Well, I remember hearing someone describe how they got the people on Jerry Springer to show up - pick them up from their houses (usually in the poorest areas) in a flash car, put them up in a grand hotel and convince them that airing their problems on national TV is going to improve things..
I find it tragic to watch..on the rare occasion I have watched these I have never seen anyone come out of it with any kind of solution..
I thought that 'The Jerry Springer Opera' made these points well too.
Very sad..
Off to pick up my daughter from school for a picnic in the park - no thinly sliced ham and 'everyone sit on the mat and watch 'Dumbo' (which is what the poor beggars at the after school club will be doing..so, perhaps, this is worth it..)
Sorry - gets off soapbox - it's Friday! Hooray...