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mutya

Jun 20, 2005 @ 2:25 pm

Quote by Gemmadoll (now Kettleporn???) made on April 30 of this year:

Either Phil is changing horses, or there's a McGraw CD ready to drop. Phil McGraw: Country Lovin' Songs and Drawled Inspiration. Robin McGraw: I Hum For You (Because Nothing I Say is Worth A Damn). Jay McGraw: Rich Boy's Musings (Including "I Must Be Too Sexy For My Jeans[Because I Can't Zip The Damn Things]. Or, maybe Jordan McGraw:Gettin' The Hell Out (My Parents Scare Me).

Well, it seems like Jordan took the advice to make music & bother other people with it. (they say music is a great therapy, and you know that poor boy needs it) Uhm, is it just me, or did the boy inherit his fathers hair genes? I mean the hairline... it kind of looks... ahh I don't wanna say it, I feel sorry for the kid already. But you get my point...
BTW, on my quest to find $hill dirt on the internet (great thing to do when you're bored, I can recommend it!) I found out that Jordan will go to SMU *pretends to know what she's talking about while in fact she first had to google SMU to find out what on earth that is*

Another BTW: I hope everyone that was confronted with $hill in the morning is allright... I know it's one of those life changing moments you'll never really get over... (especially if "morning" is 3 AM, thanks Larry King, I hate you!) Uhm... something snarkable about why $hill likes to be a dad? Like e.g; the girls his son brings home?

KettlePorn

Jun 20, 2005 @ 4:12 pm

Well, I'm just glad the McGraws seem to be taking our advice. Rock on, Jorthro. From the looks of that shirt and your dad's stock portfolio, I'd say you have all you need to rise like cream. I mean, Tom Petty started out in a garage. Dinky, hey? A fucking garage.

I'm waiting with bated breath for a Lifetime Movie Network treatment of Kitty's life--The Girl In The Vapid Bubble--and whatever sweet Jay's next explosive project announcement it'll be ok by me--as long as he doesn't back into the press conference and knock the E cameraperson onto his ass.

One of these days, as summer breathes its last, I will hear the words,"Today, on an all-new Dr Phil..." and it will not be a dream. It will be all... so very real.

BetyBee

Jun 20, 2005 @ 5:46 pm

Well, today's show (black sheep of family) proves this KettlePorn adage:

I love how Phil remains steadfastly married to that age old truism,"The better looking you are, the more important I consider your problems."

loudfan

Jun 20, 2005 @ 6:48 pm

Well, it seems like Jordan took the advice to make music & bother other people with it.

Remember the episode a couple of months ago in which Phil proved how it was possible to get along with your noisy rock 'n rolling son even when he insists on rehearsing in your house? It's soooo simple... just build a soundproof room for him in your mansion, and voila! You can sit at your big oaken desk in the oh-so-manly office your wife designed for you, listening to soothing classical music, unbothered by your kid's geetar!

Of course, if you don't have a 5,000 sqare foot house -- sorry, get earplugs.

parsleysage

Jun 21, 2005 @ 8:03 am

Pretty people are so much more deserving.[/quote] Parselysagemini and I always guffaw over the choice of "random" audience closeup shots during the show. 95% of them are attractive women. We sit there and just shout out "attractive woman stage left"...."attractive woman stage right."

Jordy Jordy Jordy--rock on bro'. Pretty soon he'll be bringing home a scuzzier version of BBJ's Playboy Twins--maybe Ashlee Simpson?? Avril Lavingne?--I don't know. I can see Kitty embracing Avril and telling her "not to be so angry, dear. It causes furrows to develop between your brows."

missy jo

Jun 21, 2005 @ 10:59 am

the good-looking criminal black sheep[/quote]

I thought that guy was hot as hell [/ashamed voice]. And yes, total favoritism from Phil, practically begging him to "take the help," and then they cut to plain-looking black sheep in the audience, having been offered a big heap of nothing!

