Are the Jeremy Kyle show guests the future of britain ?

McArmalite · 05-09-2009 5:07pm #1

Flicking from channel to channel the other day I came upon the Jeremy Kyle show. As bad as the Jerry Springer show was at least most of the guests there were been coached and put up to the on stage antics. However the Jeremy Kyle show is the real deal. Their was even a head butting on the show.

Manchester District Judge, Alan Berg, sentenced a man who headbutted his love rival while appearing on the show. Judge Berg was reported in the Manchester Evening News as saying: "I have had the misfortune, very recently, of watching The Jeremy Kyle Show. It seems to me that the purpose of this show is to effect a morbid and depressing display of dysfunctional people whose lives are in turmoil", and that it was "a plain disgrace which goes under the guise of entertainment".

I have to agree with his sentiments. So folks, are these neanderthal guests on the Jeremy Kyle a sign of the future of britain ??

Tar.Aldarion · 05-09-2009 5:09pm

As long as they don't turn out like Jeremy Kyle it will all be ok.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 05-09-2009 5:09pm

McArmalite wrote: »

Flicking from channel to channel the other day I came upon the Jeremy Kyle show. As bad as the Jerry Springer show was at least most of the guests there were been coached and put up to the on stage antics. However the Jeremy Kyle show is the real deal. Their was even a head butting on the show.

Manchester District Judge, Alan Berg, sentenced a man who headbutted his love rival while appearing on the show. Judge Berg was reported in the Manchester Evening News as saying: "I have had the misfortune, very recently, of watching The Jeremy Kyle Show. It seems to me that the purpose of this show is to effect a morbid and depressing display of dysfunctional people whose lives are in turmoil", and that it was "a plain disgrace which goes under the guise of entertainment".

I have to agree with his sentiments. So folks, are these neanderthal guests on the Jeremy Kyle a sign of the future of britain ??

Pretty much nail on the head, for me. While not the furtire of society (I won't say "Britan" because we cna pick it up here and are heavily influenced by it, while other areas have similar idiots) it's in danger of encouraging scmbaggery.

Rented Mule · 05-09-2009 5:12pm

Those shows bring out the lowest common denominator in society. You'd see the exact same thing happen if there was a show like that in Ireland.

K-Ren · 05-09-2009 5:12pm

I always thought the people on it were actors.

The studio audience I mean.

I always thought it was a bit fun to watch though.

dlofnep · 05-09-2009 5:17pm

Jeremy Kyle is such a bellend. He pretends he cares about what happens, but he's secretly getting a hard-on everytime something crazy happens, because he knows through very basic science that: crazy = ratings and ratings = money.

Anybody ever see this eejit?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLFIBdwkrxA

Tar.Aldarion · 05-09-2009 5:23pm

dlofnep wrote: »

Jeremy Kyle is such a bellend. He pretends he cares about what happens, but he's secretly getting a hard-on everytime something crazy happens, because he knows through very basic science that: crazy = ratings and ratings = money.

Anybody ever see this eejit?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLFIBdwkrxA

Love youtube comments:

Bet he is the kind of guy when having sex with him he goes "basically, I have to come uh"

Kalashnikov_Kid · 05-09-2009 5:26pm

Are the Joe Duffy guests the future of Ireland?

Are those bellend guests on the FM104 Phoneshow the future of Dublin?

McArmalite · 05-09-2009 5:29pm

Rented Mule wrote: »

Those shows bring out the lowest common denominator in society. You'd see the exact same thing happen if there was a show like that in Ireland.

Do you really think we have scummers like the ' guests ' on the JK show. After all is Ireland not the land of saints and scholars ?

mike65 · 05-09-2009 5:30pm

McArmalite wrote: »

So folks, are these neanderthal guests on the Jeremy Kyle a sign of the future of britain ??

No more than any other group who are willing to be cretins on tv, like the Big Brother inmates for example (or Come Dine with Me!

).

My name is URL · 05-09-2009 5:32pm

Kyle's a bigger scumbag than any of his guests, can't stand the man at all.

I'm even pissed of that his name is in the title of a thread here :pac:

xOxSinéadxOx · 05-09-2009 5:32pm

dlofnep wrote: »

Jeremy Kyle is such a bellend. He pretends he cares about what happens, but he's secretly getting a hard-on everytime something crazy happens, because he knows through very basic science that: crazy = ratings and ratings = money.

