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percolata
Today's entire show seemed like it was ripped out of 1978 issue of Family Circle. Beauty secrets from Mother Nature! Give yourself a home spa day with a relaxing bubble bath and pedicure! How the has-been stars stay young!

Robin can't even read the monitor convincingly. She is going to be the final nudge pushing this show right off the air and for that I will be truly grateful.
katymo
Word on the bad monitor reading from Kitty! She doesn't even know how to wait until after the audience has hooped and hollered to start speaking. Where's the guy with the hook when you need him? What a waste of a show.

Not to be mean, but Robin looks chubbier than previous seasons. And crosseyed. Anyone else thinks she has a stash of Snickers that she doesn't tell DP about? Oh yeah.
Hexele
I just knew that you, my brethren and sistern, were yelling as one with me when they read the email to Robin, "How do you stay so young looking?!" Answer cameth from the TWoP masses: BOTOX!!!

Okay, so contestant #2 looked mucho better with the haircut, but if you have a raft of hair and makeup artists repainting you, you by god should look better!

And Mimi Rogers I like, but honestly, her skin is tied back so tightly that her ears meet behind her head.
SiameseCatLady
Also, methinks Robin must have some part of that aloe vera company, the way she's pushing it.

Did anyone else get the feeling we were watching an Aloe Vera Infomercial starring Robin and her celebrity "gal pals"? I was waiting for her to give a rundown on what your "introductory kit" included and how if you ordered before the end of the show you'd get Robin's special video, showing you her routine for youth and beauty the Aloe Vera way and the little roller thingy that creates channels in your skin without pain or bleeding! Shouldn't this crap be on at 2 a.m. or something instead of the middle of the day?

Hmmm! So Robin gives herself B12 injections - I've heard of people getting B12 injections, but I don't believe I've ever known of anyone giving them to themselves. That Robin is a multitalented gal!

Edited because I got so excited over the thought of what my "introductory kit" would contain that I put an extra "r" in Infomercial
MyraA
Watched the Shill infomercial today. Saw these promotions on the Shill website.

http://www.drphil.com/show/show.jhtml?cont...9_antiaging.xml

http://www.janetharris.com/product/13334155.html

http://www.janetharris.com/product/13322347.html

This has to be one of the blatant examples of the Shill marketing machine! Check out the prices of the Aloe Vera products-Pricey stuff.
Countryclubwife
Regarding the B-12 injections......<sigh>....I do it too. It really is nothing that drastic...stick a needle in the muscle and push.

Thing is, I do it because my doctor MAKES me. I have a problem where my body does not absorb enough b-12 so I have to inject myself. I HATE it! Would rather get in from some nice veggies but alas...I have to get mine from the needle.

Does it do a damn thing to my skin? Nope.....Does it do anything for my energy level....guess so but hard to tell.

But....if you actually READ the package insert...it tells you that you can OD yourself on B-12......and Robin giving it to herself every week is definately in OD category. And you can seriously mess yourself up by OD'ing on B-12.

Final point: Robin is delusional!
Gemmadoll
Ooooh, Tony and Tammy, you wrote the wrong McGraw. Huge Hiney would have not only had workers remove the antiquated wiring, asbestos dust and lead-based paint from Love Canal Cottage, he would have given you forty-two flat screen monitors and one and a half miles of marble counter tops in the master bath. He would have found a denser shade of garish paint, too.

PS You're making your tiny kids pay the price for your lack of foresight and planning. I'll say this without folksy sentiment or a Texas drawl: stop it you bullying assnozzles.


ETA: If Clint and Lisa Hartman Black are a phenomal family, and Cher is a paradigm of graceful aging, then I'm Mamie Eisenhower in a pink hat.
becca656
If Clint and Lisa Hartman Black are a phenomal family, and Cher is a paradigm of graceful aging, then I'm Mamie Eisenhower in a pink hat.


My Lord, gemmadoll if you don't make me laugh hysterically. You put Dan Rather's witticisms to shame!
stinkylulu
...then I'm Mamie Eisenhower in a pink hat.


Okilydokily, Gemmadoll, time to put your millinery where your mouth is...
PICTURE, PLEASE?

ps: you hafta know i'm not alone among the PhillipBusters who simply need to see this...
Gemmadoll
My best feathered pink tea hat is out being cleaned and blocked...but

How about a picture of me lying on a pile of thousand dollar bills, oiling up Brad Pitt?

