Jerry Springer (song)
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"Jerry Springer" is a 1998 song written by "Weird Al" Yankovic. The song is a parody of Barenaked Ladies' 1998 hit song "One Week". Released on Yankovic's 11th studio album Running with Scissors, the song describes Al's obsession with watching The Jerry Springer Show and describes some of the recurring things that happen on the show, such as fights, cursing, married couples cheating, and how it's very addicting. Jerry Springer, the lyrics tell us, "puts the 'sin' in syndication." At the end of the song, Weird Al sings "come over here and pull finger."
During a "musical intermission" of the song, a man and woman (Yankovic and voice actress Tress MacNeille) speak out a dialogue that would likely be found on the show:
- Man: "Baby, I've been sleeping with your sister."
- Woman: (gasps) "Which one?"
- M: "All of them."
- W: (gasps) "Well, I've been sleeping with your best friend Jake."
- M: "Yeah? W-well, me too! (woman gasps) And, I've been sleeping with your dog Woofie (dog barks)!"
- W: "Woofie, you bitch! (A bleep is played while the woman says 'bitch', but the word can still be heard fully) Well, I'm also sleeping with your pet goat! (Goat bleats)"
- M: "That goat doesn't love you!"
For Yankovic's 1999 "Touring With Scissors" tour, a short music video segment was filmed with MacNeille and Yankovic on a set resembling that of "The Jerry Springer Show." The video, featuring the two acting out the argument, was played during the "musical intermission" of the song in concert and can be seen on the "Weird Al" Yankovic Live! concert video and DVD.
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- Cheating lovers
- Cousins that marry
- Hermaphrodite
- Slut
- Crack whore
- Guy who learned his woman was a she-male
- One freak who sucker-punches his whole family
- Stripper with implants who likes to lap dance and date the boyfriend of her mother
- Her trailer trash brother
- Nymphomaniac on crack
- Guy who found out that his wife had a sex change
- Siamese twins
- Transvestite
- The KKK
- Gay Jewish black dude
- Drag queen
- Psycho killers with problems they should work out
- Some loser whose wife said she's still dating twenty guys
- A bunch of psychic porn star midgets who were all nude
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| “Weird Al” Yankovic |
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| Band members |
| "Weird Al" Yankovic • Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz • Steve Jay • Jim West • Rubén Valtierra |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983) • "Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D (1984) • Dare To Be Stupid (1985) • Polka Party! (1986) • Even Worse (1988) • UHF (1989) • Off The Deep End (1992) • Alapalooza (1993) • Bad Hair Day (1996) • Running With Scissors (1999) • Poodle Hat (2003) • Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) |
| List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic • List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic • Complete discography |
| Filmography |
| Music videos • "Al TV" • The Compleat Al • UHF • "The Weird Al Show" • "Weird Al" Yankovic Live! |
| Related articles |
| Singles • Songs • Songs Parodied • Dr. Demento • Music videos • Parody musicians • Comedy musicians |
