Did you know the Charybdis of Lake Michigan put on an Oscar special?
Apparently, neither did the rest of America.
Oprah’s Oscar Extravaganza of Oprah and Oscar came in dead last in the Nielsen ratings. A special on paint drying techniques and a documentary on keeping Playdoh fresh by wrapping it in moist paper towels creamed Charybdis.
Roughly 12 people, in fact, watched the special: 11 of whom are Harpo Studios employees and are contractually required to suffer such abuse. The other poor soul was a man injured in a skiing accident in Vail, Colorado, where he broke all his arms and legs. Between shift changes, one of the nurses left his TV turned to the station where Charybdis’ special came on, and no matter how many times he pushed the call button with his tongue, frantically, he couldn’t get the second shift to come in and change the channel for him. Apparently, all the nurses were in a staff meeting, so they couldn’t answer his calls for help until they were done talking about efficiency, patient care, and Total Quality Management.
It appears the man is now suing the hospital, for gross patient neglect and abuse. We hope he gets millions. No one on Earth should have to suffer though Oprah against his will.
Last place?
Isn’t Oprah supposed to be not only a gluttonous sea demon plaguing the shores of Lake Michigan, but also “the most popular talk show host in the history of this or any other planet”, according to the MSM at least.
Hope!
Change!
Perhaps people are catching on to the fact that Oprah bears a lot of responsibility for what we’ve got in the White House now.

March 4, 2010 at 8:28 pm
I cannot stop laughing. I usually leave the TV tuned to Fox news.
March 4, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Hope? and Oprah?
LORD HAVE MERCY ON U.S.!!!!!!!!!
March 4, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Okay, this qualifies as on of the funniest thread titles of all time.
LMAO!
I had no idea that she put on an oscar special. You would have to duct tape me to a chair with toothpicks holding my eyelids open to get me to watch.
March 5, 2010 at 1:03 pm
a clockwork orange moment..
aaaarrrrggghhhhh
March 4, 2010 at 8:37 pm
That poor guy in the hospital. The pain he must have had to endure…other than that I wonder how his arms and legs felt.
March 4, 2010 at 8:41 pm
We should chip in and send him a gift basket. Poor thing!
March 4, 2010 at 8:44 pm
She had a special?
March 4, 2010 at 11:13 pm
She’s still on TV?
March 5, 2010 at 1:50 pm
She’s still on a diet?
March 5, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Same diet she’s always been on. The See Food Diet.
Sees food, eats it.
March 4, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Could that poor guy be the example of what the coming ‘death panels’ will be like??
Not to get off subject but did it seem weird all the pancake makeup Obama had on during that latest ‘Dr’ speech a couple of days ago?
March 4, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Make-up?
You mean the “speech” interpreted his drag play time?
March 4, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Oprah? What a silly name for a person. Who is she?
March 4, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Oh yes…I think I remember her. She said something about Obozo was the “one”. She was right. He is the “one”….the one to completely destroy this country.
March 4, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Great reporting!
March 4, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Oh. She’s still on TV? I thought she retired…or calcified…or something that makes her shut up. Pity.
Can you imagine what would happen in Palin’s new show went into a competing time slot? She’d get creamed!
March 4, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Oh my God, you guys not only have “Oprah” but also “Oprah’s butt” as a tag…you are so terrible. :D
March 4, 2010 at 9:37 pm
But…but…but… but M!
LOL
March 4, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Pretty much every post having to do with Oprah, they tag “Oprah’s Butt”. And it never fails to make me laugh.
March 4, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Noticed that too! You guys ain’t right. I LOVE U, but you AIN’T right!!!
(((hugs)))
-TW-
March 5, 2010 at 11:57 am
“The child just ain’t right!” – Brett Butler
She could have been talking about HObama!
March 4, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Who is this Oprah?
March 5, 2010 at 11:01 am
seems like I remember something abt that name–Noprah-went with Nomobama…
March 4, 2010 at 9:34 pm
I blame so much on Oprah.
I do. She IS responsible for foisting of Barky, Me!chelle and their wacky cast of Chi-Town thugs, slumlordettes and demented ballerinas upon us. Along with a jumpy Tom Cruise trying to save his career by being a serious actor and making Valkries; and the ultimate coarsening of our celeb driven culture to the point that via SEVERAL social networking sites, today I learned that MoNique doesn’t eveh shave her legs.
There is not enough pudding on the globe to make up for the harm she has caused.
March 5, 2010 at 8:19 am
Oprah HAD to know about the Obamas–the REAL Obamas, the Chicago way, and all the negative background info about both Barry and Michelle.
Didn’t Oprah even attend Jeremiah (I refuse to call him “Reverend”) Wright’s church for a while?
Oprah knew what that “church’ was all about. Even if she stopped going, she knew that Barry and Michelle attended for 20 years.
