ITA with all the posters who feel this is totally staged. Even Dr.Phulofit would not wait to report child abuse. He knew the story,that aritficial, "Oh no! I can't air this video" was completly lame.He knew what is on it way before.thje taping.Total ratings ploy. slimy,shameful, showman!
i vote for stay at home hooker.

Ok...I have a HUGE problem with this show! Not just the Shillery or even BobbinHeadRobin and their annoying offspring Jay the Amazing Assrat(not sure about the other child he seems so far to stay out of the spotlight)...it's the fact that almost all of the female guests who have shoulder length or shorter hair have their hair done in a flip! A HORRIBLE....TERRIBLY bad flip! I'm sure it's the fault of the show's stylists, but is that the ONLY style they know?!?!? While I have no problem with the flip in and of itself, it's true a well executed flip is a sight to behold.....these are just bad. It's like it ends before the flip is finished since I don't think most of the people they style this way actually have a flippy haircut. But pay attention and see if almost every female guest doesn't have the ends of her hair flipped up? I don't know why, but I can't not notice it.

I totally have it figured out. No kidding.

She's an international jewel thief who is running from the law. She uses her profits to fund a brothel. But the twist is that her prostitutes aren't human - they are from the planet FlipDoo. Their mission is to blandicize the planet with bad hairstyles. BobbinHeadRobin is simply a scout, sent years ago to assure that Earth was ripe for the plucking. Dr. Phil is a lackey who is soon to be implanted with a baby FlipDoodian, which will burst from his chest just in time for sweeps week.

Or maybe its a dinosaur. [/Lost Speculation Thread]

Wait, so we still don't know about the woman who's gonna get CPS called on her ass? Jeez, when is this gonna air?

OK, who else thinks the people of Elgin were grousing about the fact that Dr. Phil was making their town look too dysfunctional, and today's show was a sop to the complainers? Phenomenal families, teachers, students -- zzzz. If I hadn't been too sick with a bad cold to do anything else today, I don't think I'd have actually watched the entire thing.

Loudfan, I agree with you completly. After I saw how the show was going, I left to count dust bunnies under the bed,way more interesting.

Hi everyone, missed most of November due to the insaneness of Nanowrimo and was just getting caught up on the DP website. It is so comprehensive that you don't even need to watch the shows! I think my fav moment was ont he Ask Dr. Phil and Robin show where they asked Robin what she did for fun at home. And her answer was (OMG I am in hysterical laughter justt hinking about this) that she makes Jello for Jordan (it is his favourote thing!) and wears Phil's socks. They even had a pic of her sliding around ont he floor in his socks like it was some kind of acitivity. Now, I realize I myself am not Miss Active Social Life 2004 or anything, but seriously, Robin? You really need to get a life. I mean, really, really badly. For fun, you wear his socks??? No, really.

It seems that the writers over at GQ share some opinions with the TWoP PhillipBusters...

Does the missus have a job/career/life outside Phil's harem of familial harmony? Does she work, have hobbies, etc? I've never heard her mention doing anything besides keeping the "boys" at home happy.

Thanks for posting that link stinkylulu, and thanks to GQ. It sums up how a lot of us feel about Dr. Shill at this point in time.

And this~Bwah!

Right smack dab in the middle of "You're One Fucked Up Stone, Mother Earth, and Dr. Phil is Here To Save All Y'all" we get a karaoke contest?

Look for Kitty to stage a garage sale of her "fat" clothes--size 2 designer numbers that hang on her now that her pharmacist has convinced her to give up all foods with an "r" in their names. And, Phil will give out cars, eventually. Only to the first two rows. Because no matter how much he shills, he'll never have Oprah's money. And that chaps his huge fanny.

I have one thing to say about today's episode: bo-ring.

I'll word all the people saying the Elgin stuff was boring. I actually changed the channel and watched Maury instead. Yes, who's my baby daddy? Maury. That's so sad.

