-with taboo subject its maiden topic
WITH voice raised, and hand gesturing emphatically, an elderly man stresses: “In this time now, every man would like to know dey satisfy dey woman.”
He then opens his wallet and displays a strange-looking object that appears to be a piece of stone or bark wrapped in paper. A middle-aged man appears on screen and says: “Most of the time I satisfy my wife.”
Next, a young man says: “I feel I’m doing my job; I’m all thumbs up.”
The refrain of an Enrique Iglesias’ ‘Baby you know you like it’, plays in the background.
Invitees to the launch of ‘The Olive Gopaul Show’, hosted at Duke Lodge in Kingston, giggle and guffaw, enjoying the wickedly funny comments onscreen as the subject of male sexual enhancement is addressed.
Cut to the next scene where the stunningly beautiful Olive appears onscreen and asks: “Why is it men feel they have to power-up? Is it a feeling of inadequacy? Does it mean that the men are incapable of doing their job naturally?”
As images of male enhancement paraphernalia fill the screen, the fun continues, with the onscreen Olive declaring that not every man likes to admit that he needs help, while ‘Man Number Two’ reappears, saying that he has no use for such aphrodisiacs as Indian God, Chiney brush, dab, spray or whatever, as he’s always relied on his eddoes, cassava, plantains and yam, “not forgetting dumplin’ and sweet potato.” 
At this, the audience burst into helpless laughter, which got decidedly louder and prolonged as he empathically concludes: “And I stand firm!”
Next, a female guest on the show opines that Guyanese men are the best where lovemaking is concerned, adding that she has never had any complaints over the years.
The show also featured medical expertise, with a guest doctor taking about the effects of enhancement products on the male body.
ONG Production, named after Olive Nalini Gopaul, is the creative genius behind the new show, which seeks to offer its audiences well-researched and professionally-executed discourses between presenter and guest(s) on selected issues before a live audience. 
The show has as its target audience persons between the ages of 25-65, and  aims to offer viewers here a high-quality, diverse television production that breaks with the trend of a preponderance of imported television entertainment content.
It is also aimed at securing regional and international acceptance of television content originating in Guyana, thereby increasing in volume the marketing share of Guyanese goods and services.

Noting that the show had been in the making since 2007, Olive said the idea was to produce a high-quality production highlighting all aspects of life from a human interest perspective.
The forum, she said, will allow people to express themselves in a conducive atmosphere, with the goal of bringing harmony to the family, the society, as well as the nation as was intended when it was created.  Olive, who is a single parent of one, said the show is not limited to teenagers, but is also open to adults, the elderly and the family.

Background
Olive’s journey to becoming the winner of several national beauty pageants began in the humblest of ways, she said at the launch.  One of eight children, she grew up in Leonora Village on the West Coast of Demerara.
She was raised in an extended family-setting, and taught to be content with whatever little she had. Her mother being the disciplinarian she is, she was expected to dress conservatively, which meant that she was prohibited from wearing strappy clothing, armless tops, short pants and miniskirts. Keeping late nights and partying were not allowed either.
Olive majored in Spanish at the Cyril Potter College of Education, and has a Diploma in Marketing, and a Bachelor’s in Business Management. But it was her capturing the Miss Guyana World title in 1997 that brought her to the local spotlight.
She however insists that pageants were never on her ‘to do’ list, and that it was only the encouragement of friends and someone very close to her that caused that wheel to start turning.
She moved from Miss University of Guyana, to Miss Guyana World, to Miss Guyana Universe, and is credited as being one of the best Miss Guyana’s this country has ever had.
Airing of the talk show will be on the National Communications Network (NCN) from Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 17:00 to 18:00 hrs.
Of note, NCN reaches as far as Berbice, Essequibo, Georgetown, Linden and the coastal plains of Guyana. Additionally, for areas that are not reached by the Network, a radio broadcast version of the talk show will be done on Voice of Guyana (VOG).
For more information, Olive may be reached via the Internet at: ogopaul@yahoo.com, olive@olivegopaul.com, www.olivegopaul.com or by telephone at: 600-6090 or 625-6090.