Jerry Springer’s Death Has Millennials All Confessing To The Same Habit On Twitter
Jerry Springer’s death from pancreatic cancer at the age of 79 on Thursday brought out a lot of Twitter tributes ― and also some confessions.
Many millennials admitted that Springer’s sensational talk show was a reason they looked forward to being sick as kids ― or maybe, just maybe, pretended to be sick to get a day off from school. (Or had gotten suspended, in at least one person’s case.)
A lot of people spilled the beans on themselves:
RIP jerry springer i loved watching people beat each other’s asses on your show when i’d stay home sick from school as a child
— Sydney Leathers (@sydneyelainexo) April 27, 2023
Oh no…RIP Jerry Springer 🙏…thank you for giving 90s kids something to watch when we stayed home "sick" from school pic.twitter.com/zXmHQtGN1x
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) April 27, 2023
RIP Jerry Springer. He was there every sick day growing up pic.twitter.com/2XiwaAxmap
— Jada 😏 (@squiliamfancy) April 27, 2023
RIP Jerry Springer.
He held kids down a lot of suspended days home from school. A lot of days on punishment when mom took the game out the room. pic.twitter.com/KMguJNkKBo— Nerd Nash (@NerdAtCoolTable) April 27, 2023
A few people reached for a deep cut, remembering Springer’s cameo in “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.”
As a 13-year-old in 1999, Dr Evil on Jerry Springer was the funniest thing I'd seen in a movie. RIP. pic.twitter.com/hPdqOj5eGX
— Buck LePard (@BuckLePard) April 27, 2023
Another person recalled this bizarre segment:
Jerry Springer had guests on for every type of viewer. The guy knew how to entertain 😂 RIP pic.twitter.com/NLtiC59QZo
— Adam (@FGRAdam) April 27, 2023
Tributes also came from Springer’s fellow talk show hosts...
Shocked & saddened by passing at age of 79 of my old colleague & talk show rival Jerry Springer. Jerry was a Renaissance Man. Formerly mayor of Cincinnati, he moved effortlessly from politics & the local news business, into hosting his flamboyant fun-filled talk show. RIP buddy.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) April 27, 2023
Jeez, this sucks.
RIP Jerry Springer, 79.
TV icon & such an intelligent, warm, funny man. Loved working with him (on @AGT ), loved hanging out with him (we lived in same hotel for 2yrs), loved arguing with him (he loved his politics), loved everything about him. Gutting. pic.twitter.com/D9KFJMvfaq— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 27, 2023
...as well as the wrestling community.
Man, I must acknowledge this. Make NO BONES ABOUT IT-"The Jerry Springer Show" was 100% the INSPIRATION behind the @WWE Attitude Era. "Fast" Eddie Ferrara and myself would sit there and watch episode after episode of Springer as we wrote next week's show. Jerry-RIP-and THANK YOU! pic.twitter.com/c4MmCLTEQK
— Vince Russo (@THEVinceRusso) April 27, 2023
Other Twitter users offered tributes without saying anything about skipping school. (But hey, who among us, right?)
RIP Jerry Springer 🕊️ pic.twitter.com/PUCZp1ExZb
— NUFF (@nuffsaidny) April 27, 2023
RIP Jerry Springer. Thanks for the trashy tv. pic.twitter.com/Krutcl67MN
— dj shelley shell (@OWUTOWNIE) April 27, 2023
Man Jerry Springer passed away....RIP Legend. man protect Maury. pic.twitter.com/TJ1htM795j
— monarch the great (@OneMonarchTwo) April 27, 2023
Some people had an idea of how to memorialize the tabloid talk show host ― and yes, it involved flying chairs.
Later today, Sally Jessy Raphael, Jenny Jones, Maury Povich and Gerlado Rivera will gather at the home of Phil Donahue to throw a chair into a fireplace, the final death rite of the tabloid TV host. RIP, Jerry Springer.
— Levi Fishman (for real) (@levifishman) April 27, 2023
Break a chair in his honor
— Francesca Fiorentini (@franifio) April 27, 2023
But one guy thought the best way to honor Springer’s life was with the man’s own sage closing words.
‘Take care of yourself and each other’ RIP Jerry Springer. He kept me and my brother glued to the telly as kids 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/fD6PhzZtvw
— Alex Beresford (@alexberesfordTV) April 27, 2023