In defense of Dr Phil

[nadine_mn]

and now time to get real

Ok seriously...when Dr. Phil first came on the scene, I like him, I bought his books and watched his show regularly.

He was refreshing - I was sick of who's the baby's daddy shows and Sylvia Browne predicting...nuthin.

What he said wasn't new...it was how he said it -

Then he jumped the shark with whole weight loss crap and the Dr. Phil house and he lost me


I believe that the amubulance chasing w/ Britney was beyond disgusting (and did anyone see his Anna Nicole Smith show?)

I am not sure if he realizes that he has become a parody of himself

Now I am not defending his current actions but I am coming out as a one-time liker of Dr Phil


now back to the NH flame wars etc

[madinmaryland]

1. That's a pretty tepid defense of him!

[Phillycat]

3. Seriously!

The OP is basically, "I used to like him, but now I think he's a dick." :rofl:

[nadine_mn]

8. well duh...thats what I think

silly .... :bounce:

[Parche]

6. F Dr Phil

So there.........:hi:

[nadine_mn]

7. hey...it wasn't a vigorous defense...lol

mainly just pointing out that at one time he made sense

[AlCzervik]

2. sorry Nadine but Phil is a fuck stick charlatan snake oil salesman.

[Sadie5]

4. Snake oil salesman

Seems to fit Dr. Phil. More like phony baloney.

[blondeatlast]

5. You play defense like my beloved (but defensively challenged) Phoenix Suns. nt

[Occam Bandage]

9. With defenses like these, who needs attacks?

"I used to like him, but he jumped the shark, he lost me, he's beyond disgusting, and he's a parody of himself."

[focusfan]

10. give the guy a break

he was just doing what Brittany Spears family asked him to
do.and besides too i guess he needed something to talk about
on his show

[earth mom]

11. I never liked him all that much, but Dr Phil totally lost me when he kissed * a$$ in '04.

:puke:

[helderheid]

12. Same

:hide:

[mondo joe]

13. When he first showed up on Oprah I thought he was a needed antidote to the victim mentality

that so pervaded that sort of show. But it's been downhill ever since.

[knitter4democracy]

14. I prefer Dr. Feel from Sesame Street.

Best parody of him ever. :)

[spanone]

15. there is no defense for this cretin

[LanternWaste]

16. Please tell me you're not a Defense Attorney...

Please tell me you're not a Defense Attorney...

"Your Honor... at first I thought my client was one of the good guys, one of those kind of guys you'd like to have a beer with. But over time, I've decided my client is a rat-bastard who should be locked up for eternity and fed roaches with no seasoning to pay for his despicable and heinous crimes against humanity, crimes against our sensibilities, and crimes against poor puppies everywhere. Your Honor, the defense rests..."


(just a little joke. I know, a *very* little joke. Thanks, I'll be doing two shows a day for the rest of the week)

[KG]

17. he just found another way to point out the obvious to the willfully obtuse

nobody's ever lost money doing that in america.