Anybody ever see this eejit?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLFIBdwkrxA

can't believe I just watched that

curry-muff · 05-09-2009 5:33pm

I thought that those people were actors just like Jerry Spinger guests.

dlofnep · 05-09-2009 5:33pm

McArmalite wrote: »

Do you really think we have scummers like the ' guests ' on the JK show. After all is Ireland not the land of saints and scholars ?

Come on, imagine getting a couple of crazy bastards from some working-class housing estate in Limerick and sticking them on tele?

If they were to represent my future, I'd be awfully shocked!

dlofnep · 05-09-2009 5:33pm

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

can't believe I just watched that

Basically, yeah. I agree.

Max Power1 · 05-09-2009 5:54pm

classic comedy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HQtj2xlJj4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIGi3hvp8KA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C6U08xh7l0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ywUdX5dDgE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXSYI1EY5uw

Latchy · 05-09-2009 6:04pm

Judge Berg was reported in the Manchester Evening News as saying: "I have had the misfortune, very recently, of watching The Jeremy Kyle Show. It seems to me that the purpose of this show is to effect a morbid and depressing display of dysfunctional people whose lives are in turmoil", and that it was "a plain disgrace which goes under the guise of entertainment".

That exactly is the purpose of that show but as long as we know the difference .Most of the audience seem to be made up of students brought in to ' laugh at Bedlam

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/archive/exhibits/bedlam/f_bed.htm

MagicMarker · 05-09-2009 6:07pm

Stupid question.

05-09-2009 6:09pm

The future of the British prison population perhaps.

brummytom · 05-09-2009 6:25pm

There does seem to be more nutters/idiots around nowadays, God knows why.

Cull ftw

Mr Benevolent · 05-09-2009 6:29pm

Who cares about the future of Britain anyway? We're in Ireland. Except for brummytom, the poor fecker.

On topic, lads you do realise the whole Jeremy Kyle/reality guilt thing is faked? The guests are being paid to say that stuff. Please tell me you don't take that stuff seriously...

05-09-2009 6:39pm

Confab wrote: »

Who cares about the future of Britain anyway? We're in Ireland. Except for brummytom, the poor fecker.

On topic, lads you do realise the whole Jeremy Kyle/reality guilt thing is faked? The guests are being paid to say that stuff. Please tell me you don't take that stuff seriously...

Oh I thought they were real disadvantaged people lured into the studio with the false promise of chicken nuggets and bacardi breezers in return for their tales of woe.

Latchy · 05-09-2009 6:46pm

People looking for help with what in the main seems to be their ' self inflicted ' problems is one thing but You would have to be short a brain cell or two to allow yourself to appear on that programme .

galwayrush · 05-09-2009 6:56pm

I had to google who this thread is about, thankfully i've never seen the show.

*giggles* · 05-09-2009 7:02pm

We're gonna do a D.N.A test to see if you're on drugs:-P
NO! YOU LISTEN! He torments people into being "better" and just like him. I say let's do a whole manner of tests on him, to see if he really should have a show like that

Pyr0 · 05-09-2009 7:15pm

Fake or not, I enjoy the show. It can be great fun watching it !

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 05-09-2009 7:17pm

Pyr0 wrote: »

Fake or not, I enjoy the show. It can be great fun watching it !

Sad.

pikachucheeks · 05-09-2009 7:21pm

I wouldn't say the guests are the future of Britain.
Those people are mainly the dregs of society and only make up a small percentage of the population.

Rebelheart · 05-09-2009 7:25pm

Confab wrote: »

Who cares about the future of Britain anyway? We're in Ireland.

AMEN. Táím an-bhuíoch díot, Confab.

El Siglo · 05-09-2009 7:27pm

Unfortunately, stupid, ignorant, aggressive, ill-mannered cretins tend to 'breed' at a higher rate than the antipode. Hence, this population will continue to grow, but with the advent of serious crime, and in a sense agnate to bacterial growth, 'checks' will intervene to curb this populations' growth as having such a large number of cretins would be unsustainable, it's natural selection and being a criminal scumbag like Jeremy Kyle's guests is as much a hinderance as it is an advancement (i.e. in their respective communities).

