Is this guy a shill or what? On the local news they're doing his "Tip of the Day" or some such nonsense. Today's bit has him giving dieting tips. Excuse me? Lol.
Is he selling Snake Oil too?
Is he selling Snake Oil too?
What's up with Doctor Phil?
- Thread starter Wag
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Just another @$$hat who makes money by taking advantage of over emotional ignorant home makers.
Some others:
John Edward
Oprah
etc...
Some others:
John Edward
Oprah
etc...
The only reason why people watch him is because Oprah endorses him. He gives such common sense advice, it's ridiculous that he's got a show.
I was in Wal-Mart the other day and saw his "diet bars", so I figure that's why he's giving out dieting tips.
This guy is such a hypocrite it's a riot. He's talking about how people can have willpower and the guy's overweight himself. Does he even believe his own malarky?
This guy is such a hypocrite it's a riot. He's talking about how people can have willpower and the guy's overweight himself. Does he even believe his own malarky?
Here it's easy, watch:
Okay Tommy I'm sensing that you are stressed because no one appreciates you at home. Have a cup of herbal tea and a hot candle lit bath while conquering your internal demons. Set aside some "You Time" and smile every morning!
Okay that will be $800.00. Thanx.
Excellent recapitulation of a typical episode.
Jay Leno questioned how Dr. Phil could write a diet book being as big as he is, and he turned it around to a bunch of insults on Jay. Why anyone buys self-help books from such people is beyond me.
911paramedic
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Actually, I find it rather refreshing that a self-help person is not letting these idiots blame society, or their parents, or their abusive relationships, or whatever, for their problems.
Yes, his advice is common sense. But common sense just isn't very common these days.
There are a LOT of people out there who can't see the obvious. Dr. Phil makes 'em see the obvious.
So yeah... he's an overpaid self help guru who doles out, "well, DUH!" advice. But lots of folks need that kind of advice.
And you wonder why your family has problems with you. Seriously, unplug the computer and come up for some fresh air, idiot.
Yah that cracks me up, he was on Leno a while ago. Leno kept on calling him on his a ... girth he got alll winy and defensive.
I suppose its no worse than a world where a man raised by an abusive manic-depressive mother and marries a pill-popping alcoholic political radical can write one of the best-selling books of all time dispensing advice on child-rearing.
But seriously, any half-wit should be able to recognize the difference between being overweight because one is muscular and being overweight because one is fat. Most professional and college football players, every professional body builder and most amateurs are significantly "overweight", morbidly "obese" according to blind interpretations of BMI and weight/height charts, but I don't think you'll find a single physician who would rail-on against the health risks of being an athlete with substantially above-average muscle mass.
Dr. Phil has been very athletic since childhood and received a football scholarship to the University of Tulsa. Being 6' 4", he carries 240lb on a very large frame. As you might know, football players are generally not miniscule blowy wafts of the Brad Pitt or Pierce Brosnan variety, who are at considerable risk of being knocked over if someone farts or sneezes too close to them.
Dr. Phil was an avid weight lifter in college and still works-out with weights every day, in addition to running the equivalent of five 9-minute miles on an exercise machine every morning and playing tennis every afternoon. Of course, at 53 years of age, he isn't going to carry that weight quite the same way he did when he was 23.
He also worked with overweight patients for eight years. It wasn't as though he was a marital or relationship counselor his entire career who woke-up one morning and decided to write a weight-loss book.
Medical and weight-loss authorities who have reviewed Dr. Phil's book say the advice is nothing earth-shattering. Its essentially the same sound and common sense advice the medical community has been trying to get people to follow for years without much success because most fat people don't want to lose weight if it means they have to make any changes to those aspects of their lifestyle that made them fat to begin with.
If Dr. Phil has found a way to get a few more people to embrace sound weight-loss advice, more power to him. God knows this society could do with fewer two-ton heffers.
brigden
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Yeah, this guy is unbelievable. All he does is dole out common sense advice. However, I wouldn't blame him one bit; blame the morons that feel the need to appear on his show. These are the people who couldn't figure out that constantly eating ice cream isn't good for you.
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