Oprah, Amazon, and cockteasing

"What is Oprah's favorite gadget?" asks this video player on Amazon.com.

I don't know the answer because the 24-second clip never actually says. Thanks for making me feel doubly stupid for wanting to know the answer, Amazon.

I'll just go ahead and guess: I bet it's the Sybian. And there's one for all of you under your chairs!

Update: Oh, it's the Kindle. I guess I should have spotted that one, but I'm dense.

[#1 posted by pork musket , October 23, 2008 9:52 AM]

I hate you for making me think of Oprah on a Sybian. Curse your evil heart.

[#2 posted by rainlion , October 23, 2008 9:53 AM]

"I'll just go ahead and guess: I bet it's the Sybian. And there's one for all of you under your chairs!"

Too funny!

[#3 posted by DEEPEYES , October 23, 2008 9:57 AM]

Oh, how I wish there *was* a Sybian under my chair right now. Though my officemates may feel differently...

[#4 posted by Halloween Jack , October 23, 2008 9:59 AM]

No, the Sybian is the chair.

[#5 posted by agraham999 , October 23, 2008 10:23 AM]

I hear there is a Herman Miller Sybian coming out next year. Find it at DWR...called the Aerobian.

[#6 posted by cmuwriter , October 23, 2008 10:52 AM]

Thanks for making me puke a little bit in my mouth.

[#7 posted by HeatherB , October 23, 2008 11:07 AM]

I didn't think she liked penis'.

[#8 posted by Anonymous , October 23, 2008 11:28 AM]

Is Photoshop a gadget?

[#9 posted by KurtMac , October 23, 2008 11:46 AM]

I saw this last night and almost clicked, but Oprah wasn't the last thing I wanted to see before going to sleep. Today, Amazon changed it to say "What is Oprah's favorite new product?" I still don't care to find out.

[#10 posted by CraziestGadgetsdotcom , October 23, 2008 12:31 PM]

Is Gayle considered a gadget? What about Stedman? or he just a tool?

[#11 posted by Anonymous , October 23, 2008 8:15 PM]

This is the funniest BB post i can remember

[#12 posted by wil9000 , October 24, 2008 5:25 AM]

Normally, when she yells "It's Under YOUR CHAIR!" the audience jumps up and down, but if it was already under their chair, they'd have been jumping up and down BEFORE the announcement.

[#13 posted by Not a Doktor , October 24, 2008 8:01 AM]

I thought it said Symbian, and I wondered what a bunch of housewives would do with a dev kit.

[#14 posted by Boba Fett Diop , October 24, 2008 8:54 AM]

I originally thought it read "Opera on a Sybian" and I thought to myself "How would that work?"

[#15 posted by Boba Fett Diop , October 24, 2008 9:42 AM]

Oh, it did say "Opera on a Sybian" on the BoingBoing link. Would that be the genre of musical theater or the web browser?

[#16 posted by Daemon , October 24, 2008 10:12 AM]

I also saw Opera on a Sybian... and was thinking that perhaps technological integration had gone a little bit too far.

[#17 posted by Anonymous , October 24, 2008 10:14 AM]

I have to admit, I was compelled by a sick curiosity to find out how, or perhaps more importantly, why someone hacked a sybian to run Opera.

[#18 posted by Sijay , October 24, 2008 5:25 PM]

I certainly hope you mean "one for each of you".

[#19 posted by OM , October 24, 2008 9:26 PM]

...After the Sybian was mentioned, I now have this nightmare vision of Oprah, circa The Color Purple, using one and flattening it just before the first orgasm even came close.