Twenty five years of Oprah and the next step could be rehab.
You’ve heard of or have already dealt with Empty Nest Syndrome? EOS is the unexplained nobody understands silent empty! The talk show host’s final performance has become more viral than a video on You Tube.
Empty Oprah Syndrome has introduced daily viewers to a new shade of the blues; cranky, no juice to put in eight hours of work, a dry feeling in the instantly pick me up department and several times you land on Channel 9 here in Charlotte hoping your girl is pulling off a fast one like rock stars and Michael Jordan that say they’re retiring but never do.
Oh it’s not over! I can’t believe the Stock Market hasn’t plummeted sending gas prices above five bucks! Tack on Mary Hart leaving Entertainment Tonight, Katy Couric departing from the CBS Evening News and American Idol, the Biggest Loser and Celebrity Apprentice wrapping up the season.
Anyone wanna talk about bosses today?
Did I mention ABC has pulled the plug on One Life to Live and Days of Our Lives?
Doesn’t seem like much until you look at the entire picture; television is our hourly high, weekend buzz, evening after work fix, legal drug and although it’s completely illegal for us to drive and watch TV there are billions of SUV’s with flat screens in the backseat.
For God’s sake we’re being forced to go outside and find something new to do!
So how do you get over Empty Nest Syndrome? While you surf what little cable television has to offer I find myself still walking into my daughter’s former room to catch a vibe of what used to be. I refuse to paint over the places she used as an expression piece. The rock band stickers on the windows are still there. The stuffed animals have been neatly placed in a box to which I can get to at any time. Then it happens, her kids spend the weekend and wham! Looking into their tiny eyes I see Jenny all over again and again.
Please let’s talk about how evil bosses are!
To be empty doesn’t mean you are without but rather free from…
No more Oprah means a new beginning of exploring; locating new shows to call your own or taking what you learned from her seven billion hours of broadcast and becoming part of the community. Look at the members of the media she put focus on Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, Suzy Orman, Tyler Perry and more. Study their path and you’ll discover that each of them are deeply dug into the roots of common people’s lives and work everyday on trying to bring peace to all rather than just a self that’s never satisfied.
Now you wanna talk about bosses don’t you? Can’t deal with this positive Arroe stuff…
I never watched Seinfeld, Mash, Bob Barker or Bill Cosby…I chose instead to better understand their commitment to the public that supported them. Once within those pages I found their true life and style to be far more entertaining than handwritten drama on legal drug number one…television.
I know…that requires a little elbow grease and with TV you just need a thumb and index finger to hit the DVR during the commercials. Give me my Oprah high!
We loved it when she tore up the screen with earth shattering interviews with Hollywood’s elite. Bawled our eyes out beyond being dry when reality struck a chord in a reality your parents never talked about; Late Night giants like Letterman, Jon Stewart and Jay Leno were never as politically incorrect as Oprah…if she saw fit, she didn’t hold back Oprah laid out the truth like a true Broadcasting genius.
Will there be another? Nope. Just like there’ll never be another Walter Cronkite, John Wayne, Lennon, Dylan and pizza pizza guy for Little Caesars.
Tina Turner said it best, “We don’t need another hero.”
Grab the strings and guide the un-Oprah generation to their next level of success. Look at the real talent and her true message and make it part of your destination. Rather than wait for life to happen…or the next big daytime talker to influence your need to buy more books…do the do and make your self the leader.
The passing of Oprah means its time for you to take over the family decisions. Now you know The Secret. True Oprah fans know what I’m talking about. Now put it to use for the better.
I will always believe in you first…
arroecollins@clearchannel.com
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