C’mon. That’s an insult to computers everywhere. No need to stoop that low.
That’s because most of them have never seen a black man before, much less have one yell at them. I’ve seen several of versions of this “show”, which is solved by “makeovers” on the Jenny Jones show, and a black man screaming at them on both Maury and Sally.
What I find the strangest is that the parents are always completely blameless, though where did their little 'ho daughter’s clothes come from?
There’s an inherent hypocrisy in giving the show a little like “My Teen Daughter Dresses Too Sexy,” “sexy” in my book being a somewhat positive term, although questionable for young teens. It should really be “I’m a Bad Parent and My Daughter Dresses Very Tastelessly”.
The other thing that bugs me is that after obvious coaching, they get the little kid to say things along the lines of “I like smoking, drinking, and I want to be a hooker when I grow up” to the camera. I’m sure the first step in helping a troubled teen is putting them on national TV saying something that will embarass them for the rest of their lives should they ever turn from their sexy ways. Because Maury cares.
Then they come out, make their mothers cry, and they have the black man yell at them. If they’re truly lucky, an HIV positive ex-hooker comes out and leads them on a tour through Times Square - the NEW Times Square - and they’re filmed in front of the one remaining porn palace that hasn’t been shut down while she yells at them. But the hooker-lady is backup, usually. It’s a little sad to think the producers think that to “scare the kids straight” the thing they think is the most frightening to the children is not dying of AIDS but a black man.
Davis- You seem to be assuming that parents have the most influence on their children. Nothing could be further from the truth.
When I was your age, I thought the same thing, too. The truth is actually a little closer to 180 degrees from the thought that you typed. There is nothing that I can say to change your mind now, but you will understand in about a decade.
Back to the OP…
Spider:
(bolding mine)
Dwarf klan members??? WTF??? :eek: If that’s true, then that is the most masochist group that I’ve ever heard of. Those guys are just lookin’ to get their asses kicked.
I have got to get some of what those producers are smoking…
Myndephuquer- Actually, the recent psychological studies done in this area have all shown that my above statement is more true than we ever suspected. People are much more likely to change themselves for their peers than they are for their parents. Seems obvious to me.
I’ll agree with you concerning changing mannerisms, clothing styles, patterns of speech, etc. If the study is alluding to these things, then I absolutely agree with you about changing those things for your peers vs. your parents. And I agree with you as your post applies to the OP.
Your original statement implied that parents don’t have influence over their children, and your emphasis was that saying that they do couldn’t be further from the truth. This is to what I was referring. As I said, I felt the exact same way when I was your age (I am being a bit presumptive – I am basing what I think your age is on the contents of some of your previous posts).
I am not arguing with you about this. We have very different perspectives on this. Experience (combined w/ college :)) is a good teacher. I just found it humourous (in a good way) that you are echoing my former thoughts, and how I now see that those thoughts weren’t exactly correct.
(btw, if something ever seems tooo obvious, often, that’s a good time to question the fuck out of it. you’ll gain something whether it’s right or wrong. 'probably doesn’t apply here, but it’s something that I like to keep in mind :))
Re: whether or not Springer is staged, I know for a fact it’s faker than plastic doggie poop.
I have a trusted friend (who shall remain nameless, for reasons stated below) who worked as a production assistant for the Jerry Springer Show in for a few seasons.
She said that the show was pretty standard talk-show fare (Lesbian Bikers on Prozac, Satanist Teens, etc) in the first couple seasons, but when Geraldo, Jenny Jones etc. started getting racier, of course their show followed suit, staging confrontations that were guaranteed to go downhill, doing light basic prepping of guests, that sort of thing.
According after the first few fistfights, the producers saw dollar signs, decided to throw reality to the wind, and started occasionally scripting entire shows around catfights and chair-throwing. Eventually, nearly every episode was as carefully staged as a…well, as a Jerry Springer episode.
Apparently, everyone involved in the show is under a non-disclosure agreement in perpetuity (I don’t know if that’s legal or not, but that’s what she tells me), from the “actors”, all the way down to the caterers.
