Oprah winfrey tv show

[suntrack2]

first time I ignore to hear the wording in this show but next time, when I was in front of tv last time then I got this show, which I have found most intelligent.

There are least great show on the television besides the big advertisements on every chanel, normally I use to mute the tv when the advertisements appear, but when I have seen this show the voice was bigger.

Really this show is funtastic, besides fun there are the things which are so important in public places that how to present ourself and how to cope up with the situations this show is greatly helpful, I don't know what is your experience.?

[vonmazur]

It proves that H.L. Menken was correct in his assessment of US culture....

"No one ever went broke underestimating public taste!"

Dale in Ala

[Noclevername]

It proves that H.L. Menken was correct in his assessment of US culture....

"No one ever went broke underestimating public taste!"

But it's "funtastic"!

[novaderrik]

what book did she tell you to read, and what diet did she tell you to go on?

[Paracelsus]

Oprah was the first to promote 'The Secret', I believe. Y'all know the book I'm talking about, right? It's the one that says that all you have to do to get anything you want in life is to simply wish for it to happen, and it will.

For instance, if you want a brand new car, all you have to do is think that you will get a brand new car, and a new car will subsequently drive itself to your door without any effort on your part. Somehow your 'positive thoughts' attracted those good things (the car, etc) to you.

I used to have a lot of respect for Oprah's show until I heard that she was peddling that tripe.

[vonmazur]

"Creating Neologisms in English for Non-Native Speakers"

by Armondo Archaeaptyryx

I think it was called..

Dale in Ala

[Noclevername]

Oprah was the first to promote 'The Secret', I believe. Y'all know the book I'm talking about, right? It's the one that says that all you have to do to get anything you want in life is to simply wish for it to happen, and it will.

Hey, Oprah wanted to have her name and picture on everything she's associated with, and it happened. Her show, production company, magazine, book club, etc. Coming soon, Oprahland theme park! There's an Emotional Rollercoaster, the Media Sideshow, the Dr. Phil Diet Food Court, and the Tom Cruise Bouncy Couch for the smaller kiddies. And every seat has a special surprise under it. *

* Not responsible for what may be found under seats. Ewww.

[Paracelsus]

Hey, Oprah wanted to have her name and picture on everything she's associated with, and it happened. Her show, production company, magazine, book club, etc. Coming soon, Oprahland theme park! There's an Emotional Rollercoaster, the Media Sideshow, the Dr. Phil Diet Food Court, and the Tom Cruise Bouncy Couch for the smaller kiddies. And every seat has a special surprise under it. *

* Not responsible for what may be found under seats. Ewww.

ROFL!!

Tom Cruise should have his own park too...Adventures in Cruiseland, or something like that.

Surely somebody has posted about 'The Secret' on BAUT before (am too lazy to search).

[Noclevername]

Tom Cruise should have his own park too...Adventures in Cruiseland, or something like that.

Tom Cruise already has a little place called Wackyland, right in the heart of Woo-Woo Central.

You take a DC-8 through space to the Galactic Empire, then a left turn at Psychiatrist's Row. Can't miss it.

[Frog march]

Tom Cruise already has a little place called Wackyland, right in the heart of Woo-Woo Central.

You take a DC-8 through space to the Galactic Empire, then a left turn at Psychiatrist's Row. Can't miss it.

yea, I've been there. They clone Tom Cruise's flesh and make it into burgers.

It's a weird place.

[Gillianren]

Does anyone else remember the furor when Oprah shut down her book club with a claim that there were no books out there worth reading? When she reopened it, she put John Steinbeck back on the best-sellers' list again. I can forgive a certain amount for bringing him to people's attention, though I can't fathom why you'd need Oprah to tell you what to read. Still, better Oprah than Martha.

[Noclevername]

Does anyone else remember the furor when Oprah shut down her book club with a claim that there were no books out there worth reading?

Neeeever heard of it. The only Oprah furor I couldn't avoid hearing about was the one where she said Mad Cow Disease made her scared to eat beef, and a bunch of ranchers got all up in arms about it. Now, that's just ridiculous, blaming a talk show host for declining sales during a beef plague scare!

[Noclevername]

On a side note, I think it's absolutely ludicrous for "Dr." (nonpracticing) Phil to be hawking diet products. "Yes, now you too can have a body like Dr. Phil!"

[antoniseb]

I think we'd like to keep the small medium at large section for SciFi and Space and Astronomy stories. I'm moving this thread to off-topic babbling.

[Delvo]

That wishful-thinking thing doesn't sound like her. Certainly she'd tell people that it's important to keep a positive attitude when trying to do something and it's a key to success, but the leap from that practical advice to disregarding OTHER keys to success is a pretty long leap, and she's not into superstitious mumbo-jumbo in general.

