MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS THE HOST OF TV'S NUMBER ONE RATED
DAYTIME TALK SHOW, WHICH KICKED OFF ITS 15TH SEASON TODAY.
PLEASE WELCOME, DR. PHIL!
( BAND PLAYING ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
♪ DOCTOR, GIVE ME THE NEWS ♪ ♪ I GOT A BAD CASE OF LOVIN'
YOU ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> ALL RIGHT!
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> MAN, WHAT AN AUDIENCE YOU HAVE HERE!
>> Stephen: AREN'T THEY WONDERFUL?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NOT EVERY GUEST GETS A STANDING
OVATION.
STANDING OVATION FOR DR. PHIL.
>> I MET THEM ON THE SIDEWALK AND GAVE THEM ALL A DOLLAR.
>> Stephen: THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT.
THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE 15 SEASONS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL YOUR SUCCESS.
YOU'RE KILLING IT, MAN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: OKAY.
15 YEARS OF DOING THIS.
AFTER ALL THAT TAME, DO YOU HAVE MORE OR LESS FAITH IN PEOPLE?
LIKE, HOW MESSED UP ARE WE AS A NATION, DR. PHIL?
>> WELL, I HAVE PLENTY TO DO, I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY.
>> Stephen: YOUR JOB IS SECURE?
>> I DON'T THINK I'M RUNNING OUT OF TOPICS.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS SO MUCH STRESS AND THINGS ARE SO
FAST-PACED.
THINK ABOUT IT -- I'M OLDER THAN YOU, OF COURSE --
>> Stephen: YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ) >> WHEN I GREW UP, THERE WERE
THREE TELEVISION CHANNELS AND YOU WATCHED GUN SMOKE WITH MATT
DILLON AND KITTY AND HE NEVER KISSED HER.
YOU WATCH THE LUCY SHOW, THEY SLEPT IN TWIN BEDS AND THEY WERE
IN SNOW SUITS WHEN THEY WENT TO BED.
THAT'S WHAT WE GREW UP WITH.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU SAYING THAT'S BETTER?
>> WELL, NO, BUT I'M SAYING NOW --
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW HOW BABIES ARE MADE, DR. PHIL?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IT'S AN UGLY BUSINESS, I UNDERSTAND, BUT
EVENTUALLY IT'S GOT TO HAPPEN.
>> APPARENT LAY, THEY THOUGHT AMERICA DIDN'T.
BUT BY THE TIME THEY'RE TEN AND TWELVE YEARS OLD, THERE'S 500
CHANNELS, PEOPLE GETTING THEIR HEADS BLOWN OFF, SEX, MURDER --
>> Stephen: AND THAT'S JUST "GAME OF THRONES."
>> RIGHT.
( APPLAUSE ) THEY'RE GETTING BOMBARDED.
KIDS ARE SO SOPHISTICATED BEFORE THEY'RE EMOTIONALLY MATURE TO
HANDLE IT, AND IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE PICTURING THE 1950s AND 1960s, BUT
KIDS USED TO CHANGE BOBBINS AT THE FACTORY.
THEY USED TO GROW UP REAL FAST.
THEY WERE WORKING ON A FARM AND GETTING THEIR ARM TORN OFF WITH
A THRESHER BEFORE THEY WERE SIX YEARS OLD, THAT'S ANOTHER PAST
THAT WAS SIMPLE.
>> BUT EVERYBODY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: AS LONG AS EVERYBODY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT,
IT'S FINE.
>> EXACTLY!
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU EITHER WANT TO
BE RIGHT OR HAPPY.
I ALWAYS WANT TO BE -- >> HAPPY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION I WANT TO ASK YOU IS WE DIDN'T KNOW
ABOUT THAT STUFF, PEOPLE GROW UP TOO FAST, AND YOU WANT TO BE
HAPPY.
SO IS IT BETTER TO KNOW OR NOT TO KNOW?
PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER.
( LAUGHTER ) >> WELL, I JUST HAD MY 40t
40th ANNIVERSARY.
I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 40 YEARS.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> SO MANY YEARS AGO, I GAVE UP
ON WANTING TO BE RIGHT, AND I DECIDED I WANTED TO BE HAPPY.
