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Merged John Edward on Dr. Phil

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The "biggest douche in the universe" is going to be on the famed "doctor"'s show Tuesday. I'm not a regular watcher of his programs, but I've seen enough to know he comes down on the skeptical side of things when it comes to certain charlatans. However...I wonder how safe he's going to play it on this new episode, since his audience tends to overlap Oprah's...and we all know how well skeptics have been portrayed on her shows in the past.
 
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John Edward "Psychic/Medium" and Char Margolis "Intuitive Medium" are on Dr. Phil today, 10 Jan 2012.

The show is still on as I type this, but it appears Edward and Margolis are doing some cold reading.

Glynis McCants, a 'Numerologist' is also on the Dr. Phil show today.

While this may be true of "daytime television first" per Dr. Phil on today's Dr. Phil show:

"a daytime television first..." well, sort of...

Dr. Phil: "... We decided to do a daytime television first, and invite two of the most world-renowned psychic mediums to team up on one stage. They are pulling back the curtain to the other side."

This is sort of true, because both John Edward and Char Margolis were on a Larry King Live episode which aired 10 July 2008. Although LKL was a 'nighttime television' show.

I get the feeling Dr. Phil was just hyping his own show by saying, "...a daytime television first."

For reference that both John Edward and Char Margolis were on a TV talk-type show at the same time:
CNN LARRY KING LIVE
"Psychic Kids"
Aired July 10, 2008 - 21:00 ET
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0807/10/lkl.01.html

My opinion of Dr. Phil show with John Edward and Char Margolis: cold reading crap by two people who have little-to-no morals, ethics or decent values, who make a fraudulent living by ripping people off by making it appear they have powers they can't prove they possess.
 
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I'm really disappointed, I like Dr. Phil. Yes, lot's of very simple cold reading BS and a numerologist (to help you find love, of course). No skepticism on Dr. Phil's part.
 
Today on Dr Phil - Psychics

John Edward and Char Margolis will be on Dr Phil today. That actually surprises me a little because I've heard him kinda laugh off things like horoscopes and other woo.

http://drphil.com/
 
I was watching. All the same old "Is there someone with an L in their name" stuff. Lots of guesses, and when there's a hit, then "Oh yes, that is what they were telling me" comments. Apparently lots of editing too.

Though it was (a little bit) fun, during Char's individual reading of Phil, for me to be reading Dr Phil's wiki page on my laptop, and watching her pull out the people listed there.

ETA: I wonder if this is the first step to Phil becoming Sylvia Browne's new friend?
 
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I watched the second half of the Dr. Phil show. It was a psychic love fest. Same old JE cold reading routine, and nothing was challenged.
 
mike81 said:
John Edward and Char Margolis will be on Dr Phil today. That actually surprises me a little because I've heard him kinda laugh off things like horoscopes and other woo.

http://drphil.com/
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Why would you think it would matter what Dr? Phil thinks about psychics?
He is a bought and sold commodity owned and operated by Oprah .inc.
 
What Dr. Phil should have done for a truly exciting show would have been to have as guests John Edward on one side and opposite him Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Now that would have been entertaining!
 
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He had Van Praagh on in the past and was discussed here
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Ugh, I didn't know that.

Overall I like Dr. Phil, I suppose, but stuff like this makes me want to put on my smitin' pants. When I saw the theme for this episode I was taken aback. When I watched the preview/opening segment, I had to turn it off.

He's increasingly become a shill. This season it's worse than ever. I've lost count of how many books and movies and other TV shows he's shilled for on the show now. It was OK when it was mostly treatment centers or companies that donated goods to down-on-their-luck guests. But this medium stuff is just too far.
 
Forgot to program it on my DVR, but from the looks of it, seems like I didn't miss much. The usual cold/hot reading and kiss-butt shilling. Oh well. It was probably for the best, as I cannot stomach Edward's smug mug. His face makes me wanna go out and stab puppies.
 
I frequently get to hear doctor phil as my mom is a big fan and i currently live with my parents. And yesterday, i caught this episode, and i have to say, from hearing Dr.Phil, he seemed to be begrudgingly being a shill. Just something about his tone of voice, and everything, gave me the vibe that yes he is willing to shill, but no he doesn't like it.

Don't get me wrong, he sucks and all, but i think this was something he legitimately had an issue with. Imho anyway.
 
You know, i think it was Edwards, who tried something that made my eyes roll pretty hard.

" He says something about the skunk haircut."

At first glance it may seem specific. But when one thinks of it, it could apply to many kinds of hairstyles.

One that is short, but gets longer toward the front. ( a haircut i rocked for quite some time, and commonly refered to as my skunk haircut by friends.) Looking like the tuft of fur on a skunk's head.

A slicked back greasy kind of hairdo, i have also heard refered to as a skunk haircut.

A haircut in which one does not keep up on dying it blond.

A haircut of black hair with blond or white highlights.

And i am sure, if there are hair people out there , there is many others that would be applicable. As a huge fan of skunks, i can say that not only am i offended, but i am fairly sure the skunks themselves don't like being used as a pawn in Edward's terrible cold reading.
 
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You know, i think it was Edwards, who tried something that made my eyes roll pretty hard.

" He says something about the skunk haircut."

At first glance it may seem specific. But when one thinks of it, it could apply to many kinds of hairstyles.
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The woman he said that to had hair with a blonde top layer and black bottom layer. So, it's not like he was revealing anything that wasn't obvious.
 
I made the mistake of looking at the show's official boards last night. Ugggghhhhh times a million. Very few commented that the hucksters are hucksters, but there are tons of posts debating whether or not mediums are acceptable according to the Bible.
 
Dr. Phil will never "get real" when it comes to this topic, not if ratings and viewership have anything to do with it. Just take a look at the comments on his site. In one word: Yikes!
 
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