Talk:Jerry Springer

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1 Placement of content between Jerry-the-person article and Jerry-the-show article
2 Council and Mayoral History
3 Underage prostitute?
4 Section headings
5 Campaign
6 foul language on the show
7 Vanity Comment Removed
8 Dead?

[edit] Placement of content between Jerry-the-person article and Jerry-the-show article

Much of the content on this page is relevant to Jerry-the-show and not Jerry-the-person, and therefore should not be here. This article could use a good scrub to remove all the show trivia (or move it to the show's entry if it is not already there). Anyone have the time for it?

[edit] Council and Mayoral History

The section on his political history is significantly wrong. Cincinnati's mayor was selected by the city council from 1925-1987, if I remember correctly. His own Senate-run website also claims different years in office from what is posted here. I'll do a little research and fix it, unless someone else has the scoop. Rkevins82 00:00, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Underage prostitute?

I notice that the article now says that the prostitute that Springer wrote a check to was underage. The prostitute story is well known; however, I had never heard this underage bit before and I think such a claim calls for strict sourcing. I am removing the reference for now. Acsenray 17:44, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Section headings

I threw in some section headings, if anyone wants to fix them up, that'd be great - JustinWick 21:01, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Campaign

The "Political career" section needs to distinguish among campaigns. The infamous ad in which Springer admits paying a woman "with a check" was during his campaign for governor of Ohio, not for Congress (according to the ad itself).BLHersey 02:10, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] foul language on the show

I recently searched youtube.com for some Jerry Springer Show clips and thus found out it was not censored at all. While on german TV they only show the beeped-out versions of these clips. Plus I thought swearing was an absolute no-go on american tv. So my questions are: 1) How come the JRS has been aired uncesored? 2) What are the regulations for american TV? -Phil from Germany

Swearing and nudity is a no-go on American broadcast TV during daytime hours (punishable by hefty fines to the station), and few stations/programs feature swearing/nudity at night. The clips you saw on Youtube were probably not recorded from American broadcasts. It's possible you saw clips from the "uncensored" home video that was for sale a few years ago (and may still be available).

[edit] Vanity Comment Removed

Removed- "In a 2001 Romeo and Juliet Camp Drama Play(Directed by Scott Parkinhymer), a refrence to the Jerry Springer show was made." I don't see the Wikipedia is a catalog of what happens in drama plays at summer camp, and Scott Parkinhymer is clearly not someone who deserves mention, the only result from Google is this page (poor guy doesn't even have a person of the same name) and same with a Wikipedia search. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TaylorSAllen (talk • contribs) 23:52, 6 February 2007 (UTC).