I have just watched this and haven't laughed so much in years!!!

The whole concept of an Opera about Jerry Springer is hillarious enough in itself, but with such class lines as " You inbred, three nippled, cousin f***er" and "dip him in chocolate and feed him to the lesbians", I was crying laughing!!

Did anyone else watch this unbelievable piece of television class?!!

Originally posted by FetishFairy
I have just watched this and haven't laughed so much in years!!!

The whole concept of an Opera about Jerry Springer is hillarious enough in itself, but with such class lines as " You inbred, three nippled, cousin f***er" and "dip him in chocolate and feed him to the lesbians", I was crying laughing!!

Did anyone else watch this unbelievable piece of television class?!!

Taped it chuck. It sounds hilarious. Might watch it when I'm a bit squiffy...!

I've videoed this - looking forward to watching it now :D

I saw the last ten minutes, and it certainly made me laugh. What was all the fuss about???

Just seems a shame to me that they have taken something straight from the theatre and put it on TV when it is a great media in itself, and i'm sure it's more enjoyable when seen live.

awww nooooooo when was it on? i right wanted to watch that!!

Well it sounds like you could get a copy if people want to help you out.

IMO anything with his name should be avoided!

I saw it in the west end and went with no illusions ( you must be pretty thick if you went expecting wine and roses)

it was bawdy, rude, loud, a bit baffling but sang beautifully

its like a sailor who swears, the words mean nothing after a while.......

enjoy it

I've watched it. Mainly cos of all the hype and wanted to see if some others were right in saying it shouldnt be shown on the BBC.

I dont think its *really good* but it was entertaining. As crowefan is saying (I think) the 'shock/comedy value' of hearing someone sing a load of swear words doesnt last very long at all! The singing was v good.

I would think it is blasphermous (sp?) - if I believed in jesus etc. I was brought up in a very christian family and whilst I don't have any of those beliefs now I can see why some religious groups would be very offended by it. BUT - it was right to show it and there are loads of warning before and during the programme. I'm offended by some of the mindless trash they show on tv but don't complain about it - just dont watch it

I wonder how many people would have noticed it was on if it wasn't for all the free advertising by the people who wanted it banned? It has probably had many more viewers than it would have otherwise done. I didn't watch it, by the way, as I know I wouldn't have liked it.

I stayed in on a Saturday night to watch it. One of the best things I've seen on TV for a long time.

I watched it, and thought it was a bit silly (as in daft) to be honest.

I was surprised that there was such a to-do about the show, and the programme.


for goodness sakes,
1 ) it was Jerry Springer, for crying out loud,(!!!) I cannot believe that there is anyone in the Western hemisphere who doesn't know what his show's content is made up of...

(I E "i'm engaged to you, but I have to confess to you, on national television, that I am a transexual"/ or " I'm engaged to you, but I have to confess to you, on national television,am in love with my horse*- my brother* my father* your brother* cousin* your father* your horse*..." *delete as appropriate)

2) the continuity announcer *did* state, before the show started, and at the interval (s) that the content, and the bad language used, may prove offensive to some.

I sat there laughing, because to be honest, the operatic singing of the F** and C** words, etc, struck me as being as funny in the same sort of way, as when a toddler first starts picking up swear-words, and realising that they can get a reaction from the adults around them by using them.

I was not offended, at all even when the well-upholstered bloke with the man-boobs, and the outsize nappy started singing about "Pooping his nappy!"

lol

I just thought "what was all the fuss about?" if someone doesn't like it/ want to watch it, there's always the alternatives of using either the "off" switch, or the "channel change button".


P "excercise your choice, dammit" T

According to Aunty Beeb, 1.7 million people watched it and she's going 2 be sued :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4159217.stm

Thought it was pretty good myself, the plastic surgeon guy from Holby was quite good as the devil, especially with the prolonged 'eff' word :thumbsup:

Its just for publicity, and (they hope) money. If they were that worried about it being 'evil' why didn't they stop it when it was on in theatres. Trust me, that show was tame compared to alot of theatre out there anyway.

The BBC is just an easy target for them, like when Disney were going to release 'Dogma', its about saying that a big well-known organisation should know better.

One can only wonder what the God of those who made the abusive calls to the homes and families of the BBC governors thought of their own behaviour.

I accept that view of people who dont want to be subject to the Jerry Springer Opera screened on BBC, however nobody is forcing them to watch it! Yes there may be several thousand people who are opposed to it, however there are several hundred thousand who do, why should the majority be overuled by the minority, all they have to do is switch it off!? Whats your opinion?

I'll put it this way.

If the God portrayed had been Allah, I reckon we'd have been waking up Sunday morning to the news that Bradford was on fire and there was similar rioting in Birmingham, Liverpool and London.

I watched over half of it, the singing was fantastic but I just thought the whole thing summed up how standards in this country - and those once demonstrated and upheld by the likes of the BBC - have fallen so much, particularly in the last 10, 15 years.

The keyword is respect. Respect for one another, and other people's rights to believe in what they wish. Another word would be trash, in that the thing to do nowadays is to trash anything and everything. The same word sums up, for me, Jerry Springer: The opera.

Absolutly hilarious, was laughing from start to finish, brilliant singing and acting and amazing songs!!!

If people don't like what was on- i belive they could just switch over- i don't think its been made law to watch tv yet has it??

Everyone should stop being so touchy and just accept it for what it is- a parody on life as it is now, its not supposed to cause offence.

Originally posted by Ousetunes
I'll put it this way.

If the God portrayed had been Allah, I reckon we'd have been waking up Sunday morning to the news that Bradford was on fire and there was similar rioting in Birmingham, Liverpool and London.

