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32. The strange thing is...

Thu Apr 27, 2023, 04:08 PM

Apr 2023

…several years after the three-ring circus show went off the air, Springer decided to cash in on the Judge Show craze and launched the Judge Jerry Show. It was probably the best of the judge shows. No yelling. No crazy shit. He behaved like an actual judge should, even though he was always on the other side of the bench when he practiced law. I mean, come on: you watched Judge Judy because you knew she was going to turn into Gunnery Sergeant Hartman at least once during the episode. Springer never did that.

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Jerry Springer, politician-turned-TV ringmaster, dies at 79 [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 2023 OP

Seems sort of fitting snowybirdie Apr 2023 #1

Huh? MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #4

He was a crazy person on tv snowybirdie Apr 2023 #6

He acted as a crazy person on tv, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #9

Springers show was trash. Mosby Apr 2023 #16

And yet his daytime show was one of the top rated shows at the time. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #19

Rush Limbaugh has the moat successful radio show in US history. Mosby Apr 2023 #21

Yeah, it was, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #22

Touche' Cha Apr 2023 #34

Have you ever heard of Charles Coughlin? Emile Apr 2023 #35

0 correlation to Tucker Carlson ... Springer was a progressive before he JCMach1 Apr 2023 #31

He inflicted decades of harm on trans & other marginalized people, so no. He was not a solid liberal NullTuples Apr 2023 #10

No, he didn't, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #14

He used people for money and rating. Mosby Apr 2023 #18

Again, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #20

That doesn't absolve him of using them to harm entire populations for his profit NullTuples Apr 2023 #23

Well, I've already stated my opinion, take it or leave it, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #24

Your opinion doesn't match objective reality NullTuples Apr 2023 #25

People who are in desperate situations will often allow themselves to be exploited . . . markpkessinger Apr 2023 #30

And yet... MissMillie Apr 2023 #15

You can't find Air America anymore, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #17

Well, that "solid liberal" . . . markpkessinger Apr 2023 #27

I already stated my opinion numerous times, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #28

I used to say that my family could keep Jerry Springer in shows for year. ananda Apr 2023 #2

That funny, I know the feeling. 😂 walkingman Apr 2023 #29

Been there, done that too. Captain Stern Apr 2023 #43

I feel like smashing a folding chair over somebody's head in remembrance. NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 #3

LOL SouthernDem4ever Apr 2023 #11

Cincinnati mayor gatomedianoche Apr 2023 #5

He had a pretty good show on Air America. nt MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #7

Jerry Springer was mayor of Cincinnati after the check incident. No Vested Interest Apr 2023 #37

Rest in peace Farmer-Rick Apr 2023 #8

Thanks Jerry for you contribution to our Idiocracy. SouthernDem4ever Apr 2023 #12

I was there for most of it. maxsolomon Apr 2023 #13

His "Baggage" show on GSN is a guilty pleasure. ificandream Apr 2023 #26

The strange thing is... jmowreader Apr 2023 #32

... Behind the Aegis Apr 2023 #33

Heard that exact statement on the radio this afternoon BumRushDaShow Apr 2023 #36

His legacy: LudwigPastorius Apr 2023 #38

Springer was a lifelong Democrat who got his start as an aide for RFK. SouthBayDem Apr 2023 #39

Thanks so much for his history! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2023 #41

It was crazy,funny stupid fun Bengus81 Apr 2023 #40

Yep. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #42