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KRL · 09-13-2004, 11:47 AM

To celebrate her 19th season, Oprah secretly arranged for the studio audience to be all people who needed new cars but couldn't afford them.

She said 12 lucky audience members would get new cars. Then she told the audience to look under their seats and open the gift box and that one of the boxes had a set of keys and one more person had won a car.

When each person opened their gift box each had a set of keys. So all 276 got brand new cars. (Over $8 Million)

That's real class and utter generosity in my book.

sixxxthsense · 09-13-2004, 11:48 AM

if u watach oprah u are gay!

Inde · 09-13-2004, 11:49 AM

so that was the big surprise?

very nice of her.... class act indeed

KRL · 09-13-2004, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sixxxthsense
if u watach oprah u are gay!

Fuck off you idiot.

Peaches · 09-13-2004, 11:50 AM

WOW! That's $30K a car so they got decent ones too.

Odie · 09-13-2004, 11:50 AM

wow!! I'm sure some of them were donated of course..the publicity the automakers would get makes up for the donation.

what kind of cars did they get??

that is still awesome tho! go oprah!!

Michael O · 09-13-2004, 11:51 AM

Wow nice.

I like the shows where she gives away stuff to people that really needs it.

Marcus Aurelius · 09-13-2004, 11:51 AM

shes very generous because she can afford to be. she is a good hearted person and it shows.

n3in · 09-13-2004, 11:52 AM

what kind of cars did they get? in the picture it looks like a pontiac G6

stevecore · 09-13-2004, 11:53 AM

dammit, i was supposed to go to that show but cancelled to go car shopping.

Daymare · 09-13-2004, 11:53 AM

holy shit...

the funny thing is she makes $500,000 a day ($150m a year) so it will take her 2 weeks to make that back; but still... that's a VERY nice thing to do

KRL · 09-13-2004, 11:53 AM

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Originally posted by n3in
what kind of cars did they get? in the picture it looks like a pontiac G6

Yeh, I think so. Show comes on in an hour.

Luc · 09-13-2004, 11:54 AM

Very nice of her.

What's even more surprising is that most of the people on
that picture are white. I thought she would be more inclined
to give the new rides to the brothers, since she has a history
of being extra nice to blacks (no duhh).

Luc L.

maxjohan · 09-13-2004, 11:54 AM

Thats really nice.

Marcus Aurelius · 09-13-2004, 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by Daymare
holy shit...

the funny thing is she makes $500,000 a day ($150m a year) so it will take her 2 weeks to make that back; but still... that's a VERY nice thing to do

500k an episode. but do you really think with money like that its her only source of income? not likely.

Evil Chris · 09-13-2004, 11:55 AM

That is indeed pretty awesome.

robfantasy · 09-13-2004, 11:55 AM

wow that is a nice gesture

Big Ray · 09-13-2004, 11:57 AM

I think it's a nice gesture.. however, I personally believe her motives are self serving. A true Philanthropist derives satisfaction from the act of giving, not the act of receiving recognition for giving.

I also could think of a several ways that money could be better well gifted.

If recognition for giving is what she is after, how about grabbing a camera crew, walking through a children?s hospital and paying the medical debts of parents with sick or dieing children. She would get more self serving recognition doing that, than giving away 100 cars.

KRL · 09-13-2004, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Luc
Very nice of her.

What's even more surprising is that most of the people on
that picture are white. I thought she would be more inclined
to give the new rides to the brothers, since she has a history
of being extra nice to blacks (no duhh).

Luc L.

Why do people so quickly assume black people don't have money and white people all do?

There are more poor white folks in this country by far.

Luc · 09-13-2004, 12:07 PM

Once again, because she has a history of being much nicer
to blacks. Which is understandable.

You're telling me that if we put 20 people in the room, 10 black
and 10 white, there will be more poor whites than blacks?

Don't think so.

Odin88 · 09-13-2004, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Luc
Once again, because she has a history of being much nicer
to blacks. Which is understandable.

You're telling me that if we put 20 people in the room, 10 black
and 10 white, there will be more poor whites than blacks?