If Phil keeps pimping his bland family I'm sure we'll have the new Hee Haw soon, starring all of those McGraws that don't have "book learnin'" but harmonize, swap stories and spit chew off of the porch and therefore deserve a phenomonal prime time special.
Tunia
If Phil keeps pimping his bland family I'm sure we'll have the new Hee Haw soon, starring all of those McGraws that don't have "book learnin'" but harmonize, swap stories and spit chew off of the porch and therefore deserve a phenomonal prime time special. 


...not to mention those who weigh-in at 300 lbs.++

And now we must endure Dr. Phil-of-it's search for "The Phenomenal Family"? Lord save us all from this endeavor. Love how his promo for this shows him embracing a family and cooing "You're my kind o' people". Yup - exactly right, Phillo, cuz' you sure don't know how to deal with any other kind!

Can you just imagine the PRIZZZZZZZZZES that he'll bestow on this wonderous group?

Gemmadoll, you're a TwoP Wonder - love your insightful posts!

Edited to give Gemmadoll the praise she so well deserves.
katymo
The Phenomenal Family search really kind of offends me. Some families just can't be like that, no matter what. My parents are divorced, not because they didn't "put the work forth", but because my dad was mentally ill and it was dangerous. Bet that's not in the Phenomenal Family criteria! Is that my family's fault? No. But we all love each other and get along and share memories and traditions, etc. anyway. Go us. Hate Phil.
loudfan
The Phenomenal Family search really kind of offends me. Some families just can't be like that, no matter what.


I wonder if Dr. Phil would ever accept a "phenomenal family" that, say, didn't include kids. I think my own husband-wife-dog unit is pretty phenomenal, but I suspect we wouldn't even qualify as a proper family in Phil's worldview. And what about a gay couple, with or without children?
Tunia
Thus, the problem...a "phenomenal family" is only as Dr. FeelGood defines it - anything outside of his description or perception doesn't qualify.

...and a $2,000 Wal-Mart shopping spree plus a Caribbean vacation for 4 just for being a preliminary family? Christ, he'll need a whole hour to give out the gifts for the ultimate winner. Bahhhhh.

Of course, today's contender has read all of Dr. FeelGood's books and humbly agrees 100% with his philosophies - think this is the main qualification??? You betcha'!
Toasty
We can nominate families for Phenomenol status now? How's this: a lesbian shocks herself by falling in love with a girly man, and re-defining as bi; her guy turns out to be bipolar, and they spend their lives sometimes-happily-but-sometimes-not ever after, always working for open hearts and love in their lives. Do we qualify? Somehow, I'm not expecting that phone to ring.
Gemmadoll
Kitty was so uncomfortable on stage with Lisa Hartman-Black. Was it the fact that she is thinner or (somewhat) younger or because she has a husband she still fantasizes about? (Clint & Lisa's daughter is adorable. Funny how even if they come out looking like wee hedgehogs they still quickly become masterpieces, and I'm including yours truly, whose first photo had people exclaiming, "My God it's a Parker House roll!")

Anyway, if phenomenal means rich enough to pay others to deal with the nitty gritty of life so one might put all energy into sustaining familial relationships, then damn. I wish Phil would work out his family of origin stuff in private. Daddy was a drunk who made good but I paid the tab for his yadda yadda yadda. Here's a quarter, call Kitty, she cares.
SiameseCatLady
We need to put our heads together and create a Faux-nominal family to submit to Shill. Imagine it - all these people writing in to nominate this one fabulous family - the dad who grew up in a family with an alcoholic parent, but who swindles, I mean, works his way to the top. Mom, who loves nothing better than taking care of her hubby and children - and making faux nanner pie while avoiding the white devil and skating around the house in her hubby's tennis socks. And two children - for variety's sake, we could make them daughters - one a know-it-all who has a butt the size of a Volkwagon and the other "America's sweetheart" a la Katherine and Brianna.

Shill would be sending plane tickets to these folks before you could blink!
loudfan
Oh boy, next week's special Xmas shows look like soooo much fun. I can't wait to see the McGraw home "transformed into a winter wonderland." Sure, your loved one is in Iraq, but at least you get to spend time with Phil & Robin, and win valuable prizes!

