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Dr. Phil -- the only advice expert from Oprah's show who didn't sound like a bunch of new-agey nonsense. I like most of the advice he gives. Perhaps I'm not snobbish enough to view this program as anything other than a great catharsis, and not angled against the program enough to completely forget that this guy, unlike any other talk show host out there, actually seeks out further help for his guests and says that his program is not that of solving problems in 15 minutes, but rather giving these people the wakeup calls they need to start off on the right foot, and then giving them further help for long after the program's already been aired.
I do recognize that he does make those "You don't want to eat a whole chocolate cake, do you?" comments, yes, but those are purely for comedic/exaggerated effect and are meant to make the guest (and the audience) laugh. No one seriously thinks that's part of his advice. That's just his own way of showing how absurd he feels these people's justifications are. And no, he doesn't do this to everyone; there are some people whom he has on who are so deeply in pain that he will be very gentle with.
Personally, I'm glad he's on the air. We've needed someone like this to counter-balance all the crap Oprah and the Oprah-likes have (you talk about pop psychology overdrive there). At least, that's what I feel.
― Dee the Lurker (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 14 June 2003 23:45 (twenty years ago) link
slutsky, i was typing to myself. anyhoo...
"but what do you mean [dr phil]" - guest
"im going to give you a copy of my book before you leave" - phil
true story. i rest my case. this guy is a genius.
― faggotry (faggotry), Sunday, 15 June 2003 22:41 (twenty years ago) link
ten months pass...
*stares at laetitia*
Oh yes, and my opinion of the guy has significantly changed since the time I typed up and submitted the above post o' mine. I got fed up with the guy sometime in early July and now actively seek to avoid him and his corn-pone, tired "advice". I think it's ridiculous how he seeks to include his wife and two sons in almost everything he does and if I have to see Jay's smug, assholeish countenance one more bloody time, I will be forced to buy a plane ticket to L.A., track Jay down, and smack him until his ears bleed. I have never liked Jay. He's even smarmier than the old man is.
― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:41 (nineteen years ago) link
three years pass...
one year passes...
seven years pass...
I WILL NOW TAKE YOUR QUESTONS
― Dr. Phil, Thursday, April 2, 2009 7:59 PM (7 years ago)
― assawoman bay (harbl), Thursday, 9 June 2016 11:58 (seven years ago) link