TV host Jeremy Kyle has certainly carved out a niche for himself.
Seriously – if ever there's an Emmy for Best Series In Which Sportswear-Bedecked Pikeys Have A Fistfight Over A Pregnancy Test Which A Smug Man Looks On With Both Eyebrows Wryly Raised, he'd win it hands down. Unless Lost introduced a similar plotline.
Some people out there, however, don't appreciate the genius of the Jezster's televisual efforts. Especially judges. Now, regular readers will know that hecklerspray doesn't have a great relationship with those judge-types – especially after one of them gave us some sort of 'jail sentence' because he didn't believe that Jessica Alba's pants came off in a freak gust of wind and we were simply trying to return them to her.
Manchester district judge Alan Berg has a similarly unforgiving style. After one of Jeremy Kyle's guests was hauled into his courtroom – all because he'd done a spot of naughty headbutting live in the studio – Judge Berg let rip on ITV's finest, calling it 'human bear-baiting which goes under the guise of entertainment'.
Here's Judge Alan Berg's verdict on daytime TV in full:
"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. It should not surprise anyone that these people, some of whom have limited intellects, become aggressive with each other. This type of incident is exactly what the producers want. These self-righteous individuals should be in the dock. They pretend there is some kind of virtue in putting out a show like this."
All very opinionated and that, but what Judge Berg is missing is the vital point. Sure – The Jeremy Kyle Show draws shameless entertainment every morning from watching barely-literate halfwits shout and swear at each other. But – come on. Isn't that providing a valuable social service? What else are chavs supposed to do with their time?
There are only so many vacancies at JJB Sports, you know.
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Stuart says
“All very opinionated and that, but what Judge Berg is missing is the vital point. Sure – The Jeremy Kyle Show draws shameless entertainment every morning from watching barely-literate halfwits shout and swear at each other. But – come on. Isn’t that providing a valuable social service? What else are chavs supposed to do with their time?
There are only so many vacancies at JJB Sports, you know”
Is that the best you come up with? I have lived on a estate all my life, and for every Chav there are many more trying to get out of the poverty trap, where do you work? I assume it is not JJB, I have worked 17yrs and only recently lost my job, for now I claim benefits, my background involves dealing with Home Office clients so I have to have good comms, this counts for nothing when it is time to claiming because there is prejudice, and it can happen to anyone, even you C J Davies, though I doubt we will ever see you in JJB.
C J Davies says
Don’t good comms involve the proper use of punctuation?
gir says
Not when you’re trying to affect intelligence on the internet, C J. For that you only need a whole heap of self-righteous indignation and the language skills of an angry orangutan.
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tam says
I bet CJ Davies’ mum shopped at Iceland – someone should’ve called social services
tam says
P.s – No, we won’t see CJ Davies in JJB as the JD Sports store cards are well better – you can use em at cashpoints!
Stuart says
Your right my punctuation is poor, this is maybe because I grew up on a estate right? or could it be that I have had to try harder than most due to having learning difficulties as a kid, you see I always had intelligence just not at an academic level, and people like yourself who probably has a academic background have no social understanding meaning your academic achievments stand for nothing.
Ed says
I love it when chavs get their back up when they’re reminded of the obvious. Hilarious.
jamie says
hmm hard thing to say really i wont say i have lived a bad life but proberly harder than most of you i was in care from a young age because my mum and dad were drug users and drinkers but me and my brothers and sisters turned out ok if we can do it anyone can but i understand the show i dont belive in showing the country other family problems cause i wouldnt want to go on the show but jeremy does try helping but the one thing wich does pain me is when people judge other people because of there familys or there cloths what gives you the right none we are a country we shouldnt shift the blame cause you think your better than everyone else no one should we should all accpet it and try helping each other chavs yeh there bad im not 1 but i am 1 i dont go muggin and stuff i work but chavs had bad back grounds some of them there mothers and fathers made them what thay are this country made them what thay are we all made us what we are its all our fault and anyone who says its not there fault there family’s fault because thay think there better then seriously you should be in this great country we live in if the gov did more and we helped each other then maybe people could remember why were called great britain