TOTALED ABC- TV has reached a new depth on the way to absolute ruin!
They have announced that the worst Trash TV producer of the our time – Jerry Springer - is to be a regular participant on the third season of their highly successful show “Dancing With The Stars” starting September 12 with a big, two hour opening show. Why would they do such a thing!
Jerry has been busy in recent months in England were he recently attended the premiere of his all-new and nasty musical production modestly titled “Jerry Springer The Opera.” With a score written by Brit composer
Richard Thomas and a cast headed by Michael Brandon in the role of Jerry Springer – lauded at length and loudly in the English tabloids as “America's leading TV personality.” It completed a theater tour of leading area theaters. It played most places in a lackluster tour of two audiences - patient potential porn-watchers inside the theaters and crowds of protesters outside in the street..
We have talked at disgusting lengths about this musical work long ago, and fully expected to see it hit Broadway perhaps this fall or winter season. I did not anticipate it sneaking into our TV sets as it is now doing. The show – like so many of our worthy ones ,“Dancing With the Stars” is a state-side version of the successful British TV series “Strictly Come Dancing”. It is obvious that Springers “handlers” (the term “agents” sounds too proper) must be getting America ready for musical invasion upcoming. An “uncut DVD version” starring David Soul of the London musical is already being huckstered on the Internet. It runs five hours and ten minutes, too.
Understand all three of the past judges will be back on the upcoming dance competitions show: Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Unabated and Bruno Tonioli. None of them could be be classed as shrinking violets. They say what they think. One of them is an Englishman you will recall. And the experienced emcee of the lot faces a real challenge as well. Tom Bergenon did well on “Hollywood Squares” you certainly must
remember but in recent seasons he seems to have been assigned to crotch and cleavage videotaped stuff from the mails. He did very well on the “Dancing With...” is past season.
Some people are going to plan to watch Jerry Springer dance starting September 12th , primarily because we will get a chance to vote against him.
Andrew McCaskey amccsr@adelphia.net 8-15-06 [c421wds]
