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I had to google this, because I had no idea what t...

2010-01-10T09:21:10.211-06:00

I had to google this, because I had no idea what the Dorothy slippers were all about.

I thought it had to do with the history of slavery, but it turned out to be about the Wizard of Oz. Oops, my mistake ;)
In Holland we are not thát familiar with the Wizard of Oz...

I found some screenshots of the Oprah-show here http://www.originalprop.com/blog/2008/01/23/original-ruby-slippers-from-wizard-of-oz-on-the-oprah-winfrey-show/

I like your blog. I'm reading it from the beginning and I love it :)

I just found your blog...AWESOME! I havn't read al...

2008-09-23T13:34:34.266-05:00

I just found your blog...AWESOME! I havn't read all your posts yet so you might have mentioned this..the Graceland episode?!?! Where she pulled her gloves off in the Elvis vault to flip through his old check book. Hello,that's what the gloves are for! AND when they were eating dinner with Lisa Marie and Gail goes for "seconds" and you hear her chair scratching the wood floor as she pushed her chair back with force. That had to have pissed off Elvis' ghost even if they're "cousins".

SR Blake, You are in good company here. We all fel...

2008-07-10T18:53:03.898-05:00

SR Blake, You are in good company here. We all fell off our chairs when we saw that segment. We should put pillows on the floor, so we have a soft landing the next time that happens...Best, LO

I tuned into this show as my first Oprah watching ...

2008-07-09T14:34:54.479-05:00

I tuned into this show as my first Oprah watching experience in a long time. I was a little put off by the way she kept interrupting the curator and then I was blown away when she picked them up! For real Oprah?!

Nice blog,
SR Blake

marisue, FASCINATING. i am not a regular reader of...

2008-07-04T18:53:15.871-05:00

marisue, FASCINATING. i am not a regular reader of those message boards. for some reason, i figured the moderator would pull any anti-Oprah commentary right off the website. i'm happy to hear there is multi-faceted discussion on the forum! thanks for looking into that. you rock. xoLO

L.O., Yeah, I suppose I draw the line at unneeded ...

2008-07-03T10:44:06.413-05:00

L.O.,
Yeah, I suppose I draw the line at unneeded over-indulgence!

LO - After reading your post I tried to find video...

2008-07-03T09:54:30.561-05:00

LO - After reading your post I tried to find video of Oprah grabbing the shoes - no luck yet, but I did come across the message board on Oprah.com & after the original episode aired, boy did people let it be known how disgusted they were by the behavior. I also found the synopsis of the show on her site, and while there was much mention how carefully the museum director handled the shoes, no mention of Oprah grabbing onto them.

Odd, that. Well, I don't think it's that odd, I do think it's just a wonderfully condensed example of the way Oprah has come to think of herself & her role in the world.

laurajeanette, in the "movie version" she would do...

2008-07-03T08:08:10.383-05:00

laurajeanette, in the "movie version" she would do it and they'd just dissintegrate in her hands, a verrrrry old Toto yapping at her and biting her ankles, the Tin Man weeping until he rusted...

whoa sharon! you tend to be much more patient with people than me, so this one really must have touched a nerve!

xoLO

I'm a little disgusted frankly!

2008-07-02T23:10:30.127-05:00

I'm a little disgusted frankly!

I just knew she was going to click them together a...

2008-07-02T22:49:07.499-05:00

I just knew she was going to click them together and sequins or something would just start falling to the floor.

laurajeanette, did it make you tense watching it? ...

2008-07-02T19:19:38.320-05:00

laurajeanette, did it make you tense watching it? i couldn't wait for the show to end so i could rewind that moment to prove to myself it wasn't as bad as i thought it was the first time around. i was wrong. it was worse!! xoLO

I agree. She went way too far with the mock click...

2008-07-02T19:15:16.832-05:00

I agree. She went way too far with the mock clicking of the heels. Very careless.

silvertacos, i wonder if having him tell her 'no' ...

2008-07-02T16:51:57.508-05:00

silvertacos, i wonder if having him tell her 'no' twice made her that much more focused on getting her way. i used to be like that when i was a kid - just keep asking and asking until i wore my folks down. i wonder if the smithsonian will EVER lend anything to the Oprah show again?! xoLO

im so glad you said what you said about the ruby s...

2008-07-02T16:42:15.656-05:00

im so glad you said what you said about the ruby slippers cause i was mortified that she did that! The death stare he gave her was icy and well deserved. Oprah has EVERYTHING, why did she need that?

garsy, her actions were definitely childish. it wa...

2008-07-02T16:22:40.015-05:00

garsy, her actions were definitely childish. it was below her, i thought. she just saw something she wanted and practically grabbed it even though it was against the rules. i agree about the curator - i think if he had more guts he would have. he seemed a little wishy washy. i wonder if he was reprimanded by the museum for allowing her to manhandle the shoes?? xoLO

Oprah irritates me when she does things like that!...

2008-07-02T16:15:53.755-05:00

Oprah irritates me when she does things like that!

I mean seriously! Even my children know better then to touch museum pieces. We just recently went to the Lincoln museum in Fort Wayne, IN and even at the interactive parts of the museum, my children were hesitant and asked before exploring. If I were the curator I would have immediately reprimanded her, reminding her that these are priceless one of a kind items!

Blessings,

Garsy