Why do the hideously ugly, snaggle-toothed, grossly over weight women on the Jerry Springer Show remove their shirts preparatory to duking it out? Hell, they sometimes take it all off, and that is something they should never be allowed to do. Anywhere, anytime, for any reason whatsoever. Why do they all seem to have emaciated lovers/husbands/boyfriends or whatever they are? If the current administration wants to fight terror, the Jerry Springer Show is the place to start.
Ah, we call these people white trash
[QUOTE=Lando Griffin]
Tank it off!QUOTE]
Somehow, that works in this context. :smack:
Except some of them are black. Then you can just call them ghetto.
As to the OP, I don’t watch such shows but I’ve seen enough commercials and parodies to know what type of person appears as a guest on them. They’re gross, both inside and out. I’ve never understood why these people don’t remain hidden away in their trailers during daylight, let alone go on a nationally syndicated TV show!
Ha!
If you’ve worked any sort of service job in any small-to-middlin’ town in America, you’ve met Those People.
They send their kids through the grocery line with $1 food stamps buying candy, then they collect the change to buy smokes and a 6-pack.
They will call the cable company to complain that their pro wrestling pay per view went out…because there’s a storm and they lost power.
The Impromptu Striptease Show of Power isn’t saved only for Jerry Springer…they will show up on Friday Night at the local shitheel watering hole and dance around in dirty, flesh-colored undergarments to Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl. Often, their children will show up to get them when they’re piss drunk and trying to fight someone. The children will most often resemble them in cleanliness and fashion sense, except skankier (girls) and/or more promotive of NASCAR (guys).
Once in a sad while, you will meet one of Those People whose ignorance of anything resembling self-respect, responsibility or often soap will actually do more than damage their reputation.
They will actively endanger someone else with their slack-jawed incomprehension of just about anything you can think of. I think of the girl who leaves her child locked in her car while she parties at the bar. Or the classy gent who needs both hands to count how many abortions he has talked his girlfriends into. *
That’s just a special class of Ig’nant, when they fail to grasp certain tenents like “wear a condom, jackass” or “kids can die in cars in summertime, you fucking freak” - or as Jerry’s guests might be advised, “screwing your 14 year old cousin’s husband isn’t traditionally done, Grandma”."
I suppose removing your clothes on syndicated television, all the while humming Brown Eyed Girl to yourself, seems like a natural response to your husband making out with your gay brother in front of you and your 350 pound stepmother.
*Examples used are actual cases derived from my various careers in various small towns across the Northeast
I come from one of those small-to-middlin’ American towns where these types are, unfortunately all-too-common. (What do you expect for a city that once held the record for most bars per square mile)
I will never forget when, at the tender age of 14 I was watching the Springer show with by then girlfriend (yes, we were truly THAT bored). A couple of segments in and these words came out of her mouth…
“MOM, come quick, cousin Kristin*'s on TV, with cousin Meg*!!!” :eek:
[sub]*names changed because I can’t be expected to remember them[/sub]
That relationship didn’t go too far, those cousins were more indicitive of her family as a whole than she was, unfortunately but…damn…you can imagine the shock.
Most of those women can’t afford too many decent outfits, if any. And, since they’ll be on television, they probably wore the best they had. So, I don’t think they’d want to ruin their best outfits in a brawl. Hence, the removal of their vestments. 
That said, people should know that at least some of the people who appear on the show are actually playing a role - i.e. they’re “acting”. I once saw a formerly well-known wrestler (70s era) playing a grandfather accusing his son (played by his actual son - also a wrestler) of molesting his grandchild. Fictional names and fictional stories.
Anyhoo…
I occasionally happen upon the program while channel surfing—it’s sort of like driving by a particularly gruesome automobile accident. There is a sick sort of fascination in viewing such things. I sometimes jokingly describe myself as having descended from a long line of white trash, but I ain’t never done none of them thangs ya’ll see on that trainwreck of a TV show.
Ah - I kinda suspected this might be the case. The participants may not be educated, but they’re savvy enough to know what sells on TV…
The sister’s name is Cletus?
That said, its an interesting show, sometimes, but I can’t wait for him to give it up in preparation to run for Govenor or the Senate.
Springer for President in 2012 (assuming Dems take it this year and keep it).
I like the Jerry Springer Show; it cracks me up. It’s both hilarious and scary at the same time. Are those people acting? Are they for real? Are they insane?
Who cares? They entertain me, baby, and that’s the main thing!
The Springer show doesn’t exactly hire paid actors. People come up with outrageous shit on their own to get on TeeVee. Springer’s people don’t put any effort into checking on their guest’s stories. Easiest job in the world: Springer fact checker.
Several years back in the heyday of day time talk shows a Candian comedy troupe appeared on a number of shows within a two or three month span. Each time they played different roles and had totally different stories.
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I have wondered for a long time why the poorer people tend to pair up that way. There’s the 300 pound woman and her 130 pound boyfriend - how’s that happen? Now, I’m aware that healthy food is expensive, but why do only the women get fat?
Excalibre-“I have wondered for a long time why the poorer people tend to pair up that way. There’s the 300 pound woman and her 130 pound boyfriend - how’s that happen?”
A 300 pound woman is as undesirable to most men as a 130 pound man is to most women. Therefore, these types tend to get stuck with one another.
Water seeks its own level.
90% of the women in the local women’s shelter are overweight. Each week at the local food bank, almost every woman going through the line for free food is obese. The ones who aren’t obese typically look like emaciated meth addicts.
Just to add to this, the low cost of living means they can not afford healthy food. They will eat whatever they can which is usually not vegetables or fruit. I would also speculate that since they can not eat that much, they do not have enough fuel to exercise. Perhaps it is BS, and correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to make sense.
If a friend or relative ever calls me and says “Will you come on the Springer show with me, I have a surprise for you?” My answer will be a resounding NO!
Women of the Jerry Springer Show sounds like the WORST calendar idea ever.
Or perhaps the worst selling issue of Playboy ever.
Nah. What’s more likely is that folks with low income will turn to fast food – it’s cheap, easy to get, and high in calories, so you don’t need to spend a lot to get you through the day.
Of course, as this guy shows, it also makes you swell up like a balloon and gives you a truckload of health problems…
The superabundance of processed food explains the obese ones. The skinniness is probably due to methamphetamine use, especially if the person is missing a few teeth.
Either way, it’s indicative of a country where people are consumers rather than citizens, but that’s just my two cents.