Opera gives each of her audience a car

Randy · 09-13-2004, 06:15 PM

Oprah Winfrey celebrated the premiere of her 19th season by surprising each of her 276 audience members with a new car. Making sure the audience was kept in suspense, Winfrey opened the show by calling 11 people onto the stage. She gave each of them a car — a Pontiac G6.

She then had gift boxes distributed to the rest of the audience and said one of the boxes contained keys to a 12th car. But when everyone opened the boxes, each had a set of keys.

"Everybody gets a car! Everybody gets a car! Everybody gets a car!" Winfrey yelled as she jumped up and down on the stage.

The audience screamed, cried and hugged each other — then followed Winfrey out to the parking lot of her Harpo Studios to see their Pontiacs, all decorated with giant red bows.

The cars, which retail for $28,000, were donated by Pontiac.

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I am kicking myself for not being there to get one too

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Can you believe the generosity.. wow! Nice lady.

Poet Laureate · 09-13-2004, 06:18 PM

ha ha ha, you watch Opera

Randy · 09-13-2004, 06:23 PM

Maybe you should .. You could have won a new car. ha ha ha
And I never said I watch her.. I said I heard that she gave away new cars...
Try to learn how to read newbie

irontime · 09-13-2004, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poet Laureate

ha ha ha, you watch Opera

That's what I was thinking

............and then there is some lucky fucking pansy bastard who watches Opera and got a new car out of it

Chain Link · 09-13-2004, 06:26 PM

Only 1 car for sitting through her show? Cheap bitch.

oaktownboy · 09-13-2004, 06:30 PM

who the fuck is opera?

oaktownboy · 09-13-2004, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irontime

That's what I was thinking

............and then there is some lucky fucking pansy bastard who watches Opera and got a new car out of it

maybe i should start attending *opera* more often

cappo5150 · 09-13-2004, 10:28 PM

I heard that it wasnt just the normal audience. Watchers wrote in to Oprah that someone they know needs a new car.

maniclion · 09-13-2004, 11:17 PM

Oprah or opera?

**Prince** · 09-13-2004, 11:21 PM

you all do realize that when you make tens of millions of dollars per year tax right off are necessary right?

Randy · 09-14-2004, 12:25 AM

I wish I was lucky enough to get a new car for her to write off

Randy · 09-14-2004, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maniclion

Oprah or opera?

I stand corrected.... my mistake, I believe you are right Manic...It is Oprah.

GoalGetter · 09-14-2004, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy

I wish I was lucky enough to get a new car for her to write off

The car is nice, but I'd rather she write off some money for the mortgage on a condo I'd love to buy!

**Prince** · 09-14-2004, 09:06 AM

actually from what I heard today Oprah did not pay for the cars, Pontiac gave them all to the show for free, I assume for advertising purposes.

Jo-Anna · 09-14-2004, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio

you all do realize that when you make tens of millions of dollars per year tax right off are necessary right?

Good point but it still doesn't change the fact that I could have used a new car for my traveling back and forth to work.

I wish I was in that audience!

Jo-Anna · 09-14-2004, 11:30 AM

You could sell the car and get the money for the mortgage... add some decals to it and sell it with a 2% markup.

ponyboy · 09-14-2004, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio

you all do realize that when you make tens of millions of dollars per year tax right off are necessary right?

It wasn't ever her tax writeoff - they were donated my GM to promote their new G6 model - pretty smart marketing to have an hour long commercial for their car that millions will watch, never mind hear about on the net. Plus 270 people from all over the country are now driving around in a car they will rave about no matter what because they got it for free. That's priceless.

270 cars x $26,000 = about 5 million. A drop in the bucket for that amount of advertising. Damn people who work in advertising.

Randy · 09-14-2004, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoalGetter

The car is nice, but I'd rather she write off some money for the mortgage on a condo I'd love to buy!

You and me both GG

Randy · 09-14-2004, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio

actually from what I heard today Oprah did not pay for the cars, Pontiac gave them all to the show for free, I assume for advertising purchases.

She may not have paid for them, but was a high enough caliber celebrity for Pontiac to feel she would provide them with the publicity. She was the one who made it happen

<Thank you Oprah>

I am writting you a letter to explain why I could not attend your show that day so you can just deliver the new car to my place of residence

ALBOB · 09-14-2004, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maniclion

Oprah or opera?

