Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow on Oprah this Friday - Page 3

Brwn_eyes0511 · #31 02-09-2005, 08:15 PM

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I? Love Ellen. She's a riot. I'm very happy that she's back on top.

Ellen is the funniest woman ever! I have her CD "Taste This" her comedy is the best! She should put out more live comedy CD's. But Taste This is great! Does anyone have this CD also?

amber · #32 02-09-2005, 08:15 PM

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She lost me when she had a show about salad-tossing.

I do agree when it comes to her treatment of situations. She treats everything lightly, gets a guest all worked up, and really says nothing to comfort them. At least Maury tries to comfort his guests.

have you ever seen her be too comforting, though? You know, making a big emotional deal where there wasn't much of one?

I have.

dissention · #33 02-09-2005, 08:18 PM

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have you ever seen her be too comforting, though? You know, making a big emotional deal where there wasn't much of one?

I have.

Yeah, every time she has Tom Hanks on to talk about his new ****ty movie.

And I loooooooooooooooooooooove how she gets all this acclaim for giving her entire audience new cars. She didn't buy them, people, HELLO! And these people got stuck having to pay all the goddamned taxes on them!

amber · #34 02-09-2005, 08:20 PM

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Yeah, every time she has Tom Hanks on to talk about his new ****ty movie.

And I loooooooooooooooooooooove how she gets all this acclaim for giving her entire audience new cars. She didn't buy them, people, HELLO! And these people got stuck having to pay all the goddamned taxes on them!

well, I like Tom ok - him, not necessarily his movies. Anyway -
"the show" buys the cars, or the network, right? you think they don't pay the taxes on them? That's a bit of a backhanded gift.

dissention · #35 02-09-2005, 08:24 PM

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well, I like Tom ok - him, not necessarily his movies. Anyway -
"the show" buys the cars, or the network, right? you think they don't pay the taxes on them? That's a bit of a backhanded gift.

The car company donated them. There was a story in USA Today about a week after the show aired that talked about how the audience got stuck having to pay all the taxes and fees that came with getting it. Considering different people's economic backgrounds, I think it was kind of ****ty.

amber · #36 02-09-2005, 08:26 PM

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The car company donated them. There was a story in USA Today about a week after the show aired that talked about how the audience got stuck having to pay all the taxes and fees that came with getting it. Considering different people's economic backgrounds, I think it was kind of ****ty.

I would say, "hella ****ty"

You'd think they/she could spring for the taxes. I imagine in most cases they are what you and i would think of as "quite substantial".

dissention · #37 02-09-2005, 08:29 PM

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I would say, "hella ****ty"

You'd think they/she could spring for the taxes. I imagine in most cases they are what you and i would think of as "quite substantial".

Hell yes, they were expensive cars! And just imagine if some people lived in states that charge excise taxes.

I wouldn't be a happy camper if I got one of those excise bills in the mail, I'd fax it right over to Okra.

gldstwmn · #38 02-09-2005, 09:15 PM

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Ha. The fact that she so brazenly lies about not having a thing done is a real turn-off. And I like Oprah, however asinine she may be.

Have you seen her abs? She had so much fat and waste sucked out of her stomach that even Japan refused to take it.

IMO, she does a disservice to her mostly female audience by giving the impression that if they all exercised they'd be able to look like that.

strandinthewind · #39 02-09-2005, 09:24 PM

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Yeah, every time she has Tom Hanks on to talk about his new ****ty movie.

And I loooooooooooooooooooooove how she gets all this acclaim for giving her entire audience new cars. She didn't buy them, people, HELLO! And these people got stuck having to pay all the goddamned taxes on them!

You are such a person who can never be pleased

She gave those people a $28,000 car. Yes they had to pay the tax as do ALL people who receive a gift on a show - though sadly few claim it. If they could not pay the tax or get a loan for it (which would be pennies on the dollar compared a loan on the purchaser price) AND if they could not afford that or could not get a loan, they could still sell the car, pay the gift tax, and still have well over $20,000 left to buy a cheaper car. That sounds like a gift to me, esp. if these people had no money and needed a car.

You are really something sometimes

strandinthewind · #40 02-09-2005, 09:57 PM

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I would say, "hella ****ty"

You'd think they/she could spring for the taxes. I imagine in most cases they are what you and i would think of as "quite substantial".

That is not really a solution - if Oprah had paid the tax, their would be a gift tax on that money spent as well. Then if she paid that gift tax, there would be a tax on that as well. She did a good thing for these people - so quit your senseless bitching

(levity

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Plus, these people were always free to refuse the gift of a new car or something like $20,000 if they had to sell it.

dissention · #41 02-09-2005, 10:26 PM

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She gave those people a $28,000 car.

Correction: the car company gave them free cars for publicity purposes. Oprah didn't give squat.

strandinthewind · #42 02-09-2005, 10:28 PM

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Correction: the car company gave them free cars for publicity purposes. Oprah didn't give squat.

True - but she brokered it and she produced the show that aired it - so she was part of the giving

Again, if you got, in effect, a $20,000 check or a $28,0000 car and owed some taxes - I think you'd be elated - call me crazy

EDIT: Interestingly, if Okra had nothing to do with it, why berate her for it

dissention · #43 02-09-2005, 10:28 PM

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IMO, she does a disservice to her mostly female audience by giving the impression that if they all exercised they'd be able to look like that.

She'll say anything if it will make her money.

I think she's a genuinely good person, but she needs to fess up to the surgery or her credibility will forever be lost.

ontheEdgeof17 · #44 02-09-2005, 10:36 PM

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She'll say anything if it will make her money.

I think she's a genuinely good person, but she needs to fess up to the surgery or her credibility will forever be lost.

She is telling her diet/exercise secrets this Monday (I think. I am bad with days of the week)....so the commercial says.

Brwn_eyes0511 · #45 02-09-2005, 10:38 PM

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She is telling her diet/exercise secrets this Monday (I think. I am bad with days of the week)....so the commercial says.

yea I saw it too. It is monday.

Oprah's Bootcamp or something to that effect.