RIP Jerry Springer

[Lunabell]

You were definitely an original.

[kimbutgar]

1. I was sad to hear of his passing

His show was a guilty pleasure to me but after awhile i had to give it up because it was depressing seeing all those trashy people.

But Jerry was nice and never mean and that’s what I remember the most about him.

RIP Jerry!

[Shermann]

5. Seeing trashy people makes me feel better about my self

I just finished "Life and Death Row".

[Redleg]

7. LOL. There is something to that.

I sometimes feel the same, although just a little is enough.

[Redleg]

2. I remember the show he had before the show that made him big

It didn't have all the fireworks and bad behavior but it did have Jerry showing his sense of humanity and empathy and always ended with a thoughtful commentary by Jerry on the issue at hand. In his next show, shit got wild.

[debm55]

3. That's when I stopped watching. RIP Jerry.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. May he rest in peace

[Effete Snob]

6. I wonder what were his final thoughts

[UTUSN]

8. ...

The facile tag on him is what a cheap show he put on. I came in late to check out what people said after it had started, and once the initial minor shock subsided, what came across was how this man treated with humaneness and dignity the broad spectrum of guests that conventional society disdained and marginalized.

He was also an excellent Democrat. Yes, he had a peccadillo while he was an officeholder, that did not dim his inner light. If anything, he lived the insight, "Nothing human is alien to me."

On a street level, he had the common touch connection with people, and it is something that would have been fantastic if he had been our candidate for something. He spoke eloquently about his relatives from the Holocaust and about Democratic principles in general, shutting down wingnuts.

https://www.tmz.com/2023/04/27/jerry-springer-dead-dies/