I absolutely loved the episode of Dr. Phil where he invited a rather unsavory character on for an interview — the creator of a nasty little internet show called Bum Fights. It was a website that gave hobos money to fight each other for the camera, humiliating them for cash. The mustachio’d host rightfully pointed out this was “exploitation of vulnerable people”.
Dr. Phil shows a clip of Bum Fights, after which the creator walks on stage for his interview… wearing a grey suit identical to the host. Moustache. Hair on top of his skull shaven off.
Pretending he had the moral high ground, Phil, fearing a rather difficult episode, said he was “kicking the guy off the show” because “he did not want to give him an audience”.
Mr. Bumfights then told asked him why, “is it because I take advantage of vulnerable people? Because that’s exactly what you do!” He was on for less than a minute and completely destroyed the entire Dr. Phil show concept. Beautiful.