What's your opinion of Dr. Phil?

[Pontus]

I am just curious how people think of him. There's times I think he is a conservative Christian -- then he said he was an agnostic. He seems fairminded to me, but there are other times he sounds like a fellow Texan -- George Bush. I personally think he's done a lot of good though. Any comments?

[mrbill]

1. doctor phil is a condecending asshole.......

he's done a lot of good for doctor phil.

[Skittles]

22. YOU GOT IT

HE IS ONE POMPOUS F*** who expoits people with no sense of self worth into giving him money. He's no better than an a TV evangalist.

[onebigbadwulf]

2. um

Isn't he getting sued for having shoddy diet food?

[kanrok]

3. It strikes me as ironic

that a fat SOB like him has a best selling book on dieting. It's like Rush penning a tome on self-control.

[mrbill]

4. doctor phil talks a good game.....

but he's a total slacker.

didn't know he had a diet book out, that is ironic.

[La_Serpiente]

5. Some of his advice is really helpful

I give him credit for one thing: he tries to understand the complexities of some issues. I think he tries to empower people to be independent and make their own choices. I think he tries to teach them how to put limits on themselves when it come to their behaviour - not their aspirations.

Yet sometimes, I don't think he can see past culture. He looks at his cases from a certain perspective - maybe that kind of Southern, Texas perspective. However, he could be applying that same case to someone from New York City who is unfamiliar with his ways. That's his fault.

However, he did make me mad one time. When the war broke out, many organizations went to the street to protest the war. There was also this feminist group called CODE PINK. He had two prominent organizers from that group on his show and he had a whole bunch of White (I don't mean to say this. It is just that his entire audience is only white really) and military people. One of the people in the audience was a major in the military also. He just gave him, and other members of military families, the microphone and they just lashed out at the two people form Code Pink on the stage. I thought it was unethical for him to do that. Dr. Phil also said that those people on stage were, well he didn't say this exactly, but he implied that they were hurting the soldiers when in actuality they wanted to bring them home.

[KayLaw]

11. I detest him ( nt )

[wildmanj]

6. opinion

who the hell is dr. phil?:shrug:

[not_in_my_name]

7. You know that he

and Oprah are secretly married, right?:)

[greyl]

9. He's more spiritually aware than Oprah. ;)

And that ain't saying a whole lot, I guess.
Oprah's turned into a thoroughly materialistic celebhuman.

My father gave me "dr" Phil's most recent book last xmas, and I sorta skimmed thru the beginning, because I have already learned that to be happy in life you have to do what you love to do. I thought we all learned that 30 years ago?

But for entertainment, Phil's ok I guess.

[mandyky]

8. I think he is a conservative

but reasonable, however I stopped watching after he had Media Benjamin on right as the IW started and basically told her she shouldn't be talking anti-war because it would demoralize the troops.

Some other things he did prior to that seemed a tad insensitive at times, but the war think made me tune out.

[tedoll78]

10. He seems..

kinda creepy. Don't know why. Maybe it's the smile on his face on his diet products packaging?

[glarius]

12. He seems like a big "goof" to me....Letterman has very funny Dr. Phil

bits on his show....He shows little video clips of Dr. Phil saying things, like for instance, one was "I've had a vasectomy!"....The way he said it with his big, staring eyes it was very funny!

[peekaloo]

14. Letterman's a good sport

He had Dr. Phil on his show as a guest and pretty much let him take a few good shots. The biggest laugh was at the Dr.'s expense when he made mention that Letterman thought Phil was too fat to author a diet book....the audience howled!

Ellen DeGeneres cracked me up yesterday on her Halloween show, she did her entire show made up like the "good" Dr. :D

[glarius]

16. I saw Ellen D.....very funny! n/t

[DemExpat]

13. I sometimes enjoy his shows.......

and enjoy his aim to cut through the bullshit and the excuses.

The only thing we cannot stand is how he grabs his wife's hand and they skip off the set together.....that really bugs my 22 year old daughter!

:D

DemEx

[spanone]

15. daytime tv drivel...

[klyon]

17. comment

I saw him a few times on Oprah and I thought he gave good advise. I personally try not to tell people what they should do or give advise, but I do state my opinion frequently.

KL
May you be well, live well, work well; have courage, patience, and compassion

[NicoleM]

18. I have no doubt

that he's a big fan of George W. Bush. But I'm willing to look past it because sometimes people need to be told "STOP BEING AN IDIOT" and that's what he does.

[BiggJawn]

19. Pop Psychology Maven

The only thing he does that I like is to look the whining, rationalizing snivelers in the eye and say "So, how's that working for you?". That works on any level, and he did not invent that.

He's 6'4" and around 250 Lbs. and he's a "Diet Expert"? All the tables I've looked at consider him border-line obese. Hell, he's only got 35 pounds on me, and I'm almost "morbidly obese"....

Pop Psychology in it's present incarnation. Books, TV shows, web site, line of "diet" food...Life is Good for Dr. Phil.

He, Doc, How's that working for you???

[Jonte_1979]

20. I think he's insufferable

And he sounds just like Mr Mackey too - m'kay?

[KG]

21. making a mint pointing out the obvious to the obtuse.

beats working for a living.

[chefgirl]

23. Saw him on Oprah a few times

Whenever he appeared on Oprah, I generally thought he tended to make some good points, helped some folks see things in a way they hadnt before.
Ever since he's had his own show though, I've seen him become more and more abusive to his guests in a fairly obvious attempt to pander to the crowd. This from someone who doesn't have much opportunity to be home at that time of day, so the change in him is pretty apparent.
Its probably no wonder he doesnt (or at least didn't) have a private practice. If I were paying him money to counsel me, and he spoke that way to me, I would probably smack him upside the head, walk out and refuse to pay, but thats just me.

-chef-

[arwalden]

24. He's A Pomous Ass... who just happens to be right about NOT SPANKING Kids.

Other than that... I dislike him a lot, and disagree with him on many other things.

-- Allen

[DrGonzoLives]

25. He's a dick

I get tired of the cult of personality that surrounds him and yells at anyone who would dare to disagree with him.

[Kamika]

26. Dr Phil is GREAT!!!

Whenever my mom says I'm lazy or something, I just show her Dr Phil when there's some child doing drugs etc. Then I'm off the hook

[jus_the_facts]

27. can't stand to see or hear him *gag*......

....I loathe talk shows...making entertainment out of peoples personal problems has further ruined society IMHO...made people even more judgemental and condesending instead of compassionate.:puke:

[joeybee12]

28. I LOATHE Him! Come, he's overweight and people buy his weight-loss

book!

I think it's a sign of the decline fo western civilization that there is someone like Dr. Phil around.

[rbnyc]

29. He has a couple of good ideas, but bugs me.

He's like an imitation of himself. He's a big annoying cartoon. But he does have a couple of good ideas. One is that whatever you do in life, you get some kind of pay-off for it. If you are frustrated about being stuck in a boring, low-paying job, there's a reason you stay stuck. If you didn't get something out of it, you wouldn't do it. The other good idea he often repeats is that if you want to change something in your life, you have to set up your life to support the changes. Mundane example: Leaving your work clothes at the gym, so that you have to go to the gym in the morning before work.