Dr. Phil: Difference between revisions

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* [[Berserk Button]]: Dr. Phil once brought in the creator of the infamous ''Bumfights'' movies. Halfway during the intro package, he cut it off in disgust and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNPvdsJS-qE threw the guy out of his studio.]

** Do ''not'' insult his staff.

* [[Reality Show Genre Blindness]]: The guests often don't seem to grasp the fact that their private problems are being broadcast to ''millions'' of people; you'd think all the cameras and the giant studio audience would give them a hint.

** There have been some rare examples where the guests points out that they are being humiliated to [[Ratings Stunt|"boost ratings"]]. An example of it being a 2006 episode where a father fails a lie detector test after being accused of molesting his daughter. The father only brings it up because he is caught in his lie. Dr. Phil promptly tells him to [[Break the Haughty|"get off his high horse."]]

* [[Straw Misogynist]]: One episode focusing on sexist husbands featured a man who, while on camera, goes on long tirades to his guest's face about how she as a woman is just not as good at anything as men are. But then subverted with the other husband. He's described as being sexist and mean to his wife, but in all fairness his wife's complaints just make it sound like he came home tired from work a lot and just wanted to watch tv to unwind now and then with their rat terrier on his lap.

* [[Talk Show]]

 

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