The Queen of the Daytime meets the King of the Night
Oprah and Dave. That's what I call event television.You may have been put off, somewhat-- as I was, by their syrupy conversation. It was heavily-dosed with mutual expressions of admiration and some ridiculous platitudes, but there was no denying the electricity on the screen when Oprah Winfrey returned to the stage of a Letterman show for the first time since 1989, a period in which he was still broadcasting on NBC. The contrasting personalities were enough to set off sparks for me, and Dave's orchestrated escort of Winfrey down Broadway towards the glittering marquee of her new musical "The Color Purple," amidst an onslaught of flashbulbs, made the presence of "that good ole'-fashioned show business" feel downright palpable.
I detect a bit of sarcasm about Letterman's escorting in Dana Stevens' review of the program, but the Slate TV critic is pitch-perfect in her assessment of the hosts' long-simmering "feud." Perhaps no two temperments could be more ill-suited.
Dave has "hit the nail on the head" a thousand times-- Oprah hates his guts.
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I flipped past part of Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People" special earlier this week, and I've determined that Barbara is too easily fascinated.
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Joke of the day: Conan O'Brien, on his show, Tuesday,
Good news this week, Mary-Kate Olsen has put on 20 pounds. (Audience applauds.) The bad news? Ashley is missing.
posted by CM @ 4:32 PM
2 Comments:
I hope this doesn't mean we've seen the last of "Pat and Kenny Read Oprah Transcripts". This is far more tragic than had Oprah never again appeared on the show.
I hope I can still order the transcripts of "Pat and Kenny Read Oprah Transcripts."
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