Toby Redeems Himself with Special Guest Mz. Stumpy
Toby Redeems Himself with Special Guest Mz. Stumpy by Roxanne McDonald
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The bad boy of the baddest TV around, Toby finds a guest who brings back the Springer vibe. |
Toby is demoted. He has disappointed his fellow producers and his supervisor, Executive Producer Richard, one too many times. So rather than have him removed from The Jerry Springer Show staff completely, the powers that be decide he should go down a few rungs on the ladder—to the position of AP, assistant/associate producer, to Nicole.
Toby pitches furries—people who dress in animal clothing and howl at the moon and shit. He also comes up with this guest who called, or who calls herself Mz. Stumpy—an amputee with no arms and only one leg who is abused by her caretaker.
Nicole tells Toby she needs him to book stories that an AP would book. We might not know what this means, but apparently Toby does, and takes off his shirt to reveal a rubbery bare chest.
Okayyy.
Toby pitches to Richard, then Nicole and I think Rachelle are talking in the hallway: Toby is crazy. Toby stays up all night. Toby smells.
Rachelle talks to Richard afterward, on something to do with canceling a shoot or show, and the next thing we know, Toby is calling Nicole and SCAREAMMMMING about how dare she go behind his back, send Rachelle to do the talking rather than go or call herself.
They all meet with Richard, who looks wiped out. He tells Toby he is very angry. (Good thing about this work on this show is that there is no problem with people expressing themselves.) Richard says he put Toby with Nicole for he thought Nicole could help Toby.
Toby Fails to Deliver the Trash
Toby Fails to Deliver the Trash by Roxanne McDonald
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The goal is a good old-fashioned white trash Springer show. But returning producer Toby, despite bringing on a hillbilly, his favored pig, and his jealous shaman girlfriend, disappoints. |
“It’s gotta be a home-run show, or I’m gonna get my ass canned,” frets Jerry Springer producer. So he drives to the deepest parts of Kentucky, retrieves Harley the hillbilly, Harley’s spoiled pet pig (who lives in the house and eats first before any human), and the jealous girlfriend.
The neighbors point out how obviously trashy these folks are, what with the crap on the porch and the clutter in the yard…and the fact that there’s obviously a pig living inside the house.
Producer’s assistant Gabe and producer Toby enter to find Harley feeding the pig and saying it gets to eat first and to
see a disgusted girlfriend in the corner, preparing to leap out and do some down-home voodoo on them.
Through torrential rains and on a restrictive schedule, one which has not included Toby even getting to the writing of the intros for Jerry, Toby stresses. And Gabe does all he can not to gag.
Springer Hustles for Popularity One Last Time
Springer Hustles for Popularity One Last Time by Roxanne McDonald
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As if getting the “Worst Show of all Time” moniker wasn’t enough, the Springer production team brings us behind the most appalling scenes of all of television history. |
The producers are actually quite decent when not in full Jerry Springer Show mode—certainly more watchable and even likeable than, say, Becky whatever from “The Agency” or Janice Dickinson.
Then again, these pushers of the first talk show turned infant terrible of the daytime show circuit are kind of like smarmy lawyers and used car salespersons combined—soliciting for the worst behavior, attitudes, and social interactions they can find, prompting the guests to add or enhance already foul
dialogue, and coaching them to keep that negative going!
The gung-ho and gaming team includes Executive Producer Richard Dominick, a kind of hookah-smoking caterpillar who languishes behind a desk more calmly than the sleepy and sluggish PA (producer’s assistant), Crista, who takes five weeks to book one show; and Selina, Annette, Renee, Toby, Nicole, Kerry, and Rachelle. (If I missed a name, I apologize.)
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