# The end of Oprah thread --lets celebrate! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855 "2011-05-23T03:25:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/1 "2011-05-23T03:25:13Z")
A thread for non Oprah fans. We never drank the O Kool-Aide. šŸ˜ƒ I never found her show the least bit interesting. Never liked Phil Donahue or Jerry Springer. The entire boo hoo, Iā€™m so traumatized & I need a hug talk show format never did a thing for me. I rather go out in the yard and pick up dog turds. Itā€™s a better use of my time. For me the sun never rose out of Oprahā€™s butt. Any other non-Oprah fans want to join in the celebration? Sadly sheā€™s not really gone. We still got the all mighty O Network to contend with. Thereā€™s plenty of Oprah threads for the O lovers out there if you want to praise her to the high winds. Please donā€™t rain on this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/2 "2011-05-23T04:29:47Z")
Well, Iā€™m not much into celebrating because, since I never watched it\*, its absence will not really improve my life. But while I just canā€™t find it in me to be either sorry or happy itā€™s gone, I donā€™t mind toasting its demise with a mojito. Cheers! \*Okay, I watched the Million Little Lies guyā€™s episode and Tom Hanks jumping on the couch. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/3 "2011-05-23T04:38:02Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > \*Okay, I watched the Million Little Lies guyā€™s episode and Tom Hanks jumping on the couch. I think you mean Tom Cruise. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/4 "2011-05-23T04:41:22Z")
I have no interest in Oprah, but I congratulate you on opening your own thread to celebrate her showā€™s demise rather than threadshitting the threads for people who like her stuff. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/5 "2011-05-23T04:48:42Z")
Honestly, Iā€™ve paid little attention to Oprah or her show for the past decades. Much like Phil Donahue I made a point to skip that channel in the afternoons. But, the unrelenting press coverage drumbeat is pretty hard to ignore. Theyā€™ve been beating that frigging drum for months now. Iā€™ll be glad when sheā€™s gone and they shut the heck up. Canā€™t bring up [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) without seeing an Oprah story these days. sighā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/6 "2011-05-23T07:51:28Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I think you mean Tom Cruise. Yes. How very embarrassing. Iā€™m gonna lay the blame for this on the mojitos. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/7 "2011-05-23T07:54:03Z")
Iā€™m happy to see her go. I always hated the whole group-think attitude of ā€œI only read what Oprah wants me to readā€. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/8 "2011-05-23T07:55:18Z")
Iā€™m sure sheā€™ll just be replaced by some other garbage. Itā€™s not like her fanbase has gotten any more intelligent / employed, and they are gonna need some shit to watch in the middle of the afternoon, damnit! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/9 "2011-05-23T14:20:25Z")
Good point. Here sheā€™s on from 4 to 5 in the afternoon. If Iā€™m home then I turn on the local news at 4:55. For some reason, the local news likes to start a couple minutes early. That means seeing the closing credits of Oā€™s show. I guess next week weā€™ll find out what crap replaces the big O. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/10 "2011-05-23T14:39:14Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Honestly, Iā€™ve paid little attention to Oprah or her show for the past decades. She has a TV show? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/11 "2011-05-23T15:38:28Z")
If only it _were_ the end of Oprah. Now that sheā€™s no longer committed to a daily show, sheā€™ll have that much more time to horn in on other media. I expect sheā€™ll be self-promoting more than ever, what with a whole network to plug. I hope Iā€™m wrong, but I doubt it. Her massive ego wonā€™t be able to handle being out of the spotlight for long. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/12 "2011-05-23T20:08:58Z")
No cite, sorry. But I believe that Rosie Oā€™Donnell is taking over the time slot. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/13 "2011-05-23T20:28:23Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > No cite, sorry. But I believe that Rosie Oā€™Donnell is taking over the time slot. ā€œā€¦and Rumor walked blazing among themā€¦ā€ ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/14 "2011-05-23T23:48:14Z")
One time, watching clips of the housewives in her audience screaming in adulation at some stupid giveaway (not a car or anything so expensive on this occasion) it occurred to me. This is a cult. The most successful cult in history. Thereā€™s no rational reason these women would scream that way over minor crap, theyā€™re totally brainwashed into Oprahism, itā€™s the only way. The Sunday paper this week had an Oprah story as the front page headline. Either it was a REALLLY slow news day (week?) or theyā€™ve been converted. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/15 "2011-05-24T05:29:08Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > ā€œā€¦and Rumor walked blazing among themā€¦ā€ [http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2011/03/rosie-odonnell-to-tape-own-talk-show-at-oprah-winfreys-chicago-harpo-studios.html](http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2011/03/rosie-odonnell-to-tape-own-talk-show-at-oprah-winfreys-chicago-harpo-studios.html) Yeah, stupid Rumorā€¦ šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/16 "2011-05-24T17:01:41Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > One time, watching clips of the housewives in her audience screaming in adulation at some stupid giveaway (not a car or anything so expensive on this occasion) it occurred to me. This is a cult. The most successful cult in history. Thereā€™s no rational reason these women would scream that way over minor crap, theyā€™re totally brainwashed into Oprahism, itā€™s the only way. > > The Sunday paper this week had an Oprah story as the front page headline. Either it was a REALLLY slow news day (week?) or theyā€™ve been converted. Meh, people seem overly happy on Ellen, too. I think they just think thatā€™s what theyā€™re supposed to do. You only need a few to think that, and everyone else will follow. It doesnā€™t have to be a cult, just a little bit of a mob mentality that looks good on TV. Heck, you could probably hire people to do get the crowd stirred up. Anyways, a cult needs seclusion to really qualify. This is just mob mentality. And if the cult was working, why is she having to get her own network? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/17 "2011-05-24T17:12:37Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I guess next week weā€™ll find out what crap replaces the big O. Please, God, let it be Uma. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/18 "2011-05-24T17:20:34Z")
Iā€™m kind of ambivalent about her retirement. I feel about Oprah sort of the way I feel about Queen Elizabeth. 1. I question whether their professions have any value and should exist at all. 2. Neither of their professions has any direct effect on my life. 3. As individuals, they seem to be doing as good a job as anyone in their profession could be expected to. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/19 "2011-05-24T23:36:41Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > And if the cult was working, why is she having to get her own network? One show vs many shows MWAH HAH HAH ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855/20 "2011-05-25T16:16:26Z")
One of her guests from several years ago was just interviewed on the local NPR station. I didnā€™t catch his name, just that he was blind and had written a book, and was on Oprahā€™s show. He said it was obvious that she hadnā€™t read his book (or even bothered to have someone else read it and tell her what it was about) because all of her questions and comments were irrelevant. He said she didnā€™t talk to any of the guests during breaks, actually looked away from them. Iā€™m wondering if, now that she doesnā€™t have a broadcast show, weā€™ll be hearing from more people with unflattering things to say about her. One of the people on the radio program says we need to give Oprah credit for the trend toward less Springer-ish talk shows. Iā€™m going ā€œWhat?ā€ We still have Springer and Maury and Steve Wilkos and all those reality shows that are nothing but confrontation (some physical). Oprah hasnā€™t had any impact at all in that area. Just because thereā€™s no hair-pulling on Dr. Phil doesnā€™t make his ā€œquieterā€ show any less ugly. Put all your personal issues on TV. Yeah, thatā€™ll fix things. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oprah-thread-lets-celebrate/582855.md?page=2)