Rebelheart · 05-09-2009 7:28pm

Pyr0 wrote: »

Fake or not, I enjoy the show. It can be great fun watching it !

Pyro,

The Irish taxpayer had pumped at least €1,000,000,000 into Baile Munna. It really is unbecoming of you to post comments like the above under the location banner of 'Ballymun'.

Pyr0 · 05-09-2009 7:40pm

How is it sad watching it ? It's a form of entertainment, I enjoying watching him rip the people a new one, even if it happens to be made up. The same can be said for Jerry Springer, yeah it was massively over the top at times and downright unbelievable but it was entertaining.

Now if you excuse me, I've more youtube clips to watch :pac:

mike65 · 05-09-2009 7:42pm

Suprised TV3 haven't tried something in the same vein.

Rebelheart · 05-09-2009 7:50pm

mike65 wrote: »

Suprised TV3 haven't tried something in the same vein.

My thoughts precisely. Aside from the (quite excellent, in fairness) 20/20 current affairs series TV3 had years ago, I'm still awaiting a serious, intelligent programme on that channel. They even scrapped their version of Aertel years ago.

Ray Burke, thank you for being bribed to lift the restrictions all those years ago (on Century Radio). And thank you to every government since for not re-imposing them on other recipients of state licences. The last thing we want is intelligent broadcasting, right?

Mr Benevolent · 05-09-2009 8:05pm

El Siglo wrote: »

Unfortunately, stupid, ignorant, aggressive, ill-mannered cretins tend to 'breed' at a higher rate than the antipode. Hence, this population will continue to grow, but with the advent of serious crime, and in a sense agnate to bacterial growth, 'checks' will intervene to curb this populations' growth as having such a large number of cretins would be unsustainable, it's natural selection and being a criminal scumbag like Jeremy Kyle's guests is as much a hinderance as it is an advancement (i.e. in their respective communities).

Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

pikachucheeks · 05-09-2009 8:06pm

mike65 wrote: »

Suprised TV3 haven't tried something in the same vein.

TV3 already show Jeremy Kyle. RTE airs a similar programme - Dr Phil - everyday.
As much as people can dislike Jeremy Kyle, Dr Phil is a similar style of programme - and it's paid for by Irish taxpayers' money.

Rebelheart wrote: »

My thoughts precisely. Aside from the (quite excellent, in fairness) 20/20 current affairs series TV3 had years ago, I'm still awaiting a serious, intelligent programme on that channel.

What sort of programme would you consider "intelligent"? Don't say anything with the word 'Tubridy' in it! please.

Rebelheart · 05-09-2009 8:08pm

pikachucheeks wrote: »

TV3 already show Jeremy Kyle. RTE airs a similar programme - Dr Phil - everyday.
As much as people can dislike Jeremy Kyle, Dr Phil is a similar style of programme - and it's paid for by Irish taxpayers' money.

What sort of programme would you consider "intelligent"? Don't say anything with the word 'Tubridy' in it! please.

Prime Time Investigates is intelligent by TV standards. It adds something to society, to our awareness of real issues in this country. The documentaries on National Geographic and TG4 are also similarly intelligent.

Gummy Panda · 05-09-2009 8:09pm

Rebelheart wrote: »

Pyro,

The Irish taxpayer had pumped at least €1,000,000,000 into Baile Munna. It really is unbecoming of you to post comments like the above under the location banner of 'Ballymun'.

Eh?

Rebelheart · 05-09-2009 8:15pm

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Eh?

Well, there is a myriad of programmes in the Mun designed to bring society there forward and if, after a decade of such programmes, Jeremy Kyle has an audience there I have to wonder about the success of such programmes.

pikachucheeks · 05-09-2009 8:16pm

Rebelheart wrote: »

Prime Time Investigates is intelligent by TV standards. It adds something to society, to our awareness of real issues in this country. The documentaries on National Geographic and TG4 are also similarly intelligent.

I get you. I think Irish TV stations aim to go for entertainment value, more so than "intelligent" programming.
They claim they want to provide what the majority of this country wants, and scrolling through their autumn schedules, that would seem to state that Irish people value light hearted entertainment shows, above anything.
Programmes like 'The X Factor' do incredibly well in Ireland - ratings were up by 60,000 this year.