Tunia

Jun 21, 2005 @ 1:52 pm

Jordy Jordy Jordy--rock on bro'. Pretty soon he'll be bringing home a scuzzier version of BBJ's Playboy Twins--maybe Ashlee Simpson?? Avril Lavingne?[/quote]

Oh, I'd be hoping he'd go for an "older woman" - Alanis Morrissette. Maybe she'd remind him of Mama RoboRobin, and she could then write angry lyrics of "Pansy Boy, Mama's Boy..."

ceebeedubya

Jun 21, 2005 @ 2:39 pm

Today's golddiggers show -- OMG, the plastic surgery woman. What was wrong with her cheeks? Her lips? My eyes, my eyes!

Stardancer2001

Jun 21, 2005 @ 5:34 pm

Today's Golddigger show was hysterical!

First of all, these women will never find a rich man. You're on national tv! Any rich man worth anything will run far far away from these chicks!

Harmonie? Pleaase. Your attitude sucks. Interogating your dates will not result in marriage. And the fact that you had a millionaire in your face and didn't know it pretty much assures me that you'll never get one.

Charmin - Honey, give up the "I'ma Golddigger who is gonna take care of ya" shtick (and change your name, for God's sack). Also, if you want to find men with money, you need to go where they are. Dr. Shill isn't going to introduce you to his friends!

K.T. - Oh my. Okay, you were raised in a wealthy family. Therefore you are accustomed to money. You seemed to have worked at some point in your life. What happened to you? Plastic Surgery is so not your friend.

Plopping Charmin next to Scott was pure evil! You know that Scott will never give her the time of day.

I wanted to hear more from Sugar, former trophy wife!

The only ones getting rich are those women from those bogus "Millionaire Clubs" soaking the dumb ass golddiggers.

KimberleeJean

Jun 21, 2005 @ 6:08 pm

Plopping Charmin next to Scott [/quote]

Plus..."Charmin" and "Scott." Hee.

I'm 12.

Weirdly, though, and while I don't necessarily subscribe to the golddigger philosophy, isn't Shill always dissing women for not knowing what they want in a mate and/or sticking up for their principles (however losely that may be defined here)?

I mean, these ladies were pretty clear on their standards they expected in a man, even if that only meant a nice watch/car. It's better than the iffy "I know he puts me down but I looove him women Phil usually publicly flogs.

KettlePorn

Jun 23, 2005 @ 3:09 pm

Think I'll write Phil a letter:
Dear Dr Phil, I'm on the slight side of 18. I still live at home. My boyfriend, I'll call him Cletis, is a divorced psych student on the slight side of hirsute. Cletis is already in his 20's and admits that he diddled women not his wife while he was legally wed to same. He grew up with an alcoholic parent full of piss and vinegar and still feels wounded. do I want a wounded guy? He also had a hardscrabble, foreclosed barn kind of upbringing and dabbled as a youth in lawlessness.Do I want a hardscrabble guy?

I need a man who can be a husband. You know, pick out my clothes, explain the news, scold me when I eat Hot Tamale candy and warn me about pillowcase wrinkles. I'm not sure Cletis could be the man to lead me out of the bramble patch of my own feminine stupidity. Should I stick my pretty tail in the air and tell Cletis to shuck it? He's very corny. Also,my self esteem is constructed completely on my looks and Cletis swears I'm as cute as a speckled pup in a field of milo. Well? Do I ditch him or give in and buy a veil and one of those aprons with the heart pockets? I'm ever so confused. Please pump me some sunshine, Dr Phil.

Sincerely,
"Kitty."

onlyinPV

Jun 23, 2005 @ 5:56 pm

That girl Harmony on the golddigger show is just a reality TV whore. Dr. Phil got taken in again. My daughter knows her, went to school with her, and she spends her time trying to get on any TV show she can. She's been on "The Real World", "The Bachelor", a bunch of others. You'd think that after the Porno Guest Fiasco that the producers would be more careful about vetting the guests.

