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Not at liberty right now. But if anyone wants to join me for a feel-sorry-for-self party, I'm available. ;)
 
Mirrorball Girl said:
Not at liberty right now. But if anyone wants to join me for a feel-sorry-for-self party, I'm available. ;)

Sure. I'll join you. I'm feeling mighty sorry for myself.:banghead:

I wish I could have seen Bono being interviewed LIVE and told Oprah in person how great Bono is:cool:
 
Ok...so I'm like insanely tired. So you all get the "what Gina told people via IM" version of the story. AdamsLoveMuffin is me. Although now I may have to become "BonosSweetTart" or something like that. ANYWAY:

AdamsLoveMuffin: WE GO TO RITZ CARLETON [me and U2One, a fellow interferencer]
AdamsLoveMuffin: WE GO IN. WE GO TO THE ELEVATOR
AdamsLoveMuffin: ELEVATOR MAN SAYS "12TH FLOOR?"
AdamsLoveMuffin: ME: NO, THE LOBBY
AdamsLoveMuffin: HIM: UM, THAT *IS* THE 12TH FLOOR
AdamsLoveMuffin: ME: YESSIREEE I'M A GUEST HERE :uhoh:
AdamsLoveMuffin: ANYWAY
AdamsLoveMuffin: WE GO AND WAIT IN THE LOBBY
AdamsLoveMuffin: NICEST...LOBBY...EVER
AdamsLoveMuffin: SO WE'RE SITTING ON THESE SWANKY COUCHES
AdamsLoveMuffin: I ORDERED AN AMMARETTO SOUR
AdamsLoveMuffin: I'M DRINKING IT
AdamsLoveMuffin: ALL OF A SUDDEN U2ONE IS LIKE "THERE'S BONO"
AdamsLoveMuffin: HE'S HEADED FOR THE ELEVATOR SO WE DON'T AHVE MUCH TIME
AdamsLoveMuffin: BUT LUCKILY, TWO FANS STOPPED HIM ON THE WAY THERE AND WE HAD TIME TO CATCH UP
AdamsLoveMuffin: WE STOP HIM RIGHT OUSTIDE THE ELEVATOR
AdamsLoveMuffin: AND WE'RE LIKE "PICTURE YOU US PLEASE NOW"
AdamsLoveMuffin: HIM: *PUTS ARM AROUND ME AND U2ONE* SECURITY GUARD: *SNAPS PHOTO*
AdamsLoveMuffin: DID I MENTION HE WAS WEARING A SUIT!
AdamsLoveMuffin: AND THAT HE SMELLED REALLY FUCKING GOOD
AdamsLoveMuffin: AND THAT MY HAND SMELLS LIKE HIM NOW
AdamsLoveMuffin: SO DOES MY SHIRT
AdamsLoveMuffin: OMG
AdamsLoveMuffin: I FORGOT THE BEST PART
AdamsLoveMuffin: as the elevator door is closing [I think we're all happy about me switching out of CAPS, now aren't we?]
AdamsLoveMuffin: he looks me right in the eye and sort of points at me and says
AdamsLoveMuffin: "thank you"

and that's it, my friends. No autograph or nothing. BUT WHO THE FREAK IS COMPLAINING. I TOUCHED BONO.

Can i just say...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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YAY!!! I am so happy for you guys!!! Your IM had me smiling like a fool, my husband was like "What happened with Bono in Chicago today" .... YOU GOT A PICTURE!!!! I wanted a picture and we took them and they didn't come out, damnit in April, so YOU ARE SO STOKED TO HAVE GOTTEN A PICTURE!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!:up:
 
Oprah Transcript

Hey, you can get the transcript from the Oprah show on Oprah.com for $7.00 ($6.00 via download). I have an email in to them about buying the tape and I will keep you posted.

The transcript won't be availiable until Friday afternoon (after the show airs).

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well I ain't givin Oprah any of my money...
Here's an article from ChicagoSuntimes.com (online Newspaper)


Africa in crisis, U2's Bono tells Oprah viewers

September 18, 2002

BY CATHLEEN FALSANI STAFF REPORTER

Bono, lead singer of the rock group U2, made his debut on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" Tuesday, but he didn't sing or hype the band's upcoming "best of" album.

Instead, the 42-year-old Irish rocker and father of four used his time with the Queen of Talk to rally support for an international effort to alleviate paralyzing debt in Africa and the resulting AIDS epidemic threatening to kill off an entire generation of Africans.

