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"They&amp;apos;re perhaps TV&amp;apos;s most iconic pair of spectacles: Sally Jessy Raphael&amp;apos;s oversized red eyeglasses!\r\nEight years after her eponymous talk show ended its 19-year run, Raphael, 68, has finally explained why she chose -- and stuck with -- the famous, sometimes-ridiculed eyewear.\r\n&amp;quot;I couldn&amp;apos;t see the teleprompter,&amp;quot; Raphael told Oprah Winfrey during a Wednesday appearance on Winfrey&amp;apos;s show. &amp;quot;So I saw an ad that said, &amp;apos;We do a Pap smear and give you red glasses.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWhen Raphael visited the advertised medical office offering the bizarre deal, they tried to convince her to spring for a more expensive pair of frames.&amp;#xA0; &amp;quot;They were going to trade me up [to a better pair],&amp;quot; she admitted on&amp;#xA0; Oprah.&amp;#xA0; &amp;quot;I said: &amp;apos;You&amp;apos;re not going to trade me up. I don&amp;apos;t have that kind of money.&amp;apos; It&amp;apos;s all they had for $19.95.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFor her Oprah chat, Raphael appeared alongside fellow retired talk show greats Phil Donahue, Ricki Lake, Geraldo Rivera and Montel Williams; the group reminisced about their friendly rivalry with Winfrey and one another, and offered her advice on the impending end of her show.\r\nHow has Raphael spent her post-TV retirement? She&amp;apos;s traveled the world and spent time on her 18th-century farm in New York state with her husband Karl and their chickens, cats and horses.\r\n\r\nDespite that lovely life, Raphael admits to getting antsy without the daily grind of a talk show. &amp;quot;It was two weeks--great, I don&amp;apos;t have to get up. And then it was seven years--why doesn&amp;apos;t anybody call me?&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;So I&amp;apos;m doing a show now about a talk show host who is asked to leave the air and what happens to her after that.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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