Tunia

Jun 23, 2005 @ 6:38 pm

Dr. Phil got taken in again. [/quote]

Kinda makes you wonder if there's a new game in town known as "Phucking with the Phabulous Dr. Phil and his Phenomenal Phamily". Participants must pull the wool over his eyes while pulling the pants off their butts, all to confuse Phil and his staff into thinking they're vestal virgins in the realm of TV-land. Extra points given for participating in at least 3 other shows before Phillsy's, without being discovered by his trained monke.....er, staff.

mootermutt987

Jun 23, 2005 @ 7:16 pm

Dr. Phil got taken in again. [/quote]

One must wonder why there isn't some database somewhere, like IMDB, of not-so-famous people, but people that have been on a talk show, a reality show, a game show, etc. Every casino in Vegas can identify unscrupulous gamers with their videocameras and facial identification software. It can ID a person wearing glasses (that normally doesn't wear glasses) or a wig or a fake (or even a real one, if given the time to grow it) beard. Casinos ID people that have never been in their casino before, but they are in the database because of their behavior at ANOTHER casino. There are clearly people out there that try to get on any show at all. It's not the show that's important, it's the airtime. And the shows that are 'fooled' think we are too stupid to know that this happens. Frankly, I think think the Dr. Phil Show, and all other shows, need to better police themselves so we don't see the same old faces by just turning the channel. Hopefully, the embarrassment of 'getting taken again' is enough to get these shows to do a little more 'contestant' research.

It kills me that these golddiggers actually believe that they can fly under a rich guy's Golddigger Radar!! They are the B-52's of golddigers --- huge, slow, hulking, behemoths trying to make a bombing run on Trump Tower. These women are hideous human beings, with few if any redeeming qualities, and they deserve to grow old alone. They are CLEARLY all about the $$$$, which, based on their 'getting to know you interrogation', is abundantly clear to anyone with a brain. And if you are a m/billionaire, you've most likely got a brain --- otherwise you wouldn't be a m/billionaire. They've got to do SO MUCH MORE to be seen by a m/billionaire as being even dating material. These women aren't even in the running! Hideous!! *shakes head in disgust*

parsleysage

Jun 24, 2005 @ 7:48 am

You'd think that after the Porno Guest Fiasco that the producers would be more careful about vetting the guests.[/quote] This episode aired originally about 5 months ago, b4 the porn eppy, which was one of the last non-repeat shows this late spring. Anyway, you'd think that Googling the name "Harmonie" would only yield about 3 women in the US, and 2 of them work at the Mustang Ranch.

The first time I saw the gold diggers, I remember thinking that that blonde gold digger with the triple D's had the biggest lips I was ever going to see on national TV. But that was before the show with Bree Walker aired....

limey4

Jun 24, 2005 @ 10:14 am

Like father, Like son

Looks like Jay's show (Renovate my Family) isn't the blessing it appears to be, Phils not the only one who can create a quick fix for television ratings:

Cold Reality

BetyBee

Jun 24, 2005 @ 10:35 am

Wow. It just goes to show that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. The McGraws are just snake oil salesmen. I wonder how many of $hil's FUFs and others that he has "helped" we can expect to see in future exposes?

KettlePorn

Jun 24, 2005 @ 2:49 pm

What really chaps my saddle horn is the binding contract which probably precludes any shot of this family getting out from beneath hazard house and making Phil McGraw Family Exploitations, Inc from ponying up and making things right.The family is haplessly innocent. They are of limited means with a special needs youngster and the project was, I'm sure, sold to them as another variation of Extreme Makeover Home. The McGraw machine has a delicious way of sniffing out the very vulnerable in order to fatten their asses.

Why is Phil bringing in models, nearly models, Bunny Ranch Pimp and his minions plus whatever bit player will sign the waiver? Because real life--and real people--are certain to have a degree of unstylishness, pudge, plainness or camera worthlessness that makes Phil rear up and neigh. If you select attractive folks, coach their behavior and invent their background, then what you have is the re-birth of Flo Zeigfield and his bathing beauties, McGraw style.

If he can't act like a psychologist, wouldn't it be a kick if he could somehow act like a human being? As the late Gemmadoll once said (you know about the camel race where the beast went over with her on board she was humped to death, right?), "I'm tired of him making fudge on our leg and calling himself Willy Wonka."