Wednesday - 15 December, 2004
Dr. Phil and Robin's Holiday Party
Dr. Phil kicks off the first of several special holiday shows with a behind-the-scenes look at how the McGraw home gets transformed into an incredible winter wonderland. Then, military families whose loved ones are serving in Iraq are invited over for a spectacular Christmas party they won't soon forget! Also, Dr. Phil and Robin have advice for getting these families through difficult times.

Thursday - 16 December, 2004
Dr. Phil and Robin's Holiday Party
After converting their Southern California home into the North Pole, Dr. Phil and Robin spread some holiday cheer to military families who'll be missing a loved one this season. Celebrities surprise the kids and parents by taking pictures, reading stories and singing Christmas songs. Plus, Santa stops by with plenty of gifts, and then the families get an emotional surprise they never expected.

Friday - 17 December, 2004
Holiday Giveaways
It's the finale of Dr. Phil and Robin's Christmas extravaganza! The entire audience is filled with military families whose loved ones are serving in Iraq, and you won't believe the amazing gifts they'll be taking home. Plus, a heart-warming surprise for one lucky viewer. It's a holiday celebration you don't want to miss.
Gemmadoll
Ballerina wants-a-daughter? Hon? Please just go do the gender selection--quietly--instead of soliciting opinions. Jeesh. I mean, can't understand why you want to blab your business hither and yon.

Can't Mr Ballerina just shoot his lobster sauce of love into a centrifuge without comment? I mean, it's his manly mucilage that's getting cleaned and sorted--why does Grandma Ballerina have to be privy to this? I mean, if your husband is ok with his crotch condiment being sent for exam it's no one else's business. Am I right?

Oh and Wanna Lease My Pelvis And Achieve Sainthood? Sweets? Bake a carrot cake for your co-worker and move on. Mary Beth Whitehead was all up in our faces through a goodly part of the 80's with this "gift of life" stuff and it made our cheeks itch. If it were to end happily we wouldn't know, but if the surrogacy crashes and burns it uses up serious space in USA Today. Don't go there. Perhaps Mrs Next Cubicle Over might submit her husband's groove gravy for analysis and you won't have to be involved at all.
DeepRed
lobster sauce of love
manly mucilage
crotch condiment
groove gravy
And I thought I'd heard every possible term for this. Gemmadoll, you slay me.
Kat20
I think being able to choose the gender of your child needs to be illegal. I saw a story about this on 20/20 or Dateline a few years ago, and it didn't work for a couple in France. They wanted a girl, but had a boy. It also said that it may be become illegal in the future.

You need to accept the gender God wants you to have. Having children is a natural process. If Melissa desparately wants a daughter, she is obviously very insecure. Perhaps she is not getting the love she needs from her husband.

If can't accept what gender God gives you, then you are not ready to be a parent!
Gemmadoll
If can't accept what gender God gives you, then you are not ready to be a parent!


Women have been handing down "recipes" for gender determination for eons. Everything from a high starch diet and mineral water to bracken weed and harvest moon mud baths while standing on one foot and saying,"Erma." Nothing new under the sun.

The reason the technology is valid is because there are diseases and birth anomalies that are either more prevalent in, or completely exclusive to, one gender or the other. While I don't agree in designer babies, I do think part of responsible parenting means making those pre-natal choices that better the outcome for your fetus. If your idea is to conceive a Miss Missouri or a Kobe or Shaq, then that's old fashioned rotary-phone thinking. You have to let the buggers be what they are, regardless of their sex.

Of course, I conceived my kid according to an old Druid text whereby we copulated facing east near an active volcano, lying on nightshade, while burning sandalwood incense and drinking scotch neat.

We were trying to conceive a future polo player and crapped out. Next we're relying on the thinking of small thoughts and an all peanut diet to try for that jockey who would so complete our dreams.
Tunia
...and isn't Dr. FeelGood overstepping his "specialties" a bit? Seems like he's a-gittin' more 'n more into the medical fields that are soooooooooooo not where he belongs.

