ch19079 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...prah_s_surprise "CHICAGO - Oprah Winfrey celebrated the premiere of her 19th season by surprising each of her 276 audience members with a new car." i would love to have enouph money to give away 276 car in one day....damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...prah_s_surprise "CHICAGO - Oprah Winfrey celebrated the premiere of her 19th season by surprising each of her 276 audience members with a new car." i would love to have enouph money to give away 276 car in one day....damn. 30458[/snapback] I still wouldn't go. Could you imagine the mind numbing drivel that you would have to listen to for an hour. It isn't woth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_BiB_ Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I still wouldn't go. Could you imagine the mind numbing drivel that you would have to listen to for an hour. It isn't woth it. 30462[/snapback] stevestojan Bill, wear earplugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 A new car? It better be a Nissan 350Z or a sweet F150 Lightning to justify listening to that crap for a hour. Just the thought of being trapped in a studio with Oprah and her minions scares the crap out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gflande1 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Im sure its much longer than an hour. I bet 3-4 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Another public ploy by Oprah to look like a hero. Pontiac donated all the cars, she didn't have a dime invested in it. Although she often gives money to people in need, many of these freebies are gifts of major corporations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCBillsFan Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Another public ploy by Oprah to look like a hero. Pontiac donated all the cars, she didn't have a dime invested in it. Although she often gives money to people in need, many of these freebies are gifts of major corporations. 30497[/snapback] Exactly.... you beat me to the punch. Oprah looks like super woman for this without having to pony up anything. I read the article and Pontiac also said they were going to pay all the taxes and customizing of all the vehicles for the guests. Way to go Pontiac! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Im sure its much longer than an hour. I bet 3-4 hours. 30492[/snapback] ugh...unbearable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExWNYer Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Exactly.... you beat me to the punch. Oprah looks like super woman for this without having to pony up anything. I read the article and Pontiac also said they were going to pay all the taxes and customizing of all the vehicles for the guests. Way to go Pontiac! 30501[/snapback] PONTIAC: Poor Oprah Nimrods Think It's A Cadillac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Another public ploy by Oprah to look like a hero. Pontiac donated all the cars, she didn't have a dime invested in it. Although she often gives money to people in need, many of these freebies are gifts of major corporations. 30497[/snapback] So do you think Linda Pellegrino could have convinced Pontiac to participate in such a stunt? They only did it because she's Oprah, and they knew the exposure/advertising they were getting from it because of the ease with which she makes news...Further, do you think Pontiac went to Oprah and said "we're looking for ways to give away more cars, can we give them to members of your audience?" I'm not saying she's a saint, but to say that she had nothing to do with 276 people who needed cars getting cars tax free takes things to the opposite extreme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 So do you think Linda Pellegrino could have convinced Pontiac to participate in such a stunt? They only did it because she's Oprah, and they knew the exposure/advertising they were getting from it because of the ease with which she makes news...Further, do you think Pontiac went to Oprah and said "we're looking for ways to give away more cars, can we give them to members of your audience?" I'm not saying she's a saint, but to say that she had nothing to do with 276 people who needed cars getting cars tax free takes things to the opposite extreme. 30881[/snapback] There were 11 on stage that "needed" a car. Reminds me of the old tv show, "Queen for a Day", which had an "applause meter" that gave the washing machine or whatever to the person with the best sob story. The others just happened to show up for the day's taping. But I think Oprah is an ok person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I know somebody that works for her or she approached Pontiac. But the article is titled "Oprah gives away cars to her audience". It makes people think that she gave 7 million dollars of her own money to Pontiac to give cars to needy people. Noble idea, just the wrong people are getting the credit. The title of the article should read "Pontiac donates 276 cars to needy audience of The Oprah Show '. Then everybody gets the credit they deservr. You sure dont see the CEO of GM in the picture with the cars and cheering people. It's great that she does give back to people in need, but she makes sure that a camera and reporter are there to record the event. Her giving 7 million to some one is like me giving $5 to charity, and I don't, nor do most ordinary people, run to the press to make sure everybody knows about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horus Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 So do you think Linda Pellegrino could have convinced Pontiac to participate in such a stunt? They only did it because she's Oprah, and they knew the exposure/advertising they were getting from it because of the ease with which she makes news...Further, do you think Pontiac went to Oprah and said "we're looking for ways to give away more cars, can we give them to members of your audience?" I'm not saying she's a saint, but to say that she had nothing to do with 276 people who needed cars getting cars tax free takes things to the opposite extreme. 30881[/snapback] actually i bet she wasnt the one to come up with it either...all these shows have a group of ppl that work on it that read all the mail and do all the "REAL WORK" of the show...all oprah does is ask what the shows about and do a little reading of what she should talk about..wich is written by those ppl i just mentioned...i bet one of her lowly workers came up with the idea and then her workers contacted pontiac and said "hey i work for the oprah show and we blah, blah, blah...."....theres no way shes pulling any money out of her pocket for anybody but herself....the studio flipped the bill on all those shows where somebody got money or received gifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#89 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Dan Linda is gonna love that reference I just e-mailed it to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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