Give him the old razzle dazzle: Talk-show host Jerry Springer is slated to take to the London West End stage in a production of the musical Chicago, The Associated Press reports.
Springer's six-week stint as lawyer Billy Flynn —played by Richard Gere in the Oscar-winning 2002 film version — begins in ...
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Posted by lilacgirl57...Jeers and jeers again to the audience of America's Got Talent. I was afraid this would happen with Jerry Springer as host, and I was right. They are as obnoxious and out-of-control as the crazies Jerry has on his own show. Please settle them down, and let the judges do their job. The audience distracts the viewer from the talent (or lack thereof) on the stage. MAKE THEM STOP!!!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Piers, Sharon, The Hoff and Jerry are back in Atlanta to start off week four.Billy Dodson - He's big, he's burly, he's imposing. He gets on stage and sings...soprano? Three quick X's.Alex Pyles - A 10-year-old cutie with a great southern accent. She comes out on stage with her father, and they perform a combination of acrobatics, gymnastics and self-defense. I mean, they are hurling each other around the stage and kicking the you-know-what out of each other (with very light contact). Piers gives 'em an instant X. Sharon and The Hoff are intrigued. Piers asks a very valid question: how can this act help you win the competition? Sharon asks if Alex and her Dad are sent on to Vegas, how can they build upon this act in the upcoming weeks? Alex: "I would bring in more people and fight off more attackers because it's not always one person who attacks you." Can't argue with that. She wins Sharon over and they're headed to Vegas.Sarah Lenore - She comes out with her guitar and belts out Car...
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Piers, Sharon, The Hoff and Jerry embark on week three of scouring the country looking for the USA's best talent.Remember, the contestants who get the nod move on to Vegas. The ultimate winner collects $1 million and a Vegas contract.This week we start in Dallas (where, by the way, ventriloquist Terry Fator was discovered last year).Corky Duke - does some kind of cowboy contortionist routine. Three quick X's. But, you know what? He can kick kind of high.The Rodeo Rhythm Kings - Three cowboys (oh, right, we're in Dallas) playing the violin, bass and geetar. They also tried to harmonize. X-X-X.Then a quick series of rejected acts: a guy jumping off a horse, a woman trying to catch hula hoops,a guy snapping and clapping his fingers.The judges and the Springer-ized energetic audience appear to have seen enough.Holly Hardin - She's nahn-TAY-in (19). Sings These Boots Are Made For Walking and the audience is buying it. No X's, but Sharon is not in love with her singing. Piers likes her, b...
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Week Two of finding the nation's best talent. And, sadly, again in standard definition. Piers, Sharon and The Hoff are in L.A. with Jerry. The judges' picks move onto the next round in Las Vegas, all vying for a grand prize of $1 million and a Vegas contract. Victoria - a singing fairy (and part-time nanny) who sings in a three-and-a-half octave voice. Er, right. She is perhaps three and a half notes into When You Wish Upon a Star when Piers issues an 'X' with a buzzer that blows everyone's ears out. Then she's no'd out the door.Daniel Avila - He compares himself to Luciano Pavarotti, but sounds more like Chef Boyardee. Hoff howls like a dog. Gone.Polina Nikiforova - She (looks like a he with a mustache) and her mother playing ther keyboard. Polina does everything with a pair of cymbals but clap them together. Three quick X's.Eli Mattson - Inspirational story of a young man who's had some rough financial times. I'm hoping he does well. Sings Walking in Memphis and he's pretty good,...
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