Your S.O. says they want to tell you something important, but wants to do it on the Jerry Springer show. Do you agree to do it?

Hell to the no. Anyone with half a brain that has ever seen one of those shows should not accept an invitation to be on it. Nothing good can come of it.

hail no what are you

Act indignant and scream, “Who told you we were going on Jerry Springer? They said you wouldn’t suspect!”

I agree, but if people didn’t watch it it wouldn’t be put on the air by the tv-producers. There’s a lot of people who doesn’t have any dignity.

@oratio don’t don’t don’t

@Clair Right :)

Everybody wants their fifteen minutes of fame.

I wouldn’t do it even if it gave me a chance at a million
bucks. I love watching Survivor
but I would never think of applying. I value my privacy too much.

And Jerry Springer? Absolutely not. I have zero desire to participate in the trailer trash olympics.

Trailer trash olympics…hehehe

Wait. That would mean that a story on there was real for once!

@troubleinharlem has it right, IMO. It wouldn’t come up. We wouldn’t be asked to go on Springer, because we’re not professional actors in the show’s employ… ;-)

My SO would never ask this of me.

I’m so lucky!

If I had an SO who said that to me, the next words from my mouth would be, “No. And we’re through as of right this second.”

these people who want to go on there to reveal secrets or something are usually telling that they cheated or that they may not be the father or something like Maury, obviously dignity doesn’t matter to them. If my SO said that to me, I would go on there, but we don’t keep secrets so i know I am safe :-)

Ummm have ya seen the show? No I wouldn’t waste any time going on national television to be embarassed. I’d get right to the kicking his ass, then kicking him out. Cuz whether he told me why or not, I’d assume he was either cheating with another woman, was gay, or planning on marrying his cousin. It doesn’t take a genius to figure that out.

No, I’d just start kicking his ass right away.

I’d probably leave them for even suggesting such a stupid thing.

Sure, but I’d have to lose some weight first. Oh hold on, maybe that’s the problem??

Kidding of course….not in a million years!

What I don’t get is how can you have “the Jerry Springer conversation” and then get on the waiting list for four months.

Unless we were going on to be the “control group” just to prove not everyone is like that.

Jerry Springer himself called that show a circus and said he is the ringmaster for lots of money. He also said he is continually surprised that people don’t recognize the actors. I think it was Larry King. So is your SO being mean? Maybe run. Or are you just starting a discussion?

Put on an outfit that’s four sizes too small, chase him around some chairs, and then try and kick his ass in the living room. Cry until your mascara runs down your face. Remind him that you didn’t kick him out of the trailer when he hit on your mom, and that you always pick up his favorite six-pack and smokes when you go to the convenient store. Same result, less embarrassment . . .

I lurve you @filmfann and this question and the way it was asked. You made me smile and have made my day. Thanks.

To the point: What the fuck goes throught the (tiny) minds of those people, eh???!!! I guess, like a contestant on big brother, they seek their 15 Warhols.

Great Questions! It’s hysterical!

HELL no.

I would have packed all my stuff and left the country just as they got to “Springer”.

Folks, seriously… Springer is the pro wresting of talk shows. IT’S FAKE. Springer himself admits it’s fake (as @faye noted). No one is getting their 15 minutes of fame on it. There’s no point in wondering why people would choose to go on there, because real people don’t choose to go on there. They’re actors…

Absolutely no f*cking way.

Your S.O. says they want to tell you something important, but wants to do it on the Jerry Springer show. Do you agree to do it?

Might want to rephrase that into: Your S.O. or a producer from the Jerry Springer show contacts you and ask if you want to make a quick buck. Do you agree to do it?

He consistently claims that he doesn’t pay his guests, but I don’t believe that for a second. They do pay travel expenses and I bet they are very generous about it (which is probably a lot of money to the type of people that are his guest).

Can’t believe that show is still around :s

Nothing makes me switch channels quicker than “reality” rubbish :-) that is to say the type of programme that rely on humiliating and embarrassing people for viewing figures. Yep, that also means I run in the opposite direction of stuff like “Strictly Come Dancing” and “The X Factor” and, god help us, “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here”. <shudder> just horrible, fake, awful <shudders some more>. That having been said, lots of people love these shows. So, different strokes for different folks and IDIC and all that.

Would I go on the Jerry Springer show, er NO!! Hubby agrees with me on the whole reality tv thing so I know he’d never even suggest it (not even for a laugh). In the UK we have Trisha and the Jeremy Kyle show doing the Springer thing <shudder> It scares me that there are so many people in the world who are so lacking in shame or any form of dignity. The world has gone to hell in the past what? 40 years. It’s saddens me, really it does.

@bunnygrl No, it’s just the same old ‘snake oil’ only now they call it “reality shows’.

