| Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday September 16 2002 — C5 SHERMANS LAGOON £Mgrnrnwrwj Mtut If mpatmrm olpoymapb CHUN PROBABLY MAP HMSGS A f () CAM S T Psychologist Oprah protege Dr Phil McGraw flying solo trtAU&R-MPe- P fpmucANtm ®MP) rtNggli LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr Phil strides out onto a sleekly decorated set a rousing Shania Twain tune blasting from video monitors behind him and a cheering audience before him As the applause and strains of “Man! 1 Feel Like a Woman!” ebb it takes just moments for Phillip C McGraw psychologist author and Oprah Winfrey sidekick to strike “All right don’t suck up now It’s too late you’re in and the door is locked” he says tweaking the crowd at the taping of his new syndicated talk show It’s quintessential Dr Phil — a slice of straight talk hold the whipped cream and the whining — and the largely female audience best-selli- ng FASHIONS ACT loves CONTINUES it “He's wonderful” said Shannon Little 31 of Anaheim Hills Calif “I think he’s brilliant He doesn’t mess around He gets right to the point” After some four years of dispensing prickly advice on “The Oprah Winfrey Show" in regular guest appearances McGraw has his own duly program An impressive fonim BEETLE BAILEY one-ho- ur it is “Dr Phil” created by Winfrey’s Harpo Pro- ductions and produced by Paramount TV debuts Monday in virtually all television markets ((97 percent) an astounding start for syn- dicated fare Most stations will air the program in the afternoon a choice slot usually bestowed after shows prove themselves in lesser time periods What’s different hoe is Dr Phil’s lineage “You’re looking at the only (talk) show that’s ever gotten the Oprah seal of approval and is as close to a spinoff of Oprah as there’ll ever be” said Bill Carroll an analyst for media buying firm Katz Television in New York (Other Friends of Oprah tried to start their own talk shows — Gayle King in 1997 and Iyanla Vanzant in 2001 — but neither were Winfrey creations And both failed) “I think he has a very good chance of sue- -' cess but (hme are no guarantees” Carroll said McGraw was able to ensure contractually that he won’t compete against Winfrey a major Advantage the analyst noted However the competitive afternoon time slot may put “Dr Phil” up against (depending on the market) other established talk or courtroom shows or even a network soap opera Will viewers choose a regular dose of McGraw’s HAGAR THE HORRIBLE directness? PEANUTS “Dr Phil" also must jockey for attention with a pack of other new syndicated hopefuls including John Walsh Wayne Brady and Caroline Rhea Since stations are forking over substantial fees for McGraw’s show Carroll said there’s “huge pressure" for it to be a quick There’s also recognition that in 2006 if Win- - '' fiey ends tier run as expected there will be a golden opportunity for someone — Dr Phil? — to fill the void That doesn’t mean he must immediately produce Oprah-size- d top ratings But there should be evidence that McGraw is for instance beat- ing foe competition or drawing bigger numbers than whatever he replaced Carroll said On a recent afternoon at Paramount ' McGraw isn’t sweating the future He’s work- ing on a mother who yells at her young son a couple who yell at each other — and anybody who can learn from lives McGraw describes as AND NOW MORE BAD NEWS And after that really bad some news: MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM “chaotic” “It’s not OK” McGraw tells the single mom confronting her in a previously taped sequence “I’m not just barking at you We’re R0CK9 THE 6VM0 SQUIRREL FOXTROT KTERABoUMtC ' JUST USE A SPOON NEW YORK (AP) — Chelsea Clinton’s makeover from curiy-lockcollege student to sleek international fashionista was the most shocking style moment of the year according to People magazine’s annual Best & Worst Dressed issue jews Yd A NEtvPeNCtt In a team event you have two pairs playing simultaneously one sitting North-Sout- h Hexes yova Hew at the first table and the other at foe second table After the same deals have ' been played at both tables foe pain compare scores Suppose on board one you and your partner made three with an overtrick for plus 430 whereas ouf teammates held the contract to nine tricks for minus 400 Your net result is plus 30 You then look at the