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April 28, 2023 - Lionel Nation
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RIP Jerry Springer: He Famously Plumbed the TV Culture Sewer
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I, as many people, heard just before, whenever before is, that Jerry Springer had passed away.
Jerry Springer, the man responsible initially for plumbing the clogged And feculent, rancid, fetid, clogged, occluded, sore of American cultural, the bowels, the cloaca.
A man who heralded the elevation of cretinous individuals, just genetic.
The carbuncle of society.
A man who introduced, introduced, and entertaining to say the least, without a doubt, yes, it was entertaining, but a man, this is the following, this is from the New York Times, I believe, this is from 1982.
Jerry Springer, who is running for governor of Ohio, this is according to this, He's using a television advertisement in which he acknowledges that he once paid for the services of a prostitute.
This is from the New York Times.
In the commercial that was aired, the 38-year-old mayor of Cincinnati sits before the camera and says, nine years ago, I spent time with a woman I shouldn't have.
And I paid her with a check.
No crypto for Jerry.
I wish I had.
And I paid with a check.
I wish I hadn't done that.
And the truth is, I wish no one would ever know.
But in the rough world of politics, opponents are not about to let personal embarrassments lay to rest.
So what I like about Jerry is he said, yep, I got a hooker and I paid with a check.
Again, no digital is before this.
No, no, no cash.
No way.
All above board.
And I like that about Jerry.
And, you know, in a weird way, he was good because he taught us, don't run from it.
They know it.
They know it's true.
What are you going to do?
Run from it?
I had the opportunity once to get into a debate with him on a satellite radio show, and the man was cretinous when it came to his political beliefs.
I mean, just.
And it's not that he's left.
Left and right means nothing.
I prefer something that is well...
Reformed, at least.
There was a lot of good left and progressive and liberal theorists out there who make a lot of sense.
But Jerry is not one of them.
But what he did was, this was, he basically helped unravel American society.
And I say that to you, Jerry.
God bless you for that.
You began everything.
You told us just when we thought, society, we couldn't get any lower.
That we as a people could not again plumb the depths of this clogged septic tank of humanity.
You said, oh no, no, no, no, no.
We can do better than that.
And you did.
Cavalcades, parades of cretinous.
Some people when they smile they look like a piano.
Look like a piano keys.
Like a front row of a Willie Nelson concert.
There's a joke there somewhere.
I'll let you figure that one out.
And Jerry acted.
It was wonderful.
I come from the School of Professional Wrestling.
Professional Wrestling was theater.
This was Trailer Park slash Creedmoor slash and you know people say, wow, that was fake.
That wasn't fake.
Fake Is for a while.
You don't have, you could have some exaggerated stuff, but oh no, no, no, no, no.
He, it was a veritable, it was a veritable parade of homozygotic inbreds that made the royal family just seem like the Brady Bunch.
Now the worst, just so that you don't feel bad about this, Jerry, you almost came close.
Maury Povich was the worst.
Actually competing to see who is not the father.
A sweepstakes for non-paternity.
Imagine being somebody's son one day.
Hey, did you ever see when I, your mom, and, well, this man that we thought was your daddy, we were on TV.
Did you ever see this?
Did you ever see this?
See, we're clapping.
He's clapping over the fact that he's not your father.
We went on TV.
Isn't that great?
How about the people who theoretically, and you know a lot, going back to Jerry, imagine that.
Hey honey, where are we going?
Where are we going to go to TV?
We're going to go on a TV show.
We are?
Yep.
We're going to go to the Jerry Springer show.
You're kidding me.
That is great.
You mean like in the audience?
Well, kind of.
What do you mean?
Well, I mean, we're going to be a contestant.
You're gonna what?
We're gonna be a contestant.
You are.
No.
Me and you?
Wait a minute.
What's this about?
Oh, nothing.
Wait a minute.
Isn't that y 'all where they make fun of people and expose them?
And pull all kinds of...
You're not gonna do that to me, are you?
Heck no.
You sure now?
Alrighty, I'll go.
But I'm gonna be on the set with you.
We're gonna be together.
What's it gonna be about?
You can't tell me now?
Alright.
That's good.
But we get a free ride, right?
We get a hotel, too?
What about that drink bar?
You know, that beverage bar?
We get that, too?
Breakfast?
Oh, yeah.
It was the worst.
I mean, put it this way.
Maybe one of the reasons why so many people from outer space, extraterrestrial travelers, don't land here is because they've seen the Jerry Springer show.
Perhaps that's it.
But it was good in a way.
Jerry Springer added something.
He was really a nice guy.
Lived in Florida.
Met people I know liked him, loved him.
He's just a good guy.
But was responsible for basically one of the vilest...
I mean, it was the Demolition Derby of Humanity.
I mean, it was just, oh my God!
It was just, I mean, the violence and the, and it was, but you know what was interesting was, it also spawned Ricky Lake, you know, and it celebrated Violent mental illness and substance abuse in ways that normally had not been approached on conventional television.
It showed...
I mean, it was...
By the way, during the day, it saved.
It made so many independent and kind of like lower-tier TV stations.
They made some serious bucks.
That's where all the lawyer asked.
Have you been injured?
Do you want to be injured?
That's that.
900 numbers or whatever.
Whenever they had those in the old days.
I think those days are great.
They even gave...
Didn't they gave a knockoff show to the security guard too?
I mean, they really milked this thing.
For all it's worth.
It was just...
Now I would have gone a little further.
I would have armed a few.
I would say, listen.
Come here.
What's your name there?
Tater?
Yeah, listen.
Why don't you do me a favor?
You're going to come out, you know.
You know, when you do the fist thing, take this.
It looks like a pickle, but it's not.
Inside, stainless steel.
Take this.
Add a little flavor to it.
Kick it up a notch.
Let them know who's born.
This guy's saying a lot of bad stuff about you.
Oh yeah?
A lot of bad stuff.
Do the right thing.
Make history.
Sure you'll do 30 to life, but look at it this way.
They'll never forget your name.
I was thinking one day, imagine the outtakes of the Jerry Springer show.
And then it occurred to me, there are no outtakes.
The outtakes are the show.
It was the lowest form, well, excuse me.
It was the penultimate.
Jerry's Maury...
Maury Povich was the worst.
It was just the worst.
I mean, that.
I mean, what could be next?
Well, I can think of a few things, but I'm not going to say it now because kids might be listening.
So anyway, so to Jerry Springer, I raise my official Lionel Nation mug to you.
And I say to you, Thank you.
Thank you for what you've done.
Thank you for what you've destroyed.
Thank you for dropping down the level of acceptable humanity to new levels.
Again, plumbing the depths of humanity.
Jerry Springer.
Good guy.
Nice guy.
Good guy.
But an absolute destroyer of society.
And culture.
And we thank you for that, Jerry.
Because frankly, those were great years.
You gave us a lot, a lot of excitement.
And a lot of shame.
A lot of shame and personal, well, personal disgust.
And I thank you for that.
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