RIP Jerry Springer

[brian64]

I'm pleased to be able to honestly say I never watched the show...not even a minute of it.

But then there are many, many, shows I could say that of...many of the most popular ones.

RIP

 

[autumnfog]

My memory of the show is basically people screaming at each other.

 

[condorlover1]

There is a reason after all these years I have never been invited to become a 'Moderator' on this forum. If they made me one the forum would descend into the pipe world equivalent of the Jerry Springer Show. Topics like 'Should I buy this new corn cob pipe for my wife who is also my sister?' might start to appear!

 

[Briar Lee]

He holds a large degree of blame for the rise of the “reality” TV cultural hellscape of the last 30 years. His show created an atmosphere where idiocy, anti-intellectualism and a general lack of decency were celebrated. I’m sure he is quite warm where he is now.

My father’s Bible he got in 1927 is almost literally worn out from use. When he married my mother in 1947, the Humansville Christian Church elevated him to the Superintendent of Elders and when he died in 1971 at age 52 he had a perfect 50 year attendance pin.

Before Jerry Springer was Garner Ted Armstrong.

Garner Ted Armstrong - Wikipedia

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And before him was Billy Sunday.

Billy Sunday - Wikipedia

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The enemies of decency and and of the true old time conservative Christian religion which teaches we must all account one day to the Master for every word, thought and deed we do have always been with us.

The darker angels have never had a better disciple than Jerry Springer.

 

[Buffalo]

Heard this yesterday and immediately was reminded of those days I was either sick from school, or in later years, had a day off from work. It was a toss up between the Price is Right or The Jerry Springer Show. It was an automatic JSS win if there were midgets on that day.

 

[mso489]

Jerry Spring was a man of intelligence who had the weakness of needing the approval of a crowd. Here's his own self-evaluation as quoted in an obit in The New York Times, in his own words:

"Ive been lucky enough to enjoy a comfortable measure of success in my various careers, but let's be honest, I've been virtually everything you can't respect: a lawyer, a mayor, a major-market news anchor and a talk show host. Pray for me. If I get to heaven, we're all going."

I can't admire his talk show, but I can admire his clear-eyed honesty about himself when our public forums have no sense of shame.

 

[mso489]

I always assumed that the brawls on the show were play-acting, like professional wrestling. You had some full-size guys mixing it up with Jerry standing in the middle of it, and no one was down, or bruised, and bleeding. Worse fights between waitresses happen in bars all the time.

Not dissing waitresses -- some of them can deck most men.

And I'm glad that was true. None of it was worth injury. An no doubt, personal injury lawyers were waiting in the wings, and the participants knew that. But the audience thought they were watching a riot.

People see the show they want to see. It is an age of delusion.