Dr. Phil

[Anonymouse]

I really really really truly madly deeply hate this person.

[Anonymouse]

He's like John Edwards, only instead of mooching off of the greived, he mooches off of the health-obsessed soccer moms. He looks like Burt Reynolds, but he acts like Oprah.

prah.

[hyebruin]

what exactly is it you hate about him? he does make sense, it's just that society is used to seeing women in that position of making sense out of relationships...he's not perfect but he does a good job of pointing out things to people

[Anonymouse]

He's not exactly a "Dr." and he's not exactly bringing the wisdom of the ages, it's just that women love him because he's a male version of prah.

MG! That made me LL

[hyebruin]

he does have a Ph.D. in psychology or a Psy.D. ?? which qualifies him to be a counselor...anything beyond that is to attract his audience and is just plain ol' showbiz

[SagGal]

OK, so I don't despise the man, but I do think that he gives pretty straighforward and obvious responses to people and he gives them before the five minute commercial break. Besides, shouldn't those be private and sometimes he asks such personal questions that jsut by looking at the person, you can tell that there is more what the person wants to say but is unable because of all the viewers. So, if they don't answer it, they're wrong, but they answer anyway because they don't want to be embarassed of all the viewers. If he is giving psychological help to anyone......OK, counseling, I don't think it should be public.

Call me a dork for watching Oprah, but those shows about designing inside the house interest me.

[spiral]

I watch Oprah too. I don't know why everyone talks about the show as if it's some lame, pathetic, daytime show, fat women who have no lives watch.

She does a lot of different types of shows. Unlike other talk show hosts, who either ONLY interview celebrities,or, call weird people, which I dunno where they find from, who have slept with 20 people during the same time frame, and are not sure who their baby's daddy is.

She covers a lot of interesting subjects. Like the dowry issue in India, which Anileve posted about recently. She covers both serious and fun issues.

Go OPRAH!

[loseyourname]

I noticed in the supermarket the other day that Oprah had selected Anna Karenina as her latest book club title. I was surprised to see that she had actually selected a damn good book.

[Anonymouse]

It should be noted that I avoid all women who watch prah, Dr. Phil, or Daytime Soap Operas.

[anileve]

I watch Oprah too. I don't know why everyone talks about the show as if it's some lame, pathetic, daytime show, fat women who have no lives watch.

She does a lot of different types of shows. Unlike other talk show hosts, who either ONLY interview celebrities,or, call weird people, which I dunno where they find from, who have slept with 20 people during the same time frame, and are not sure who their baby's daddy is.

She covers a lot of interesting subjects. Like the dowry issue in India, which Anileve posted about recently. She covers both serious and fun issues.

Go OPRAH!

I am tired of the Oprah ridicule. I hardly watch any shows, except for some Comedy Central shows, but I did manage to catch her show once or twice in the doctor’s office or just browsing through my TV channels. I gotta say that the woman kicks ass. The shows I found amusing, inspirational and educational; as spiral pointed out a variety of elements are there.

And this is another thing I’ve recently realized. Anything that women watch is considered pathetic. Think of all of the shows targeting female audience, they are laughed at. It’s exceptionally cool though, for a woman to watch sports, news or the stupid Men’s Show. And let’s face it, the shows for women which display some educational or inspirational value are instantly branded with a feminazi mark.

I say, appreciate a show or a movie for what it is, not what gender it was intended for.

BTW: Operah selected several good books, one of which was "One Hundred Years of Solitude." Great piece of work.