trash tv

afro-elf · 12-03-2002, 11:04 PM

what do you think is the appeal of trash tv

Jerry springer, fox and friends etc...

Lizra · 12-04-2002, 07:44 AM

Hi Afro Elf!

I don't watch trash TV, (of course!) but a while back, when Oprah did a show about what the rest of the world thought of the USA, several middle eastern, muslim types said they watched Jerry Springer (I suppose this is aired purposefully as Anti american propaganda.... Jerry, go dig a hole and bury yourself please) and thought Americans were stupid heathens.(becuase they thought we were a bunch of JS guests) Nice stuff,

one reason why $ producers in the entertainment biz should set their standards higher! I know, JD, they just sell what people buy, but you can guide and nudge others in positive directions (I do it all the time as a mom! It's an important effort to keep your nose above the crap level!)

Dunadan · 12-04-2002, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by afro-elf
what do you think is the appeal of trash tv

Jerry springer, fox and friends etc...

Unlike worthy, highbrow TV, it is not boring.

Seriously, though, it's the opiate of the masses. We've got to have something to distract ourselves of the relentless tedium of our meaningless lives. I know I do.

Miranda · 12-04-2002, 08:25 AM

The only time I watch trash tv is either when I'm very ill and can't move to reach the remote or very bored and will watch anythignjust to escape from the silence of my lonely little house when no-one's home!!!! The rest of the time- no thank you!!! Mx

BeardofPants · 12-04-2002, 02:33 PM

"Friends" is trash now? But I didn't see any trailer trash rowing.

Edit: Oh. Fox and friends? ... Never heard of it.

Lizra · 12-04-2002, 08:12 PM

I don't watch it, I don't know anyone who watches it...Who watches it?

cassiopeia · 12-04-2002, 10:36 PM

Never heard of fox and friends, but Jerry Springer.....yuck! Today my sister was watching Jerry Springer and I was in the loungeroom, so I coundn't help listening in and the topic was: I want to marry my daughter. This guy had had sex with his own daughter. That is really sick. It does not make America look good. Why do we have to get all that trash?

afro-elf · 12-05-2002, 12:11 AM

Fox and friends is a morning ( in the US) show on fox news network

Starr Polish · 12-05-2002, 12:23 AM

Just want to stick this in real quick: Not all people who live or grow up in trailer courts are trailer trash. I'm sure you knew that, but just had to get it out.

My dad met a woman in Mexico who was from Denmark, I think. She was a bit of an airhead but she'd learned English by watching "The Ricky Lake Show". When she told my dad that, he laughed and explained that all of America is NOT like that.

Trash TV is stupid and most of it's fake.

afro-elf · 12-05-2002, 12:25 AM

Do you live in a trailer park?

I am not trying to me funny or rude just curious if it was a labeling you may have dealt with.

***Khamûl*** · 12-05-2002, 12:42 AM

In regards to the Jerry Springer Show, you can't take it seriously. You know that there aren't that many people who want to marry their daughters or worship the dishwasher or whatever. Jerry was on CNN and said that even he didn't take his show that seriously. Go figure...

Duddun · 12-05-2002, 01:03 AM

I hate JS, it's so annoying, along with Jenny Jones. We shouldn't have to watch people discuss their problem on tv and be encouraged to fight. They should go see a pschiatrist(sp)

afro-elf · 12-05-2002, 01:24 AM

I saw Jerry on an interview also and he seem like an intelligent man. I and I do recall him sort slapping his own show.

Coney · 12-05-2002, 01:40 AM

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Originally posted by afro-elf
I saw Jerry on an interview also and he seem like an intelligent man. I and I do recall him sort slapping his own show.

Jerry Springer does come across as quite intelligent when he appears on UK tv (once interviewed he described his show as "a farce and a circus").

It's a shame that he found fame on that US show, he hosted a couple of one-on-one chat shows here and he did quite a good job with them.......he was charismatic and able to conduct both light-hearted and serious interviews with various celebraties.

If your talking trash tv then I must mention soap-operas......why on earth do people spend so much time watching soaps?

Gods.......nothing ever happens on them

...... they are the viewing equivalent of watching paint dry

jerseydevil · 12-05-2002, 02:34 AM

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Originally posted by Lizra
one reason why $ producers in the entertainment biz should set their standards higher! I know, JD, they just sell what people buy, but you can guide and nudge others in positive directions (I do it all the time as a mom! It's an important effort to keep your nose above the crap level!)

I'm glad my opinions get around - even if peole disagree.

I hate the shows too - but like you said I would say - the networks only put out what will sell.

Why was the San Francisco season so much more popular than the London season? Because there was fighting and bickering and back stabbing constantly in SF. People would rather see people fighting and hating each other than getting a long and having fun.

I would include survivor, Big Brother, The Bachelor, Weakest Leak and all those as trash TV too. Trash TV doesn't just have to be talk shows.

By the way - Jerry Springer was one time mayor of Cincinnati.

Coney · 12-05-2002, 02:55 AM

Forgot about Big Brother........ye Gods! What is the point of that??!!

Watching ten people sitting around in a house eating, talking and doing bejesus knows what else........has tv taken over our social lives to the point that we think watching other normal people doing perfectly normal stuff is entertainment?

