I agree with you a bit, I was never a big fan of this show and I agree that stupid psycho lady is a sham, that was his downfall more than anything else! I guess I'm kind of old school when it comes to talk shows, I watched a ton of them while in college during the late 80s early 90s and all and all his show really wasn't bottom of the barrel in the history of these shows. There were sooooo many more bad talk shows than his, anyone remember the old Morton Downy Jr. Show? After that show it all started going down the tubes, with Geraldo, Jerry, Maury and others going sleeze. My friends and I always watched Geraldo and we thought Montel was just a Geraldo want-a-be only more harmless. If you think about the harm to society alone, Jenny Jones and Jerry killed and harmed many more than Montel ever could claim, in fact I think Montel sincerely wants to help people with his motivational stuff and drugs for poor people effort. He just went over the edge like so many other talk show hosts have. I wont miss his show but there are so many others that are worse.
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lindsey204
16 years ago
agreed, glad he's going off.... but he's already made his bucks, he was just riding it out getting as much as he could, airing shows that (many) people wanted to see , such as the freak physic.... so he's run his course, he will just pop up some where else....
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MadchenJ
16 years ago
I remember Morton Downey Jr; I used to watch that all the time. It was groundbreaking and innovative at the time, but, looking back, it was worse than Jerry Springer! He would even have "All-stars" episodes with his most vitriol guests.
Yeah, I agree that Sylvia Browne was the downfall of Montel. I can't stand her and I always found something else to turn to on Wednesdays.
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wolfsong442
16 years ago
There will always be talk shows as long as people are willing to watch them.
Sam: You're getting wise in your old age, Dean.
Dean: Damn right.
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