AD35

Jun 27, 2005 @ 8:40 am

See who made #25 on this list and why

KettlePorn

Jun 27, 2005 @ 10:43 am

I don't agree that Phil's advice "resonates for five days." Most of his guests are probably cussing him in the elevator. With the help of Google, I have most of his cornisms decoded before he drags Kitty to her feet and yanks her out of the studio, bubbling and squeaking and trying to keep up.

The only time I can't trace the origin of the odd possum/biscuit reference, I figure he just made it up to sound Mayberry.

Works.

Tunia

Jun 27, 2005 @ 11:08 am

Do you know how much I'm hoping that this BI from the NY Post's "Page Six" is about our esteemed(??) Dr.?

JUST ASKING

WHICH married man is coping with the pressures of doing a daily talk show with the help of different masseuses? The comely therapists visit his hotel room almost every day . . . .[/quote]

Ah, but the "hotel room" doesn't fit. One could only wish, tho....

It's just a matter of time, and the clock's a-tickin'.

divasahm

Jun 27, 2005 @ 11:18 am

I hate to say this, but I kinda hope that the good doctor's time doesn't run out before the primetime special we really want to see--Dr. Phil and Tom Cruise in an all-out, no-holds-barred, dubiously qualified psychologist vs. inarticulate, deranged Scientologist free-for-all in which the winner gets to eat the loser.

'Cause y'all remember, Dr. Phil always says, "They kin kill ya, but they can't eat ya".

parsleysage

Jun 28, 2005 @ 7:50 am

As the late Gemmadoll once said (you know about the camel race where the beast went over with her on board she was humped to death, right?),[/quote] ah Gemmadoll...I knew her well **bows head in moment of silence**

Of course $hil offered treatment to the good-looking criminal black sheep, but not the in serious need of a make-over artist/author who manages to live his lifewithin the boundaries of the law. Pretty people are so much more deserving.[/quote] Boy Howdy, I finally caught this one last night. It was soooo blatent. Shill practically did everything but clear out Jordy's old room for the cute criminal to move in after the show. And cute guy gets an off the cuff diagnosis of ADHD--what happened to Disclaimer City, where Shill goes over how he's not a real doctor, he just plays one of TV?? The artist-painter guy is screaming out I HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS and Shill just exhorts him to try harder, basically???? So majorly fucked up. What a crapload.

Tunia

Jun 28, 2005 @ 1:01 pm

This was received as an e-mail this morning...a "Phil Phunny". Enjoy.

I am passing this "DR. PHIL EXPERIENCE" on to you because it
> definitely worked for me, and we all could be more calm in our lives.
>
> By following the simple advice I heard on a Dr. Phil show, I have
> finally found inner peace. Dr. Phil proclaimed, "The way to achieve
> inner peace is to finish all the things you've started."
>
> I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn't
> finished, so, before leaving the house this morning, I finished off
> a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of White Zinfandel, a bottle of
> Bailey's, a bottle of Kahlua, a package of Oreos, the remainder of
> my prescriptions for both Prozac and Valium, the rest of a
> cheesecake, some saltines and a box of chocolates.
>
> You have no idea how freaking good I feel. Please pass this on to
> those you feel are in need of inner peace.[/quote]
>

supie

Jun 29, 2005 @ 11:32 am

[/QUOTE]As the late Gemmadoll once said (you know about the camel race where the beast went over with her on board she was humped to death, right?),

[/quote]ah Gemmadoll...I knew her well **bows head in moment of silence**[QUOTE]

I have been gone from this board for awhile. What does this mean? What happened to Gemmadoll, I loved reading her posts.

Tunia

Jun 29, 2005 @ 11:40 am

supie, Gemmadoll's last post on any of the boards was May 30 and she just suddenly *+*+*vanished*+*+*. No one seems to have any info.

However, a new member, Kettleporn, had many of Gemmadoll's writing atributes, and has been strongly suspected of being Gemmadolla/reincarnated, 'Fess up, Kettleporn!

KettlePorn

Jun 29, 2005 @ 2:08 pm

I'm trying to re-watch these tangy Phil reruns so that I might unearth some nugget to ridicule that I formerly missed. Usually Phil croaks out something profoundly stupid right off the bat and it is dwarfed by the steady stream of cock-ups that follow. I hate to think of his less offensive outbursts not getting the attention that they deserve.(Anyone who wants to e-mail me, please feel free. All I know for sure is the story I heard was that it was a big damn camel. Shudder.)

Tunia

Jun 29, 2005 @ 5:51 pm

See what I mean, supie? LOL

tashabelle

Jun 29, 2005 @ 7:50 pm

Just when I think I loathe him as much as any girl can... On today's show about in-law problems, Dr. Phil failed to address, or even acknowledge, some cretin's use of the "n" word in front of his wife's sister and the children of both families. Sure, he gave plenty of "sage" advice about how they could get along better, but failed utterly to note that this asshat's language and attitudes might be a perfectly fine reason for anyone in the family to be at odds with him. Bleeee!

KettlePorn

Jun 30, 2005 @ 8:18 am

Don't you love how Phil ignores the manure on the floor but rapidly fans away at the farts? Using racial epithets demonstrates to the world that your brain is composed primarily of sawdust, bat guano and sludge. To use racial epithets in front of children makes you an abuser. Remember, Phil? The repeated saw about how certain adult words change how a child sees himself and sees the world? Quit fanning and pay attention. The "n' word is, in intelligent circles, a drop-dead deal breaker. A sucker punch to the sensibilities of normal people, a lethal soul blow to kids. We cut off an uncle-in-law (head like a doorknob, belt buckle larger than his torso) because he was uneducable in the area of ethnicity. Family first? Depends on the components. There are absolutes, Phil. Dink.

ETA: Today's program is one of my favorites, but I didn't watch it closely enough to answer the question I had the first time:Is Madeline that couple's biological child, or did she come with the "Grow Your Own Squeaky Fromme Kit"?

supie

Jul 1, 2005 @ 11:13 am

Thanks Tunia I do see what you mean!

KettlePorn

Jul 1, 2005 @ 1:56 pm

Somebody explain why Quick Drawl McGraw allots so much deadening airtime to simple issues and gives the chop chop to the things that deserve a whole hour. Today, two sets of guests needed three line "solutions": You're brother and sister and were married? You're sick. Move to different states. I hate you. Your dad married an upstart and you're pissed? It's over. Talk to a lawyer about the family assets but let them enjoy their marriage. Move to different states. I hate you.
The Reader's Digest narrative would have been perfect for FUF numbers one and two: I cheat. She cheats. It Pays to Enrich Your Word Power. I am Joe's Scrote.

NoFatChicks

Jul 5, 2005 @ 10:13 am

What the fuck was wrong with the couple who wanted to send their adopted son back to India?

"If I had known he had medical problems, I wouldn't have gotten him." Like a puppy with worms instead of a human being with legitimate problems. So, if her daughters had a learning problem or muscle problems, she'd have aborted them to avoid dealing with it?

"He didn't come to us and love us the way we wanted..." WTFingF? Like a child's job is to fulfill your wants and needs? Ugh!

Drummouse

Jul 5, 2005 @ 1:31 pm

ETA: Today's program is one of my favorites, but I didn't watch it closely enough to answer the question I had the first time:Is Madeline that couple's biological child, or did she come with the "Grow Your Own Squeaky Fromme Kit"?[/quote]

BWAH!! It's lines like this that bring me back. Good one!

mootermutt987

Jul 5, 2005 @ 6:37 pm

What the fuck was wrong with the couple who wanted to send their adopted son back to India?[/quote]
People like this absolutely sicken me!!! Hey Idiots --- IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU!!!!!! When you adopt a child, frankly, it's about the child. I always hear about people that are disappointed by the child that they adopt. It's almost like they think the option of a trade or a return is still on the table. Hey Idiots ---- once the adoption is finalized, it's like you gave birth to the kid, except there are no stretch marks. If your own blood child disappointed you, would you put him/her up for adoption?? Or would you just abandon him/her?? Of course not, because he/she is YOUR KID and you just deal with it. Well, Idiots, that's what you do with an adopted kid, too!!!! If they would think a little less about how disappointed they are with their kid, and a little more about what their kid went through in an orphanage in India, and how he became orphaned, and how he feels about that, then maybe you would have a different attitude. And, unfortunately for you, you'd have no reason to go on the Dr. Phil Show. But now that you have been on TV with Dr. Phil Almighty, all of America knows that you are Idiots!!! Poor kid!! I wonder if he wants to return his parents for being so unconnected to him??? Now, HE, I wouldn't blame!!!