Oprah just wanted Barry in the WH.
She didn’t care about integrity or experience.
Plus, she acts like she has a crush on him.
March 5, 2010 at 9:29 am
Buzz on the Left Coast is that Oprah is the money behind a big-budget docudrama called “The Color of Purple Lips,” starring The One. Rumor is Joe Biden will reprise the Carl Childers role from “Sling Blade,” although many consider the part type-casting. Lesser cast members include an all-star list of out-of-work Washington pols, insiders and a veritable Who’s Who of hangers on. Filming is set to begin November 2012.
March 5, 2010 at 11:58 am
LOL
Lip stick, gloss and color by Maybe-line!
March 5, 2010 at 9:17 am
The other things that drives me crazy about her is that for a long time, any book she recommended became a huge bestseller, and people would start trying whatever weird experimental medical things she talked about. She’s a talk show host. That’s it.
March 5, 2010 at 11:59 am
and a poor one at that – all she does is mug her practiced mugging.
March 5, 2010 at 12:16 pm
She made Dr. Oz now the king of medical miracles – at least he is a real doctor, but some of his stuff is just nuts. One of his recent shows was going on and on about how India has a low rate of dementia/Alzheimer’s and it was due to the curry they ate (or some other Indian food). No mention that the life span of the average Indian is something like 63 years and dementia/Alzheimer’s is largely a disease of old people (as in those over 65) so in a country without a lot of old people, the rate would be lower – duh!!!!
March 4, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Preach it Mary! Preach it!
Monique doesn’t shave her legs? The world must be coming to an end!
March 4, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Who is Monique? Did I miss something?
March 5, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Beats me.
Which Monique who doesn’t shave her legs Mary?
March 4, 2010 at 9:44 pm
She had a special?
I used to be such a fan of Okra until 2008. I saw this freaking hypocrite for what she was.
I knew at least 7 people who cancelled her dumbass — ME ME magazine, and stopped cold wathcing this freaking hypocrite!
I heop she had to pay those employees a bonus to watch whatever the hell her oscar show.
Also, might I add another thing? People are not only pissed at Okra, but Hollywood for promoting that Marxist. So why the heck would people waste their time wathcing Okra or the self adulating hollywood idiots?
March 4, 2010 at 11:07 pm
I even stopped listening to Gail King on XM during the campaign. What is funny is that Gail said she actually admired Sarah Palin.
I think Gail is a really nice person – she seems to be, but she’s OPRAH’S BEST FRIEND. Than again, she must be a martyr.
Has Oprah been hanging at the White House at all? I had heard some grumblings that she was never invited and she thought the gates would be open to her on a whim.
March 5, 2010 at 8:28 am
I read this, too.
Supposedly, Michelle isn’t being very nice or grateful to Oprah.
Oprah feels so used. LOL
Imagine that–the Obamas using someone for their own benefit.(sarc)
March 5, 2010 at 10:53 am
It’s hard to envision Michelle expressing gratitude to anybody at any time in any place for anything!
March 4, 2010 at 9:55 pm
You guys are the only ones around who consistently (1) take this whole mess extremely seriously, are fighting with everything you and equipping others at the same time as you (2) throw out the funniest lines and features!, providing a desperately needed giggle from time to time.
Who knew….that you would be providing this magnificent resource for this time. Thank you!
I, also, could not catch Ophrah’s show. Just like every time obama speaks. There are always socks to be sorted or it’s time to brush the dog again…and then there’s the lint trap on the dryer needed to be cleaned. Busybusy.
March 4, 2010 at 11:10 pm
See – Oprah and the Lightbringer both serve useful purposes: You are able to finally get those donations together for the Disabled American Veterans and, suddenly, cleaning the tub seems like an adventure :)
I about croaked when I read the headline, as well. I had to hunt my husband down to recite it to him so that we could cackle.
March 5, 2010 at 12:21 am
can you come and sort my socks please?
March 5, 2010 at 1:59 am
I could! Next time Lightbringer speaks. (….when would that be….36 hours or so for his next network appearance?…this guy has never heard the concept–leave ‘em wanting more, has he?)
March 4, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Well if that don’t beat all.
The Oscar that Ate Oprah!
March 4, 2010 at 9:58 pm
People are becoming anti-Hollywood.
March 5, 2010 at 1:23 am
Yeah I’ve been noticing that too. Maybe an entire shift in everyones mood toward fibbers and fakes. Kevin talked about it a little with Andrea on the radio blog. He brought up a good point, people are able to detect fake and artificial personas most of the time. It is becoming more and more obvious that the most visible progressive actors are all just repeating the same drumbeat, as if they have talking points from Matthews, Olbermann et al. I think Kevin’s right.
March 5, 2010 at 12:03 pm
and about time Deb.
