| | '''Jerry Springer''' (born February 13th, 1944, in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]) is a popular American talk show host that hosts the ''Jerry Springer Show'' since 1991. Much of the show is staged for entertainment purposes and will usually degrade into a pushing and shouting match. | | '''Jerry Springer''' (born February 13th, 1944, in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]) is a popular American talk show host that hosts the ''Jerry Springer Show'' since 1991. Much of the show is staged for entertainment purposes and will usually degrade into a pushing and shouting match. |
| − | Before becoming a talk show host, Springer was active in politics in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], and first became a city council member in 1971. A prostitution scandal in 1974 unsaddled him only briefly and the city council elected him as mayor for one year in 1977-78. For a week in 1997, he was briefly a news commentator for a Chicago-area television station before quitting over protests.<ref>Carter, Bill. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E5DC1739F93AA35756C0A961958260 Springer Quits News Show, Citing Attacks]. ''The New York Times'': May 9, 1997</ref> | + | He has a BA in political science from [[Tulane University]] and JD from [[Northwestern University]] Law School.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jerry-springer/bio/156840</ref> Before becoming a talk show host, Springer was active in politics in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], and first became a city council member in 1971. A prostitution scandal in 1974 unsaddled him only briefly and the city council elected him as mayor for one year in 1977-78. For a week in 1997, he was briefly a news commentator for a Chicago-area television station before quitting over protests.<ref>Carter, Bill. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E5DC1739F93AA35756C0A961958260 Springer Quits News Show, Citing Attacks]. ''The New York Times'': May 9, 1997</ref> |
| | In 2000, he admitted in an interview with the Reuters news agency: | | In 2000, he admitted in an interview with the Reuters news agency: |