The Jerry Springer Show was an internationally known television tabloid talk show, hosted by Jerry Springer. The show was ostensibly a talk show where troubled or dysfunctional families came to discuss their problems before a studio audience so that the audience or host could offer suggestions on what could be done to resolve their situations. In actuality, the show came to epitomize the so-called "trash TV talk show," as each episode of the show focused on a lurid topic that usually involved sex, racism, marital jealousy, the Ku Klux Klan, and other prurient subjects. Typical topics of discussion on the show included unusual extra-marital affairs, vicious rivalries between families, rebellious and promiscuous teenagers, strippers and adult movie stars, and the like. Some of the strangest