[Gillianren]

On a side note, I think it's absolutely ludicrous for "Dr." (nonpracticing) Phil to be hawking diet products. "Yes, now you too can have a body like Dr. Phil!"

I wouldn't take psychological advice from him, either.

[Noclevername]

I wouldn't take psychological advice from him, either.

That's okay, he doesn't give any.

[Maksutov]

It proves that H.L. Menken was correct in his assessment of US culture....

"No one ever went broke underestimating public taste!"

Dale in Ala

The exact Mencken quote is

No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.

But you got the gist of it.

Here's another great one

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Re the show in the OP, I'm proud to say I've never seen it nor do I have any intention ever to see it.

[novaderrik]

I think we'd like to keep the small medium at large section for SciFi and Space and Astronomy stories. I'm moving this thread to off-topic babbling.

well, since most of what's on the Oprah show can be catagorized as "fiction"- with a little pseudo science thrown in for good measure- then it can maybe go in the small media at large section.. or isn't "pseudo science fiction" allowed?

[Paracelsus]

Speaking of the Oprah show, check this out: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070623/...oks_the_secret.

While "The Secret" has become a pop culture phenomenon, it also has drawn critics who are not quiet about labeling the movement a fad, embarrassingly materialistic or the latest example of an American propensity of wanting something for nothing.

Some medical professionals suggest it could even lead to a blame-the-victim mentality and actually be dangerous to those suffering from serious illness or mental disorders.

Will Oprah now issue a retraction? It would seem prudent to do so.

[Damien Evans]

That wishful-thinking thing doesn't sound like her. Certainly she'd tell people that it's important to keep a positive attitude when trying to do something and it's a key to success, but the leap from that practical advice to disregarding OTHER keys to success is a pretty long leap, and she's not into superstitious mumbo-jumbo in general.

really?

You must be watching a different Oprah show than the ones i've seen

[Noclevername]

Will Oprah now issue a retraction? It would seem prudent to do so.

She'll ride that horse as long as it's popular, then go on the attack against "The Secret" and say she was "tricked" into promoting it. She's done it before; Why change a pattern that works?

[Noclevername]

Speaking of the Oprah show, check this out: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070623/...oks_the_secret.

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I was skimming the article and this gem hit me:

And during times in which massive number of lives were lost, the book says, the "frequency of their thoughts matched the frequency of the event."

Well, let's see, Black Plague, mm-hm, world wars, yeah, ethnic cleansing...

Why can't those people just keep positive thoughts during hard times? Clearly, it's all their own fault for being negative! "Oh, my parents died before my eyes", wah wah wah!

[Len Deighton]

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I was skimming the article and this gem hit me:

Well, let's see, Black Plague, mm-hm, world wars, yeah, ethnic cleansing...

Yes, I think the book might have gotten the causality the wrong way around there.

[Noclevername]

The woman with long, dark hair looks yearningly at the gold necklace in the window of a jewelry store. She fixates on the bling. There's some kind of disruption in the atmosphere. And then, the necklace is draped around her neck.

Spooky action at a distance! And they caught it on film, too.

They missed the part where the mall security guards magically materialized around her for magically lifting the necklace.

[Noclevername]

So "The Secret" is like the Underpants Gnomes business plan?

STEP ONE: Want something.

STEP TWO: ???

STEP THREE: Profit!

[Damien Evans]

So "The Secret" is like the Underpants Gnomes business plan?

STEP ONE: Want something.

STEP TWO: ???

STEP THREE: Profit!

Pretty much

One of the main proponents of the secret has since been exposed as a conman in Australia, and there have also been claims that the whole book was plaigarised anyway

[Noclevername]

One of the main proponents of the secret has since been exposed as a conman in Australia, and there have also been claims that the whole book was plaigarised anyway

Well, the author admits she got her ideas out of another book:

She said she was struggling personally and professionally several years ago when she was given a nearly 100-year-old book called "The Science of Getting Rich," by Wallace D. Wattles.

No doubt this "nearly 100-year-old book" contained great advice on getting rich through selling buggy whips and shoe spats.

P.S., what a great name, Wallace D. Wattles! "The Splendiferous Zeppelin Adventures of Wallace D. Wattles!"

[Damien Evans]

Well, the author admits she got her ideas out of another book:


No doubt this "nearly 100-year-old book" comtained great advice on getting rich through selling buggy whips and shoe spats.

P.S., what a great name, Wallace D. Wattles! "The Splendiferous Zeppelin Adventures of Wallace D. Wattles!"

i wasn't talking about that book, i was talking about one (can't remember the name, but it wasn't a very sucessful book) that was published about 5 years before the secret

[Noclevername]

i wasn't talking about that book, i was talking about one (can't remember the name, but it wasn't a very sucessful book) that was published about 5 years before the secret

I'm sure you could find endless reams of self-help books peddling the same basic non-message.