Hell no! I’d just go ahead and go on down to the lawyer’s office.

Immediately, my mind would flash on the possibilities. One of my kids not mine? She has become a lesbian? She is into beastiality? She has AIDS? Ebola? Cancer? No, that’s too tame. Her brothers are coming to live with us? My gay ex-girlfriend has recently revealed that she has a full grown child of mine? The thing is, with that show being involved, anything is possible.
I would never go on ANY television show, and THAT show is the worst!
Lurve to everyone for contributing.

Uh… NO. Some people do get their 15 minutes. My little brother ended up going to a Halloween party dressed as the redneck ninja who got his start on Springer. You can watch all his appearances on youtube under “kung fu hillbilly.”

Some people they go down to the trailer park and lure in with promises of fame and a 6 pack. But the modus operandi for many talk shows is to bring people on for one thing and then tell them they’re really there for another. For Springer, think “Grandma’s a Hooker” and going on to take care of that problem so it doesn’t mess up her Social Security or something and finding out from your partner that you’re on a show called “I Have Every VD Ever Discovered.”

If I was contacted, I’d laugh in their faces and hire a private detective to figure out what was going on. Then, when I had that information, I would take the ass kicking and further steps. So I knew whether to throw all his clothes in the street where they’re retrievable or into the swamp with the alligators and venomous snakes in a suitcase with bricks in it. And whether to kick his ass so that he has to make a trip to the ER or kick his ass so that he has to go to physical therapy for the next year.

@YARNLADY you’re right <hugs> if it wasn’t for watching dvds I think most days our tv wouldn’t be switched on. Maybe thats not exactly fair, there are some great programmes among the dross that passes for entertainment these days lol. Like right now I’m sitting here watching Lie to Me, and there is Bones, House, a new series of QI started this week. Stargate Universe has been great so far. Good tv still exists its just a bit harder to find these days is all. hugs xx

Just for curiosity, what is QI?

Lurve for House, Bones and Lie to Me. Have you ever tried NCIS?

I don’t usually watch the glut of crime procedurals after I realized that David Caruso was in severe need of emergency surgery to detach both his hands from his hips. Ha.

But NCIS has a real good sense of humor about itself and some of the quirkiest, unique and interesting characters.

And Mark Harmon ain’t too difficult to look at either, yummo !

@buttonstc QI is a wonderful little quiz show chaired by the amazing Mr Stephen Fry, it has a page here: http://www.qi.com/tv/ and the “quite interesting” main page is here: http://www.qi.com/ and there is even a petition asking to have it shown in the US too, and in the meantime there are lots of clips available on youtube.

It does sound like an odd premise for a show, and I have to admit that, having been a huge fan of the wonderful Misters Fry and Laurie since the Alfresco days, thats why I originally tuned in but we’re at series 7 now and I swear it gets better each year :-) definitely worth a look, and nice to meet you <hugs>

Haven’t seen NCIS, I must keep a look out for it. I do love David Caruso but I know what you mean about the hands on hips and taking the sunglasses off, and putting them on lol He’s still a cutie though :-)
hugs xx

Yeah, he is cute I’ll grant you. But his attitude sucks.

There was a question a little while ago asking which
celebrity is genuinely nice in real life.

He sure wouldn’t make my list, not even scraping bottom.

David Caruso? really? that really disappoints me in an odd way. I mean I probubly won’t ever meet him but it makes me sad. I haven’t been lucky enough to meet Hugh Laurie but have met darling Mr Fry a few times at book signings. He’s just the sweetest, kindest most genuine person, if I wasn’t smitten beforehand I would have been after meeting him, but more than that, standing in a queue watching how he is with people, he’s just lovely.

@bunnygrl I love Hugh Laurie. He’s my old guy crush.

@avvooooooo Lol. My brother looks just like him. He’s got Hugh Laurie as his avatar picture, and people think it’s him.

@oratio 1) Is he single? 2) How old is he? :D

@avvooooooo 32. No, he lives in Italy with his ragazza più bella del mondo.

@oratio :D Worth a shot!

@avvooooooo old guy crush? oh dear. he’s only 5 years older than me :-) I feel very old now lol hugs xx

@bunnygrl Yeah, he’s twice my age. So that qualifies for me!

@avvooooooo thats fair enough lol. He definitely qualifies as eye candy, his eyes are amazing. I’ve always had a thing for blue eyes, hubby’s eyes are the most startlingly clear blue, quite heart stopping they are and I’m waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too old to feel like that, lucky that I’m married to him lol hugs xx

Nope; I would NEVER go on the Jerry Springer Show .

I have too much pride to wash my dirty laundry on his program ; although I will admit that i enjoy watching it .