When I asked her why she was there so long (4 years or so), she says to me, “Hey, when I worked on Geraldo, I feared for my life sometimes, with the guests they had. With the Springer Show, at least I knew I was safe backstage.”
She’d probably rip me a new one if she knew I was posting this, but she’s now a stay-at-home mom who doesn’t have time to surf the net (I hope), so I feel pretty safe.
SHIT!!!
I wasted my 100th post on a freaking Jerry Springer thread!!
Goddammit!
:mad: :mad:
Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
I was a stay at home mom for about 8 months, daytime tv was the pits and I didn’t have a VCR. I was channel surfing and passed by I believe it was SJR, doing “former nuns who have undergone a sex change”.
has to have a small mailing list, dontcha think? 
neutron star – you know, while visiting my younger sister, I was forced to watch his show with her and I was appalled. Isn’t that basically sanctioned child abuse for the titillation of the viewing public? My sister was rapt with attention and I’m like, wait a minute; where are these 9 year olds getting the sexy clothes, the smokes, the booze? Is their mother ever home or what? And where the fuck is their dad?
And really, like Maury is going to have some big, jack booted thug treat them like shit for a day and they are going to magically go through some transformation and realize that their mom really does have their best interests at heart?
I’m calling the entire thing total bullshit and my sister is going on and on about how he is “saving” these kids. And she was serious!
Don’t even get me started on Jerry’s show. She watches that too and thinks it’s real. Come on! How stupid are you? Honey, I want to tell you a secret, on national TV, on a show that’s known far and wide for being nasty… would you think this was going to be a good secret?! And his “final word”… OH MY GODDESS! Who does he think he’s kidding? These people have just verbally and physically beat the living shit out of each other and he’s talking about being civil and getting along “just for the kids” involved. BWHA HA HA!
He must just laugh himself into a cerebral hemorrhage all the way to the fucking bank! I know I would!
I think the thing that just kills me the most is people think this shit is for real. It’s more choreographed than wrestling!
You mean England imports this shit? Why? In the U.S. it’s a kind of fringe TV, like everything on daytime. How on earth could a country like England get so hard up for material as to import Jerry Springer? And for God’s sake why does anybody watch it?
If you are appearing as a guest on the Jerry Springer show, and you don’t know WHY you are a guest, you are about to find out a horrible secret involving you, sex, animals, your lover, your family members, and horrible, horrible hairstyles. Run, do not walk to the nearest exit. You don’t need to know.
My favorite Springer exchange (between a man and his wife, who had just revealed that she was hooking up with his sister):
Wife: Honey, we had too much to drink, and one thing just led to another. You know how it is.
Husband: I hope the two of you don’t drink when there’s no animals around.
Guy looked like a trapped animal.
APB, are you serious? There is so much more TV made in the US than in the UK, they import tons of stuff from us, and Australia, too. While in England about a year ago, I discovered that on basic TV (which is like 4 channels), Springer comes on on one channel at, say, 3 (I forget exactly, but in the middle of the day) and then again on ANOTHER channel at 4. Enough to make one ill.
Snort…
Sorry, but I immediately thought of the infamous Charlie Daniels song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” which has the line:
The Devil picked up his case
and said “I’ll start this show”
And fire flew from his fingetrips
As he rosined up his bow
God, I love that song. I am ever so pissed that “Coyote Ugly” is using it in the movie trailer. As Roger Ebert said: “This is the kind of bar you would fight to get out of.”
That’s because Roger Ebert has never been laid.
“Honey, I brought you here to tell you, I’m secretly gainfully employed as an insurance salesman and have an attractive stock portfolio. I give generously to children’s charaties and volunteer time to the local Humane Society. I love to cook and clean, and I make my own clothes…and iron them too! I drink moderately and never raise my voice if I happen to lose my temper. Can you ever forgive me for not being a black, gay, dwarf, biker, pedophile Klan member with my own internet prostitution ring?”
“How could you!?!?!” ::Flings chair::
voguevixen – Now THAT I’d pay to see!