Author Topic: Maury Povich, you're a MEAN SOB... (Read 3305 times)

horseboy · « **Reply #1 on:** June 26, 2006, 10:43:22 am »

I have a good buddy that has a phobia just as strange. Pork and Beans. Weird, huh. I guess when he was really young he had a super-intense dream that he was drowning in a bath tub full of pork and beans. We do the same kind of thing that Maury was doing. He doesn't cry, though...

CCM · « **Reply #2 on:** June 26, 2006, 04:44:42 pm »

HA! That's one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time!! How can someone be terrified of pickles!?

mr.Curmudgeon · « **Reply #3 on:** June 26, 2006, 06:21:16 pm »

Funny? Yes. But I could only watch so much before it became absolute exploitation. It wouldn't have been so disgusting (in the end), if the show actually demonstrated any desire to understand the origin and nature of these phobias, instead of just thrusting these people into the limelight to be mocked like a freakshow.

As silly as they seem, to those of us without phobias, they are, in some cases, completely debilitating to the people suffering from them.

The object or catalyst for the phobia itself is really inconsequential, since it's usually a mundane object that imprints itself on the phobic. What's most important is understanding that these people need therapy to overcome these fears, a sort of reverse engineering of the phobic reaction. It's sad to see this treated as a sideshow, and it does nothing to help dispell the negative stereotypes associated with psychological disorders. Phobias are treatable with Cognitive-behavioral therapy; they take time, but they can almost always be minimized in some way.

(Note: I have psychologists in the family, I am not an expert myself.)

mrC

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #4 on:** June 26, 2006, 08:07:54 pm »

Isn't Maury Povich as real as Jerry Springer or the WWF?

rlemmon · « **Reply #5 on:** June 27, 2006, 05:17:03 am »

That is hilarious !

Did you guys see the one with the woman who is afraid of balloons ? I damn near spit my Pepsi on my monitor.

SirPeale · « **Reply #6 on:** June 27, 2006, 07:53:08 am »

Quote from: rlemmon on June 27, 2006, 05:17:03 am

That is hilarious ! Did you guys see the one with the woman who is afraid of balloons ?

No, no! Don't go that way, it's worse!

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #7 on:** June 27, 2006, 09:29:43 am »

Let there be a call to arms. Be at alarm and be forewarned, for there is an evil of an unbeknownst proportion before us. Let us not be deceived on the grounds of it

lharles · « **Reply #8 on:** June 27, 2006, 11:11:21 am »

Heh-heh...pickles.

Effayy · « **Reply #9 on:** June 27, 2006, 11:22:18 am »

I don't want a pickle.....

.... I just wanna ride my motor-cycle.

/obscure?

And I was one of the lucky few to watch that show when it actually aired... I must say, it was disheartening to see them paraded like a freakshow, but it was also like watching a train wreck.. I couldn't change the station...

- FA

DeLong20 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 27, 2006, 11:25:22 am »

Quote from: Hoagie_one on June 27, 2006, 09:29:43 am

Let there be a call to arms. Be at alarm and be forewarned, for there is an evil of an unbeknownst proportion before us. Let us not be deceived on the grounds of it

mr.Curmudgeon · « **Reply #11 on:** June 27, 2006, 11:57:48 am »

Quote from: Effayy on June 27, 2006, 11:22:18 am

I don't want a pickle.....

.... I just wanna ride my motor-cycle.

/obscure?

God, I hate that song. My friend can repeat it word for word, much to my dismay (and his delight *at* my dismay.)

mrC

RayB · « **Reply #12 on:** June 27, 2006, 12:43:37 pm »

Quote from: Dartful Dodger on June 26, 2006, 08:07:54 pm

Isn't Maury Povich as real as Jerry Springer or the WWF?

I don't watch it, but it happened to be on a few times when I got up in the morning... There ARE some "guests" which are so obviously [bad] actors.