Today's show wasn't Phil's best, but it did have a fairy tale right in the middle. (Shaggy haired Pan came out of the woods and was bitten by a rabid skunk, then flew home away from his evil roommate). Also, there was a ne'er-do-well that Phil decided needed some solid pharmacology to better see the error of his ways. The best part was was Phil said eight times "I won't say where you're from..." but the police cruise was clearly marked "Elkhart."

I like watching grown people mooch off of others as their families keen and rend their garments as they hand over yet another check to bail out the miscreant. Good times.

Dr.Phillet-o-fish pissed me off in the first segment (with Michael). Maybe I'm just a little sensitive because for years I was considered the "black sheep" of the family (shaved head and bad boy botfriend, but straight A's - go fig), but there is usually something going on in these families that makes them need a black sheep.

It really did not sound like Michael was that bad; so what if he doesn't hold down steady employment and occasionally sleeps in the woods? It didn't sound like he mooched that much off of his family, and Phil didn't even bother to ask how much money the other brothers had received from their parents over the years (especially those years Michael was completely out of the house and asked for nothing). But often, the black sheep gets created by the family as a place to put their anxiety and blame. Wolf packs do the exact same thing with the Omega Wolf, who gets abused by the rest of the pack.

But Phil just has to pry away to try to find something bad about him, when he seemed more or less a sweet, loserish type guy who was more or less lazy but content. Let him be. If his parents don't want to give him any more cash, that's on them to follow through with.

I loved Michael's comeback to Phil's less-than-astute observation of Michael's supposed "artistic angst." Excuse the not perfect transcript:

Phil: So, I know many artists need that angst and suffering to be creative.
Michael: No, I'm actually pretty happy.
Phil: But you sleep in the woods! You were bitten by a skunk!
Michael: I had a fight with my roommate, I wanted to be outside for awhile.

Maybe I'm taking this too personally, I guess. I've been bitten by wild animals before (boy, is that another story!) It happens, and that doesn't make me a loser. Additionally, Mr.Jean is a doctor, but his folks still buy him plane tickets when he goes to visit, and occassionally send him cash to help him with his student loan payments. Doesn't make him a loser, either.

Talk shows have been doing "mooching relative" programs since radio days, playing it for entertainment. Either one gives because he/she can and wants to, or is a martyr who needs to pry his or her likeness off of the car's dash and STFU.

I struggled in grad school, so I give generously to my own starving artist cousin who may be the next Picasso...or Earl Scheib. The day I feel a twinge of resentment I'll put the checkbook away, not run whining to Phil or anyone else about how I'm taken advantage of. People want Phil to slip a spine into their shirts instead of getting hold of their wits and acting like responsible people--the very critique they aim at their jobless relations.

Michael will no doubt be inundated with offers from young women (or men) searching for their own Percy Bysshe. He'll be ok. The Hell's Angel that Phil wants to medicate into Fred Rogers probably won't fare so well. But then, when would Phil get to make his tragi-face.

ETA: The bite would not have been worthy for Phil to mention if it had been a dog. The rabid skunk tale had just the right about of Andy Griffith spit on it, so Phil couldn't resist. You can be attacked by a wild animal in a mall parking lot, but Phil had to find sorrowful fodder for a situation he is too heroic to ever be in himself.

Man, Christie came across as a gigantic self-deluded loser on the drunk show, but her performance on the wannabe show really took the cake.

Lady: they said you lacked stage presence, didn't have any rhythm and your singing sucked. Your response was to claim that they had a bad tape? Hon, if you want to be a "star" as opposed to someone who sings in a cover band in a bar on Saturday nights, you had better give an amazing - or at least competent - performance on national television when your opportunity to be on national television hits. Yes, warm ups are good and useful and make your voice smoother - but a singer with the star quality is ready anyplace, anytime to put out something workmanlike if a chance like that comes around. Gah. Annoying.

(why, yes, as a matter of fact I do know a number of aspiring singers - and they are utterly shameless. One of 'em once put on a performance for her hair dresser in the middle of the salon because her hair-dresser's boyfriend was considering signing on as her manager. She was darn good too.)

