Thursday, January 31, 2008

Yesterday's--I'll just say it--Freak Show

Anne is a big Guiness girl, and our friend Charles would also have loved yesterday's episode of Oprah--women folding themselves into suitcases, human-sized bubbles, fast clappers... of course, nothing was anywhere near the wonder of Lobster Boy, but that's another story (an E! THS, as a matter of fact).

Personally, I liked Sweet Pea the dog all right, but her tricks were so nerve-wracking (Will she be able to jump rope?! Will she carry that water on her nose up the stairs without spilling?!) that I didn't really enjoy them.



Some highlights:

Sweet Pea!

Grandma Small Waist. Oprah quote: "You don't feel... all kinda squooze up in there?"LinkThe apple slicing samurai!


Oh, and as for that book club selection, yeah, it was slightly surprising. But more shocking was the date that Oprah went on with The Pillars of the Earth author Ken Follett--"isn't this a red wine afternoon" indeed, Miss Flirt!

GalleyCat and PW have some dirt on O's choice of Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth--really I think it sounds in line with The Secret--and we'll be finding out more about this intriguing and upcoming "worldwide interactive class!" I don't know how they'll pull that off, but it starts Monday March 3rd, per O. Stay tuned.

2 comments:

Kwana said...

Hey Melissa,

It was a freak show. I went and got The Good Earth. Read a few very hard to read pages and it started to feel like The Secret to me too. Not sure if it's for me.I think there will be backlash. We'll see. I still love ya O

Kwana said...

Duh, A New Earth. The Good Earth is another book entirely. Sorry.