yeah it's pretty trashy show, but obviously there are plenty of people in the u.s. that enjoy it or it'd be off the air. it's just an entertainment show, most of that is staged. the people that watch it probably just want to feel better about their life, and have a good laugh at others more f'ed up than them
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Does this crap actually get shown on american TV?!?!
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I've only seen a couple of springer shows but I enjoyed em... it's nice to put on the tele and just feel awed by how varied the human race can be. I don't look down upon the people/actors whatever you wanna call em or the people who regularly watch the show... and I sure don't feel bad that it's shown on tv. I have more important things to think about :]
I thought it was wickedly entertaining. My grandfather and I used to watch it all the time. There's no need to feel guilty about the people involved... it's probably fake anyway.
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I thought that was freaking hilarious!!!!
If people are willing to do that to themselves for money, why shouldn't I laugh at their stupidity.
If people are willing to do that to themselves for money, why shouldn't I laugh at their stupidity.
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i_got_a_mohawk said:
from another forum, but, thats clearly just exploitation to try and get more viewers.
Does stuff like this actually get shown
Seeing as how Springer was on tv in the Netherlands several years ago when I was there, I'd say it's most likely also shown in Scotland
I haven't seen Jerry in more than 5 years though. Is he still on tv in the states?
Most people don't remember but there used to be a time when Jerry was a legit talk show host like a Phil Donahue. From time to time I think they still show some of those old reruns. They're odd to see now without a lesbian midget hooker looking for a paternity test to see which crack addicted white trash alien with a phd is the father of her baby 
Nino Valenti said:
Never said I didnt laugh my ass off watching it, just pretty amazing that it sells...
Wierd Al Yankovic's "Jerry Springer" (to the tune of Bare Naked Ladies 'One Week')
It's been one week since we got to see
Cheatin' lovers and cousins that marry
Five days since they had the show
With the hermaphrodite, the slut, and the crack ho
Three days since we heard the tale
About the guy who learned his woman was a she-male
Yesterday it occurred to me
That I've been watchin' a bit too much Jerry Springer
Holy cow, d'you see it last week?
Well, they had this one freak
Who sucker-punched his whole family
Do you recall when the brawl
Became a total free-for-all
And Jerry's in the middle tryin' to be the referee
Hey, see the stripper with the implants
She likes to lap dance
And date the boyfriend of her mother
Now here come's Jerry's next guest
And it's a slugfest
'Cause it's her trailer trash brother
Nymphomaniac is back on crack
It's like "When Animals Attack"
They all exhibit reprehensible behavior
Hit 'em in the nose, tear off their clothes
Step on their toes, that's how it goes
They get so violent they have to sign a waiver
They're always swearin', cursin', kickin' butt, and pointin' blame
On the air? They don't care, they've got no shame
There was one guy who I'm sure felt a little strange
When he found out that his wife had a sex change
They have a tendency to scream and yell constantly
They have a history of ripping off their shirts
It's been one week since they had the fight
With the Siamese twins and the transvestite
Five days since that awful brawl
They still haven't got the blood off the wall
It's been three days since the bitter fued
Between the KKK and that gay Jewish black dude
Yesterday, finally dawned on me
I'm spendin' way too much time on that Jerry Springer
[Guy Guest :] Baby, I've been sleepin' with your sister
[Gal Guest :] Oh? Well, which one?
[Guy Guest :] All of them
[Gal Guest :] Oh! Well, I've been sleepin' with your best friend Jake!
[Guy Guest :] Yah? Well, well me too!
[Gal Guest :] Oh!
[Guy Guest :] And I've sleepin' with your dog Woofie!
(barking)
[Gal Guest :] Woofie, you b-tch!
[Gal Guest :] Well, I'm also sleepin' with your pet goat!
(baaahhing)
[Guy Guest :] That goat doesn't love you!
Once you start watchin', there's just no stoppin'
Your brain shuts down, then your IQ's droppin'
Jerry's the king of confrontation
He's a sensation
He puts the 'sin' in syndication
It's totally worthless, like a bad check
It's like a train wreck
Don't wanna stare but you can't look away
Like Sally Jesse he does talk shows
But with more weirdos
The ratings jumpin' higher everyday
If you've seen the show, well then you know
It's just as low as you can go
The guests are tacky and they're lacking in their hygiene
And pretty soon some ugly goon
Comes in the room and then it's BOOM
In the face of some unsuspecting drag queen
Well it's the kind of show where people scream obscenities
Yankin' hair, throwin' chairs at their hubbies
"Jerry! Jerry!" Now the crowd starts their favorite chant
Should I turn off my TV? I just can't
I have a tendency to watch it religiously
I have a history of taping each one
It's been one week since the show about
Psycho killers with problems they should work out
Five days since the big surprise
When some loser's wife said she's shtill dating twenty guys
Three days wince he interviewed
A bunch of psychic porn star midgets who were all nude
Yesterday, it occurred to me
That I've been watchin' a bit too much Jerry Springer
Tired of wastin' my time on that Jerry Springer
I've got way too much class to watch Jerry Springer
Come over here and pull on my finger
It's been one week since we got to see
Cheatin' lovers and cousins that marry
Five days since they had the show
With the hermaphrodite, the slut, and the crack ho
Three days since we heard the tale
About the guy who learned his woman was a she-male
Yesterday it occurred to me
That I've been watchin' a bit too much Jerry Springer
Holy cow, d'you see it last week?
Well, they had this one freak
Who sucker-punched his whole family
Do you recall when the brawl
Became a total free-for-all
And Jerry's in the middle tryin' to be the referee
Hey, see the stripper with the implants
She likes to lap dance
And date the boyfriend of her mother
Now here come's Jerry's next guest
And it's a slugfest
'Cause it's her trailer trash brother
Nymphomaniac is back on crack
It's like "When Animals Attack"
They all exhibit reprehensible behavior
Hit 'em in the nose, tear off their clothes
Step on their toes, that's how it goes
They get so violent they have to sign a waiver
They're always swearin', cursin', kickin' butt, and pointin' blame
On the air? They don't care, they've got no shame
There was one guy who I'm sure felt a little strange
When he found out that his wife had a sex change
They have a tendency to scream and yell constantly
They have a history of ripping off their shirts
It's been one week since they had the fight
With the Siamese twins and the transvestite
Five days since that awful brawl
They still haven't got the blood off the wall
It's been three days since the bitter fued
Between the KKK and that gay Jewish black dude
Yesterday, finally dawned on me
I'm spendin' way too much time on that Jerry Springer
[Guy Guest :] Baby, I've been sleepin' with your sister
[Gal Guest :] Oh? Well, which one?
[Guy Guest :] All of them
[Gal Guest :] Oh! Well, I've been sleepin' with your best friend Jake!
[Guy Guest :] Yah? Well, well me too!
[Gal Guest :] Oh!
[Guy Guest :] And I've sleepin' with your dog Woofie!
(barking)
[Gal Guest :] Woofie, you b-tch!
[Gal Guest :] Well, I'm also sleepin' with your pet goat!
(baaahhing)
[Guy Guest :] That goat doesn't love you!
Once you start watchin', there's just no stoppin'
Your brain shuts down, then your IQ's droppin'
Jerry's the king of confrontation
He's a sensation
He puts the 'sin' in syndication
It's totally worthless, like a bad check
It's like a train wreck
Don't wanna stare but you can't look away
Like Sally Jesse he does talk shows
But with more weirdos
The ratings jumpin' higher everyday
If you've seen the show, well then you know
It's just as low as you can go
The guests are tacky and they're lacking in their hygiene
And pretty soon some ugly goon
Comes in the room and then it's BOOM
In the face of some unsuspecting drag queen
Well it's the kind of show where people scream obscenities
Yankin' hair, throwin' chairs at their hubbies
"Jerry! Jerry!" Now the crowd starts their favorite chant
Should I turn off my TV? I just can't
I have a tendency to watch it religiously
I have a history of taping each one
It's been one week since the show about
Psycho killers with problems they should work out
Five days since the big surprise
When some loser's wife said she's shtill dating twenty guys
Three days wince he interviewed
A bunch of psychic porn star midgets who were all nude
Yesterday, it occurred to me
That I've been watchin' a bit too much Jerry Springer
Tired of wastin' my time on that Jerry Springer
I've got way too much class to watch Jerry Springer
Come over here and pull on my finger
It's not like this is all they show on American TV; we also have plenty of sitcoms with astonishingly poor acting.
And dramas with astonishingly poor acting.
And reality shows with astonishingly poor acting.
And political commentary with astonishigly poor acting.
There's some kind of pattern here, if I could just figure it out.
And reality shows with astonishingly poor acting.
And political commentary with astonishigly poor acting.
There's some kind of pattern here, if I could just figure it out.
It was on for a while, it comes back now and then, but it never seems to lastPhil Mailloux said:Seeing as how Springer was on tv in the Netherlands several years ago when I was there, I'd say it's most likely also shown in Scotland
I haven't seen Jerry in more than 5 years though. Is he still on tv in the states?
i_got_a_mohawk said:
from another forum, but, thats clearly just exploitation to try and get more viewers.
Does stuff like this actually get shown
Yes, it does, damaging the reputations of God-fearing, Laws-Of-Nature-abiding trailer dwellers everywhere.
I SWEAR we don't all sleep with our uncles! REALLY!
The very worst one, IMO, was a Christmas show they did one year. (My husband loves Springer, so I was a captive audience as I prepared the holiday meal.)
They had this goober, his girlfriend, and his girlfriend's girlfriend. Complete trash, all three of them. They were seated before a holiday feast. And then the two ugly girls had a food fight over the ugly man's affections. Big, blobby, white-trash breasts smeared with sweet potatoes and festooned with tangles of pulled-out hair. Now, *that's* Christmas.
Not.
Cherie
i_got_a_mohawk said:It was on for a while, it comes back now and then, but it never seems to last
Did you ever see the UK Springer show? It was atrocious, and nothing like the US version, which is at least occasionally amusing for all the wrong reasons. He was in basically to stick it to Trisha Goddard who had jumped to Channel 5, and his show was worse than her old show... just talking to bottom-of-the-barrel chav scum about paternity tests and relationship problems.... no fights, no lesbian dwarves, no transexuals, no KKK members (not that we have that here)... rubbish.
labgnat said:
That's what my husband likes about Springer...If you feel bad about your lot in life, you can *always* find a Springer guest who is really, really messed up.
Cherie
McHack said:Cherie, you best stop that... you're getting some of us all wound up!
Now, now...the holidays will be here before you know it, Bubba!
LOL!
Cherie...Trailer Trash Bassist
