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What would bring you onto Dr. Phil?
Brad asks what would bring each of them onto Dr. Phil’s show. Ryan tells the story of disagreeing with his daughter about whether a box can be a cave. Curtis answers as a rebellious, troubled teen. Brad says his issue is people calling him by the wrong name. The conversation includes the voice callbacks below; it is not a competition.
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Ryan’s cave story
Ryan tells the story of his daughter treating a box as a cave. He says he told her that she could not pick up a cave, then kept wondering whether a cave could be picked up.
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- Respondent: Ryan
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): can you pick up a cave? Answer qualification: No, it's not. This isn't a creativity issue at this point. I'm saying like, can you pick up a cave? This is, I've been dealing with this question now, this philosophical question for a long time.
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Brad answers in his Dr. Phil voice
During Ryan’s cave story, Ryan asks Brad to answer in his Dr. Phil voice. Brad repeats the diagnosis that the problem is a lack of creativity. The feedback compares his voice with Tom Hanks, and Brad tries again.
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- Facilitator: Ryan
- Original extracted wording: Prompt: Do it in your Dr. Phil voice. Rules: Now, dial down the Tom Hanks in a movie.
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Brad’s response in character
Brad repeats the diagnosis that Ryan lacks creativity while trying his Dr. Phil voice. The feedback says the voice sounds more like Tom Hanks.
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- Participant: Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Action: It sounds like your issue is your lack of creativity. It sounds like your issue is that you do not. It sounds like you do not have any creativity. Adjudication: No, you dialed up Tom Hanks.
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Brad invites Curtis to answer
Brad asks Curtis why he would go on Dr. Phil.
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- Respondent: Curtis
- Facilitator: Brad
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Prompt: Curtis, why would you go on the Dr. Phil show?
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Curtis plays a troubled teen
Curtis answers as a rebellious, troubled teen and uses the “cash me outside” catchphrase.
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- Respondent: Curtis
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Well, I think my problem is that I'm a really rebellious, troubled teen, you know? And, uh, so I'm just, I have, uh, I have a fear that, uh, somebody's going to cash me outside. How about that?
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Curtis and Ryan invite Brad to answer
Curtis asks what would bring Brad onto Dr. Phil. Ryan follows with “Brad, what are your issues?”
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- Respondent: Bradley
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Prompt: Bradley, I want to know. What, what would you come on Dr. Phil for? Brad, what are your issues? Topic question speaker: Curtis Issues question speaker: Ryan
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Curtis’s “Tim McGraw” slip
Ryan asks Curtis to do his impression again. Curtis says “I’m Tim McGraw.” The others point out that the name is Phil McGraw; Curtis says the slip was not an intentional joke.
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- Respondent: Curtis
- Facilitator: Ryan
- Original extracted wording: Prompt: Oh, do it again.
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Curtis says “Tim McGraw”
Curtis says “I’m Tim McGraw.” The others correct the name to Phil McGraw, and Curtis says it was not an intentional joke.
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- Respondent: Curtis
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Action: I'm Tim McGraw. Adjudication: I don't hear it. Terrible. It's Phil McGraw. Answer qualification: I wish I was clever enough to make that joke on purpose, but that was.
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Brad objects to the wrong name
Brad says he gets angry when people call him by the wrong name. The exchange plays on Brad versus Bradley.
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- Respondent: Bradley
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): My anger about people calling me the wrong name. Answer qualification: When people call me the wrong name, when they refer to me as Brad and my name is Bradley, I just go absolutely crazy. And I see green because my name is not Brad. And people think it's funny to call me Bradley for absolutely no reason.
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Ryan follows up
Ryan asks how quickly Brad would react if the audience started calling him Brad.
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- Facilitator: Ryan
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Prompt: And so when everyone in the audience starts saying Brad, how quickly would you have people cash you outside? How about that?
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Brad’s answer
Brad answers: “Very quickly.”
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- Respondent: Bradley
- Preserved extraction wording (automatic transcript; may contain recognition errors): Very quickly.
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- Facilitator: Brad
- Original extracted wording: Prompt: If you were on the Dr. Phil, show and I was not actually Dr. Phil, the real Dr. Phil was there. What topic do you think you would go on the Dr. Phil show for?