Beyonce Tan Lee Lian…? that would be funny…

  • Shan

    October 19, 2005 at 11:30 am Reply

    Well there was Donahue – but he retired.
    Am not a huge fan of Larry King.
    Ricki Lake and Jerry Springer, no matter how entertaining, still can’t cut it.
    So watch Oprah lah 😀

  • lucia

    October 19, 2005 at 2:08 pm Reply

    no no, i don’t mean the sob stories.

    i remember now how the ophrah winfrey show went. she will pick a topic then have 3 (or was it 2?) persons on the panel talking about the topic, and later on the audience will join in the topic. it was interesting to see them argue.

  • Fashionasia

    October 19, 2005 at 2:28 pm Reply

    actually, the reason why she is popular is because she does alot of good deeds helping ppl n stuffs. ya know ppl dig that…
    And…if u wanna be as famous as she is…throw a free car to every single audience that attend her show live. Really Tabik!!!!!

  • simon

    October 19, 2005 at 3:22 pm Reply

    fashionasia – i just read in vanity fair that the audience that got the car had to pay loads for taxes, so most of them gave it up.

  • simon

    October 19, 2005 at 3:24 pm Reply

    shan – sorry, but donahue was such a sissy. i can’t stand him.

    lucia – she seldom has episodes like that. nowadays she only does sob stories and celeb interviews…

  • Aliya Uzma Ashraf

    October 28, 2005 at 6:03 pm Reply

    i agree with the earlier comment which says that it is much better wehn oprah interviews normal people instead of celebrities. It has an elemnt of genuinity there.

    Also , i think oprah is a great host and does not fabricate like a lot of other hosts.
    I particulary remebr the apisode on child abuse , which im sure opened the eyes of a lot of mothers who do not live with the original fathers of their kids. Oprah is a true star;) as far as i am concerned.

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