The studio is in full-tilt Oprah mania! What will the great humanitarian do next? The suspense is almost all the studio audience can stand. Oprah artfully drags the moment out until the big announcement, then like Lady Bountiful she accepts the maniacal love and adoration of the 300 hysterical audience members crying, hugging and jumping in gratitude to their benefactress, who is taking them to Australia with her!
With an estimated worth at $2.7 billion, I’d think that Oprah could pull the change for the trip out of her purse without the need to eat Ramen Noodles to balance her budget in the next month. Audience members seem to be under the impression that she is making it all happen for them in every way. Don’t get me wrong, I do give credit where it is due, and feel that the mega-star affected the election of President Barack Obama, but even that good deed doesn’t mitigate the dishonesty of taking credit for her coveted audience gifts.
The traveling audience might wish to save some of the love for the Australian Tourism Minister. While not widely known, it is the federal and state New South Wales Governments which will spend the more than $3 million to bring "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to Australia in hopes that it will boost tourism, sadly, he won’t receive cheers, hugs, and teary thank-yous, I hope he does get his tourists.