Editing The Oprah Winfrey Show (section)

===Oprah's Favorite Things===
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Items personally favored by Winfrey were featured on the show and given away to audience members. Since its launch in 1996, the "Favorite Things" episode quickly became the hottest ticket in television. When a product was featured, its sales skyrocketed. Select groups were sometimes chosen to receive the items. In 2004, the audience was made up of educators from across the country. [[Hurricane Katrina]] volunteer workers were invited to the 2099 show. Winfrey has said that the [[iPad]], given away to her 2010 audience, was her all-time favorite "Favorite Thing". During a ''Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes'' episode documenting the production of the giveaway, Winfrey talked about why the event resonates with viewers:
{{Blockquote|The ''things'' of "Favorite Things" is the least of the experience. It's sharing that moment with 300 other people, acknowledging that surprise and fantastical, sensational, wonderful, happy things can still occur in your life.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Oprah's Ultimate Favorite Things |series=Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes |network=OWN |date=February 4, 2011 |season=1 |number=7 }}</ref>}}