international match point (imp) scale and find that you have won East-We- st CALCULA no-tru- School supplies: Your kids "Didn't you hear? He was In some tort of horrible aeddem at the sausage factory" “Is there another layer to the onion? Sure” ez call and then go right back to sleep No question about it” he says in colorful Dr Philfpeak “But let’s say you wake up 10 mil- -' lion people and you keep a million of 'em If -you’ve saved a million kids from getting screamed at today that’s a good tiring’’ He plans to address the traditional issues such as marriage and parenthood that were part of his “Oprah” portfolio McGraw has cachet when it comes to family stability: There was a brief post-hig- h school marriage but he and second wife Robin have been wed 26 years and have two children Jay 23 who works on “Dr Phil” and Jordan 15 Also on the program’s agenda will be what McGraw calls his great passions including legal cases and the intersection of psychology aid physiology manifested in aging and other areas Through it all Winfrey remains his TV angel “I had the best teacher in the history of television in Oprah” McGraw said wake-u- p and Reese Witherspoon The wont dressed include Pamela Anderson Christina Aguilera Tara Reid and David Arquette Chelsea Clinton’s mother Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton also earned a mention — on the worst dressed list for dark wearing a blue ball gown with puffed sleeves full-leng- th at bridge By Phillip Aider CLOSE TO HOME box! School supplies: You ng he says in an interview “But you could spend a year figuring out why you do something and when you get through with that you’re gonna have to deal with how to change it In the meantime stop screaming at that little boy” With little patience for therapy’s “unclear” outcomes McGraw was drawn to work as a consultant in civil cases In 1989 he joined with a Wichita Falls Texas neighbor lawyer Gary Dobbs to found Courtroom Sciences Inc “In law 12 people go into a room shut the door hold an election and you’ve got a winner and a loser mid they write a number down to go with it” McGraw said (He worked for the defense McGraw said because “I think suing is kind of whiny But also practically defendants are usually the deep pockets and they're the ones who can afford my kind of services”) His firm's clients included Exxon in the Exxon-Valdoil spill trial and in 1996 Oprah libel in a case involving the Texas ' Winfrey beef industry and mad-co- w disease - The TV career that began on Winfrey’s show will enable him to reach millions of people each day said McGraw 52 whose tone is softer and manner more reserved than on the air He expects viewers to “go to school” on his guests and their flaws Those on the program may not always pin insight he said although they are offered follow-u- p counseling But viewers could — and it might even take “Now dime' will be some people who get a Gothic-inspire- ed Win REAL UFE ADVENTURES stage-managi- Also on the list of shocking fashion statements in the magazine's Sept 23 issue are Braid Pitt's scruffy beard and long hair Gwyneth Paltrow’s Oscar gown d Tom Cruise’s braces and Matt Lauer’s buzz cut Among the magazine’s choices for the best dressed celebrities are Halle Berry Kate Hudson Nicole Kidman shocks People YOU MAK- E- ed Names in the news Clinton’s makeover fm1N0MMI headed someplace with this” Part of the trip: On stage the woman is asked to watch a videotape in which she angrily shouts “Shut up!” at her son The image flashes around each of 10 monitors ringing the “Dr Phil" set like a dysfunctional daisy chain Faced with the physically imposing sharp-tonguMcGraw guests are defenseless (A he looks uncannily balding and husky like a bulked-u- p Jeffrey Tambor who played sidekick Hank “Hey now!” fyngsley on “The V Garry Shandling Show”): “Tell him it stops here And it stops now" McGraw commands the weeping mother and son and she complies This is tough TV medicine indeed But McGraw doesn't apologize for his blunt quick-h- it approach to counseling so removed " from the standard therapy he once offered in private practice i one imp The maximum you can win (or lose!) on one deal is 25 imps In foe 1961 European Championship though Switzerland effectively lost 35 imps How could that happen? 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