I spewed my coffee today when he referred to "looking at all the research" on the gender-selection topic. Who does he think he's kidding???? Yeah, right. "I'm Dr. Phil - noted author, TV STAR, savior of towns and families f*****, and all-around general shill, and I STILL have the time, interest and wherewithall to delve into all this research on your part." Phooey, Phil.

Isn't it bad enough that he's already overstepped his bounds in other areas...now he has to expand further? NOT! Hate.Dr.Phil.
mhannah
The bit he said to the wannabe surrogate about her not knowing enough about the coworker and her partner, how they could be "sick and warped people who were abused, or a loving Father Knows Best-type family" (I'm paraphrasing) was very telling, I thought. We got predictions of doom for all those not fortunate enough to grow up Phenomenally with Phil and Kitty, and some of good old PatriarchPhil. Lovely.
Peanutbuttercup
I was stupidly naive enough to hope that Phil was going to tell the Ballerina family that wanting a girl because they expect her to be a little princess/ballerina/sweetie pie/pink-loving/junior majorette with perfect manners is pretty dangerous. I don't think you should have children if all you are going to do is hope and project that they will end up just like you and in conformance with very strait-laced gender roles. Karma will ensure that those people, if they have a daughter, will have someone who is a total tomboy who might even grow up to be a very butch lesbian. We could only hope.
Of course, Phil would never suggest such a thing. He probably thinks that all girls want to be perfect little ballerinas and dream of nothing other than marrying a prince while wearing a frothy white wedding dress. And if little girls are any other way, it's probably because their parents fucked them up somehow, and they wouldn't have done that if they had read his book and taken his advice about everyone knowing their role in the family.
parsleysage
Can't Mr Ballerina just shoot his lobster sauce of love into a centrifuge without comment?
Gemmadoll, I hate to inflate your head into a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon (you won't be able to wear the pink tea hat--they don't block them to that size) but you are the best that TV w/o Pity has to offer. Please say you make money with your wit. Shack, Miss Ali--come on--give the gal a job!!
Gemmadoll
Thanks but shhh! Every time you compliment a frustrated woman-writer she has to remove a stone from her pocket and lay it by the riverbank.

I only saw the first ten or so of Phillip The Conquerer today . Let me say, though, if being a really sarcastic and prone to slander talk and not too Emily Postic
mouthy female like the teen ex-cheerleader gets you sent to bootcamp, there's a whole lotta women on this board who are gonna be bunkmates when they come for me. God bless us. Everyone.
(Should she call her folks [or anyone] "pieces of crap," "gay" or "retard," NO! But bootcamp used to be for budding serial killers and jr. smack runners. Let's no go military on the mouthy.We have enough problems what with getting the finger and waiter-spit in our soup).
DeepRed
I was stupidly naive enough to hope that Phil was going to tell the Ballerina family that wanting a girl because they expect her to be a little princess/ballerina/sweetie pie/pink-loving/junior majorette with perfect manners is pretty dangerous.
Thanks for mentioning this. Shill really dropped the ball by not bringing this up, didn't he? Ballerina mom gave off a scary vibe when she said that she wanted a daughter so she could teach her the poise and manners that are so often lacking in little girls today. Yikes, she's on a mission, people.

And I just loved it when Shill said he'd be too "chicken" to do gender selection himself on his own (hypothetical) kids, because he might get a daughter, and then what if she turned 14 and dyed her hair purple?! What would he do then?? Duh - maybe the same thing you'd do with a rebellious teenaged boy, you halfwit. Shill really can't handle women who don't fit that confining Robotoxin mold.

The more I hear Shill spew his tired gender-role nonsense, the happier I am that he and Kitty had boys. I'd fear for any girl brought up by those two. Poor thing.
Kat20
Not to mention that she did not say anything about teaching poise and manners to her sons. I don't think she would like a call from the parents of future girlfriends saying, "Your son has bad manners. I guess you were too busy with your little ballerina."

Also, did anyone hear the comment made by Lisa? "There are a lot of athletes in our family. Tanner could have been an athlete." Lisa, regardless of his injury, he could wind up interested in musical theater or dance. Please don't live your dreams through your children. This goes for you too, Melissa.
Peanutbuttercup
There are a lot of athletes in our family. Tanner could have been an athlete." Lisa, regardless of his injury, he could wind up interested in musical theater or dance.


