When "The Oprah Winfrey Show" ends with 16 episodes left in May 4th, millions of fans around the world are waiting to see how it would close a show that created a media empire.Winfrey producers plan star-studded double-taping the United Center in Chicago May 17. Programs can be seen in the air 23 and 24, as Winfrey, second and third, penultimate episodes.The show is called "Surprise Oprah! A spectacular farewell." Winfrey hates surprises, producers say, but agreed to this event.But the fans, questions remain.Who will be the United Center Tuesday night? Shining from either satellite or to the recorded message of farewell? Winfrey has a permanent friends celebrities who have appeared several times on his talk show. John Travolta. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Jennifer Aniston. Chris Rock.Could the Black Eyed Peas perform, as they did when Winfrey to close Michigan Avenue in Chicago in 2009?Then the presidents and world leaders: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Nelson Mandela. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama has already appeared in a special show which was presented on Monday.Winfrey and other highly respected friends who could be the possibilities: Maya Angelou, Sidney Poitier, Barbara Walters. Not to mention the protection of Winfrey, who fostered his own TV fame, as Mehmet Oz, Phil McGraw and Nate Berkus.Kelly Brittain, a mother of 41 years, three and assistant professor of East Lansing, Michigan, looked Winfrey for decades. In 2000, he attended graduate phenomenal recording. The public received mortar caps, Brittain stores it in a keepsake box."Somewhere, I know the producers, they will definitely" wow "," Brittain said.He has the makings of a cultural event, said Bill Carroll, an expert in the television market for Katz Television Day in New York."It will be the top-of-the-especially those that are available to go to Chicago that day," Carroll said. "It will be seen and talked and talked and talked."Harpo Productions, has received over 154,000 requests for tickets for seats at the event - the ability of the United Center is approximately 20,000. There was a lottery for seats."For a national and international audience is a handful," said Marianne Jennings, a professor at Arizona State University who has studied ticket sales for decades.Tickets for the registration of Chicago could be even more coveted than seats to the Super Bowl or World Series, she said."It's a once in a life event," said Jennings. "It is something that grips us about it. It is something to be with people, being there for histor."And talk show host Oprah Winfrey is anything but small: 30,000 visitors, 4500 episodes and 283 elements called her "Favorite Things", famous for the annual homage.But there is still a larger question: What Winfrey May 25 finale? Harpo does not speak, and the talk show queen.Experts suggest the Chicago celebrities rash means the final will be in the studio for an opportunity Winfrey quieter, more intimate, perhaps even without public."If I had a long audience, I would show up in a place where I'm most comfortable with her and most familiar," said Janice Peck, author of "Age of Oprah:. It was a cultural icon neoliberal"Viewers are looking for a deep connection with the daily interaction with Winfrey for 25 years, said Peck."The longtime fans feel cheated not having any honor that history," said Peck. "They want to cry. They want to feel something, a powerful emotional departure."Samantha Howsare, 22, of Pittsburgh, visualization Winfrey since she can remember and named her goldfish "Oprah" when she was 3 years old, says she does not know who could Winfrey interview, or which could give Winfrey to make it worth the final.way, and if you play until the final episode of the right, then we have a lot of people crying about what would be a good thing."A model to look would be final episode of Johnny Carson as host of "The Tonight Show" in 1992, Carroll said: There were no guests, and after his traditional monologue Carson showed a montage of previous shows."For the most part of the end of the show sat on a stool and spoke directly to people at home," Carroll said. "He has so much class to it."Brittain is among fans who hope that Winfrey remains the television, thinking it may be a promise each year to Oprah Winfrey, or other special appearances."What would television without Oprah on the radar?" Brittain said. "It's hard to grasp. It now serves as the source of inspiration total, the infinite possibilities of the impossible?"
No comments:
Post a Comment