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Talk show icon Oprah Winfrey has revealed the motivation behind her iconic catchphrase “You get a car!” Winfrey, 72, screamed the sentence repeatedly during a 2004 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, where she gave away 276 cars, worth over $7 million. In a new Vanity Fair interview, Winfrey explained that before she uttered the now-famous phrase, the show had already given out 11 cars to members of the studio audience, who believed only one car remained to be won. At the time, each audience member had been given a gift box which contained a car key. “Everybody was thinking they were gonna be that one person,” Winfrey told Vanity Fair of the belief that only 12 cars were being given away. The host then recalled seeing one audience member finding a key in her box who thought she was the final winner. “And then someone next to her said, `No, I got it. I got it,’” Winfrey said. “So I thought we’re gonna have pandemonium with everybody thinking, `No, I’m the one that got it.’” Winfrey explained she was screaming, “You get a car! You get a car!” while pointing to the audience “because they were screaming so loud. Nobody could hear what I was saying.” She eventually clarified, “Everybody gets a car!” The billionaire then took the audience members outside to see their new 2005 Pontiac G6 sedans wrapped with giant red bows. Winfrey labeled the moment “so fun.”
Oprah Winfrey reveals secrets behind iconic TV car giveaway
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Talk show icon Oprah Winfrey has revealed the motivation behind her iconic catchphrase “You get a car!” Winfrey, 72, screamed the sentence repeatedly during a 2004 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, where she gave away 276 cars, worth over $7 million. In a new Vanity Fair interview, Winfrey explained that before she uttered the now-famous phrase, the show had already given out 11 cars to members of the studio audience, who believed only one car...
