Talk:The Oprah Winfrey Show

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The actual name of the show is The Oprah Winfrey Show (which currently redirects here), shouldn't this article be there instead? Oprah should redirect to the person, IMO. --Sketchee 07:17, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)

I agree, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is definately the correct name. --Millsdavid 23:50, 31 Jan 2005 Where has Oprah spent most of her life with how her mother or father shut up

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Contents 1 Merge Oprahfication with TOWS 2 ? 3 The Texas Rancher Incident 4 Request elaboration 5 Editing 6 Terrible

[edit] Merge Oprahfication with TOWS

The article Oprahfication has been nominated and seconded for deletion. However the article has sources and even though it is "neologism", the article documents an interesting social phenomenon in this age of self help. The contents should be merged with a current Oprah article instead of deleted. FeelsLikeHome 20:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit]  ?

She also has been called an "Uncle Tom" of sorts, as she traditionally, though not continually, caters to her white audience.

Thats the last sentence in the 'Criticism' section. Just thought it was a strange passage, no source or specific incident cited or anything, but I'll leave it at that. --LeCorrector 03:47, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Texas Rancher Incident

Does someone have adequate info to add a section on the incident with the Texas farmer lawsuit that caused the show to tape in Texas during the trial? All I know is Oprah made some statement "I'm not going to eat another hamburger" and sales of beef dropped. I don't know what the show topic was about. Dwp49423 15:42, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request elaboration

"In 2002, Oprah surprised people at a McDonald's drive-through. She encountered a very rude customer, and when he drove up she recognized him as her attorney." What exactly is this referring to? Did Oprah work at a drive thru as part of her show, or did she jump the counter and start raiding the kitchen while her attorney showed up independently? D-Fluff has had E-Nuff 21:26, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Editing

Reorganized most of the article and removed bad sentencing; will try for sources later.--Aaronhumes (talk) 22:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Terrible

This whole article seems to focus on the show after it totally changed its format. How about a little discussion of its history? The 1980s and early '90s? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Commando303 (talk • contribs) 04:17, 11 December 2007 (UTC)