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I felt bad for the first Christie only because The freaking Warren Brothers said she sucked. The Warren Brothers are the kings of suck. Ouch. She was annoying though, why go on the Dr. Phil show if you don't want to be told what someone thinks on national TV? Dolt.

And no you really don't need talent to be a Soap Star! Who are they kidding? They let that guy with the teeth from American Idol be on one!

WORD. I like it how she said the criticism was invalid b/c A) it was on national TV and B) she claimed "you'd be scared stiff if you had to perform on national tv too!" Umm, you want to be a STAR & you claim you can't perform well if others are watching? Suuuuuuure.

and ROFL at the guy who got bitten by a skunk. I missed that part of the "black sheep" ep but I wish I'd seen it!

I'm very glad Phil helps these unfortunate kids, but I feel like the line between benevolence and exploitation gets crossed again and again. Good that their faces are obscured, bad that they are easily recognized by those who will visit the most grief upon them

Too bad in 2004 we still have women who will let the man in their lives abuse their kid. Phil was too easy on her. That freak could have easily killed her son. Instead of stepping up she's letting her guilt drown her kid. Here Phil was the savior he wants to be remembered as. He played the thing for drama, though, in a big time way. He made it seem like a Maury where Marines come in and throw mouthy kids over their shoulders and haul them off to boot camp. Slippery slope?... Phil.

Just once, when Phil drags Kitty away after taping could she not be all Stepford and affirming? Like she could disagree with him and not invoke the bad fairies? Like, she could have a thought?

*Gasp* And lose her allowance for pretty, little shoes that any Girl would kill to have?

Why is she even there at every show, anyway? I sure hope she's on the payroll.

I was puzzeled by the bulemic Austrialian girl. She seemed no thinner than most of the young pop stars and actresses. She is too thin and may very well need help, but I have seen bulemics and or anorrexics who look like the walking dead. I wonder why he does not reach out to them. Is it because they are so ill they are no longer blonde and pretty? he seems to only help pretty girls. Just IMHO

The thing about eating disorders is that someone may look 'normal' to everyone else on the outside, but there are still real health dangers to it. She had a heart attack at 16, so she obviously was not getting the right nourishment at all. For me personally, when I was at my worst and went out in my usual clothes, people who didn't know me wouldn't give a second glance, but my own family would do a double take every time I entered the room because I was just so thin compared to what my normal body structure was meant for. It's kind of relative and I think that's why it sometimes takes those who are ill a lot longer to realize things are as bad as they are sometimes. I could be wrong, but its just my personal take from my experience.

The other anorexic who had Phil on her wall and such looked pretty haggard, I thought. I was wondering why he doesn't have a lady like that 58lb. anorexic on Entertainment Tonight though too, though. I'd like to see someone who is literally at death's door get some help too. Glad they're both getting help at this point though, it is very difficult.

I may be being cynical here but I think they had the Australian bulemic lady on the show to post the Dr Phil show ratings in Australia. She got to travel to the US to attend Creative Care- I think this helped boost the shows popularity in Australia. What do you think?

Then you've come to the right place. It is our mission to view Phil, his fetching robotic wife, his two sons--one silent, one wearing a Macy's float in his trousers--with cynicism so acute that we yank the curtain away from the little man working the levers.

Phil is a psychologist with issues and a lust for money and fame. This may have led him to open a Beverly Hills practice, charge 500 bucks per 50 minute hour and pork starlets, but Phil wanted more power and cash than that. Because Phil saw Oprah up close, and like a computer nerd who brushed against Bill Gates once in an airport, Phil feels as if greatness has touched him, and if a woman can be the world's idol and trillionaire via a talk show, then dammit why can't he? A patriarch, fer gawd's sake?

Phil will do anything for ratings. If his feelers report back that the most lucrative market is the Sudan, he'll suddenly get out an Atlas and start making calls. Ostensibly to help the Sudanese people to "get real," but mostly to add an addition onto the Maui house.

