Jerry Springer has reportedly passed at the age of 79 due to cancer. He was the hottest thing on tv for quite some time!
His legacy will endure forever, with every train wreck show that they can come up with. But the man sure did deliver the laughs.
Been thinking about that since I heard some DJ this morning mention she thought Jerry was the one who totally revamped daytime talk - but weren't Maury and Connie before him?
They tried to be proper news/talk show people…Jerry took it to another level and was only there for shock value, kinda like Stern in his early days.
Years back in Chicago, all the main hotels were overbooked when we got there. We ended up at a HoJo where all the show people stayed. Honestly thought they were paid actors before that, didn't think people were that F'd up in real life.
"Revamped" probably meant "took things down to the gutter." I think everyone else followed him down there. Everyone probably had a personal line they wouldn't cross before he said "no lines here."