If you like programmes like 'Prime Time', TV3 have a new show called 'Midweek' which you might like. It's discussing current affairs and topical issues relating to the Irish public.
So seemingly, they are trying to introduce new things and a bit of depth to their programming.

Rebelheart · 05-09-2009 8:20pm

pikachucheeks wrote: »

I get you. I think Irish TV stations aim to go for entertainment value, more so than "intelligent" programming.
They claim they want to provide what the majority of this country wants, and scrolling through their autumn schedules, that would seem to state that Irish people value light hearted entertainment shows, above anything.
Programmes like 'The X Factor' do incredibly well in Ireland - ratings were up by 60,000 this year.

If you like programmes like 'Prime Time', TV3 have a new show called 'Midweek' which you might like. It's discussing current affairs and topical issues relating to the Irish public.
So seemingly, they are trying to introduce new things and a bit of depth to their programming.

Never heard of 'Midweek'; I'll look out for it now. As I said, a few years ago I watched 20/20 on TV3 and it was very informative. I looked for it many times since but it wasn't there. It's usually English soaps or US-style reality TV. That doesn't add much to my existence to be honest.

El Siglo · 05-09-2009 8:24pm

Confab wrote: »

Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

I hope you can swing a sack of door knobs?

But you gotta supply your own knobs!;)

pikachucheeks · 05-09-2009 8:27pm

Rebelheart wrote: »

Never heard of 'Midweek'; I'll look out for it now. As I said, a few years ago I watched 20/20 on TV3 and it was very informative. I looked for it many times since but it wasn't there. It's usually English soaps or US-style reality TV. That doesn't add much to my existence to be honest.

It's a new show, starting this Wednesday with Collette Fitzpatrick. She does Midday during the day as well.

Yeah, it's not for everyone! But based on ratings and TV3's percentage share of the market, it would seem that quite a lot of Irish people are interested in programmes like that.

As for 20/20, you should call up and enquire if they're planning on getting it back? A friend of mine called up to ask about The Shield ... It was put back on air a few weeks later!

Bubs101 · 05-09-2009 8:31pm

There was a BBC Radio poll a few years back about who listeners would least like to have a picnic with in the world and Jeremy came second only to Osama

pikachucheeks · 05-09-2009 8:39pm

Bubs101 wrote: »

There was a BBC Radio poll a few years back about who listeners would least like to have a picnic with in the world and Jeremy came second only to Osama

People wanted to have a picnic with Osama Bin Laden?

I guess they could pick up the food in Nine Seven Eleven before they went...

Gummy Panda · 05-09-2009 8:55pm

TV sucks.

You should all go read a book.

Kalashnikov_Kid · 05-09-2009 9:01pm

mike65 wrote: »

Suprised TV3 haven't tried something in the same vein.

Jaysis don't jinx yourself!

Rebelheart · 05-09-2009 9:11pm

Gummy Panda wrote: »

TV sucks.

You should all go read a book.

Now, there is a post, and a potential thread, way ahead of its time. I could easily live without a television - easily.

I particularly dislike the average Irish pub, which is now an incredibly noisy, TV-obsessed place. Give me Kavanagh's/The Gravediggers in Glasnevin or Grogan's and their TV-free pubs anyday.

TVs are so last century.

05-09-2009 10:17pm

Television producers have always been on the lookout for cheap programming, for example quiz shows, any type of chat show without professional or famous participants, funny home movies etc

There will always be a list of willing participants to go on these shows for their 15 minutes of fame.

Channel4 once did a series called "The word" A late night show that included a "I'll do anything to get on TV" moments such as a guy who got into a bath full of watery cow manure, another young guy french kissing an old grandmother, and a guy who put a huge sheep's testicle in his mouth.

With 24*7*365*(however many channels there are on your box) hours of airtime to fill, it can't all be quality stuff.

The likes of BBC3 & 4 tend to have fairly good dross filters!

dsmythy · 05-09-2009 10:47pm

They're not the future of a country. Someone else is. They're the people who live off those others who are the future.

phasers · 05-09-2009 10:49pm

Are the Jeremy Kyle show guests the future of britain ? YES OR NO?!?!

Sorry if this has already been done, I haven't read the whole thread yet

Are the Jeremy Kyle show guests the future of britain ?

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