ohhh, so cracky...jeremy kyle

as you all know, in the states there is an overabundance of those horrible crack shows like jerry springer. it should come as no surprise that a) they show those horrid shows here in the uk (and i think that this is why they often think so little of us-- SOMEBODY elected GW twice-- arguably- and then they see these shows and they're like, 'ahhh, that would explain it!') and b) that they would have some sort of equivalent show here in the uk.

the big jerry springeresque show here is the jeremy kyle show. i HATE springer. for some unfathomable reason i LOVE kyle. it's so bizarre.

i'm here to now defend myself... first of all, jerry encourages these fights and all out brawls. jeremy yells at people if they go to hit each other. jerry just sits back and takes no action or role (other than to provoke a transvestite prostitute into attacking her pimp) whereas jeremy actually talks (sometimes quite abrasively) to his guests. he's often sympathetic to the 'victim' but always has a go at the 'liar', 'cheat', 'deadbeat dad'. really, what he says makes sense. he'll have on two people fighting over the paternity of a child, saying they can't be together and he'll yell at them to both shut up and realize that it's not about them, it's about the kid. i think that's pretty cool. jerry would never do that.

i also totally dig his flip-flop attitude. he brings out the bad person first, the one who probably cheated or lied or what have you, he sits down with them, talking calmly and seeming to be understanding (usually) and then he brings out the other person and starts verbally attacking the bad guy (and you know that it usually turns out that they're both bad guys, so they both get a telling off).

so there, i've said it. there's actually a springeresque show in the world that i kind of like (in a cracky way).

here's a clip that's a bit unusual. it's HILARIOUS as the guy on it is so bizarre it's a bit off the charts. the people on it aren't usually this strange-- they're usually just drunks or junkies or people who sleep with so many people that they have to take lie detector tests or paternity tests.

oh, i also have to mention that he has a therapist on the show (not a dr phil type of wanker but a real one) who will take families and parents, etc backstage when the interview part is over and give them counselling about how to start rebuilding their relationships, get off the drink/drugs or whatever their problems are. i think that's pretty cool, too (and none of that stuff is aired- it's all private- jerry would SO air that shit!! it's crack tv gold! jeremy's too cool for that kind of fuckery!).

watch the clip-- it's worth it to see what the show's like and to see this total freak show of a guy who is on it.