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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 13-16, 2010 The Park Record e-14 'Jerry Springer': 20 years of mayhem RIVERHO .... ON MAIN ^THANKSGIVING DINNE Served Noon - 6 pm "FOUR STAR" TABLE SERVICE Food Fresh From The Kitchen FOR THE TABLE "Old Fashion" Relish Tray - SECOND COURSE - I Shrimp & Lobster Cocktail | cocktail saitre - candied'lemon - micro greens H Blue Corn Crusted Crab Cake 1 avocado puree - grapefruit - arugula . 1 Organic Baby Greens I baby tomatoes - local goat cheese - citrus vinaigrette * Apple Chestnut Soup | shaved fennel - speck - sage 1 - MAIN COURSE - | he inspired an opera in 2(X)2, and mainstream enough to BY GREG BRAXTON score gigs on ''Dancing with the Stars" and "America's Got Los Anycles Times Talent." 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"The Jerry Springer Show" has survived while his other competitors in the "trash talk" arena such as Sally Jessy Raphael, Ricki Lake. Charles Perez, Richard Bey and Jenny Jones have faded into obscurity. His longevity. Springer said, is largely due to the fact that he was among the first to offer a wilder alternative to the more serious and subdued shows hosted by Winfrey and Phil Donahue. "The person who is out there first usually has the most staying power," he said. "It clearly has nothing to do with me. It's the craziness of the guests and the format that seems to work." Another key to Springer's appeal is his insistence on not taking himself or the show seriously. His charisma has led him to other projects: He's the host of the Game Show Network show "'Baggage" and hosts a touring version of "Americas N 0UV £A U C I R Q U E P R E S E N T S eaujoiais ouveau C^oming November 18, 2010! GEORGES DUBCEUF •m- • % A World of Imagination Unfolds www.duboeufnouvcau.com Got Talent." The format of "The Jerry Springer Show" has come under fire several times during the course of the show. Studios USA, which owned the series during the late 1990s, banned all violence from the series. The move came after religious leaders complained. Ratings dropped, management changes at Studios USA came, and the fights slowly began to creep back in. The show is now as outrageous as ever. The 66year-old bespectacled Springer enters the studio by sliding down a stripper pole. A clanging fight bell cues the guest to start brawling. Women fight more viciously than men. Males often take their shirts off. but leave their ties on. Springer insists the action on the show is authentic: "This is how people behave when they get angry. You ain't have it both ways. You can either have authentic and not let it get out of hand, or you can be inauthentic and let people stay in their seats. That's the choice. Its not my cup of tea. but this is not a show that's aimed at a 6(vyear-old man. I don't watch the show. Its more of a fraternity parly sort of thing." "The Jerry Springer Show*1 is still the center of his professional universe. He quipped. "I told NBC Universal I'll stop when I'm 107." (c) 2010. Los Angeles Times |