pharmd

Jul 5, 2005 @ 8:03 pm

They didn't show the adoption show in my market (detroit) today. We got to see the episode where all the guests wanted to be stars! The deluded guests just KNEW they could be a country star/soap opera queen/actor since they are oh-so-talented and all. I'm assuming this was a repeat, but it was new to me. And I loved it.

My favorite part was when Phil apparently brought back this chick that wanted to be a country singer. She had appeared on a previous DP show and the producers at that time got her to sing at the end of the show. So this time around DP gave the tape of her singing to some country musicians (don't know who they were since I don't listen to country) then DP brought the wanna-be back on stage with her husband and proceeded to show the tape of the country musicians critiquing her. Man, they was snark-a-licious!! They said that she looked nervous and was off key and was obviously inexperienced. In other words, don't quit your day job. During the critiquing, apparently she tried to walk off the stage, but her husband kept her there. She made a bunch of excuses for herself, then was all bitchfaced-out and it was wonderful. She was all, "I'm not going to listen to this" and was pissed that she was being critiqued on national tv. Funny how she didn't seem to mind being critiqued until the country musicians thought she was awful. I was so glad that she was told the plain, hard truth, and I was even happier that DP didn't give her free crooning lessons at the end of the show. I actually felt bad for the husband, since it was obvious she'd be bitching to him about the episode for probably the next year or so.

KimberleeJean

Jul 6, 2005 @ 12:17 am

Oh, and Phuck, the bad singer today. Even though she kind of sucked...way to dash her hopes and dreams in public, Phil. Most of us prefer to have that transpire in private. Dr. Phuck...my new name for him.

I know she sucked, but still. Decency?

parsleysage

Jul 6, 2005 @ 7:32 am

Even though she kind of sucked...way to dash her hopes and dreams in public, Phil.[/quote] Yeah, although I'll always sign up for a good ego-whomping, I kinda agree. Phil was being pretty harsh to her. HOWEVER--in this case it was warranted because you DO NOT , at the age of 35 or whatever she was, with 2-3 kids to raise and a husband move to : (chose one)

Nashville to become a Country Singer
Hollywood to become a Actor
NYC to become a Broadway Dancer
Santa Cruz to become a Professional Surfer
Seattle to become a Poet-Barista

The trick is, hon, that you do it BEFORE the 2-3 kids, husband, etc etc.

KettlePorn

Jul 6, 2005 @ 10:07 am

Not-Wynonna was staring some serious bile Phil's way. You could see the word "c***sucker!" in a bubble over her head. That was worth the admission ticket.

KimberleeJean

Jul 6, 2005 @ 2:00 pm

parsleysage,

I agree, I mean, the guy who had moved a bunch of times made me want to reach through the TV to slap him (damn, I wish my TV had that function)!

Dr. Phuck was just really over the top cruel with her, though. Gotta love how he purposefully gets people mad at him then berates them for being mad at him.

If looks could kill, he would have totally been dead!

pharmd

Jul 6, 2005 @ 3:02 pm

As much as I hate DP, I'll have to side with the show regarding the country-singer-wannabe. She WANTED to hear the criticism until it became painfully obvious that they thought she sucked. She thought they would be gushing and praising her, so at first she really wanted to hear what they had to say. When she realized that she wasn't going to hear that, she wanted to run off the stage. I'm sorry to admit it, but DP was right. If she truly has talent and wants to be a star, better get a thick skin because the music biz is harsh. Tough love is best in this situation since you're better off hearing the cold hard truth than getting smoke blown up your behind. And maybe it was harsh hearing that in front of everyone, but that's probably what had to happen for her to realize that she can enjoy singing as a hobby, but maybe it's not such a good idea to force her husband/family to move to Nashville so she can continue with the delusion that she was the next big country thang.

