Jun 30 2009
JERRY SPRINGER: ‘MY SHOW IS AWFUL’
JERRY SPRINGER is baffled his U.S. TV show has stayed on air so long – because it is “awful”.
The 65 year old has hosted The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991 – but he’s mystified as to why viewers are so hooked.
He says, “We’ve been doing this show for 19 years now and I’m really sorry for that. No one had any idea that it would last all these years.”
And Springer can’t help but cringe when he watches back his very first episode: “That was pretty pathetic but it’s not as if it’s got any better, it’s still awful.”
Read article here.
[From me]
We’ve all known this for years. I wonder what took Jerry so long to realize it.
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I remember hearing Springer say essentially the same thing last year during an interview after he hosted the Miss Universe Pageant. He knows his show is trash. But, people continue to pay him a lot of money to do it.
It is no mystery as to why people watch. It is the same reason they watch a lot of the other trash. It is much easier to justify one’s lack of morals and class if you can find others who behave worse than oneself and say, “At least I’m not that bad.” We don’t have to improve ourselves if we lower our standard.
Bill,
Excellent point. It is like watching a car wreck!
“…..took Jerry so long to realize it”?
Silly boy.
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