It becomes the highest-rated series in the country. However, as with Chayefsky's Network , these shows can teach us something about our culture, especially our attraction to spectacle. In Ringmaster , Springer halfheartedly makes such a study. Knowing that we've seen it all, including a man who cut off his own penis so he wouldn't be stalked by a gay lover anymore, Springer wanted to understand the motivations of his willing guests. Springer and director Neil Abramson answer these questions unsatisfactorily.
Ringmaster is a fictional account of the exploits of two sets of future guests.
Pissed off by their constant copulating, Connie calls The Jerry Show , and on what seems to be the best day of their lives, mother and daughter are asked to appear on the air. The three women get together and decide to call Jerry, and they get the chance to rip Demond into a million pieces on screen. Well, hold everything. Among all this insanity is the calm, sexy and media-savvy host. Indeed, the whole film plays like one of these final thoughts.