No kidding! And he can still be an athlete if he wants. He could be a field athlete, he could be a long-distance runner, there are probably plenty of things he could do. And while brachial plexus injuries are certainly serious, they aren't completely debilitating. Most people with them live perfectly normal lives. I got a bit of an impression from that family that they believed having a less than perfect child was the biggest tragedy that ever could or would happen to them. I feel bad for the kid - he may end up growing up feeling like he is a disappointment to his parents, a burden on them, and not what they wanted, the way that he is. I spent some of my childhood moderately to severely disabled from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and my parents never treated it as a big deal. They treated me as a normal child who had to go to doctors and therapists more than other children usually did, and as a result, that was how I saw myself. Not as the focus of some epic family tragedy who had my future possibly destroyed. Tanner looked to me like he was doing really well and was a functioning, normal little boy, and yet his parents saw him as flawed. I thought it was sad.
parsleysage
I was watching Kitty on some commercial outakes and I'm sorry but man, Phil, get her an acting coach. Holey Moley, she's worse than those NBA stars who do commercials (Shaq I'm looking at you). Seriously, man, even with all that Botox, she could emote a tiny, little bit.

I know someone who knows someone who used to live near to Shill. Said he was a bombastic asshole. Shocking surprise, huh?
Gemmadoll
I know someone who knows someone who used to live near to Shill. Said he was a bombastic asshole


So it's not the cameras?

Do the Kitty shows work hell on your insulin level? You know, good for helping military families and the needy and the stricken, but let Kitty watch from a safe distance. Had a co-worker once, used kleenex by the gross ton because every song on AM radio was a weeper. "Oh that Michael Murphy...Wildfire busted down his s-s-stall and was l-l-lost in the blizzard..."

Kitty is so that type of woman, but maybe Phil brings her close to the surface. She can't leave him, she knows what side her lo-carb bread is artificially buttered on.
percolata
You know who else cried buckets over every baby who spilled his Cheerios? Tammy Faye Bakker. How could we have missed the resemblance?

Really, shows like today's million dollar Christmas party make me gag even without Robotox's sickening presense. It's nice that the guest list includes a few military people but just think what a soup kitchen for the homeless could have done with that money? Of course then Robin couldn't have worn her lacy black Adam's family dress.

Everytime I see Vanessa Williams I picture those kinky Playboy photos, and I don't know, it just doesn't tie in with "Oh Holy Night" for me.
McKay
Barf. I'd like to think that Phil and Robin's hearts are in the right place, but I really can't.
While I feel badly for kids who don't have both parents (in some cases, any parents) home for Christmas, I would think that it might have been more appropriate to have such a bash for kids living in a homeless shelter or a safehouse, or kids in a hospital or in group homes/wandering in "the system". Of course, right now it's politically correct to support the troops 'til you crap red white and blue (look, I DO support our troops. I appreciate that they're willing to risk their lives for the greater good, whatever that may be. It's just things like this make me want to puke) and this has nothing to do with helping people and has everything to do with making P&R look like they're saints in training.
And again...a more modest Christmas party and donating some of that money to a local womens' shelter or children's hospital would endear them more to me. I'm just sayin'. I find that kids are happy with games, arts and crafts, storytime and snacks. This Winter Wonderland crap just struck me a gross display. I honestly don't think that kids would be less excited without the giant robotic nutcrackers.
SophieCat
*Whew* I've been on a Dr. Phil hiatus, and what do I return to? A "winter wonderland" episode. I agree with the above. I'm sure Dad/Mom being away at war sucks (lots of loneliness and uncertainty), but imagine not having a home to have some sort of family life, much less celebration, in... or being stuck in a hospital, which still scare me to some extent. They still could've had a party for all these kids, but I hate to think how much money was spent on Kitty's lavish display. From what I can recall of childhood, kids are easily impressed. (I loooved that cardboard box maze we made one year!)
Theredqueen
Esh..I watched the first of the three Christmas episodes. Wow that episode was craptacular. Maybe it was just me but both Shill and Mrs.Shill seemed so incensere. It seemed like every other word from Kitty was "I want my house to look good!", "I want them to see how we made my house look good", Me..me..me..me..me. I want..I want..I want. Sheesh shut the hell up already bitch, it's obvious your not hosting this party to make the people feel better but to make yourself feel good. God I hate both of them, I hate the show and I hate myself for watching the crap.
Bec
Don't you just love how, at Target, one family got a Dr. Shill Family First book for their soldier dad's care package? I would be so pissed to get that in a care package. What good would that do in Iraq? (Or anywhere else for that matter?) It's taking up precious cargo space that could have been used for candy or something!
Gemmadoll
Wow. The McGraw Largesse Ball keeps haulin on. Like Burning Man with sensible shoes.

