Oprah: Dr. Phil, Marriage Counselor - SNL

Dr. Phil (Will Ferrell) joins Oprah (Maya Rudolph) and attempts to fix a couple's (Tom Green, Ana Gasteyer) marital problems with confusing folksy sayings. [Season 26, 2000]

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[ajon]

“When you’re hungry for a corn dog, a midget with a butcher knife doesn’t dance does he?”
-Dr Phil

[thestrongprevail]

"You're capable of saving complete strangers, but there's a fire right over here!"
That literally does sound like something Dr. Phil would say.

[natethegr]

Dr phil: got anything else to say?
Husband: "says half a sentence"
Dr phil: you just love to talk don't ya?
😂😂

[akholiwenywebeni]

I love Oprah’s interjections, and the crowd instantly agreeing with whatever she says.

[khyabeck]

Husband : *breathes
Dr.Phil: You just don’t get it, do you?

[Femaiden]

when tom green's character is the most sane and normal person in the room. . .

[GeeTrieste]

Ferrell does this soo smoothly without overacting it.
The characterization is perfect.

[lindsayalisonstevens]

I love how Will’s metaphors got more and more ridiculous 😂😂😂

But seriously, it always seemed like the real Dr. Phil was on the cusp of offering a solution - and then they’d cut to commercial 🤣🤣🤣

[trevorphillips]

There's no point putting a donkey on a speedboat if you're not going to teach it how to play tennis

[xavierann]

This skit is a parody...but pissed me off like it was real

[plumlogan]

Kind of brilliant having Tom Green playing the stable character

[soloa]

She was ready to accept the ticket to the Bahamas until Dr. Phil says "you just don't get it, do you?"

[chriscich]

Men: *Exists*
Dr. Phil: "You just don't get it, do you?"

I always wondered why he was so popular with women.

[whitleycargill]

How to gaslight a man and plant seeds of doubt into a vulnerable relationship in under 7 minutes.

[wallywam]

"I'm willing to accept responsibility for whatever it is that I'm doing wrong."

Marriage summed up perfectly.

[phinny]

I saw this sketch once, literally decades ago, and it has resonated with me all through my adult life. "You just don't get it, do you?"

[tiagosilva]

This stoped being funny when it started getting real af 😂

[thecombara]

"You don't wanna hide a mars bar in your sleeping bag when there's a bear outside the tent, " 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[c.g.]

You just don't get it. There are two sides to every pancake

[beckyleonardis]

He was 2 hours late to dinner. He didn't even call! I'm a firefighter! I was fighting a fire! I fell through a shaft! I laughed so hard!