Sidney Poitier: The Dinner of a Lifetime

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

From March 28, 2007, Oprah threw the “Dinner of a Lifetime” for Sidney Poitier and seven hand-picked readers across the country. They discussed the legendary actor’s memoir, "The Measure of a Man." Oprah also has a surprise message for Sidney Poitier.

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes.
0:06.4	I believe the Oprah Winfrey Show was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.1	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.2	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:20.1	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:23.7	The moments that mattered, the eye-opening light lessons, never allow them to take
0:29.9	to some words.
0:30.9	I'm bringing them back.
0:33.4	It's time to open the vault.
0:35.6	I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.5	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.2	They want to know, do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	That's what I say, mean anything to you.
0:52.9	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey Show, the podcast.
0:59.9	Well, everybody who knows me well knows that I love to throw a great party for other people.
1:08.8	And so today we're bringing you an event we've been planning for months and months and
1:12.5	months for somebody who is really one of the most special men in my life.
1:16.9	Steadman knows it.
1:17.9	I told him, look, he is very, very special to me.
1:21.7	Well, you have to live with it, move on.
1:25.2	Today I'm unveiling it all.
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