Talk:Bumfights

message: bum fights 4 is "The Return Of Ruckus" not the return of roofus (roofus isnt even in part 4) and that Bumfights 5 is non existants (FAKE!)
There was recently an interview (on CBC Radio One) with the homeless man who was involved in the whole "Bum Fights" bit, and a series of others, that raised a whole lot of issues over the controversy over this video series. Should that not be a big part of this article considering how many people it's pissed off? Chewbacca1010 22:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
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message: The creator of Bum Fights appeared on the Dr. Phil Show today (
December 12, 2006) on an episode about media controversy. The creator of the show defended himself, saying that he was actually helping people. He even claimed to be providing a service and filling a need for people who crave violence and want to see violence against homeless people. He also admitted that while he paid the homeless people $20 or a bottle of alcohol for their appearances, he himself has made millions of dollars. After watching a video taped interview of the creator, Dr. Phil called him and his videos "despicable" and asked him to leave the stage immediately. When he refused to leave, security guards escorted him off of the set and Dr. Phil explained that he refused to have such a "despicable" person on his show. Dr. Phil's next guests included a woman whose homeless brother was murdered in a style similar to bum fights, and a homeless advocate who sited several cases where people what committed crimes against the homeless based on the bum fights videos.
Could someone please incorporate this into the article?
:Saw that on YouTube - I thought it was a cheap hypocrisy from the host. Apparently, the scumbag guest shaved his head and dressed in a suit to mock Dr Phd.--19:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, just about every TV or radio show with the host's name tacked on the title relies on his producers to cast the show for him. And, it is true that most of the time these hosts haven't the slightest clue who their guests are or know what are on the videos prior to airing. Besides Dr. Phil, shows like Howard Stern, Bill O'Reilly, Jerry Stringer and many others are produced this way. Howard Stern especially - time and time again he complains about his producers bringing on worthless guests, and he ends up having to kill air time that would otherwise have been spent on the guest he earlier kicked out of the studio. So unless someone can prove that Dr. Phil indeed viewed the video and read about Bumfights ahead of time, I believe that he was sincere. Groink 09:05, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I really trust Dr. Phil about as far as I can throw him (He's around 260lbs) so I think that says a lot. He does some things for charity but that's about all he's really done to help people. I highly doubt most of the people who go on his show are really helped. His pop psychology really doesn't help people as far as I know. I could go into an anti-dr.phil rant right now but that's off topic from this so I won't. What I will say is that we should get some sources on this talk page about the producer of Bumfights side of the story and figure out what really happened which we may include in the article.Wikidudeman 13:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

text:  The video of him being kicked off is still making the rounds years later, so seems to have some staying power! - There's a few references for it, so I have included it. It is notable for being a rare situation where Dr PHil kicked a host off an interview, even before the interview started. Deathlibrarian (talk) 13:06, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
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message: I'm not sure where it's supposed to go, but this link (near the end of the article) is broken. Elliotharmon 15:16, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Broken Link

message: Ty Beeson apparently got into an MMA fight and lost. Anyone wanna cite that on the article?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.225.120.199 (talk) 14:57, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
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