I miss the days of Jerry Springer TV

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Rose65

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Those heady days of the Jerry Springer show, Trisha and Jeremy Kyle.
I used to settle down with snacks and thoroughly enjoy watching the slanging matches. The inevitable DNA test results, the lie detectors, the shouting - it was pure circus entertainment. Those early years were great - dirty laundry being thoroughly washed in public.
We don't have anything fun to watch now.
 

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PeppermintPatty said:
Ok so his show is probably the same ā€˜airing provocative, dirty laundry ā€˜
Thanks but no thanks
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I'm not sure... I've only seen one all the way through and that's because it was a local child beater who was on that time. It *seemed* a little more respectable, and I think Steve fights for the rights of kids/abused individuals, etc. but I'm not really sure what route his show has taken... I don't watch TV at all any longer.
 
Rose65 said:
Those heady days of the Jerry Springer show, Trisha and Jeremy Kyle.
I used to settle down with snacks and thoroughly enjoy watching the slanging matches. The inevitable DNA test results, the lie detectors, the shouting - it was pure circus entertainment. Those early years were great - dirty laundry being thoroughly washed in public.
We don't have anything fun to watch now.
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No I don't agree.. the vile and loathsome Kyle, deservedly lost his place on British TV, for inventing shit to destroy already mentally unbalanced people's lives , which ultimately culminated in one of his guests taking their own life..

trisha had mental health problems herself...

None of that was entertainment to me...

As for Jerry Springer.. well those ''who is the real father ' type of shows were just to whip the audience up into a frenzy by encouraging the mentally unbalanced to fight on stage.. ...same thing over and over...
 
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hollydolly said:
No I don't agree.. the vile and loathsome Kyle, deservedly lost his place on British TV, for inventing shit to destroy already mentally unbalanced people's lives , which ultimately culminated in one of his guests taking their own life..

trisha had metal health problems herself...

None of that was entertainment to me...

As for Jerry Springer.. well those ''who is the real father ' type of shows were just to whip the audience up into a frenzy by encouraging the mentally unbalanced to fight on stage.. ...same thing over and over...
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Yes there was of course a serious side to it all and I do accept that. I didn't like Jeremy Kyle but I did like Jerry Springer - who openly said he was but the circus master. People chose to go on these shows.
At the time it all pulled in the audiences because of the shock factor and different culture of that era. I just couldn't believe how badly people behaved. Eventually though the Springer show became a complete nasty nonsense with physical fighting and I stopped watching.
 
Rose65 said:
Yes there was of course a serious side to it all and I do accept that. I didn't like Jeremy Kyle but I did like Jerry Springer - who openly said he was but the circus master. People chose to go on these shows.
At the time it all pulled in the audiences because of the shock factor and different culture of that era. I just couldn't believe how badly people behaved. Eventually though the Springer show became a complete nasty nonsense with physical fighting and I stopped watching.
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you're missing the point. take it from me and my husband who have worked in TV production for well over 40 years... that the people who apply to be a guest on these shows are already mentally unbalanced, either because of their situation, or because of their level of intelligence. Production takes full advantage of that while pretending to be supportive..
 
I always refused to work on those shows.. my O/H worked on Kilroy ( Kilroy-Silk) show which he hated because of the way Kilroy demeaned audience members.. and the crew... and this wasn't even a circus like the others which were mentioned..
 
hollydolly said:
you're missing the point. take it from me and my husband who have worked in TV production for well over 40 years... that the people who apply to be a guest on these shows are already mentally unbalanced, either because of their situation, or because of their level of intelligence. Production takes full advantage of that while pretending to be supportive..
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It's TV, I believe it. Cynicism is the thing. Do they get paid much? I can only assume they must do.
 
hollydolly said:
I always refused to work on those shows.. my O/H worked on Kilroy ( Kilroy-Silk) show which he hated because of the way Kilroy demeaned audience members.. and the crew... and this wasn't even a circus like the others which were mentioned..
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Oh Kilroy seems so long ago that I can barely remember. Also Vanessa used to have a lively show - I tend to like her better these days.
 
Rose65 said:
Those heady days of the Jerry Springer show, Trisha and Jeremy Kyle.
I used to settle down with snacks and thoroughly enjoy watching the slanging matches. The inevitable DNA test results, the lie detectors, the shouting - it was pure circus entertainment. Those early years were great - dirty laundry being thoroughly washed in public.
We don't have anything fun to watch now.
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Yes, those were the days...Jenny Jones, Maury, Sally Jesse Raphael...so many to choose from. All competing for the favorite daytime show.
I was glad when Oprah and Ellen came along.
 
Rose65 said:
It's TV, I believe it. Cynicism is the thing. Do they get paid much? I can only assume they must do.
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No in the UK the guests did not get paid. They had their travel paid ( train) a hotel room paid for one or 2 nights, and their food needs met... other than that , nothing at all.

You have to remember that many of these people had never even stayed in a hotel much less paid for by someone else, so they were easily seduced by this type of conditioning
 
dobielvr said:
Yes, those were the days...Jenny Jones, Maury, Sally Jesse Raphael...so many to choose from. All competing for the favorite daytime show.
I was glad when Oprah and Ellen came along.
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Sally J made me laugh they way she peered through her huge specs, never looking at the guests when she asked a question, but always straight into the Camera reading the Autocue...
 
It was jaw dropping stuff, most people had no morals at all. Some were just pathetic and stupid. Yet sometimes it was heartbreaking to see the pain in some lives.
 
Paladin1950 said:
Jerry Springer passed away a few years back, but reruns of his old show are still on. Why? I don't know. I don't watch them.
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yes we have simialr shows here where the hosts have been dead for years... I don't like it...it seems odd to me .. A one off yes, as a way of remembering .. but to run a series especially shows where the now dead person was the host is weird to me..cheap TV...
 

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