Apparently, Dr. Phil had run a segment that day where the discussion had turned to oral sex. In this discussion, the following comment was run uncensored and unedited (quote sourced from ricoslim):
"My husband never considers it to be oral sex unless he jacks off at the end into my mouth."
Jimmy Kimmel pointed out that if Howard Stern said a similar line, he would be fined $1 million. Howard agreed, of course. As Jimmy Kimmel said, Dr. Philthy indeed.
The section of the show is described in this section of Dr. Phil's site. The quote is not there of course, but you can easily imagine it being said. The site has tapes and transcripts available for sale, but the ones for the show in question are not up yet.
Why is it that Dr. Phil can get away with this, in a taped show no less? It is one thing for it to occur live on the air, but surely it could have been censored.
Now I am against censorship. I have no problem with what was said. I only have a problem with the hypocracy of a conservative Texan being able to have this on his show, while a loud mouth New Yorker would not dare to do so.
If you would like to report this to the FCC, you may do so at http://www.fcc.gov. The exact page is at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/obscene.html. Let them know that you won't stand for them applying their rules to some but not others.
In a somewhat related story, at least Dr. Phil is getting sued for his failed diet plan. While I think you are a moron if you think a few pills will make you lose weight and that you shouldn't trust that smarmy asshole in the first place, I can't wait to see him squirm in court (assuming it gets that far).
And again in a somewhat related story in the other direction, Jimmy Kimmel Live has been renewed until January 2007.
I think that his show is underrated. I certainly like him better than Leno, and at least in Arizona, he is on after the opening part of Letterman and before Conan comes on. The video and audio editing bits are fantastic, especially "This Week in Unnecessary Censorship". You can see a video of some of the best clips here.
While I have considered that this Dr. Phil incident was only a result of a well-placed beep being added in, I really doubt it. First, what word could appear in place of "jacks off" that would make that suitable for daytime TV? Second, they would have saved it for "This Week in Unnecessary Censorship", which airs on Fridays. I would love to get a clip from Dr. Phil itself, but that doesn't look like it will happen.
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posted by Jonathan @ 8:57 PM
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
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