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Dr. Phil Bails Girl Arrested For Videotaped Beating of Classmate

Posted by Cole Gamble

The Dr. Phil show has seen fit to pony up bail for one of the girls recently arrested for beating a classmate unconscious and video taping the crime with intent to post on You Tube. When asked about the motivation, staffers for the show said it is common show policy to make financial contrubtions to former guests and hopeful future guests.

Where do I spew my bile first?

This brings up a few points in my mind:

1) Ah high school, how I miss it. Times sure have changed. Now that bullies have resources like MySpace and You Tube, kids can get ridiculed, battered and emotionally crushed without leaving the comfort of their homes. I don't want to date myself, but back in my day if someone wanted to destroy you socially they simply passed a rumor around school that you had herpes. Will it ever be so innocent again?


2) What's with the trend of video recording your crimes and posting them on You Tube? Maybe it's the era of the reality show seen to its only logical conclusion. Fame is fame, right?


3) With this following fast on the heels on Dr. Phil's Ill-advised Brittany Spears intervention/publicity stunt, is it clear to everyone now that this guy, or at least his show, is bottom-feeding? Oh, and he drives a $250,000 Lamborghini. Get over that!

 

By the way, my Babble Buddy Brett offered this tidbit of Dr. Phil trivia: Do you know what Dr. Phil did is doctoral thesis on? Arthritis. Hmmm, maybe you should just give me a cream for my crampy hands, Dr. Phil, and stop giving me advice. 

 

 

 

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Comments

 

Twintown said:

FWIW, those staffers were reprimanded and plans for that show have been pulled, per msnbc.com.  Not a Dr. Phil fan, either, but they do admit that this is not standard procedure and taken the appropriate actions.

April 14, 2008 3:04 PM
 

laura said:

Thanks for posting about this.  I seriously cannot believe this guy.  Yes the staffers may have been reprimanded, but the fish rots from the head.  I think its reasonable to presume that either: they had permission to begin with and this is a PR move after the fact, OR, they did not have permission, but pressure from the show's star to make the shows more and more salacious drove them to it.

I hadn't watched Dr. Phil in years, but tuned in last year when I went on maternity leave. It has devolved into a really trashy show, just barely one step above Jerry Springer.  

A $250,000 car?  What a loser.  I imagine he's not too eager to give up that lifestyle, so we'll likely see him bailing out sociopaths again soon.

April 14, 2008 3:54 PM
 

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) said:

I wonder what other sicko they've bailed out in the name of good television?

April 14, 2008 4:09 PM
 

bethany said:

come on now jerry springer is way better than dr. phil. at least he is honest about what his show is and is about.

April 15, 2008 12:59 AM

About Cole Gamble

Cole Gamble’s writings on the crimes of Willy Wonka, man-eating beds and tales from his cringe-worthy life appear here on Babble, the humor site Cracked, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post and Salon. He is working on a book entitled, Conquer Everything! A Self Help Book to Destroy All Other Self Help Books and Grant You Mastery in Everything.

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