.......absolutely bizarre

I never made a point of watching the Weakest Link (Dunno if that's the same as the Weakest Leak JD) the first one I watched I did kind of enjoy........but it's been the same format ever since

I wonder if the appeal of trash tv is that it never changes it's format........week after week, month after month....you switch on the TV and know exactly what you are getting from certain shows?

jerseydevil · 12-05-2002, 03:03 AM

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Originally posted by Coney

I never made a point of watching the Weakest Link (Dunno if that's the same as the Weakest Leak JD)

Obvious mistype.

I've been working all night on a website for the New Jersey Liberty Tower and it's 2:00am now. I did mean Weakest LINK not leak.

BeardofPants · 12-05-2002, 03:17 AM

What were you watching too much of?

Coney · 12-05-2002, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jerseydevil
Obvious mistype. I've been working all night on a website for the New Jersey Liberty Tower and it's 2:00am now. I did mean Weakest LINK not leak.

Dunno tho', Weakest Leak has a certain charm........maybe change the show so that the first one Anne Robinson scares to the point of incontinence becomes the first disqualified

ok, it's late, going back to bed .................

jerseydevil · 12-05-2002, 03:35 AM

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Originally posted by BeardofPants
What were you watching too much of?

I'd prefer not to say. I'll take the 5th Amendment for $1000 - even if you guys don't have the 5th Amendment.

12-03-2002, 11:04 PM	#1
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	trash tv what do you think is the appeal of trash tv Jerry springer, fox and friends etc... __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

12-04-2002, 07:44 AM	#2
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Hi Afro Elf! I don't watch trash TV, (of course!) but a while back, when Oprah did a show about what the rest of the world thought of the USA, several middle eastern, muslim types said they watched Jerry Springer (I suppose this is aired purposefully as Anti american propaganda.... Jerry, go dig a hole and bury yourself please) and thought Americans were stupid heathens.(becuase they thought we were a bunch of JS guests) Nice stuff, one reason why $ producers in the entertainment biz should set their standards higher! I know, JD, they just sell what people buy, but you can guide and nudge others in positive directions (I do it all the time as a mom! It's an important effort to keep your nose above the crap level!) __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

12-04-2002, 08:25 AM	#4
Miranda 'Bohemian princess of Covent Garden Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Mill Posts: 544	The only time I watch trash tv is either when I'm very ill and can't move to reach the remote or very bored and will watch anythignjust to escape from the silence of my lonely little house when no-one's home!!!! The rest of the time- no thank you!!! Mx __________________ There's only us, there's only this, forget regret or life is yours to miss. No other road, no other way, no day but today.

12-04-2002, 02:33 PM	#5
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	"Friends" is trash now? But I didn't see any trailer trash rowing. Edit: Oh. Fox and friends? ... Never heard of it. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

12-04-2002, 08:12 PM	#6
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I don't watch it, I don't know anyone who watches it...Who watches it? __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

12-04-2002, 10:36 PM	#7
cassiopeia Viggoholic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,749	Never heard of fox and friends, but Jerry Springer.....yuck! Today my sister was watching Jerry Springer and I was in the loungeroom, so I coundn't help listening in and the topic was: I want to marry my daughter. This guy had had sex with his own daughter. That is really sick. It does not make America look good. Why do we have to get all that trash? __________________ Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

12-05-2002, 12:11 AM	#8
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	Fox and friends is a morning ( in the US) show on fox news network __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

12-05-2002, 12:23 AM	#9
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Just want to stick this in real quick: Not all people who live or grow up in trailer courts are trailer trash. I'm sure you knew that, but just had to get it out. My dad met a woman in Mexico who was from Denmark, I think. She was a bit of an airhead but she'd learned English by watching "The Ricky Lake Show". When she told my dad that, he laughed and explained that all of America is NOT like that. Trash TV is stupid and most of it's fake. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

12-05-2002, 12:25 AM	#10
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	Do you live in a trailer park? I am not trying to me funny or rude just curious if it was a labeling you may have dealt with. __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

12-05-2002, 12:42 AM	#11
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	In regards to the Jerry Springer Show, you can't take it seriously. You know that there aren't that many people who want to marry their daughters or worship the dishwasher or whatever. Jerry was on CNN and said that even he didn't take his show that seriously. Go figure... __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

12-05-2002, 01:03 AM	#12
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	I hate JS, it's so annoying, along with Jenny Jones. We shouldn't have to watch people discuss their problem on tv and be encouraged to fight. They should go see a pschiatrist(sp) __________________ If you say my name I go "What?" If you say my name twice I go and look it up in the dictionary. **************************** I'm Not Evil! ************************** If the critics say it's good, is it really That good? ************************** It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a balloon! **************************** Duddun, Son of Bubbun

12-05-2002, 01:24 AM	#13
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	I saw Jerry on an interview also and he seem like an intelligent man. I and I do recall him sort slapping his own show. __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

12-05-2002, 02:55 AM	#16
Coney The Buddy Rabbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Trapped in the headlights.. Posts: 3,372	Forgot about Big Brother........ye Gods! What is the point of that??!! Watching ten people sitting around in a house eating, talking and doing bejesus knows what else........has tv taken over our social lives to the point that we think watching other normal people doing perfectly normal stuff is entertainment? .......absolutely bizarre I never made a point of watching the Weakest Link (Dunno if that's the same as the Weakest Leak JD) the first one I watched I did kind of enjoy........but it's been the same format ever since I wonder if the appeal of trash tv is that it never changes it's format........week after week, month after month....you switch on the TV and know exactly what you are getting from certain shows? __________________ Blessed are the cracked, they let the light in Beatallica

12-05-2002, 03:17 AM	#18
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Subliminal messages, JD? What were you watching too much of? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

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