Watch Oprah Winfrey’s original chat show audition tape
By Sam Rigby
Footage of Oprah Winfrey’s original chat show audition has been released online.
The clip – which is now over 30 years old – sees Winfrey introducing herself as part of the audition to host a new Chicago morning show.
In the footage, she says: “Hi there. My name is Oprah Winfrey. Oprah spelled O-P-R-A-H.”
Winfrey first released the footage during her chat show in 2005, explaining: “I heard that there was a morning show in Chicago that needed a new host.
“I stayed up all night long with an editor [and] sent my audition tape in… I was obsessed with getting this job.”
As well as hosting the award-winning Oprah Winfrey Show – which was the highest-rated programme of its kind in history – she has also worked as an actress, producer, and philanthropist.
Watch the retro footage below:
[youtube height=”345″ width=”665″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62RHmcLDn0s#t=47[/youtube]
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