Poll of the Day > What is Ellen's last name?

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argonautweakend
10/09/18 12:11:15 AM
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De Generous, because holy shit the things she gives away on her show.
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THEGODDAMNBATMA
10/09/18 12:14:12 AM
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Degenerate.
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argonautweakend
10/09/18 12:14:42 AM
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Hey man, i hope you get better.
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Golden Road
10/09/18 12:45:19 AM
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She may be generous, but has she ever had the whole audience win free cars =D
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HelIWithoutSin
10/09/18 12:47:47 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAhuSDRIDHE" data-time="

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MICHALECOLE
10/09/18 12:55:03 AM
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John Oliver gave more away than Ellen or Oprah ever has combined when he forgave the debt of millions of people
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keyblader1985
10/09/18 12:59:43 AM
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When I was a kid I actually thought everyone was calling her Ellen the Generous.
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helIy
10/09/18 1:01:10 AM
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Golden Road posted...
She may be generous, but has she ever had the whole audience win free cars =D

the majority of the people there didn't actually get their car, either, because oprah was too cheap to pay the taxes on it.

so everyone had to pay a few thousand in taxes in order to get that car.
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MICHALECOLE
10/09/18 1:58:36 AM
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keyblader1985 posted...
When I was a kid I actually thought everyone was calling her Ellen the Generous.

When I was a kid my dad always called her that one carpet muncher

I dunno why. I assume it has something to do with one of the episodes of her show
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TallTamryu
10/09/18 3:18:49 AM
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Ripley, that's her last name.
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FrndNhbrHdCEman
10/09/18 3:27:25 AM
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helIy posted...
Golden Road posted...
She may be generous, but has she ever had the whole audience win free cars =D

the majority of the people there didn't actually get their car, either, because oprah was too cheap to pay the taxes on it.

so everyone had to pay a few thousand in taxes in order to get that car.

The free car was a hit for ratings, but some audience members claimed a bigger hit: to their wallets. It turns out that free isn't always free. While General Motors handled the state sales tax on each of the new cars (around $1,800 per car), plus licensing fees, audience members were tasked with paying federal and state income taxes on the value of their new vehicle. To keep things simple, for reporting purposes, General Motors issued forms 1099-MISC to the recipients.

While actual taxes payable varied based on individual tax brackets, estimates settled around $7,000 per car. That was hard to swallow for many in the audience - especially when Oprah had reportedly asked her staff to seek out audience members who were in need of a car. Those weren't taxpayers who were likely to have an extra $7,000 or so laying around. A Harpo Spokeswomen reportedly said at the time that the winners had three choices: they could keep the car and pay the tax, sell the car and pay the tax, or refuse the car.

A shit move by Oprah for sure.
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MICHALECOLE
10/09/18 3:31:27 AM
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FrndNhbrHdCEman posted...
helIy posted...
Golden Road posted...
She may be generous, but has she ever had the whole audience win free cars =D

the majority of the people there didn't actually get their car, either, because oprah was too cheap to pay the taxes on it.

so everyone had to pay a few thousand in taxes in order to get that car.

The free car was a hit for ratings, but some audience members claimed a bigger hit: to their wallets. It turns out that free isn't always free. While General Motors handled the state sales tax on each of the new cars (around $1,800 per car), plus licensing fees, audience members were tasked with paying federal and state income taxes on the value of their new vehicle. To keep things simple, for reporting purposes, General Motors issued forms 1099-MISC to the recipients.

While actual taxes payable varied based on individual tax brackets, estimates settled around $7,000 per car. That was hard to swallow for many in the audience - especially when Oprah had reportedly asked her staff to seek out audience members who were in need of a car. Those weren't taxpayers who were likely to have an extra $7,000 or so laying around. A Harpo Spokeswomen reportedly said at the time that the winners had three choices: they could keep the car and pay the tax, sell the car and pay the tax, or refuse the car.

A shit move by Oprah for sure.

How
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Zeus
10/09/18 3:50:24 AM
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TallTamryu posted...
Ripley, that's her last name.


This.
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helIy
10/09/18 11:11:36 AM
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FrndNhbrHdCEman posted...
A shit move by Oprah for sure.

sort of.

when she took a different audience on a trip to Australia, she paid all of the taxes that time, so it's not like she didn't learn
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