"If you want to talk to the American people, you come to Oprah," Bono told the studio audience at an afternoon taping of the "Oprah" show at Harpo Studios on West Washington. "This is an emergency."

Apart from his signature blue wraparound spectacles and a couple of small silver hoops in his ears, Bono forsook his usual rock 'n' roll regalia in favor of a conservative black suit, dark gray dress shirt and a new, short 'do. He only mentioned his "day job" with U2 a few times, focusing instead on his activism on behalf of suffering Africans.

The normally ebullient rocker, known for his howling vocals, spoke in soft raspy tones, his brogue adjusting to the gravity of the subject at hand.

Because of billions in debt owed to nations in the developed world, most African nations cannot provide the most basic of human necessities for their people, like clean water, a primary education and medicine, Bono said.

The vast majority of HIV-positive Africans cannot afford the medications that stave off the effects of the virus, he said.

Recalling how one Nazi death camp survivor told him once that he couldn't believe people stood by and watched the Nazis herd Jews and others into cattle cars headed for concentration camps, Bono likened the AIDS epidemic in Africa to the Holocaust.

"We're watching people being put on the trains," he said.

In May, Bono traveled to Africa with Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to lobby for the United States to forgive the debt in Africa. O'Neill appeared via satellite during the "Oprah" taping, along with comedian Chris Tucker, who was also on the Africa trip.

The musician, who told Winfrey he's been a "real pain in the arse" to Washington politicians over the last few years, is credited by some with convincing President Bush to provide an additional $5 billion in aid to Africa earlier this year.

Bono reminded the talk-show audience that Congress still has to approve the allocation and said Americans need to let their officials know that African debt relief is an issue they'll remember come Election Day.

Rescuing Africa from crippling debt and disease is a moral obligation, said Bono, who told the "Oprah" audience to go online to www.datadata.org to find out more about efforts to relieve debt and the ravages of AIDS in Africa.

"We can throw pennies at the problem," he said, "but God doesn't want alms, God wants action."

Bono's "Oprah'' interview is scheduled to air at 9 a.m. and 11:05 p.m. Friday on WLS-Channel 7.
 
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Paying for a televised transcript is totally normal in the TV industry, so is paying for a copy of the tape.

I still think it sucks though....:no:
 
AM said:
paying for a transcript - is this normal?? Or am I just naiv :scratch:
yep, it's totally normal, as is paying for tapes. :)

i guess they figure they have to pay for the people who transcribe them, the paper, ink, postage, etc. and for the tapes...the same thing really.

but $6 to have the transcript e-mailed to you? sheesh. i wouldn't charge more than $2-3. :tsk:
 
I got this emailed to me

Bono Sells the Cause to Oprah's TV Audience
@U2, September 17, 2002

By Tim Cunningham for @U2, with Matt McGee


Bono the Salesman made his pitch to a new crowd today: Oprah Winfrey Show
viewers.

He was the main guest on today's taping of the nationally syndicated
program, which will air this Friday, September 20th.

He told the in-studio audience that he had come on the show to sell the idea
of helping Africa to the American public -- that he needs voters to pressure
the government to dedicate more funds to the cause, and that the Oprah
Winfrey Show represents one of the largest audiences of women aged 25-50
that can be addressed at one time. He admitted to being nervous, even
claiming to have vomited backstage before the show.

@U2 has this recap of the show from fellow U2 fan Tim Cunningham, who was in
the audience today to take it all in.



There is the Bono that is most well known, the Bono who smiles coyly at
20,000 people screaming his name; then there is the Bono that some people
expect there to be, but never really get to see. That is the Bono I saw
today.

I was lucky enough to know someone who knows someone at the Oprah show who
invited me to the taping which took place at Oprah's Westside of Chicago
studios today. We arrived at 10 a.m. to flashbacks of Elevation Tour GA
lines as there were already 100 people in line. The vast majority of them
were Oprah's target audience, many of whom had no idea about the topic of
the show, but a good handful of the 300 were U2 fans.

You could tell that all of Oprah's people were REALLY excited about the
guest as the various producers who spoke to the audience were as much in
shock about it as the audience. They intially brought four people on stage
to see who was 3?42@biggest Bono fan, so they asked who knew Bono's birth
name, the original names of U2, how many studio albums U2 have released, so
on and so forth. They all got Oprah t-shirts.