Love how Kitty appraised the box of homemade ornaments. Kitty:Oh, these are all going on my tree! (In the servants' wing).

If I were a multi-millionaire and voted for Bush and invested in Halliburton I would feel so bad for those kids I would have had a party, invited celebs, cleaned out Toys R Us and had video spots featuring the kids' parents, just to assuage the guilt I'd feel for making millions off the concept of "family" while supporting a political party that tears families asunder for a war that began with no real mission, has no end in sight and--what? Oh, Well. Heh. Never mind.

Hey Phil, you got one up on Mike Douglas. Nam went on forever with 58,000+ soldiers dead and Mike never had a huge party with Mrs. Douglas and Mort Sahl and Soupy Sales and Petula Clark. You rock, Phil. If Mike HAD thrown a party he would have given the boys GI Joes and tyco tanks. Irony was an unknown quantity to middle class America until deep into the seventies. (Thank you Waters films).
DeepRed
The McGraw Largesse Ball keeps haulin on. Like Burning Man with sensible shoes.

Love how Kitty apprised the box of homemade ornaments. Kitty:Oh, these are all going on my tree! (In the servants' wing).
Thanks for writing this. All that money they spent, for something that looked so damn mediocre. It looked like they took a million dollars and spent it all at Wal-mart. I'm sure Kitty loved it, though, and that's all that matters.

The best part was the plastic water bottle sitting on the grand piano in one scene. Way to ruin the finish, but probably nobody at Casa Shill plays it anyway.

I agree that a more modest party would've been better; then use the rest of the money to blow the socks off the folks at a shelter, or donate the money to Habitat for Humanity, whatever - "Hey, Shill just gave us enough dough to build 3 more houses!" Neither of these things would make for pretty enough photos for Kitty's Precious Memories scrapbook though. I just had a root canal and I'm bitter, yeah.
divasahm
Am I the only one who suspects that Kitty's "best idea" was hatched in order to write-off (in whole or in part) the thousands that all that excess cost?

If Harpo pays for the show decor, Kitty'll have more disposable income with which to buy commemorative nutcrackers.
Bec
ETA: divasahm, I wouldn't be surpised if that's true.

If I were a multi-millionaire and voted for Bush and invested in Halliburton I would feel so bad for those kids I would have had a party, invited celebs, cleaned out Toys R Us and had video spots featuring the kids' parents, just to assuage the guilt I'd feel for making millions off the concept of "family" while supporting a political party that tears families asunder for a war that began with no real mission, has no end in sight and--what? Oh, Well. Heh. Never mind.

Word. Exactly what bugged me about the whole thing. One of the military wives was all weepy about how it's great to see this show of support for the troops. Oh, poor thing, you have no idea how people like Shill are taking advantage of people like you. The party they're throwing for these families... it's like throwing someone a saccharine cookie crumb after running him over with a hummer.
Spider Girl
Am I the only one who suspects that Kitty's "best idea" was hatched in order to write-off (in whole or in part) the thousands that all that excess cost?

I was coming here to post the exact same thing...looks to me like the McGraws found a way to get good PR, have someone else decorate their house for the holidays like never before, AND not have to pay a dime for it.

Take that, Oprah!
percolata
When I turned on my TV today and saw that we were going to spend another whole show watching Kitty gloat over her tacky stuff, I experienced a Heartwarming Homecoming of my very own. I flipped the remote and there was own true day-time boyfriend from days gone by. Oh Montel! You're just as tall, slim and sexy as I remembered you -- and you're talking about "women who stray." snif Never again darlin', never again.
McKay
I'm sure Dad/Mom being away at war sucks (lots of loneliness and uncertainty), but imagine not having a home to have some sort of family life, much less celebration, in... or being stuck in a hospital, which still scare me to some extent. They still could've had a party for all these kids, but I hate to think how much money was spent on Kitty's lavish display.

