Dr. Phil and Oprah Vampire

Oprah Winfrey welcomes Dr. Phil to her show and announces that the struggling economy is the theme of both her magazine and today's episode. Her survival advice, each tip echoed by an ever-agreeable Dr. Phil, is pitched squarely at the super-rich: halve the staff if you barely use your many homes, buy a mountain as a tax write-off, and order your research lab to make you immortal. When a mousy woman in the audience meekly suggests that clipping coupons or carpooling might work better, and then admits she doesn't think Oprah's advice is good, the stunned host goes silent. Oprah then mutates into a wild-haired, blood-smeared creature that pounces on fleeing audience members, scuttles across the ceiling and sprays green vomit through the studio, while Dr. Phil cowers and elbows a guest out of his hiding place. In the end Dr. Phil embraces his monstrous mentor and the two vanish together, followed by a chipper credit for the show's guest hotel.

This episode aired on September 21, 2002, five days after Dr. Phil's own daytime talk show premiered.