I watched over half of it, the singing was fantastic but I just thought the whole thing summed up how standards in this country - and those once demonstrated and upheld by the likes of the BBC - have fallen so much, particularly in the last 10, 15 years.

The keyword is respect. Respect for one another, and other people's rights to believe in what they wish. Another word would be trash, in that the thing to do nowadays is to trash anything and everything. The same word sums up, for me, Jerry Springer: The opera.

I agree yes it is about respect and we should respect everyones beliefs, and I think thats the key here, the point being we cant be blind to the fact that everyone doesnt actually respect everyones elses religion or belief. The people who are in outcry over it are those who believe their religion or faith has been demoralised but its wrong to be blind that this actually does happen and the BBC have ran this programme to demonstrate this point. It comes back to the old saying you cant please everyone but its good that its been highlighted because it shows to people that these things do actually happen.

Originally posted by Ousetunes
If the God portrayed had been Allah, I reckon we'd have been waking up Sunday morning to the news that Bradford was on fire and there was similar rioting in Birmingham, Liverpool and London.

don't forget to mention that 'the rivers would have been running with blood'.....

Sham71, I think you're missing my point. Muslims take their religion incredibly seriously, as do Sikhs, going by the events of a week or two ago. Whilst I could never condone rioting I can understand how frustrated they feel when their God is ridiculed. Why should the views of Christians be held on a lesser level than those held by other religions?

So why quote the words of Enoch Powell? Are you saying that my views are racist or full of bigotry? Or are you just trying to prevent the debate merely because I'm implying that people of Islamic faith would be so angered that - as we've seen before - they might find other ways of venting their frustrations?

Unfortunately, 'racism' has become a device to prevent discussing issues that affect faiths and interests different to those of our own/somebody else.

Originally posted by Ousetunes
Sham71, I think you're missing my point. Muslims take their religion incredibly seriously, as do Sikhs, going by the events of a week or two ago. Whilst I could never condone rioting I can understand how frustrated they feel when their God is ridiculed. Why should the views of Christians be held on a lesser level than those held by other religions?

So why quote the words of Enoch Powell? Are you saying that my views are racist or full of bigotry? Or are you just trying to prevent the debate merely because I'm implying that people of Islamic faith would be so angered that - as we've seen before - they might find other ways of venting their frustrations?

Unfortunately, 'racism' has become a device to prevent discussing issues that affect faiths and interests different to those of our own/somebody else.

I agree, I think too many people play the "racist card" to avoid discussion.

Originally posted by Ousetunes
If the God portrayed had been Allah, I reckon we'd have been waking up Sunday morning to the news that Bradford was on fire and there was similar rioting in Birmingham, Liverpool and London.


That may be true but perhaps such violence would say more about the behaviour of religious leaders and the attitudes of their followers than it would about the work they cited as justification for their violent acts. However, I doubt that anyone would have substituted characters from the Christian account of history with characters from the Islamic account of history in Jerry Springer: The Opera, not for fear of the possible reaction from Muslims but because it wouldn't make sense artistically.

Jerry Springer: The Opera isn't about Christianity. It's about The Jerry Springer Show, a TV programme that was made in and a huge success in the United States of America, a country with a pledge of allegiance which describes the country as "one nation under God". It's about the effect on individuals and society of a TV programme on which people discuss their private lives in public in front of a baying mob in return for fame (or, more accurately, infamy). Since Muslim countries haven't produced popular cultures that are similar to the despicable ones found in some so-called Christian countries there isn't the same comparison to be made between the sacred past and the profane present that Jerry Springer: The Opera makes in a completely over-the-top fashion.

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to be honest, especially since the show recieved something like fifteen THOUSAND complaints from "viewers" BEFORE the show even aired, I thought the protest was getting into the realms of the ridiculous.

IMO, I thought that a lot of these complainants were probably actively looking for something to complain about...

As I mentioned in an earlier post on this thread, I watched the programme, on Saturday night, and I merely thought that it was just pure silliness, and wasnot taking the rise out of religion, as such, but taking the rise out of the barmy programme subjects that the Jerry Springer Show puts forward.
(as I said before...
Supposedly needing to confess, on national tv, that one has been unfaithful to ones life-partner, or confess to being transexual, or whatever)

The show is all cheap, and sensationalised, trailer-trash, car-crash tv. Only rarely does it do a "proper Story"; one that is 'issue-based'.

That is something that we have to take into account when we make a critique of "The JSS the Opera" programme.

(^ ^ ^ slightly echoing one of the previous posters)

If the Daily Sport were a television programme, it's be the Jerry Springer Show!

PT

Originally posted by Plain Talker
to be honest, especially since the show recieved something like fifteen THOUSAND complaints from "viewers" BEFORE the show even aired, I thought the protest was getting into the realms of the ridiculous.

IMO, I thought that a lot of these complainants were probably actively looking for something to complain about...

As I mentioned in an earlier post on this thread, I watched the programme, on Saturday night, and I merely thought that it was just pure silliness, and wasnot taking the rise out of religion, as such, but taking the rise out of the barmy programme subjects that the Jerry Springer Show puts forward.
(as I said before...
Supposedly needing to confess, on national tv, that one has been unfaithful to ones life-partner, or confess to being transexual, or whatever)

The show is all cheap, and sensationalised, trailer-trash, car-crash tv. Only rarely does it do a "proper Story"; one that is 'issue-based'.

That is something that we have to take into account when we make a critique of "The JSS the Opera" programme.

(^ ^ ^ slightly echoing one of the previous posters)

If the Daily Sport were a television programme, it's be the Jerry Springer Show!

PT

I think id agree with this, the fact being that many people in actual fact just complain for the pure and simple reason of something to do. Bottom line is if they dont like it, dont watch it.

if anyone missed it and whats a copy on dvd i know someone who has them pm me