What bugs you the MOST about Dr. Phil McGraw?

[KurtNYC]

I think he says "how's that workin' for ya?" way too often.

This clip from an SNL skit sums him up:
< cut to interview with Santa Claus from "The Dr. Phil Show" >

Dr. Phil: So, you think that these kids, uh.. won't love you, if.. if you don't give them toys?

Santa Claus: < meekly > I guess you're right..

Dr. Phil: < sighs painfully > You must have a pretty low opinion of yourself.

Santa Claus: I guess I do..

Dr. Phil: I mean.. I want kids all over the world, to love me so much so, that I structure my life around delivering toys to them!

Santa Claus: I see your point..

Dr. Phil: I mean, a rooster only crows so many times before the mama knows a henhouse fulla graham crackers!

Santa Claus: < confused > What the hell does that mean?
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/02/02adrphil.phtml

[Debi]

1. I think it's that he talks all "Family Values"

Yet you just KNOW he's screwing his production assistant....falafel anyone?

[mitchum]

His whole grifter/motivational speaker schtick

Why do people fall for these mountebanks?

[Liberal Veteran]

2. I think Oprah owes the world an apology for unleashing Dr. Phil...

...on the masses.

[ET Awful]

3. That rooster line is frickin' hysterical :) n/t

[oneighty]

4. Dr. Phil

A male Dr. Laura. He strikes me as being totally devoid of any first hand life experience at all, at all, at all!

He has a really good scam going.

IMHO

180

[kostya]

5. His basic one-dimensional approach to people's psychological

problems, which is basically: "just shape up!". It's a great schtick when you only have an hour less commercial breaks, but it gives the impression that all such problems are easily solvable by cognitive techniques and completely ignores other techniques or the acknowledgement of the unconcious mind. Of course, he handpicks the "clients" and their problems such that it makes it less obvious that his techniques are severely limited. - K

[KurtNYC]

6. How about when he holds hands with his wife at the end

of every show? A display which covers for ???

[VaYallaDawg]

9. Must say I've never watched him, the promos are nauseating enough.

Does he really hold hands w/wifey? Uh oh ....

[qnr]

7. Most? Dr. Phil McGraw, period. Couldn't he be out selling used cars

or something?

[amazona]

8. that he is a fat man selling diet advice

Why would people buy diet advice from a fat man? I just don't get it. No, he isn't hugely overweight but he could drop 20 or 30 and never miss it. Every time I see his picture I'm puzzled.

[KurtNYC]

10. To which Dr. Phil says...

"We're not here to talk about me. We're here to deal with your problems..." (and sell you a book or two)

[HuckleB]

14. He's a fat psychologist selling diet advice.

He's got no business giving diet advice whatsoever.

[Maddy McCall]

11. His wife's botoxed monkey face.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. That His Opinions Are All Cookie-Cutter, Two Dimensional . . .

. . .platitudinous nonsense. And, that he's getting big bucks for the claptrap he dispenses.
The Professor

[HuckleB]

13. His insistence on being called "Dr." says everything.

[EC]

15. He's a fake...n/t

[tk2kewl]

16. Remember when Letterman used to throw watermelons off the roof

Dr. Phil's head reminds me of a watermelon, if you get my drift

[warrens]

17. Two words: Smarmy hypocrite

You just KNOW, looking at him, that he is going to get caught molesting an 8 year old.