AtomSmasher · « **Reply #13 on:** June 27, 2006, 01:45:55 pm »

Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on June 27, 2006, 11:57:48 am

Quote from: Effayy on June 27, 2006, 11:22:18 am
I don't want a pickle.....

.... I just wanna ride my motor-cycle.

/obscure?

God, I hate that song. My friend can repeat it word for word, much to my dismay (and his delight *at* my dismay.)

mrC

I think we can all agree that the movie based on his song Alice's Restaurant was one of the greatest movies of all time

alright, I admit, I only made it about 10 minutes into the movie before turning it off.

CCM · « **Reply #14 on:** June 27, 2006, 03:09:55 pm »

Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on June 26, 2006, 06:21:16 pm

Funny? Yes. But I could only watch so much before it became absolute exploitation. It wouldn't have been so disgusting (in the end), if the show actually demonstrated any desire to understand the origin and nature of these phobias, instead of just thrusting these people into the limelight to be mocked like a freakshow.

As silly as they seem, to those of us without phobias, they are, in some cases, completely debilitating to the people suffering from them.

The object or catalyst for the phobia itself is really inconsequential, since it's usually a mundane object that imprints itself on the phobic. What's most important is understanding that these people need therapy to overcome these fears, a sort of reverse engineering of the phobic reaction. It's sad to see this treated as a sideshow, and it does nothing to help dispell the negative stereotypes associated with psychological disorders. Phobias are treatable with Cognitive-behavioral therapy; they take time, but they can almost always be minimized in some way.

(Note: I have psychologists in the family, I am not an expert myself.)

mrC

eh, what can these people expect going on Maury, or Jerry Springer, or Dr. Phil, etc... Anyone that has serious problems/phobias shouldn't be looking to television shows for help. If you put yourself out there on one of these goofy shows, you get what you deserve.

Stingray · « **Reply #15 on:** June 27, 2006, 04:27:16 pm »

Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on June 27, 2006, 11:57:48 am

Quote from: Effayy on June 27, 2006, 11:22:18 am
I don't want a pickle.....

.... I just wanna ride my motor-cycle.

/obscure?

God, I hate that song. My friend can repeat it word for word, much to my dismay (and his delight *at* my dismay.)

mrC

* Stingray files this information away for future use.

-S

Hellfromabove · « **Reply #16 on:** June 27, 2006, 07:04:19 pm »

It was hilarious for a while but then he just kept presenting her with pickles. Seeing all he did I was expecting him to take her back to the stage and there would be hundreds of pickles surrounding her. Then he'd just make them cover her while laughing maniacly. Thanx.

-See Ya!!!

pointdablame · « **Reply #17 on:** June 27, 2006, 07:41:55 pm »

Quote from: rlemmon on June 27, 2006, 05:17:03 am

That is hilarious ! Did you guys see the one with the woman who is afraid of balloons ? I damn near spit my Pepsi on my monitor.

The balloon one is friggin hilarious. Maury is such an ass.

"oh don't go back there... that's even worse"

Be sure to watch all the clips on YouTube, there are 4 or 5, all pretty funny.

Nannuu · « **Reply #18 on:** June 27, 2006, 10:20:26 pm »

Quote from: DeLong20 on June 27, 2006, 11:25:22 am

Quote from: Hoagie_one on June 27, 2006, 09:29:43 am
......forces compiling against us in the form of the devil

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 28, 2006, 01:50:17 am »

OMG the balloon one is priceless for that one line

"oh dont go back there, thats worse..."

LMAO

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #20 on:** June 28, 2006, 01:19:59 pm »

Quote from: Sephroth57 on June 28, 2006, 01:50:17 am

OMG the balloon one is priceless for that one line

"oh dont go back there, thats worse..."

LMAO

Even after reading this and Peale's comments, I still laughed when I saw it happen.

romperwomb · « **Reply #21 on:** June 29, 2006, 09:41:26 pm »

I'm not afraid o'no pickles, but Connie Chung scares the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out of me:


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