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This show turned Oprah into a merchandising juggernaut. Whenever she sticks her Book Club sticker on a piece of literature, rest assured that the book in question will [[Colbert Bump|shoot to the top of the bestseller list]] (though this has caused her some controversy before). She's turned [[Doctor Phil]], [[The Doctor Oz Show|Doctor Oz]], [[Rachael Ray]], and Nate Berkus into successful talk show hosts in their own right. Finally, she's had some notable episodes over the years, including [[Tom Cruise]]'s couch-leaping, the "Weight Wagon" show (where she wheeled out a wagon of fat to demonstrate the weight she had lost), and the infamous episode where everybody in the audience received a new car.

However, there's been some controversy where Oprah is concerned. When Mad Cow Disease fears were at their peak in the '90s, she said that the fears stopped her from eating meat, which caused the beef industry to sue her for defamation. As a result, her show moved to Texas for a month so she could continue filming during the trial. Another such incident was the Book Club endorsement of James Frey's supposedly-autobiographical ''A Million Little Pieces''. When it turned out that [[Based on a Great Big Lie|Frey had made it all up]], she had him on and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|tore him]] [[Just for Pun|to pieces]]. There's also her wholehearted endorsement of the cult-like philosophy of "The Secret", with her explicit statement of belief in various of its tenets including the idea that if something bad happens to you, it must be your own fault somehow for putting negativity out there or thinking negative thoughts... [[Unfortunate Implications]] from someone who claims to have been ''sexually abused''.

 

 

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