It’s one of the most memorable moments in the history of Oprah Winfrey’s famed talk show: that one time she gave a car – brand new Pontiac G6, to be exact – to each and every member of her studio audience.
That’s 276 cars in total, valued at a cool AU$9.8 million.
After bringing 11 teachers onto her talk show’s stage and giving them all cars, each audience member was given a perfectly-wrapped box.
“Everybody in the audience is being given a special package… and I do not want you to open it. Do not open until I tell you,” Oprah told the crowd.
“Inside one of these boxes is a key…DO NOT OPEN IT YET.
“Here is the deal, if your box has a key you will be the last person today to get one of those cute little G6’s.”
The catch, of course, was that every single box contained a key, prompting Oprah to scream, “You get a car, you get a car, you get a car… everybody gets a car!”
The moment has become one of the most famous ‘Oprah moments’ of all time, and has even become one of the internet’s favourite memes.
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I miss this part of the Oprah show, where she did nice things for deserving people. My favourite was for a young girl who had written an essay on the Elie Wiesel book, Night, about her life as a Rwandan refugee. She had ended up in America with her older sister, but the rest of the family were still in refugee camps. Oprah gave her a letter from her family - then said “but you don’t have to read it yet because they’re all here!” Bawled my eyes out at that one!