Both. That's Oprah doing the Time Warp.

Randy · 09-14-2004, 04:39 PM

Yeah I hear Oprah is pretty versatile

She'll try anything once

**Prince** · 09-14-2004, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponyboy

It wasn't ever her tax writeoff - they were donated my GM to promote their new G6 model - pretty smart marketing to have an hour long commercial for their car that millions will watch, never mind hear about on the net. Plus 270 people from all over the country are now driving around in a car they will rave about no matter what because they got it for free. That's priceless.

I know, had you read my second response in this thread I said this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio

actually from what I heard today Oprah did not pay for the cars, Pontiac gave them all to the show for free, I assume for advertising purposes.

LAM · 09-14-2004, 04:47 PM

that's very slick of GM to take a small 7.7 million dollar loss. pennies compared to what they spend on TV advertising...

ponyboy · 09-14-2004, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio

I know, had you read my second response in this thread I said this:

I know, you always post right when I do.

kbm8795 · 09-14-2004, 08:28 PM

Hmmm....now I'm thinkin'...that Rob (IM's Oprah) DiMaggio here should be givin' GM a call...

I mean, I'll bet we'd all be willing to put Pontiac avatars on here for a nice box with keys. . .and there are more of us needy gymrats than those people in that TV diva's audience. Besides, we could get GoPro to maybe do a free online commercial liftin' up the back end of one of the cars and shakin' it just to show people how easy it is to get the snow off in the winter. Or...or like J'Bo could wear a bikini and drive one along the beach...

C'mon, Rob...give 'em a call - ya know you are a better host than Oprah anyway. . .

Randy · 09-14-2004, 08:35 PM

I agree.... Prince is a much better host than Oprah ....ha ha ha

kbm8795 · 09-14-2004, 09:16 PM

We..we could call him "Oprob".....

Randy · 09-14-2004, 09:47 PM

Randy · 09-14-2004, 09:49 PM

But hell he won't even give us a T-shirt

You should at least get a Tshirt when you hit the 5000 post marker

Either that, or I should give him one for putting up with me for this many posts

kbm8795 · 09-14-2004, 09:55 PM

Now we're in trouble - he's gonna wake up tomorrow morning and we're gonna end up on Oprob's "favorite banned things" list. . .

Ya know, I saw one of the morning news shows talkin' about that Oprah giveaway this morning...the weatherman got the audience outside the studio in New York to step up to this covered table, and they gave away these little matchbox cars to everyone there....hehehe. ..the crowd went wild screaming "everyone gets a car"...oops..now that's not quite what we had in mind, Rob. . .

09-13-2004, 06:15 PM	#1
Randy Woof! Woof! Woof! Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: California Posts: 7,859 Photos: 4	Oprah gives each of her audience a car Oprah Winfrey celebrated the premiere of her 19th season by surprising each of her 276 audience members with a new car. Making sure the audience was kept in suspense, Winfrey opened the show by calling 11 people onto the stage. She gave each of them a car — a Pontiac G6. She then had gift boxes distributed to the rest of the audience and said one of the boxes contained keys to a 12th car. But when everyone opened the boxes, each had a set of keys. "Everybody gets a car! Everybody gets a car! Everybody gets a car!" Winfrey yelled as she jumped up and down on the stage. The audience screamed, cried and hugged each other — then followed Winfrey out to the parking lot of her Harpo Studios to see their Pontiacs, all decorated with giant red bows. The cars, which retail for $28,000, were donated by Pontiac. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am kicking myself for not being there to get one too . Can you believe the generosity.. wow! Nice lady. - O F F I C I A L . L I N K . M A S T E R - Maintains a Reference to all Gopros P/RR/S Links Gopros latest routines: CLICK HERE Lift like a Chicken Look Like a Chicken Last edited by Randy : 09-14-2004 at 01:11 AM.

