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Jerry Springer has died
- toomuchtodo 3y agohttps://nypost.com/2023/04/27/jerry-springer-dead-at-79-was-funny-smart-and-in-on-the-joke/ https://nypost.com/2023/04/27/jerry-springer-dead-at-79-was-... (Jerry Springer was funny, smart and never took himself too seriously) Linda Shafran, Springer’s publicist for 30 years, shared this piece as capturing him as she knew him.
- joeyagreco 3y agoNooooooo
- misiti3780 3y agobring out the black bar!
- rabuse 3y agoUsed to watch this show during the day when I would come home from school early and there was nothing else on. R.I.P Jerry, the entertainment was... awakening to how some people actually live life.
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- Grismar 3y agoEmphasis on "some" since most of what was on display was manipulated, fake, coached, or just plain written for TV.
- the-dude 3y ago[flagged]
- Aardwolf 3y agoWatched this on TV in Europe back in the day, and thought that this was depicting typical average American life.
- rabuse 3y agoTo be honest, it's extremely common wherever the impoverished are located in the U.S. I've witnessed so much chaos from inner-city venturing, to growing up with some households that absolutely belonged on that show.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoIt was. Just about twenty years early…
- JasserInicide 3y agoWhile these shows in the 90s were the beginning of the scripted reality TV genre, these talk shows were an interesting blend of scripted situations concocted by the producers and real world situations that were greatly exaggerated for drama purposes. People were encouraged to call in with their situations (whether they were real or not on your end was up to you) and producers would work with you to get the best angle for maximum drama.
- gravitate 3y ago> and thought that this was depicting typical average American life The show was very bizarre. It invariably selected for the lunatic fringe of America. These people and their wild stories were all edge cases and definitely atypical.
- MrGilbert 3y ago> Sorry, this content is not available in your region. *sigh* It's sad he passed away, though. Even I knew the "The Jerry Springer Show". Trash TV at its finest.
- danso 3y agoAh crap, my bad. It was either link to the local Cincinnati news station owned by a conglomerate, or TMZ
- toomuchtodo 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer
- peteradio 3y agoWithout The Jerry Springer show I doubt we would have got Idiocracy.
- sremani 3y agoHe had the foresight to see, the true core of America.
- taftster 3y agoI mean, honestly yes. His show was shocking because it was so surprising how people behaved. In truth, it was a foreshadowing. The momentum had already began back then.
- erulabs 3y agoRIP to the former mayor of Cincinnati. If you want a good hearted laugh - partially at his expense but I’m sure he would have laughed too - Red Letter Medias “least viewed episode ever” about Springer: https://youtu.be/RTosyCJQrmA https://youtu.be/RTosyCJQrmA Dude is as American as sickly-sweet, high fructose, made-in-Mexico Apple pie. That’s pretty American in my book.
- SuzanSarong 3y ago[dead]
- im_down_w_otp 3y ago“…and at the memorial service his estranged half-brother from a different mother stormed out from behind the mourning crowd, flipped over the casket, and screamed, ‘Gimme ma goddamn money!’”
- john_shafthair 3y ago[flagged]
- efields 3y agoThe first half of this obit goes harder than you may guess. > There is nothing about “The Jerry Springer Show” to be applauded — after all, his guests, representing an enormous variety of lifestyles deviating from what is perceived as the norm, were packaged as freaks and brought onstage to be mocked by the audience, and to be (at least seemingly) sternly judged by Springer. There's a lot of interesting lines to be studied between this show and media in the current era, from Fox News to TikTok to politics to the comment sections. Something about intentionally rallying the worst emotions we can conjure up out of vulnerable people for the ratings.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoWhat stands out to me are the comparisons to Donahue, as if he were some serious sort of journalist that Springer made a mockery of. And while Donahue did sometimes try to be serious, sweeps month for Donahue could seem much like Springer ended up becoming, in kind if not degree.
