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Oprah Gail Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ran in national syndication for 25 years from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African American of the 20th century and North America's first black multi-billionaire, and she has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in American history. By 2007, she was sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world.
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Gayle King Reveals The Origin Of Oprah’s Iconic ‘You Get A Car!’ Giveaway

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Of all the memorable moments to occur on “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, arguably the most iconic was when host Oprah Winfrey gave away a free automobile to each member of the studio audience, with her much-mocked refrain, “You get a car!

And you get a car!” Winfrey’s best friend Gayle King sat down for the inaugural edition of People‘s “Pop Cultured”, and revealed that she actually had a little something to do with the legendary 2004 giveaway. “I was at an airport, minding my own business.

A guy walks up to me — and I’ll call him Larry — [and said,] ‘We’re really interested in giving a car to the show,'” King recalled. READ MORE: Oprah Meets Gayle King’s Grandson With A Big ‘Lion King’ Welcome “I said, ‘Oh, okay.

That’s nice.’ He said, ‘No, no, we’re interested in giving a car to everyone in the audience,'” she continued. “At that point, I put down my suitcase and went, ‘What did you say?’ He said, ‘We’ve been trying, and we can’t get anyone to return our calls.’ Well, why would they return a call because it just sounded so far-fetched?” King recalled. “But there was something about him… that I believed him,” she added.

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