The TV Zone

Just after Oprah's finished paying for a new couch but who should come back on the show? Tom Cruise. MSNBC's Courtney Hazlett is reporting this as we speak, and it's big news to furniture lovers all over the planet.

MSNBC says there are "big plans" for the 25th anniversary of "Risky Business" this May so - sure - what's one more couch? Tom, as you'll recall, last appeared on June 23, 2005, when he started telling O how much he loved Katie, and just to prove it, decided to use her couch as a trampoline. O watched in horror as the stuffing started to come out, and then security was summoned. A week later, Cruise was fired by Viacom...

That's all an exaggeration - I tend to get carried away on the subject of O and Tom and couches - but I do think it noteworthy that Cruise hasn't been back on the show since the trampoline incident. O - you gotta understand - is a lady who likes her furniture.

Here's the classic clip - one of the great moments in TV (and upholstery) history: