For reasons likely known solely by Grumpy Cat and Dennis After Dentist (they curate all Internet content, right?), the world wide web has decided this is the week to gift us this video clip of Oprah Winfrey’s initial audition tape, from 1983, for her talk show. Originally shared on a November 2005 episode of her show, the clip features Winfrey wearing a pale-pink top, with oversize stud earrings (we find ourselves somewhat distracted, however, by that odd black scarf-necklace situation).
How did the legendary talk-show host begin the audition that would launch her unparallelled career? By noting how her name is spelled backwards, that’s how.