Don't think so.

yep, very understandable. the other way would be racist and hateful but.

maxjohan · 09-13-2004, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Big Ray
I think it's a nice gesture.. however, I personally believe her motives are self serving. A true Philanthropist derives satisfaction from the act of giving, not the act of receiving recognition for giving.

I also could think of a several ways that money could be better well gifted.

If recognition for giving is what she is after, how about grabbing a camera crew, walking through a children?s hospital and paying the medical debts of parents with sick or dieing children. She would get more self serving recognition doing that, than giving away 100 cars.

Mostly people give away things because they want to help or want see other people happy.(atleast that is the way it should be)

Why so bitter?

Just dont take it personal, because I think the same sometimes.

You dont want to be blue-eyed. But you got try to stay positive too.

In this case, why not give her a little credit instead

.

Life is complicated today. Way too many aspects and
time today. In 2000 years people will be psychotic morons.

EviLGuY · 09-13-2004, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sixxxthsense
if u watach oprah u are gay!

... and if you make replies like this, you just might be an idiot.

Go see a doctor. Maybe you can get some government grants!

fris · 09-13-2004, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sixxxthsense
if u watach oprah u are gay!

i belive its you're

and KRL is someone you should respect

kristin · 09-13-2004, 12:22 PM

She does do a lot of nice things like this for people who need. It would be great to be able to share the wealth that she has.

ytcracker · 09-13-2004, 12:24 PM

i almost cried reading this

i seriously thought all of this shit was gone in the world

my god

bless oprah

ytcracker · 09-13-2004, 12:32 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/0....ap/index.html cnn says :

Quote:

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

im sure oprah obviously had something to do with it though
so i still give her props

myjah · 09-13-2004, 12:56 PM

That is soo cool. There are few times in life as an adult when you have wonderful moments like those.

Tanker · 09-13-2004, 02:00 PM

that was an amazing show

emthree · 09-13-2004, 02:28 PM

We'll see one or two on ebay shortly.

I wonder how those people will manage to pay car insurance.

Great gesture, but looks poorly executed. From the exposure i've seen, Pontiac was not even really mentioned.

Rich · 09-13-2004, 03:14 PM

Class act? It's called a publicity stunt, and she didn't pay for the cars.

badmunchkin · 09-13-2004, 03:17 PM

The cars were donated - big deal. It's called media manipulation - they make you belkieve what they want you to believe about someone.

Vitasoy · 09-13-2004, 03:17 PM

So this was the big big surprise...

Plan9 · 09-13-2004, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Big Ray
I think it's a nice gesture.. however, I personally believe her motives are self serving. A true Philanthropist derives satisfaction from the act of giving, not the act of receiving recognition for giving.

I also could think of a several ways that money could be better well gifted.

If recognition for giving is what she is after, how about grabbing a camera crew, walking through a children?s hospital and paying the medical debts of parents with sick or dieing children. She would get more self serving recognition doing that, than giving away 100 cars.

Wow. Everyone's a cynic these days. The lady gives away 276 cars, and she's self serving.

Oh and please tell us sir - what have you done for the community lately, that gives you the right to ride such a high horse?

vas · 09-13-2004, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KRL
Why do people so quickly assume black people don't have money and white people all do?

There are more poor white folks in this country by far.

although i agree with your statement, im sure its all proportional

fuzebox · 09-13-2004, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Plan9
Wow. Everyone's a cynic these days. The lady gives away 276 cars, and she's self serving.

Oh and please tell us sir - what have you done for the community lately, that gives you the right to ride such a high horse?

She did not give away any cars, GM did.

69pornlinks · 09-13-2004, 03:38 PM

FUCK oprah for real

Quote:

Originally posted by ytcracker
i almost cried reading this

i seriously thought all of this shit was gone in the world

my god

bless oprah

LOL

xxxdesign-net · 09-13-2004, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fuzebox
She did not give away any cars, GM did.

true

CET · 09-13-2004, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mdcq
shes very generous because she can afford to be. she is a good hearted person and it shows.

