One time when we were living in Chicago my wife and I went to a taping of the Jerry Springer show. It was about love triangles, and the “lesson” of the show was how when a man cheats, the woman has to think about why she was driving him away. We sat in the front row, and it was so cringeworthy that I just kept looking down at the floor. Every time you could see me on tv I was just looking down lol. It was fun when he got the crowd to start chanting “Waffle House *****” though.
Very Sad Day - Jerry Springer Passes Away at 79
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I used to feel bad about the people on it when it first came out, then after a few years I realized it was fake since no rational person could go on the show and seem surprised that something stupid happened.
^^This^^. The problem is, for a certain segment of the population, they didn't realize this and it normalized the stupid antics.
I'm not going to mourn his passing or look back fondly on what he started.
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This is so funny because it’s a full two minute scene. I feel like most movies would’ve had that as just a quick ten second laugh.
Springer's shows were not harmless.
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My 'final thought’ on ‘The Jerry Springer Show’: It was toxic trash.
The talk show with the fighting guests and the cheering studio audience wasn't harmless fun.
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That whole movie holds up really well. All of them do. I rewatched them in the last couple years. Still funny as hell.