Maury Povich...

Since I took the day off due to exhaustion and a terrible ear issue I have been watching daytime television.  This is something I rarely do but decided to indulge a little.  I allowed myself one show to watch since I needed to get a few things done around the house  and I really did not want to waste brain cells watching a full day of trash tv.  So I chose what was on at the moment...The Maury Show hosted by Maury Povich.  I remember seeing him as the host of A Current Affair.  Maury has also been a news anchor and also served two terms as president of the New York Chapter of the Television Academy.  He has been married to Connie Chung since 1984.  

I would have to say that his show is a higher class version of The Jerry Springer Show.  Mainly he sticks with shows dealing in paternity tests.  He should trade mark the phrases "You are the father" and "You are not the father."  Today's show dealt with the husbands taking a lie detector test to prove they were not cheating.  The last freak show was a couple who married really young (she is 16 and he is 23)-is seems her mama let her marry this dude.  Well she was concerned that he was cheating and he was just saying that she is being paranoid.  In the end, he wasn't cheating but he was concerned that the baby was not his.  BINGO!!  I got a two-for-one this afternoon with this episode.  So they performed a paternity test and yes the baby was his.  I was kinda bummed that they all had a happy ending.  I guess I had already gotten my fix from the previous couple where the lie detector test confirmed that he was having an affair with his wife's mother.  I mean how ghetto fabulous is that?  

I suppose Maury needs to keep working since Connie's career tanked after she interviewed Kathleen Gingrich (Newt's mama) back in the 90's.  You know the interview where she asked her what Hillary was like "off the record and off the camera?"  And ol' Kathy said Hillary was a "bitch."  LOVE it!  Anyway, Maury is bringing home the bacon now.