Maury Povich can rot in hell.

[Deja Q]

His show is now 100% "I screwed my _____, so am I the baby's daddy?"

He loves to watch the girls cry and the guys hoot and holler skipping about saying "It's not my responsibility, hoo-hah!!" (followed up with the usual 'get out of my life, bitch')

Are we a society or are we a modern-day Rome? </rhetorical Q>

[Trajan]

1. Maury WHO ? ...

I do not support such idiots by viewing his show ....

[Deja Q]

13. Neither do I. But having channel flipped for 2 weeks in a row, combined

with occasional flipping during holidays over the last 6 months, he seems to be out of ideas.

He's vermin, no different than Jerry Springer.

[DrWeird]

2. Povich is just the ringleader.

Showcasing freaks.

But the real freaks are the ones who watch it.

[Royal Observer]

6. I have always wondered

why people watch TV programs they don't like. Can anyone tell me why?

[Deja Q]

15. Is that an insult against me?

I hardly watch that crap, but I've channel surfed enough to see an obvious pattern.

I say there's a bigger problem, of which this slop is merely a symptom.

[hlthe2b]

3. Now, Now...

He's gotta keep little Connie Chung in stilletto heels and facelifts!:evilgrin:

Actually, I didn't even know he still had a program...

[bigwillq]

4. Sadly, I get a good laugh watching those "Who's the daddy" shows

Because honestly would right-minded human being would go on Maury Povich to settle their babies paternity.

Those people deserved to be laughed at for going on that show.
I do think however that it's a shame when the people on the show don't show any responsibility for their actions.

[barb162]

7. "Those people deserved to be laughed at... " Sadly no, these people

have proven they cannot get their lives together and I suspect if you were to do IQ tests on them they would test at a very below normal range. You shouldn't be laughing at them any more than you would laugh at a paraplegic.

[Quill Pen]

9. Ah, this makes me even more confident...

...that they're breeding with abandon. Lovely.

[Deja Q]

14. Given the society we live in, can you blame them?!

Which in turn only compounds the problem.

But it's all about money, of course.

[bigwillq]

11. Those people, unlike paraplegics, have gotten themselves

into the mess they're in.

Plus, the Maury Povich show has become nothing more than an entertainment program like pro wrestling. I have the right to laugh at them.

And if I ever went on those tv programs, I hope people would laugh at me b/c that's what I deserve for spilling my personal business on TV.

[Deja Q]

18. That's a nice cozy glib generalization, based on people you don't know...

Laugh at them, go right ahead. Don't take offense at what I'm about to say then:

How about the freepers laughing at you for posting your opinions on the Internet, which is the 'television for the commonfolk'. Laughing instead of honest conversation and reaching for a goal that would be sufficient for both sides?

Maybe they're worse than Lyddie Englund and * for getting knocked up by some guy who really should be castrated in front of a warm applauding audience, but don't forget that those children are our society's future. Maybe they will be Syria-fodder. Maybe they'll rape your children. Who knows? Maybe I should hope they rape your children, so I can laugh? That's no different than you laughing at them.

How does it feel? I regret being so callous, but it is a valid point.

Comedy is one thing. But our society ain't so funny. :-(

[bigwillq]

20. Point taken

And yes we live in a sad society and at times I shouldn't blame these people for their problems.


But give me a break, it's the damn Maury Povich show. I never said I agree with what the show chooses to highlight. I just watch it for entertainment purposes.

[barb162]

24. No, I bet a lot of them can barely do 2nd grade work and their

family backgrounds prevent them from ever getting their acts together.

[jeff30997]

8. Pathetic clowns.

They're so dumb that they don't even realize that they are being used.The poor freaks want to be on tee-vee at all cost.Gee !

[barb162]

5. his show is one of the absolute worst. He should be ashamed of

himself. I feel sorry for the people who go on that show. I think most of them are "not all there." If he would at least offer to pay for some counseling for the people....

[ProdigalJunkMail]

10. his show, as others, is driven by ratings

and the finger should be pointed not only at him and his producer (which he might be his OWN producer...I don't know) but also at the people who revel in the showing of this sort of claptrap...

thePRodigal

[bigwillq]

12. I think Maury IS one of his producers

Sad but true.

[Deja Q]

16. How do they determine ratings? Like they do political polls?

By calling the same people over and over, instead of doing a nationwide survey, which is more than possible in today's day and age?

Give people the power and they will respond. Give them a facade and they'll treat it as such.

[Diane L]

17. I don't know how Connie Chung puts up with him.

[JVS]

19. The mothers get free paternity testing out of the deal.

And that can add up to a lot when you have to test 50 guys from your neighborhood to figure out who the father of the child is.

[elehhhhna]

21. ...and a vacation in NYC.

[JVS]

22. Yeah. It's a good deal

[bigwillq]

23. Glad this was moved to the lounge

:hi:

[ernstbass]

25. Yes we are a modern day Rome

and football players are our gladiators

[Phillycat]

26. What in heaven's name are you doing watching that garbage?

Turn off the television.

[TeacherCreature]

27. I think he is already there. Just look at his face--etched with horror and

Shame every minute he is on.


It's pathetic and embarrassing to watch.