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Arsenio Hall was featured twice this week. His first appearance was in a segment that had potential called "This Is What They Said/This Is What They Meant." I was expecting to see video clips of celebrities, politicians and the like spouting their same bullcrap, and then having Hall tell us what he thinks they really meant. Instead, it was Leno reading quotes, including historically famous ones like Julius Ceasar's "Et tu, Brute!" The gag didn't make sense anymore, and even worse the bits weren't funny.
Luckily, he came back later in the week with an on-site spot at Yankee Stadium, where he interviewed players from both teams and even set up a bet against a Yankees player and Phillies fan Kevin Eubanks involving Snuggies.
Well, "rock" is a relative term here. Dr. Phil McGraw, noted "expert" on every aspect of people's lives, will appear at a benefit concert with Christina Aguilera, Andrea Bocelli, Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans, and Martina McBride (see? Not a rock star in the bunch) to raise money for after-school programs. The concert, nerdily dubbed 
I'm transitioning from an IT career to one of a full-time freelance writer. Because of this, I'm spending more time at home during the day. And, despite my better judgement, I leave the TV on in the background while I work. I've been getting in the habit of putting on Dr. Phil at 3:00, and, while I think Phil's a blowhard who often states the obvious, I do like seeing him yell at the idiots that come on his show.
Maybe I'm just lazy or I lack initiative, but if I were going to commit a crime,
I don't think it would be bigamy. Trying to juggle that many secret lives just takes way too much effort, you know? I'm
just saying.
Maybe Dr. Phil has finally fallen
out of favor with Americans. Or, maybe I'm reading way too much into an annual poll listing the Top 10 Favorite
Television Personalities. Since 1993, Harris Poll has conducted a research project listing Americans' favorite
celebrities. Dr. Phil, Regis Philbin, Ray Romano, and Bill Cosby all fell off the list this year.
Dr. Phil is giving advice to people who
are trying to find a mate on the internet. He's signed on to dish out pearls of wisdom to potential couples on
Match.com. Subscribers who pay $13/month for premium service will have access to McGraw's tips. Of course, they won't
be in written form. Dr. Phil's written words just don't deliver without his incredulous looks and his Texas accent. His
tips to daters will be in the form of 50 video clips, covering topics from communication, first impressions, and
meaningful conversations. One of Dr. Phil's tidbits: "If you want to be a winner in love, you want to be a winner
in relationships, then do what it takes." People have to pay $13/month for that crap?
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