Just prior to Oprah coming on stage, Bobby Shriver sat down in the second
row. [@U2 note: Bobby Shriver is the son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver. He's a
friend of Bono's who helped Bono gain access inside Washington, DC, to lobby
for his Drop the Debt and African HIV/AIDS relief campaigns.]

Then Oprah came out and she, too, looked really pumped, even pointing out
that you had to know someone to get a ticket to the taping. She was all
happy until her teleprompter broke soon after arriving onstage.

Finally after that was fixed they showed a montage of clips set to U2 music
with Oprah narrating over it. She then introduced Bono who walked out in a
nice looking (read: professional) suit.

Oprah then introduced another video montage of Bono's life from childhood to
the present.

The typical talk show banter focused on Bono's humanitarian work. Chris
Tucker was beamed in live via satelite to discuss his feelings on traveling
to Africa with Bono, then Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill was beamed in to
give his thoughts on Bono. Two college students who had done work down in
Africa when Bono, Tucker, and O'Neill were visiting were in the studio and
were asked to give their reflections on the crisis in Africa.

The regular Oprah show ended at that point. But there is a new feature this
season which they called "After the Show" which will be airing on the Oxygen
TV network sometime on Friday. This 30 minute segment was made up of a
question and answer between Bono and the audience. [@U2 note: According to
Oprah.com, "After the Show" airs at 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. ET weeknights.]

The show ended with Bono giving Oprah his blue shades and Oprah kissing his
cheek, leaving a lipstick stain.

Sitting there in the audience, I saw several things I never really saw
before. Bono walked out in front of 300 people and was genuinely nervous.
For the first two segments he seemed to constantly bite his thumb and during
commercial breaks he asked Oprah if everything was going alright. He got up
during the commercial breaks to say hello to the college missionaries in the
audience as well as to ask the audience "is there anything I should be
talking about that I haven't?" I thought it was very humble of him to ask
the audience if he was doing a good enough job.

Throughout the taping I realized just how passionate Bono is about the
cause. Most of the interviews that have been done about this are short,
edited versions that don't reveal all that much, but this interview showed
just how much devotion he had to making a difference in Africa.

After the show there were a few people waiting outside the exit of the Harpo
Studios garage, and eventually Bono emerged in a black towncar. He got out
of the car to tell the crowd that he couldn't stay as he had to go do more
work. He then said something to the effect of "hopefully this will all work
out and the people won't be burning an effigy of me in the streets." He got
back in the car and drove off.

Sure there are plenty of details that have been left out but that can all be
seen on the show when it is aired this Friday the 20th.

Special thanks to Meghan Patke for getting me the tickets.


And special thanks to Tim for sharing his recap of what happened today and
what we can expect to see on Friday's show(s)!

? @U2/Cunningham, 2002.


___________

does anyone know what this oxygen channel is? and does it air in Canada?
 
Oh, that synopsis from You.Two.Net is great. It's very thorough, like you said. Can't wait to see the show. I'm not sure which station I can pick it up on, however. Usually the only TV I watch is the news, and of course U2 when they are on TV!!:yes: :yes: :heart: :heart:
 
Cute pic! Bono with Oprah!

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Awww, Bono looks cute!!! And Oprah has been added to the list of people I really really envy (see below, in no clear order)

1. Ann Acheson
2. Samantha Morton
3. Ali Hewson
4. Caroline Corr (she got that kiss from Larry)
5. Oprah Winfrey
6. Edge, Adam and Bono (coz they have probably seen Larry nekkid)
7. Every person who has seen Larry nekkid
8. or touched/kissed Larry
9. Point #8 except Bono instead of Larry (I don't really want to see Bono nekkid that much)

Yep... that's about it for now. And I have now declared myself officially insane :laugh:
 
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Buhahwhawhhahwaha!

Oh boy, for a moment there I looked at that photo and thought 'Wow, how nice for Bono to be there looking natural for once!' (basically, NOT wearing his trademark shades) - and it took me all but five minutes to realise Oprah was wearing them!!!!


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mad1 said:
Buhahwhawhhahwaha!

Oh boy, for a moment there I looked at that photo and thought 'Wow, how nice for Bono to be there looking natural for once!' (basically, NOT wearing his trademark shades) - and it took me all but five minutes to realise Oprah was wearing them!!!!


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AAAHHH!! I'm worse!! I found the pic and posted it and I never noticed that until you said it!! LMAO!! :lmao: Maybe we really only have eyes for Bono!:sexywink:
 
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