I don't think she's generouse because she can afford to be, but she is genearous and she can afford to be REAL generous. I'd like to have the kind of money she has, my favorite causes would finally have the kind of funding they need to make a big difference in the world.

Rankings · 09-13-2004, 06:11 PM

no matter who did it, it's still cool

Nysus · 09-13-2004, 06:14 PM

That's pretty disgusting in my opinion.

Yes, I know she helps out good causes BUT 90% of those people likely already have 1 or more cars.

Why not give $1,000 to 8,000 families below the poverty line?

I know she likely has done that, but still, then make it $1,000 to 16,000 families below the poverty line..

Matt

2XY · 09-13-2004, 09:17 PM

Oprah is very generous but I think the cars are donated by GM..like most of the products that are given away on her show, they are a courtesy of the product's maker or seller. This is just simply another form of advertising for the companies (give away free stuff and hopefully the people watching at home will go get one because Oprah recommended it).

It's smart really...since the vast population of spenders are usually women and ALL women watch Oprah or atleast have seen her show.

To give away a few hundred to the audience is simply nothing when you can get at least 5% of the viewers at home to actually buy the product after it hits Oprah's Hot list.

Screaming · 09-13-2004, 09:24 PM

she is a great person, even though she has more money then she knows what to do with she seems to be a down to earth person and a great giver! yes the cars were donated but do u know many other people that GM would do that for, i dont

Shoehorn! · 09-13-2004, 09:29 PM

The cars were donated by Pontiac, not a dime came out of Oprah's pocket. I'd say Pontiac is the class act.

KDizzla · 09-13-2004, 09:45 PM

Fuck the drama.. It was cool as fuck of her!

pornguy · 09-13-2004, 09:50 PM

Yeah nice stunt.

How about taking that money and helping some people mthat really need the help.

If they could not afford cars, then what the fuck were they doing sitting on their asses in her studio??

Dont you think that it would have been better if they were getting jobs.??

Now they have cars that they can not afford to insure.

Nice, 200+ people on the road now without insurance, because they dont have money, because it is a lot easier to watch opra than to work.

Nice JOB Opra.

Thomas N · 09-13-2004, 09:52 PM

SHE didn't donate anything. The cars were donated by the manufacturer, including the manufacturer agreeing to pay for customized options for each persons vehicle.

Oprah is just the one who ends up getting the free publicity & exposure from tards who don't look past the surface of such shameless self promotion.

Class would be her donating them herself, in PRIVATE behind closed doors and no one ever hearing about it. Big difference.

Brujah · 09-13-2004, 10:10 PM

Who cares HOW 276 people got brand new cars. Oprah made it happen with the help of Pontiac. Props to Oprah ( and Pontiac ).

When you can arrange to give away 276 brand new cars that someone else donates, Props to you too.

johnvod · 09-13-2004, 10:31 PM

The ability to give is an incredible gift itself.

More power to her and her success.

(although the cars were provided by Pontiac)

SleazyDream · 09-13-2004, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sixxxthsense
if u watach oprah u are gay!

kinda gota agree here- ummm, what the fuck were you doing watching oprah KRL?

09-13-2004, 11:47 AM	#1
KRL Entrepreneur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 31,429	Oprah is a Class Act To celebrate her 19th season, Oprah secretly arranged for the studio audience to be all people who needed new cars but couldn't afford them. She said 12 lucky audience members would get new cars. Then she told the audience to look under their seats and open the gift box and that one of the boxes had a set of keys and one more person had won a car. When each person opened their gift box each had a set of keys. So all 276 got brand new cars. (Over $8 Million) That's real class and utter generosity in my book.

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Odie Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The WATER BABY! Posts: 7,040	wow!! I'm sure some of them were donated of course..the publicity the automakers would get makes up for the donation. what kind of cars did they get?? that is still awesome tho! go oprah!! __________________ Odie [email protected] Are you Mobile???? MMACanada ICQ # 166208354 See Who I Am At AdultWhosWho.com!

