If you haven’t been keeping up on “the television event of the decade” as Dave says tongue-in–cheek, Oprah was last on Letterman in 1989 and vowed to never return. Since then Dave has pointed out often the weekly calls to Oprah to have her on his show. Well his wish came true last night. Unfortunately for most diehard fans of Letterman, he may have met Oprah more than half way, forgetting how to be funny.
Reviews ranged from sour at As I Please to sweet at Jack Bog’s Blog.
Since I am not a TV critic, (try TV Filter) and just a Letterman fan, I won’t say much more about the merits of the show. The reason that any of this is noteworthy from this blog’s perspective was when Oprah told of her planned trip to South Africa to establish a girls leadership academy. I had read about this cause in Newsweek that featured Women Leaders (Oprah was the cover). Oprah said,
"I'm going to change the future for thousands and thousands of girls because I'm going to give them an education. I'm going to go out into the villages, into the rural areas, the forgotten places, and find the girls who have the potential to excel and be leaders in the world. I'm going to create a leadership academy. I believe that the future of Africa depends upon the future of its girls and women. That's the only thing that's going to turn that continent around."
Hats off to her and her effort in such a noble cause. That coincides with the great concept of microfinance and helping women out of poverty. As I have mentioned before, Unitus is leading this charge. Who knows, maybe their causes will cross paths. One thing is clear, their leadership and willingness to give back is a great example.
