Dr. Phil bugs the s**t out of me!

[Raven]

He's on TV tonight with a weight program. He looks like a bit of a porker himself. There is just something about the guy that drives me nuts. He is always right and he talks at people. And his eye twitches. :eyes:

[JitterbugPerfume]

1. I am with you, Raven

I think he is creepy

[newsguyatl]

2. i haven't liked

him ever since he had a show on shortly after the war... he had these guests on, opposing views of course, and he just treated the liberal, anti-war woman like absolute SHIT! very condescending to her... i put two and two together: knew he was from texas, must be a big ole bush supporter... i haven't watched him ever since...


((and i refuse to ever watch oprah again, or support her, for having arnold on her season premiere)) fuck 'em both.

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. From Texas and I am not a Bush supporter!

Not all of us Texans support Bush*. However, I didn't catch that segment of the Dr. Phil show you are referring to. Just heard that Oprah is apparently an Arnold fan, well I never watch her anyway. Just wondering what her agenda is, getting involved in California politics. BTW, I am a Californian native. Born and raised and lived in the state up until 10 years ago. Can't begin to say how much I miss my home state! My best wishes to my fellow Californians!

[ant]

3. he just annoys me because...

...he's so popular for speaking common sense. You mean to lose weight I need to stop overeating and start exercising? You mean I should leave my jackass of a husband? You mean if I'm not happy with some aspect of my life I should actively try to change things? WOW, what a brilliant man you are! :eyes:

[LosinIt]

29. But how many people will come out and say that?

most weight loss programs on the market focus on 'fast and easy'. He is much more realistic. There is a program by Phil Kaplan that he comes out and says is not easy, but it works if you can do it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. I kinda like the guy

even though he seems to be bit of a media creation. Not sure he is a "porker". He is a big guy. We grow 'em big in Texas, LOL. He seems like a no nonsense kinda person, tells it like it is. To say the least, I think he gets off on the limelight afforded him lately. Fifteen minutes of fame and all. :-)

[Cheswick2.0]

21. I kind of like him too

he's earned his chops AFAIAC. He spent years listening to people's self obsessed whiny ranting. "WAAAAA I keep doing the same thing and getting the same results, WAAAAAAA"...... so how's that working for you?

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Who?

Never seen him.

[Raven]

7. You haven't missed much.

He's the male version of Dr. Laura, maybe a little less nasty. By the way, whatever happened to Dr. Laura?

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. Dr. Laura?

Heard the name. Never watched her, at least I assume it is a she.

[Raven]

14. She's a talk radio psychologist

who is to the right of Attila the Hun.

[spinbaby]

6. Let me guess...

Lose weight by feeling better about yourself?

[arwalden]

8. He's DEFINITELY An Abrasive Fellow... I'm Not A Big Fan. HOWEVER...

I do agree with his well-stated and thoughtful and logical position on NOT spanking children. ESPECIALLY not spanking infants and toddlers.

-- Allen

[Demobrat]

12. He's right about not fighting in front of kids too.

*

[Demobrat]

9. Schadenfreud.

The whole point of that show is not Dr. Phil, it's the messed up guests. They're there so that people can take pleasure in their misery and feel like maybe they themselves not so bad off after all. Kind of like Springer, but with a psychological angle so that it doesn't feel quite so trashy and viewers can justify it.

[Mel]

24. you just described

the reasons I hate those kind of shows. I do not want to watch other peoples misery and I don't wanna watch people getting busted on Cops.
It hurts my heart to watch those kind of shows. I call them 'the dumbing down of America shows'

[Demobrat]

25. Better watch that.

That's the kind of thinking that can lead to all kinds of horrible fates like liberalism and obsessive compulsive donating to the Dean campaign.

Edit: Oops, sorry I just noticed your Avatar. I meant Kucinich of course!

[notadmblnd]

10. I know! My sister worships the ground he walks on

she's 45 and lives with me (that alone ought to tell ya something) but its always, Dr Phil says this, Dr. Phil says that. I have'nt heard Dr. Phil say anything to his poor, attention seeking nit wits that the average person with a little common sense on the street could'nt tell them. His benifactor (Oprah) is his claim to fame. Must be nice to be able to ride a gravy train like that.

[Raven]

13. Only in America, I guess.

:-)

[blm]

16. Me too!

Wow...what a relief!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

17. He is scum just waiting to be discovered

There is something seriously weird about him that is bound to come out sooner or later... he has sex slave boys chained up in his basement, or he gets caught by the NJ State Troopers in a Turnpike Men's room with a 12-year-old and some crank, or he has bodies buried in his mother's back yard.

Something is not right with this guy.

[Skittles]

18. THANK YOU RAVEN

I DESPERATELY WANT TO SLAP HIM AROUND.

[short bus president]

19. If I ever get my hands on that jackass,

he gets a curb sammich, after which I'll collect his teeth and shove them individually through his eyelids. HATE THAT BASTARD!

[Raven]

20. Dear, dear...

anger management? Dr. Phil can help!

[short bus president]

22. *snort*

thanks for the laugh, and just for that, I'll give you a shiny souvenir tooth in a gaudy keepsake reliquary.

;-)

[Raven]

23. I had to look that word up...

Thanks, I'll wear it around my neck. I'm relieved, I thought you were going to say that you'd give me a shiner!

[short bus president]

26. hey!

I'm not Skittles, ya know. ;-)

[MaineDem]

27. I'm with you on this one, Raven

I can't stand him. I've never actually watched his show but I've seen him during guest appearances on others'. I especially don't like his take on weight loss. I know many people who follow his every word as gospel but there's just something about him that bugs me to no end!

I consider him the flavor of the month in media-run psychology.

[Nlighten1]

28. He is a bit full of himself.

He runs rough-shod over his guests, very rude.

[watercolors]

30. Biggest phony

I can't stand him at all, I don't understand what Ophra saw in him!

[Raven]

31. I think he helped her with PR and jury selection

during her Texas trial.