April 22--The Oprah Winfrey Network will rebroadcast Winfrey's 1996 interview with Prince on Saturday, network reps announced Thursday.
"The Oprah Winfrey Show" episode, which originally aired Nov. 21, 1996, was Prince's first interview after his name change, according to the network. The interview, set to air at 7 p.m., features Prince taping a segment at Winfrey's longtime West Loop studio and Winfrey visiting Prince's Paisley Park recording studio in Minnesota.
Prince died Thursday at Paisley Park at the age of 57.
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From a Nov. 21, 1996 Tribune story about Prince's visit to Harpo Studios:
"Oprah Winfrey's done outrageous shows (RuPaul comes to mind) and shows with a high-scream factor (read: JFK Jr.). Thursday's could top those on both counts, thanks to the Artist Formerly Known as Prince (formerly known as Roger Nelson). During a Wednesday taping here, we caught Mr. Unpronounceable Symbol cavorting atop a mauve baby grand set upon a stage festooned with white faux fur--definitely a first for Harpo Studios, we're told. The audience went wild. So did Oprah. More:
>> He's quite content with life in Minneapolis ('It's so cold it keeps the bad people out'), wife Mayte Garcia, their new baby (no names, no questions, just a cryptic 'everything's good') and his new release, 'Emancipation.'
>> During a video visit to his Paisley Park studios, the queen of talk TV was tongue-tied trying to come up with something to call him so Oprah finally settled on 'my friend the artist.'"
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