Yelling, fist fighting, hair/wig pulling and chair throwing are staples of the outrageous Jerry Springer Show. The show where the security personnel really earn their keep restraining unruly guests and has had titles like I married a horse, Two strippers and a red neck, Springer, I barely know her, Sex, chicken and candy and I slept with 251 men in 10 hours is now a world wide TV staple. The affable 68 year old host, Jerry “Cat Daddy” Springer was on Wendy’s couch today sporting Wendy shoe cam worthy black shoes with red shoe laces, which he said are that color so he doesn’t forget to tie them.
He was asked the question, “Where is the craziest place people have ever chanted your name?” He initially jokingly said Cleveland, then thought about it and said at a ball game in a stadium during half time in the men’s room, which are huge and hold about 300 guys with urinals all around, which people go to all at the same time, so they don’t miss the game. He said, “At my age it’s hard enough going without so many guys chanting Jerry behind me.”
The British-born American television presenter and host of the tabloid talk show since its debut in 1991 said some people love the show, which I can believe for it’s weirdness, and shock and entertainment value, but he said he is also accused of ruining the culture and he said he hopes hell isn’t that hot because he burns easy. However, it’s a fun show to watch and it makes people feel good about themselves when they see people doing much worse than they are, so he said people are always very nice to him when they meet him.
He is a man of many talents including being a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, a former news anchor and a musician. It is also said that one of his earliest memories about current events was when he was 12 and watching the 1956 Democratic convention on television where he saw and was impressed by John F. Kennedy who he later helped in his campaign. Although most of the people on his show have minimal educatation, he is a very educated man who earned a political science degree from Tulane University and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Northwestern University. He was also a political campaign adviser to Robert F. Kennedy and an attorney at the Cincinnati law firm of Frost & Jacobs, now Frost Brown Todd.
In all the 21 years he has hosted his show, he has never gotten an Emmy. Wendy said that’s how you know “those things,” referring to the Emmys, are rigged. When asked about that he said, “Could you imagine the protests? Wendy even asked if he had received an award for even something less popular like the best lighting, or best hair. To which he jokingly responded, “Maybe best dentist. It’s a crazy show but there’s nothing artistic about it. I just happen to be hosting a popular show. You don’t get an Emmy for that.” However, he has done other things outside of The Jerry Springer Show. He was also the second host of the show, Americas Got Talent.
Prior to show biz, he was in politics then he became a star with his show. His case is unique because most people do it the other way around. When asked who he’s voting for in the upcoming election he said, “I love Barak Obama, but there are lot of people that don’t and it’s going to be a tough race.” And as you guessed, Wendy had to ask if America could have a balding or over weight president likely like Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey. To which he said, I was born in 1944 and in every presidential election we always elect the cooler guy. It's the hero against the egg head."
He went on to name the many “cool” presidents we’ve had like Kennedy who was cooler than Nixon, Nixon who was cooler than Humphrey and McGovern, Reagan who was cooler than Carter, Carter who was cooler than Ford, Clinton who was cooler than George Bush, George Bush who was cooler than Gore and Kerry and Obama was was cooler than McCain. "We like the cooler guy to be the president. We want a good looking guy like James Dean. Other than the issues, there’s a self concept of how we want to be viewed in the world through our president because we want to be viewed as cool."
He also gave away black Jerry Spring Show security T-shirts to contestants who played the, Which of These Is A True Jerry Springer Show Title Game with him and Wendy and after being called "Cat Daddy" by a contestant, he responded jovially by winking and saying, “You just call me Cat.” Considering his age, that's a really fun guy to be around...
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