I think he is as legitimate as a platinum wig, as authentic as the perk in Robin's hooters, as genuine as the smile of a used-car salesman pointing out that ALL used cars have that sound. "It's the transmissional bearing loops. It'll go away." Our goal is to not only distrust Phil, but to form a cyber posse that chases him weeping into daylight.

Then, we're going after Regis.

(Kidding. Lurve Regis. He looks great for 80. Kelly keeps him young, And so on.)

Bring on the FUFs! For all we know Stacy and Katherine could be pregnant and Chris and Marty have run off together.

How true. This is how it would go:

Phil:
What do you mean you're a refugee? Why, if it was me, they wouldn't have made me leave my house for nuthin'.

Refugee:
But I had no choice!

Phil:
With that kind of defeatest personality, of course that dog won't hunt. Now you mooch off the government instead of just going out there and finding a job...flip burgers or something, I bet a smart person like you can work your way up to manager.

Refugee:
Burgers? I have no idea what you are talking about. I am a refugee in a camp in the middle of the desert. I have to walk ten miles to get water. We live off of handouts provided by the international community.

Phil:
Oh, now I'm paying fo you to live. (To audience) Anyone here who wants to keep paying for her to be able to lay around and do nothing, stand on your heads!

Refugee:
But...I.....

Phil:
But I have good news, we're sending you and your family on a trip to Sandals Resort. It's an all inclusive package for 4 days and 3 nights.

And so on.

Refugee: Please, will there be food there?

Funniest thing I have read EVER.

I never thought about him tapping into the Aussie market- good thinkin', MyraA.

I was glad to see the girl addicted to diet pills get help & improve her wardrobe- her Wet Seal-sponsored outfits just weren't working.

Phil cured them, remember? They are Phenomenal Families now! Hmm, I wonder if that person who knew Chris & Stacey is still lurking on this board -- if so, we want an update.

Wednesday's show is called "Aging Gracefully with Robin." We'll learn Robin's Seven Keys: (1) botox, (2) getting up at 5 AM every morning to use the treadmill, (3) eliminating "the white devil" from your diet, (4) spending your free time making Jell-O for your son and sliding around the house in your hubby's tennis socks, (5) taking a brisk walk everyday from your seat in the audience to backstage while saying, "That was awesome!", (6) collecting Xmas nutcrackers, and (7) daily shoe-shopping.

Then, we're going after Regis.

(Kidding. Lurve Regis. He looks great for 80. Kelly keeps him young, And so on.)

Gemmadoll-you are hilarious!! Keep writing!

Thanks, but I can merely credit the knob-headed muse himself.

When Phil is no more (entropy? implosion?) I'll be back to only letters-to-the-editor and vitriolic nature poems. (Out damned spotted owl --no good!, who hath robbed good builders of too much wood/And nests in trees that root in land where a splendid Wal Mart is supposed to stand...)

Day-um, another shout-out to Big Butt Jay's Big Butt, and I have YET to see it for myself. Can anyone out there puleeeze help me and post a photo of The Big Butt? (he's always covering the Garfield balloon with jackets everytime I catch him)

Try richboyswithmondokeisters dot com.

I hate that you're missing the best part of the Phil family. Mount Rushmore with a crack, it is.

OK -- forgive me, but where have all the Elgin FUFs gone?
Sweeps is over. Mondays should be about Elgin.
Certainly not that foodporn/fattie-bitchslap Krap that was on today.
WHYoWHYoWHY do we have to endure WLC as Fun-For-The-Whole-Family?
Just makes me wanna cry...

A pox on you, Gemmadoll. For about 6 seconds I was actually excited about clicking on richboyswithmondokeisters.com. Shame on you to taunt me like this..

Recent local press in the Central Texas area has it that TPTB in Elgin were none too happy at the way the town was portrayed in the early episodes. Yes, they had signed off on the idea, but the townsfolk rose up and complained mightily that everyone was being tarred with the same brush. The school principal in particular has spent a lot of time refuting the double-digit pregnancy rate at the high school, which was way off. Apparently there were some pretty intense renegotiations with
the producers (who by all accounts were stunned at the reaction of the townspeople), which led to the "What's Right about Elgin" episode.