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Michael O More Cowbell Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Nakhom Nowhere Posts: 10,607	Wow nice. I like the shows where she gives away stuff to people that really needs it. __________________ Truth Teller

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Luc Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 1,130	Very nice of her. What's even more surprising is that most of the people on that picture are white. I thought she would be more inclined to give the new rides to the brothers, since she has a history of being extra nice to blacks (no duhh). Luc L. __________________ » Looking for Type-in domais? Page Rank domains? Alexa domains? Popular domains? » Domain Research Tool can scan hundreds of thousands of domains to find whatever you're looking for. » Auto-appraise domains and send automated domain offers in bulk with just one click. » Full support for Proxy Servers and International Overture. Try it Free.

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sixxxthsense Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,421	if u watach oprah u are gay!

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Inde Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 983	so that was the big surprise? very nice of her.... class act indeed

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Peaches Old broad Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Away Posts: 13,933	WOW! That's $30K a car so they got decent ones too.

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Marcus Aurelius No Refunds Issued. Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 14,809	shes very generous because she can afford to be. she is a good hearted person and it shows.

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Daymare Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,674	holy shit... the funny thing is she makes $500,000 a day ($150m a year) so it will take her 2 weeks to make that back; but still... that's a VERY nice thing to do

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Nysus Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,817	That's pretty disgusting in my opinion. Yes, I know she helps out good causes BUT 90% of those people likely already have 1 or more cars. Why not give $1,000 to 8,000 families below the poverty line? I know she likely has done that, but still, then make it $1,000 to 16,000 families below the poverty line.. Matt __________________ What name is pr0 / Untouched Markets using these days? Untouched Markets - pr0 - Refund My Money Now Someone owes me $2,000 because they didn't do any work that was paid for pointing at pr0 / William / UntouchedMarkets See https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-business-discussion/948258-untouchedmarkets-pr0-refund-money-post16744521.html and for more detailed see https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-business-discussion/948645-re-recent-bullshit-drama-explained-detail-pr0-untouched-markets.html

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2XY Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 98	Oprah is very generous but I think the cars are donated by GM..like most of the products that are given away on her show, they are a courtesy of the product's maker or seller. This is just simply another form of advertising for the companies (give away free stuff and hopefully the people watching at home will go get one because Oprah recommended it). It's smart really...since the vast population of spenders are usually women and ALL women watch Oprah or atleast have seen her show. To give away a few hundred to the audience is simply nothing when you can get at least 5% of the viewers at home to actually buy the product after it hits Oprah's Hot list.

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Screaming I can change this!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 18,972	she is a great person, even though she has more money then she knows what to do with she seems to be a down to earth person and a great giver! yes the cars were donated but do u know many other people that GM would do that for, i dont __________________

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Shoehorn! Die With Your Boots On Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hawaii Posts: 22,872	The cars were donated by Pontiac, not a dime came out of Oprah's pocket. I'd say Pontiac is the class act. __________________

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pornguy Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Homeless Posts: 62,911	Yeah nice stunt. How about taking that money and helping some people mthat really need the help. If they could not afford cars, then what the fuck were they doing sitting on their asses in her studio?? Dont you think that it would have been better if they were getting jobs.?? Now they have cars that they can not afford to insure. Nice, 200+ people on the road now without insurance, because they dont have money, because it is a lot easier to watch opra than to work. Nice JOB Opra. __________________ PornGuy skype me pornguy_epic AmateurDough The Hottes Shemales online! TChicks.com \| Angeles Cid \| Mariana Cordoba \| MAILERS WELCOME!

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Thomas N Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 973	SHE didn't donate anything. The cars were donated by the manufacturer, including the manufacturer agreeing to pay for customized options for each persons vehicle. Oprah is just the one who ends up getting the free publicity & exposure from tards who don't look past the surface of such shameless self promotion. Class would be her donating them herself, in PRIVATE behind closed doors and no one ever hearing about it. Big difference.

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Brujah Beer Money Baron Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: brujah / gmail Posts: 22,157	Who cares HOW 276 people got brand new cars. Oprah made it happen with the help of Pontiac. Props to Oprah ( and Pontiac ). When you can arrange to give away 276 brand new cars that someone else donates, Props to you too. __________________ Free Premium Domain Lists and Tools at Clickmojo.com For Sale: Obscenity.com

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