Drummouse

Jul 6, 2005 @ 3:08 pm

I'm sorry to admit it, but DP was right. If she truly has talent and wants to be a star, better get a thick skin because the music biz is harsh. [/quote]

I totally agree. That is definitely a biz that won't take someone with her (lack of) talent. First of all, AT LEAST clap on the beat even before the first word comes out of your nicotine/whiskey stained mouth. I have to agree with the Warren Bros., she was just not very good. But hey, come on to Nashville and GET IN LINE!! She couldn't get a bar gig with what she's offering. I would suggest sharpening your waitressing skills, tho if you are planning on making the move.

And I totally agree that these folks needed to go for their "dreams" BEFORE having the kids! What a bunch of knuckleheads.

parsleysage

Jul 8, 2005 @ 7:05 am

Last night was the repeat of the couple who are trying to make their daugther Madeline a super kid. The Mom says that she and Madeline "Co-sleep." LOVE that! Co-sleep indeed. Dad "single-sleeps" (emphasis mine) on the couch.

Weird thing is that the couple don't look yupppie, like one would expect, and their house is kinda trashy looking. Weird weird weird.

Fish Heads

Jul 8, 2005 @ 8:42 am

The entertainment industry is fucked up. Sure that country singer wannabe woman was deluded and had no talent, but then that white trash wannabe actor got the thumbs up! She had badly bleached teased/matted blonde hair, and Paula Jones style neon makeup. I thought Hollwood was supposed to be incredibly competitive. Is it possible Dr Phil was duped by the porn industry again?

KettlePorn

Jul 8, 2005 @ 9:51 am

Yeah, Phil didn't get wood for NotWynonna, so he threw her underhand. WannaLucci was more up his plastic doll alley, so he didn't sit on her dreams and grunt. I'm convinced that if the Porn Twins had been legit, but instead aspiring to be the new Doublemint Twins, he'd have hauled in producers and a bicycle built for two and had the contract ready for them to sign. When Phil schwings he schwings, baby.

NavyDoc

Jul 8, 2005 @ 1:56 pm

Dr. Phil is an amazing guy. Not only has he gotten himself rich and famous, but manages to force is uninteresting, unintelligent, scary looking family on his viewers.

When he first came on, I thought "Hunh, he is actually telling people that they are full of shit and give's them practical advice" His ratings must have taken a tumble, becuase now he wavers between Jerry Springer-eque ridiculousness, where no amount of advice will help, to ignoring serious problems while harping on nothing.

I used to watch it because I thought his "straight talk" was refreshing. Now it's just the same kind of crapfest as "Being Bobby Brown".

divasahm

Jul 8, 2005 @ 3:33 pm

Heads up, folks! The Dallas Morning News is reporting that the good doctor attended a freshman orientation gathering at Southern Methodist University with his son Jordan and camera crew in tow for an upcoming show or series of shows on transitioning to college. Kitty did not attend, due to the possibility of an anticipatory-empty-nest-syndrome nervous breakdown in public.

Poor Jordan. Can't even be a normal college freshman without providing fresh fodder for the pop-psych machine. He truly is the Marilyn Munster of the family.

MyraA

Jul 10, 2005 @ 3:02 am

Article about Jordon going to check out SMU with Shill.
http://tinyurl.com/7edhp

Nurse who beat her alcoholic husband is suspended from her job.
http://tinyurl.com/8cdjo

Previous article: http://tinyurl.com/dyvs3

Want2Sleep

Jul 10, 2005 @ 1:26 pm

The country singer/wannabe was really awful. I think Phil used the only way he could to try to get through to her but she still didn't get it.

She was painful to watch.

dreamy

Jul 10, 2005 @ 2:46 pm

Kitty did not attend, due to the possibility of an anticipatory-empty-nest-syndrome nervous breakdown in public.[/quote]

This is scary. When I first read this, I envisioned Kitty Dukakis. Don't ask me how THAT got into my head.

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