Talk:Hot Seat (talk show)

"JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!" chant was stolen from Hot Seat!
I added the following to Talk:Jerry_Springer_Show a couple weeks ago, but it has not received any comments as yet;

Well, I've never watched the show, but can anyone remember this audience chant before the arrival of producer Norm Lebow? In the early-'80s, while heading up something he called "The Religion of Drugs", he was a recurring guest on the local (but sometimes nationally syndicated) Anaheim, Ca talk show Hot Seat w/Wally George, a pioneer in audience participation, which from its inception began with chants of "WALLY! WALLY! WALLY!", and others such as "JERK! JERK! JERK!" and (the show's phone number) "Nine, Nine, Nine - FIVE THOUSAND!". This was all later ripped-off by the failed Morton Downey Jr.. Norman Lebow was hired as a producer on the Springer Show shortly after he appeared as a "guest" claiming to be O.J. Simpson's "drug dealer" (he had previously appeared on Geraldo and Judge Judy as musician "Rev. Bud Greene""). He was fired shortly thereafter in the well-publicised "scandal" about staging fights, one of the tabloid news shows confronted him with the news while on his way to meet with a potential guest, now a complete sellout with a haircut and a spiffy Springer Show uniform. I recall Lebow later sued the Spinger production co. for "damaging his reputation as a producer" or some such thing. More recently, he tried to sue the City of Hermosa Beach, claiming construction next door to his rental was making him sick. Roz666 20:05, 24 June 2007 (UTC)