I would not be at all surprised to see the FUT series quietly fizzle out. Dr. Phil didn't count on the majority of the population objecting to the tabloidization of their fair village.

But it wasn't tabloidization! It was Phil! Wonderful Phil! Who wouldn't want to be a part of the salvation of a whole town??? Sorry, Phil, but we could have saved you some video time and told you in advance that many many people would object to being forced into The DP spotlight of "Why You're So F*'d Up But Can Still Be Fixed if You Just Buy My Book."

I mean seriously. A town? What hubris.

I swear Phil's advice is like something Sigmund Freud shat after a suspicious Thai lunch.

Everything that bugs, boggles or besmirches can be cured with a trip. Disfigured? Depressed? Dependent? Dopey? Delirious? Pack yer bags yer goin to Tibet! And I can vouch personally for the sherpas, they're hard working guys who love to show tourists a good time.

How about infertile? Insane? Incomplete? Inbred? Indignant? We called our friends at Numb Me With Coladas Cruise Lines and arranged for you and a friend to criss cross the Caribbean in a four day series of figure eights, undergoing pedicures and seaweed wraps until you don't give a flying squirrel's left nut anymore. My wife Robin swears by it.


WONDER why he hated private practice. His patients had Blue Cross but not frequent flyer miles. He could have become a travel agent in Fort Worth and saved us all.

I checked under my chair when I read this, but the book wasn't there!

Mr.Jean, the psychologist, referrs to Phil as a charlatan. Think about it, if we can see through his Wizard of Oz act, imagined what it looks like to a trained professional.

Unfortunately, I can't ever get him to sit down and watch an entire episode, and he complains loudly if it's on while he is home.

When I told him that Phil had his own coursework for psychologists to use, he was horrified, and muttered something about how he'd like to see Phil survive one day in his workplace (he works in a hospital in a bad part of town, and deals with very poor, very crazy, often drug addicted populations).

Phil is the King of Countertransferrence, and seems to take his self-worth from how much his patiens agree with and adore him. Never a good sign for a therapist.

Word upon word. He's like a therapy May Pole around which everyone must dance. So much self-adoration for so little with which to work. If I want to see men screaming for attention I'll visit a crowded Starbucks at 8 am, where businessmen bellow their orders as if they are bragging about high SAT scores. (DECAF! SKINNY! NO FOAM! 750 VERBAL!)
We can SEE you, Phillip. You're sittin' center stage.

Okay, today's topic should be a doozy: "Aging Gracefully with Robin", featuring celebrity chats with Olivia Newton-John, Bernadette Peters, Mimi Rogers, and...wait for it...CHER!

On what planet is Cher a good example of aging gracefully?

The planet Botoxin?

Question: Do we want to look like Kitty, or do we want to beat our own brains out with a chafing dish?

I thought so.

Coincidentally, Cher is featured in an Entertainment Weekly story this week about Hollywood actresses who have had so much work done that they are virtually unhireable now. The theory is that Cher's face is so distracting that the audience wouldn't be able to buy her in a role (unless she was playing someone who had disfigured herself through too much plastic surgery, I guess).

So let's see, I bet all the "afters" will be with the women wearing full makeup, while the "befores" were without.

I've noticed already the quickie after shots were shot with the vaseline filter.

Why am I watching this crap?

Also, methinks Robin must have some part of that aloe vera company, the way she's pushing it.

How else are she and the good doctor going to pay for Jay's butt reduction if we don't BUY the ALOE VERA cream and PHIL'S DAMN BOOKS!! That child needs help, people.

I just find it funny that aging gracefully equals anti-aging here. Wuh? White hair and wrinkles are more beautiful than scary-ass botox!

I loved the look on Bernadette Peter's face when Robin said she injects herself with B12 every week.

By the way, I thought all Robin uses was Nivea cream from the drugstore (according to Robin's last beauty special).