Don't laugh. He was just a newsman, like, you know, any other one you wouldn't think much about. He was just Jerry Springer, ex-Mayor of Cincinnati, now nightly news host. The guy that tells you who got shot in Over-The-Rhine last night or that the Public Enemy concert brought out record security.
Isn't is amazing that for 30 years there were only two flavors of Gatorade?
I mean, they had flavoring. They had Gatorade. But it didn't occur to them that you could put the two together and have a third or 56th flavor of Gatorade until a decade ago. Isn't that amazing? KitKat Bars have been around for fifty years, white chocolate - centuries. Just occurred to them a year ago. And for 25 years nobody thought to make a second Phil Donahue type show. And then when they finally did, EVERYBODY did, tIn the flip of a lightswitch Donahue's format became low-hanging fruit. There were 50 of them. Rolanda, Geraldo, Montel, Carney (the best one ever), Jalissa, Suprecia, Connie Chung's husband, the little girl from that one sitcom, that fat, but cute, girl, and the news anchor from Cincinnati? Huh?
What? Jerry Springer's even doing this? Well this is now getting out of hand. And if you remember that awful awful fertile time (I increasingly resent nineties pop, more on that later, love Clinton but the movies that came out under his administration just sucked, a little less time on the economy Bill, Action's getting cancelled on your watch, later topic...) all these shows took themselves seriously. Jerry ran his show out of a sound stage in Cincinnati and he had a very serious show on very serious topics which the newsman took very seriously and then gave his final thought (which he used to do on the news in Cincinnati too, complete with the same catchphrase)
And at some point, Jerry, and Jerry only realized that this was bullshit and smartly turned his little Cincinnati shit show into a unique multibillion dollar bonanza farce. So super smart. Where's Rolanda and Carney now? So I love the hell out of Jerry because I watched him from Cincinnati smartly turn his his business around and create an entertainment known the world over. Jerry stupid newscaster ex-Mayor Springer is watched all over the world. How do you like that? I love it. And for any of you who question if that's a good thing. 9/11 was about aircraft carriers off the Saudi coast, not hatred of our freedom. That's the message for the dumbasses.
One last thing: COM 145 - Opportunities In Mass Media. Now, in 2006 Jerry is "JE-RRY!JE-RRY!JE-RRY!JE-RRY!JE-RRY!JE-RRY!" but in 1992 he was as overstated above. Before Jerry became an embarrassment for most of Cincinnati, back when he was doing his serious show, we were given lecture after lecture in COM 145 about how we should model ourselves on Jerry Springer, how he's taking control of the medium, how he's creating opportuniites by looking at all Mass Communications has to offer... very funny in restrospect as I turn him on at 2am and see lots of blurred tits.
By the way, if you want to listen to the real Jerry, he's on every morning on Air America radio. It's the super smart Jerry I know (and the one Bob Vogel was talking about in Com), and he puts together a hell of a good thought about what's wrong with America.
Last thing: Do you know why he lost his job as Mayor? Passed a bad check to a prostitute. Haha. Apple doesn't fall far.
2 comments:
I totally agree with you about Jerry Springer. I grew up in Cincinnati too. I am saddened that he flushed his respectability down the drain. He was one of the few liberal voices in Cincinnati. But at least he made a bundle of $$ - he knew the deal he was making.
Glad to hear he is on Air America - not that i listen.
It's great to have rich Liberals. He constantly asks "Why would you give ME a tax cut?" When asked how rich he is by Sean Hannity, Jerry's answer was "very." Love it.
Go Reds
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