For the first time in several moons I've turned on the midday teevee and am watching an episode of Springer.... and look how low they've sunk... They have to ENCOURAGE fights with fake boxing encouragement and fat guys without shirts. They bring pigs on stage for no reason. That freaky guy with no legs is on stage for some reason. And the trailer trash guy keeps talking about how his trailer's got no power or water but he can still make squirrel dumplin's for the toothless girl sleeping with him, his son and some 18 year old guy without a shirt. It was always a joke of a show and a trash exhibition but DAMN this is sad...
Trash talk shows used to corner the market on this kind of thing. Now they have to keep up with the rest of the "reality" TV out there. Frankly, you can keep it all.
Steve's show is good when he goes off to a prison to interview someone. Otherwise, it's just him yelling at someone for an hour, ultimately accomplishing little. It unintentionally just creates a stage for people's tragedies - rather than feeling warm and fuzzy that someone is busy trying to get these shitheads behind bars, I just feel bad for the victims. Now, Springer, on the other hand... It's my guilty pleasure. It is just pure, brainless shit, and I think we all need that on occasion - our brains don't like to be going full-bore all the time. The stuff going on in the background - stilts guy, legless guy, etc., etc. just adds fuel to the fire of absurdity. It's just the white trash 15-minutes-of-fame vehicle. These are the people who would never make it in front of the judges on American Idol to sing the Beverly Hillbillies theme. At the very least, there are no delusions of grandeur about it.
At least Jerry knows how to make fun of himself and laugh all the way to the bank. Do you want truly horrible? Watch Maury Povich! I was on his damn show, and even I think it scrapes the bottom of the proverbial barrel. And where Jerry appears to be having a good time, I got to see Maury behind the scenes and he's a miserable prick. No one liked him at all, and he was rude and nasty to people. His staff were better to work with them him.
I stayed home today because it's snowing. Today's Springer is "Trannies and Carnies". They just had a black guy on who couldn't decide which of his two tranny girl/boyfriends he should live with.
Nothing like Jerry Springer to make a person feel better than average. No way in Hell would I even contemplate doing any of those shows, they all reek of fail.
I agree..Jerry Springer is trash. He actually encourages the fights with those stupid boxing wannabe guys. I've read somewhere that he actually pays the people that come on the stage and fight some money..like $100. As for Steve, I love his new show. Yes he does get up there and yell and swear at all those people on stage but some of them deserve it IMO. What I don't like however is that he judges people before he gives them a lie detector test. Maury's show stinks too, but I watch it anyway for all the damn drama. He SAYS he doesn't know anything about the tests about who the baby's father is, but I'll bet that he sneaks a peak at it BEFORE he even comes out on stage.
Today's Maury had a bunch of drag queens on. You had to guess which ones were real women and which ones were the drag queens.
Time to watch The Crying Game. Hey, I put The Crying Game on for my father-in-law and brother-in-law. They were going on and on about how good looking the girl was. Later on in the movie, they weren't too happy...
Maury is only watchable when revealing if the guy is the father of the baby. I'm always rooting for the guy and I love it when they aren't the father and they start jumping up and down like maniacs while the women break down and cry because after testing 18 men they still don't know who the daddy is. I cheer right with the guys too....
Humiliation entertainment. Nothing new yet something that pleases a good chunk of humanity. We'll be stuck with the genre for a long, long time. Yay people!
If my woman ever says to me, "honey, there's something really important I need to tell you, but I can only tell you on national TV," I'm ou the door right then and there.
Oh I don't know. He's had his moments... For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvY2Cq_frlw (that poor man)
OMG! That's freaking hilarious! The expression on the guy's face when that "girl" tells him she was born male was priceless. Thanks for the vid! That made me laugh!
