If you are a working person – Monday through Friday – you can go your entire life and never see the Oprah show. That is, until you retire. That is what happened to me.
I knew who she was. I saw her movies (Loved Color Purple. Cried all the way through it.) I heard about her book club. I’ve taken the trolley tours in Chicago that will point out the building where she lives. But I never really saw the show until I retired.
Think about it. The show comes on at, usually, 3 or 4 o’clock. I got home about 5 or 6 o’clock. We had a VCR that we could have recorded her show on but we could never get it to work. Something with the timer. The two or three week vacations every year were not spent in front of the TV. Hence, I never had the chance to watch Oprah.
What have you missed in your life?
I watch Oprah too! I work full time, but they re-play her show here at 7pm, so I catch the late viewing of it. I’ve been watching her forever.
The Loved Color Purple makes me cry every time I watch it, especially when the sisters are being seperated
Even though I’m “home” during the day, I don’t watch TV … too much else going on!
A few years ago I went to LA with some friends to be in the audience of the Ellen show. I had only only watched it a handful of times before then, so I recorded the show to watch each evening, in order to prep for the trip (I wanted to have an idea what to expect, more about her interaction with guests, etc.). It was a blast!
I love Oprah, but the only Oprah shows I’ve watched have been online! I work from home, but we don’t have cable (just lots and lots and lots of DVDs), so Oprah’s out. I get her magazine, though, and love it.
I used to watch Oprah, but last year I became busy and I haven’t seen her show in a long time. Come to think of it, I don’t watch much television, so I’m probably missing a lot of good shows.