Ok, much as I don’t like Oprah Winfrey talkshows (I just think they’re too soppy) I must say that I would GRAB the chance to be part of the studio audience if offered. This is especially so if that particular episode offers a CAR as a studio gift!!!! Like faint and die now. It’s a freaking Pontiac G6 sponsored by General Motors! The giftaway’s meant to celebrate the premiere of her 19th season and Oprah said that her lucky viewers were chosen because their friends or loved ones had told the show about their need for a new car.
So where were my friends and loved ones when I needed them? Heh.
Anyways, when I first watched an episode of Oprah, at the start of the show I wondered why the women were going ga-ga over just being in the studio audience. It was as if they were put under a spell—they were cheering and clapping in wide-eyed wonder at everything Oprah said. And there I was thinking that these women are insane!
However, I soon realised why these women become like that. As Oprah introduces the stuff that sponsors are giving away, each item is being distributed to every member of the audience and these women lap it all up like hungry hyenas being all gleeful at a sudden treat. Frankly it’s an infomercial disguised as a talkshow. It’s no wonder consumerism drives the US economy. Even I found myself sucked into the whole going-ga-ga-over-the-cool-stuff thing.
I must say that the sponsors in the US are one helluva generous. I don’t think it happens in any other part of the world. I mean, the prizes that are being offered on American gameshows like Wheel of Fortune feature hard cash that go into US$25,000 and more, cars, luxurious holiday packages etc.
Speaking of Wheel of Fortune, sometimes the puzzle’s such a no-brainer and the answer’s staring at you right in the face, yet the contestants can still get it wrong! At those times, I’m convinced they’ve got peas for brains. AND Vanna White’s the most overpaid person in this entire world. All she does is turn blocks of letters around…hell, it’s an activity one does in the playground (turning those naughts and crosses)! Actually, she isn’t even needed on the show considering the fact that they use TV screens now. Previously, at least she had to exert a little arm strength to turn those letters, but now all she does is touch the screens. That said, the letter can turn up on its own without even her touching the screen! So she has become a bigger wallflower. Ooh I’m so happy that she has spread her petals!
But hey, if anyone wants to hire you for such a mindless job and you get paid millions for it, why not???
Posted by DSD at September 15, 2004 12:23 PM