09-13-2004, 06:23 PM	#3
Randy Woof! Woof! Woof! Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: California Posts: 7,859 Photos: 4	Maybe you should .. You could have won a new car. ha ha ha And I never said I watch her.. I said I heard that she gave away new cars... Try to learn how to read newbie - O F F I C I A L . L I N K . M A S T E R - Maintains a Reference to all Gopros P/RR/S Links Gopros latest routines: CLICK HERE Lift like a Chicken Look Like a Chicken

09-13-2004, 06:30 PM	#6
oaktownboy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: smog and fog Posts: 4,428	who the fuck is opera? Chuck Norris once lost his keys and couldn't remember where he put them. So he tortured himself for half an hour until he gave up their location.

09-13-2004, 11:17 PM	#9
maniclion Cartographer of the Mind Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mens Incognita Posts: 20,437 Photos: 10	Oprah or opera? "We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Natures inexhaustible sources of energy — sun, wind and tide. ... I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that." Thomas Edison: In conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone

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Chain Link Cyber Athlete Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clearwater, Fl Posts: 1,484	Only 1 car for sitting through her show? Cheap bitch.

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Randy Woof! Woof! Woof! Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: California Posts: 7,859 Photos: 4	I wish I was lucky enough to get a new car for her to write off - O F F I C I A L . L I N K . M A S T E R - Maintains a Reference to all Gopros P/RR/S Links Gopros latest routines: CLICK HERE Lift like a Chicken Look Like a Chicken

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Randy Woof! Woof! Woof! Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: California Posts: 7,859 Photos: 4	Yeah I hear Oprah is pretty versatile She'll try anything once - O F F I C I A L . L I N K . M A S T E R - Maintains a Reference to all Gopros P/RR/S Links Gopros latest routines: CLICK HERE Lift like a Chicken Look Like a Chicken

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LAM Gym ratt/Part-time pimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 7,384 Photos: 2	that's very slick of GM to take a small 7.7 million dollar loss. pennies compared to what they spend on TV advertising... Dumbest statement made in the Anabolic Zone for Nov TBD ----------------------------------------------------- What you talking about Willis ?

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kbm8795 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,367 Photos: 1	Hmmm....now I'm thinkin'...that Rob (IM's Oprah) DiMaggio here should be givin' GM a call... I mean, I'll bet we'd all be willing to put Pontiac avatars on here for a nice box with keys. . .and there are more of us needy gymrats than those people in that TV diva's audience. Besides, we could get GoPro to maybe do a free online commercial liftin' up the back end of one of the cars and shakin' it just to show people how easy it is to get the snow off in the winter. Or...or like J'Bo could wear a bikini and drive one along the beach... C'mon, Rob...give 'em a call - ya know you are a better host than Oprah anyway. . .

09-14-2004, 08:35 PM	#26
Randy Woof! Woof! Woof! Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: California Posts: 7,859 Photos: 4	I agree.... Prince is a much better host than Oprah ....ha ha ha - O F F I C I A L . L I N K . M A S T E R - Maintains a Reference to all Gopros P/RR/S Links Gopros latest routines: CLICK HERE Lift like a Chicken Look Like a Chicken

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kbm8795 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,367 Photos: 1	We..we could call him "Oprob".....

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Randy Woof! Woof! Woof! Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: California Posts: 7,859 Photos: 4	- O F F I C I A L . L I N K . M A S T E R - Maintains a Reference to all Gopros P/RR/S Links Gopros latest routines: CLICK HERE Lift like a Chicken Look Like a Chicken

09-14-2004, 09:49 PM	#29
Randy Woof! Woof! Woof! Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: California Posts: 7,859 Photos: 4	But hell he won't even give us a T-shirt You should at least get a Tshirt when you hit the 5000 post marker Either that, or I should give him one for putting up with me for this many posts - O F F I C I A L . L I N K . M A S T E R - Maintains a Reference to all Gopros P/RR/S Links Gopros latest routines: CLICK HERE Lift like a Chicken Look Like a Chicken

09-14-2004, 09:55 PM	#30
kbm8795 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,367 Photos: 1	Now we're in trouble - he's gonna wake up tomorrow morning and we're gonna end up on Oprob's "favorite banned things" list. . . Ya know, I saw one of the morning news shows talkin' about that Oprah giveaway this morning...the weatherman got the audience outside the studio in New York to step up to this covered table, and they gave away these little matchbox cars to everyone there....hehehe. ..the crowd went wild screaming "everyone gets a car"...oops..now that's not quite what we had in mind, Rob. . .

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