TV Talk Show Disasters
Sarah Hou
Issue date: 10/19/06 Section: A & E
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"I don't watch any talk shows except "Oprah". Talk shows like "Jerry Springer" and "Maury" are just loaded with junk that's not educational and who wants to watch that?" says Cara Hebert, senior, Bennington, VT.
Celebrities have made their attempts in talk show television in hopes of their fan base to connect with their hour chat festivities.
"Talk shows can be good or bad depending on the host. But even if the host is bad it's sometimes entertaining just to see their attempts at having their own show" says Michael Madden, junior, Long Branch, NJ.
In 1999 the hip-hop royalty Queen Latifah came out with her own talk show. Twenty months previous she received Oscar nomination for Best Picture in the film "Chicago", with multi-million dollar offerings for the queen. Though her earlier decision to have her own talk show was another added to the disaster list.
The show consisted of her good intentions in making the dreams of disadvantaged kids come true. However, despite the aid of her friends Mary J. Blige and Lauryn Hill, who were guest appearances, the good karma of the queen was not successful.
Surprisingly the show was renewed for a second season. The shows content was lost between the charismatic host trying to show a side of social responsibility and Jerry Springer-like side show attractions.
In 1993 The Chevy Chase show aired lasting a concise five weeks but if you actually watched the full hour it probably seemed too time-consuming for your mind. Chase retreated to reading the news like he did on "Saturday Night Live", his glory days of comedy. He also seemed oblivious to the fact that his audience needed to be his friend. The random acts he performed were hard to find humorous. For five weeks Chase danced around, had a broadcast from the "Chevy Chase Theater" and even turned out to be a complete jerk to Goldie Hawne, awkwardly making a move on her. His random acts of comedy proved to not even touch base with his fans.
In 1998 with a two year run Roseanne's attempt of talk show stardom resulted in chatty catastrophe. Her past sitcom Rosanne was a hit success that showed the family problems in a working class white trash family. Rosanne's in your face attitude and aggressiveness that made her triumph in sitcom world did not convert into daytime television too well. Guests of her show found her 20-some different personalities to be quite frightening and schizophrenic.
The program drifted from topical beginnings to a second year of fictional guests such as Jolene the Trailer Park Queen. The show's substance was lost between her crazy different personalities and her comedic attempts of using old material from her successful sitcom.
The last talk show disaster that lasted for only one season came out in 1998. It was "The Magic Hour" hosted by NBA basketball star Magic Johnson. His first mistake was not involving what he is famous for to begin with-basketball.
The shows cast included Johnson's supposed funny sidekick Craig Shoemaker and Sheila E's dreadful Latino music.
The only attention that the show received was probably from Howard Stern stirring up the hour by playing daily audio clips. The show's cancellation was forthcoming with its mixture of humor and disrespect and Johnson's unease at speaking to his audience.
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