kelsey ballerini. for 14 seasons our first guest has been trying to help us but i think we're unhelpable. he's host of the most popular talk show in syndicated television, "dr. phil" is on every weekday. please say hello to dr. phil! [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you so much. i tell you what jimmy. a squirrel in a tophat is like a donkey in a dress. you can take it to the prom but lipstick you gonna get kicked. go on take a seat. if it walks like a turkey and talks like a turkey you can put sunglasses on it. put on it a horn frog and call ate unicorn, that don't mean you're going to get a bingo. am i right? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: what are you doing? what is this? what are you doing? >> oh, don't make a pig out of a peanut, jimmy. >> jimmy: seriously. what are you doing here? what are you doing here? >> what do you mean? >> jimmy: i mean, what are you doing? what is this outfit? why are you dressed like this? where's dr. phil? it's supposed to be dr. phil. >> but you said that -- that i could be on the show today when we were in therapy. >> jimmy: listen, i know "the martian" is coming out f

dr. kelsey -- part because of dr. kelsey, we have the kefauver amendment. we have a branch of the f.d.a. dedicated to testing and investigating new drugs. who became head of it? dr. kelsey. over a 45-year career, she helped to rewrite our drug and medical testing regulations. she strengthened patient protections. she cracked down on medical conflicts of interest. her rigorous standards were not only instrumental in improving drug safety, they also set the standard -- drug safety in the united states, they also set the world standard for drug safety. the united states is known all over the world as having the gold standard to protect the public by rigorous testing and rigorous examination, to protect the public against drugs that can do damage. everybody thought thalidomide was harmless except dr. kelsey. because she had the authority at the f.d.a. to do it right and was able to expand that authority working with congress, uncounted lives, innumerable lives, we don't know how many lives were saved and how many more people have been protected against harmful