Thomas Cruise Mapother IV

The "couch incident" was voted #1 2005's "Most Surprising Television Moments" on a countdown on E! and was the subject numerous parodies, including the epilogue Scary Movie 4, an episode South Park, a short on Sesame Street, and an episode Family Guy. Entertainment Weekly put it on its end--the-decade, "best-" list, saying, "Lesson learned: Tell, don't show."
In early May 2008, Cruise reappeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to celebrate 25 years in the film business. The feature was a two hour special, the first hour was Oprah spending the day with Cruise at his house in Telluride, Colorado on May 2.