Hell, with the money they spent on the friggin' setup, they probably could've had parties for all of the above with change left over.

From what I can recall of childhood, kids are easily impressed. (I loooved that cardboard box maze we made one year!)

Hee! Awesome. I agree - kids are happy with pretty much whatever you give 'em. I wonder if any of the kids even NOTICED the million-dollar decor. And were the poor kids to sit on those boxes? Looks dreadfully uncomfortable...why not a whole bunch of beanbag chairs instead?

My Dr. Phil love (if you can call it that, which...you can if you want, but it's really not love so much as enjoyment of watching him tear apart stupid people.) has been waning for some time now, and I think it's just about run out.

it's like throwing someone a saccharine cookie crumb after running him over with a hummer.

HA! Perfectly said.
Tunia
Today's crapfest was so nauseatingly saccharin sweet that I feared for the blood sugar levels of anyone who could stomach watching for more than the time it took to hit the remote button. Gahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Gemmadoll
Thanks for the 3 day infomercial Sell It Like It Is Phil. Ruined my whole damn yuletide. I've never wanted to poke carolers in the ass with a sharp stick before, but seeing a quartet singing about a baby in a lowly manger while standing in front of a Beverly Hills edifice...oh, hell. You know? Just, hell. Also, why did they have to dress out Victorian? You think they had such a grand ole Xmas way back when? Ever read Dickens, shimmer head?

Oh yeah, and the artificial snow? Bad for the environment. Stop that. Andy Williams did it with the petro-chemical flurries in order to shill Kraft products every December, but he didn't know any better. His ex shot a skiier and so forth and he was stressed.

Plus (and this is the point): You don't sell like Oprah.

The lady who had no tree? This would have been an Oprah center stage moment. She wouldn't have sent an artificial tree in a tattered box via Fed Ex. No, Oprah would have one cut specially in a Belgian forest, air freighted to the woman's doorstep where it would have been met with a team of chic designers who would decorate it with Tiffany baubles and sea finds and exotic fruits and would crush Christopher Radko and his precious Americana ornaments under their loafers.

You and Miss Kitty still do it up Shoney's style, and I think you always will.
DeepRed
His ex shot a skiier and so forth and he was stressed.
Good grief, what a memory you have. Remember the Claudine Longet Ski Invitational Tournament on SNL?

You and Miss Kitty still do it up Shoney's style, and I think you always will.
Trite, tired and tacky. What a waste of money.
Tunia
Good God, I didn't think they came fuglier than BigButt...but then, I hadn't seen Jordass up close before ~ GAG!!! PhilOfIt should have just left the snip job alone and stopped at 1 child.
Hexele
Thank you Waters films

John Waters' take on the McGraws......sigh, what a lovely vision that would be!

I was only half paying attention today and frankly, all that audience squealing just got on my last nerve. I don't begrudge anyone their tacky-ass Xmas displays -- heck, my neighborhood is freighted down wiht stuff -- but I can't help but wonder how much body armor they could have purchased and sent to those military folks with all that wasted cash. But you just know those retailers were tripping over each other to get in on this one.

I'm not a huge fan of Oprah, but you are sooooo right: she would have done this better.
mutya
just finished reading the 248 pages of posts (I have no life) and first of all, you are all so funny!!! i have a constant stomache ever since i started reading your posts :D

second, thank you for showing me that there actually are smart and funny americans.. cause kinda gave up on that one

third... STOP WATCHING DR. PHIL!!!!!
Ok.. maybe you like to torture yourself, but do you have any idea of what you're doing to the rest of the world? I'll explain... see I live in Holland, wether we'll get an american show on dutch tv depents on the ratings in the us. So, basically it's your fault that everytime i turn on my telly i get scared to death.

Anyway.. now to the reason i wanted to post... a funny kitty quote... a really hysterically funny kitty quote...

First of all , please do not think about plastic surgery!!


straight from the dr. phil message board... yay that women is creepy and I really really seriously hope that not all us women are like the ones you seen on the shill show and doprah

ow and btw, about a couple of million posts ago a read this comment that you guys would think of a better (meaning ruder) nickname for Jordan as soon as he turned 18.. newsflash: he did & a while ago

Jordass


Good one
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