AND IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY, THEN YOU WILL STAY MARRIED FOR
40 YEARS, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A RIGHT FIGHTER.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
>> YOU'RE WILLING TO APOLOGIZE AND SAY I'M WRONG, IS WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING.
>> YES, IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE THAT PASTED ON YOUR MIRROR WHEN
YOU'RE SHAVING IN THE MORNING -- I'M SORRY, I WAS WRONG.
( LAUGHTER ) >> WHEN A WOMAN SAYS "WHAT," IT
ISN'T THAT SHE DIDN'T HEAR YOU, SHE'S GIVING YOU A CHANCE TO
CHANGE WHAT YOU SAID.
( LAUGHTER ) AND YOU DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT
TO BE RIGHT OR HAPPY.
CHANGE WHAT YOU SAID IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY.
>> Stephen: APOLOGIZING IS GREAT THING.
I HAPPEN TO BE RIGHT MOST TO HAVE THE TIME.
>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED?
>> Stephen: 23 YEARS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: AT THE END OF
EVERY SHOW, YOU GO OUT THERE, YOUR WIFE IS THERE, YOU GIVE HER
A KISS, YOU HOLD HANDS AND WALK OFF IN THE SUNSET.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: HOW HONEST IS SHE WITH YOU?
DOES SHE EVER LEAN OVER AND GO, THAT SUCKED.
( LAUGHTER ) MOST OF THE TIME I'M SURE IT'S
GREAT BUT I'M SURE SOMETIMES IT'S, LIKE, BOY, YOU SHANKED
THAT ONE, MAN.
>> SHE'S BRUTALLY HONEST.
SOMETIMES, IT'S, LIKE, LET'S GET THE (BLEEP) OUT OF HERE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU'RE ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE LAW OR WHAT?
>> BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB, IT WAS BORING OR SHE DIDN'T
LIKE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SHE IS BRUTALLY HONEST.
LOOK, I MOVED TO HOLLYWOOD FROM THE REAL WORLD, AND I SEE ALL
THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THESE STARS GOT ALL THESE
SYCOPHANTS AROUND THEM TELLING THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, OH,
YES, YES, YES, IT'S FULL OF SICKSYCOPHANTS AND YESMEN.
I CAN'T FIND A YES MAN.
EVERYONE ARGUES WITH ME ALL DAY.
MY STAFF ALL TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
I HAVE 300 BOSSES ON MY SHOW.
>> Stephen: DO YOU EVER LOOK AT YOUR SHOW AT THE END OF THE
DAY AND THINK, MAN, I SHARVEGD SHARVEGD -- SHANKED THAT ONE, I
WISH I COULD GO BACK AND GIVE THAT PERSON DIFFERENT ADVICE.
>> I'M USUALLY NOT SORRY FOR SOMETHING I SAID.
I'M USUALLY SORRY FOR SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT I
DIDN'T.
THE OTHER DAY I WAS TALKING TH THIS BELLIGERENT TEENAGER --
>> Stephen: IS THERE ANOTHER KIND?
( APPLAUSE ) >> SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT
SOMEBODY AND SHE SAID, OH, THEY'RE JUST RETARDED.
HER MOTHER SAID SOMETHING AND IT WENT ON.
I LET THAT GO BY WITHOUT SAYING, THAT IS DISRESPECTFUL, A
DEMEANING TERM, YOU SHOULD NOT SAY THAT.
( APPLAUSE ) AND I GOT DISTRACTED, AND I DID
NOT CALL HER OUT ON THAT.
WHEN I GOT THROUGH WITH THE SHOW, I WENT, OH, MAN, I SHOULD
NOT HAVE LET HER GET AWAY WITH THAT.
SO SOMETIMES I LOOK BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I DROPPED THE
BALL ON THAT, I SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING I DIDN'T SAY.
>> Stephen: UM, ALL RIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY HARD ON
YOURSELF.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: TELL YOU WHAT, WHY DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT ELSE
YOU'VE DONE WRONG.
WE'LL TAKE A COMMERCIAL AND WHEN WE COME BACK YOU CAN CONFESS
SOME OTHER SINS.
>> I'M GOING TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT.
>> STEPHEN: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE DR. PHIL.