Talk:Joyce Brothers

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More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: Why does Simpson's episode "1209 - Homr" question Brother's credentials? Does anyone know? Homer says "Dr. Joyce Brothers may be well known, but her psychological credentials are highly suspect." then Lisa says it's true. I'd be interested to know why this statement is made. If Dr. Brothers has a Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia, that sounds like some decent credentials to me. Curtishinson 02:31, 25 December 2006 (UTC) Curtis (edit)

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[edit] Gay Icon Project

In my effort to merge the now-deleted list from the article Gay icon to the Gay icons category, I have added this page to the category. I engaged in this effort as a "human script", adding everyone from the list to the category, bypassing the fact-checking stage. That is what I am relying on you to do. Please check the article Gay icon and make a judgment as to whether this person or group fits the category. By distributing this task from the regular editors of one article to the regular editors of several articles, I believe that the task of fact-checking this information can be expedited. Thank you very much. Philwelch 20:09, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Now I'm a sraight guy and don't profess to have a comprehensive knowledge of who is or what makes a gay icon. However, I have a very hard time believing that Joyce Brothers would qualify. Realkyhick 19:19, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Wasn't she one of the first psychologists to suggest that homosexuality isn't an illness? Cranston Lamont 20:37, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Birthday?

This page states that Joyce Brothers was born on October 20, 1928. There seem to be several other sources which give different dates [1][2]. The Answers.com page gives both the 1927 and 1928 birth dates throughout the page. Also, the October 20 Wikipedia page doesn't list her birthday there, although the September 20 one does (under 1928). Could this please be verified? 124.191.65.50 11:19, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cheating

I deleted a sentence in the article that Brothers had "cheated" during her appearance on The $64,000 Question. This is untrue. Moreover, most of the stories surrounding her appearance on the show reflect what is summarized at answers.com:

Though Dr. Joyce Brothers was disliked by Charles Revson, whose Revlon cosmetics firm was the sponsor of The $64,000 Question, and was therefore given difficult questions about boxing, she managed to answer without help and won legitimately against her coached opponent.[3]

Please don't libel. 75.46.106.222 (talk) 17:35, 7 January 2008 (UTC)