Hollywood is just an industrial mill town and never has had “real” glamour.
So why should we take the political views their union bosses and union members (actors, producers, et. al.) want to ram down our throats?
March 4, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Totally off topic, I’m sitting there just now, watching my guilty pleasure, Kitchen Nightmares and the show ends. The very next thing that is said is an ad:
“John Walsh interviews President Barack Obama on America’s Most Wanted”…
You have got to be kidding! So I googled it and came up with: http://www.amw.com/
What’s next? Where will this guy NOT show his face?
Jeebus.
March 5, 2010 at 12:16 am
Really? What’s he wanted for? impersonating a president!!
March 5, 2010 at 5:29 am
I don’t watch regular TV that much so I’m glad you clued us in on the O. What arrogance!!!
March 4, 2010 at 10:06 pm
I rarely ever watched her show, but I caught it on the day Arnold and Maria Shriver were there to throw his hat in the ring to be our Governor. I stopped watching then.
March 4, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Geez!! You guys made me spew on my computer screen! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
March 4, 2010 at 11:05 pm
How bad is it that no one knew she had a special on in prime time? Not that I would watch it– but I never saw an ad for it. Not one. Does that mean Oprah and her butt are no longer worshiped by the network and their advertisers?
Seems to be the case.
March 4, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Used to watch the first 20 minutes of Oprah a couple of nights a week. (I could never watch more), after 2008 I stopped watching her entirely. I bet I’m not alone. Do you think she knows that people blame her for Obama? I wonder if she is that astute, or if she is in a bubble surrounded by yes men.
March 4, 2010 at 11:54 pm
So much is mock-worthy. Where to begin? How about how super super duper rich folks like Oprah support Obama, including all his presumably environmentally, ecologically sensitive agenda, all-the-while they have huge, and I mean enormous, footprints on the planet what with multiple gigantic mansions, acres and acres of land, private pools, private everything. They are such transparent fools.
March 5, 2010 at 4:53 am
I stopped appreciating Oprah maybe 10 or more years ago. The O magazine and TV network really turned me off. Everything about Oprah. I really hated who and what she pushed. It wasn’t a talk show anymore, but an Oprah Religion. New Age crap.
One episode told women to be selfish and create a room in your house just for yourself and sit in there and block out all your family. You need ME time. She was giving the license to shirk their responsibilties.
I am a woman and I like a little alone time. But this episode was so phony and pushed the matter way into the fantasy area. I thought that was irresponsible. So never trusted her endorsement of anything after that.
This is the woman that gave us Dr Phil – yuck! That should’ve told everyone that her recommendations can’t be trusted.
March 5, 2010 at 8:24 am
Oprah’s face on EVERY cover!
Talk about someone being in love with herself.
March 5, 2010 at 8:54 am
Not to mention the incredible airbrushing and fat slicing editing that those covers need to make her look unwhale-like.
March 5, 2010 at 6:32 am
Isn’t it funny what happens to people, when they start to think they are great?
They lose site of everything..pays to keep humble.
March 5, 2010 at 6:52 am
Oprah bribes people to attend the taping of her show by giving them free gifts at the end of her show. Her biggest gift of all will be when her show ends permanently.
March 5, 2010 at 8:01 am
Poor Orca…another one whose initial stands for ‘Zero’.
March 5, 2010 at 8:15 am
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March 5, 2010 at 9:54 am
Challenge: Oprah’s Oscars! three times fast…Fail, just like the special.
March 5, 2010 at 11:05 am
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March 5, 2010 at 12:28 pm
LOL a 1.3 share ??? That’s lower than Leno’s worst night at the 10pm slot.
Let this be a lesson to Obot celebrities, half of us didn’t vote for him and the other half are regretting their votes now.
And yes, we remember those celebrities that made it all possible. :D
March 5, 2010 at 12:28 pm
I used to watch ever now and again, sporadic at best. Mainly if there was just absolutely NOTHING else on. (Cable cured that.)
When she dissed Jesus is when I stopped what miniscule viewing was being done altogether and opted for watching paint dry.
March 5, 2010 at 5:36 pm
I have nothing against TV, Movie or sports stars who decide to have a say in politics.
However.
THEY need to know, when a nation is as sharply divided as ours is, by doing so, they OFFEND HALF THEIR AUDIENCE. And this sort of thing is not easily forgotten, if ever. She will never come back from what she did.
March 5, 2010 at 8:06 pm
What an awful photo.Was Oprah in a wind tunnel when they took this picture?
March 5, 2010 at 11:48 pm
I lost complete respect when I caught one episode where she was at some she -she fitness ranch with Gayle pal and she stalked out of the group workout cuz it was harrrrrrrd. Took her fat ass on a diva turn and walked out, saying she didn’t need that sh** basically. Never watched again.
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