- arp242 3y agoAfter watching Jerry Springer: The Opera a few years back I looked up some interviews with Springer; I was curious what he thought of it. He seemed like a pretty nice guy with some fairly down to earth views of his show and its participants. The Have I Got News For You episode he did a bunch of years ago is pretty good as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luYG9uWnVDY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luYG9uWnVDY
- realjohng 3y agoYou will be missed Jerry Springer… jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
- kyleblarson 3y agoYou are NOT the father!
- demarq 3y agoHaha What if he did a cameo in Star Wars lol
- mgkimsal 3y agowasn't that more maury povitch?
- Sohcahtoa82 3y agoMaury is more well-known for it, but Jerry did it as well. The big difference is that on Jerry Springer, the father is more likely to be the mother's brother.
- jamiek88 3y agoOne of the original culprits in the dumbing down of America. Trash tv largely scripted as he punched down from his Ivy League, wealthy throne.
- imbnwa 3y agoTalks shows and COPS largely preyed on the post-industrial American working class, bereft of opportunity, and gave the mass of socially conservative, a band that crosses party lines, an anchor for their anxiety of the growing plurality of identity.
- jamiek88 3y agoYeah, it’s gross.
- okdood64 3y agoWhat does "plurality" mean in this context?
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- dredmorbius 3y agoI'd interpret it as "more than one", rather than "largest number shy of an outright majority" in the electoral sense. And "plurality" as opposed to a single identity or strictly bifurcated classification (e.g., male/female, black/white, Catholic/Protestant, etc.).
- misssocrates 3y agoHow did you figure out this diagnosis?
- fullshark 3y agoAll these media websites chasing engagement metrics, chasing TV ratings is the 90s equivalent, and the Jerry Springer show is what you get.
- willcipriano 3y agoTake care of yourself, and each other.
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- daedric7 3y agoApparently, Jerry Springer did not die in my region. That this kind of blocking still exists in 2023 is astounding
- solarmist 3y agoWhat does this sentence mean?
- ml_giant 3y agoI think potentially they cannot view the article due to region blocking?
- squarefoot 3y agoSame here, where probably less than 0.001% of the population know who he was. I can't imagine what's the logic behind blocking something that doesn't consume measurable bandwidth.
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- KomoD 3y agoThanks for the region locked link. Archive: https://archive.ph/MiqYX https://archive.ph/MiqYX
- randombits0 3y agoSo maybe OP should check every region has access before posting. How would they do that? Don’t blame the poster, blame the publisher.
- readonthegoapp 3y agoI'd have to think this and WWF and maybe some other things were models for Fox News. maybe the formula was more straightforward -- white nationalist identity politics?
- aaron695 3y ago[dead]
- 1letterunixname 3y agoDon't post generic news that has no interest to our focus. There are a million other sites and Reddit. > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
- dang 3y agoThis is actually a borderline case. One could imagine a good HN thread sharing memories about Springer and thoughts about his impact on the culture. IIRC, he himself was more interesting than those prime-time bloodbaths implied. On the other hand, there are stories where it's to HN's advantage not to cover it, because it provides a marker about what kind of site this isn't. "That what we not do", as my son said when he was 2. That's your argument too (obviously) and I appreciate your standing up for the site guidelines! We decided for the latter rather than the former, but I'll stick up enough for Jerry to say that it wasn't an obvious call.
- 1letterunixname 3y agoYou'd make a great parent of future lawyers. I take issue with mainstream news because it's already beaten to death elsewhere, distracting from more important news like the passing of a truly incredible human being like Harry Belafonte. Or the 2 newspapers Ralph Nader is running. Or perhaps the potentially innocent person Oklahoma is determined to execute. The corruption scandal around Clarence Thomas doesn't get enough play. There's a good deal more deserving provincial American news than an opportunist who exploited people for ratings and money.
- dang 3y agoThe death of Harry Belafonte was well covered on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35701618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35701618. I don't know about Ralph Nader's newspapers, but if there's something intellectually interesting about them that you want to post, you're certainly welcome to.
- neonate 3y agohttps://archive.ph/812N7 https://archive.ph/812N7