In case you haven't heard, a few of us are getting ready to be left behind this Saturday. Oprah Winfrey decided to get a jump on the rest of us and recorded two of her final shows last night.
The AV Club took note of the messianic overtones:
Aretha Franklin even dedicated “Amazing Grace” to Oprah after her longtime “partner” Stedman Graham expressed his “amazement” over Oprah’s ability to “change people’s lives every day” through all of her “sacrifices.” And as living testimony to Oprah’s healing power, Maria Shriver showed up on the same day it was revealed that Arnold Schwarzenegger had fathered a child outside their marriage, and found herself renewed in Oprah’s benevolent embrace “wrapped tightly around her shoulders.”
If this week's
Doonesbury series is any indication, I'll be joined by Garry Trudeau:
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