Ringmaster (film)
Ringmaster is a 1998 American dark comedy film starring Jerry Springer as a fictional version of himself named Jerry Farrelly, host of a show similar to his own called "Jerry". Plot. There are three ongoing plots in the film. The primary one surrounds a white trash, trailer park family in which the slutty Angel is sleeping with her mother's husband, prompting the mother to constantly try to outdo her promiscuous daughter's behavior out of spite, including sleeping with her daughter's boyfriend. The secondary plot revolves around an urban black woman called Starletta whose boyfriend Demond  is sleeping with her two best friends, but the three are united against Demond when he eyes up the trashy but sexy Angel. He spends the rest of the film trying to get into naughty Angel's knickers, while his jealous girlfriend Starletta is frantically trying to prevent Demond from enjoying the promiscuous blonde. Unfortunately for Starletta, horny Angel manages to sneak Demond into her hotel room where he wastes little time in getting her clothes off and into bed much to smug Angel's evident delight. Starletta stalks the hotel corridors desperate to stop her bed-hopping boyfriend from  bedding her skanky love rival but is unable to stop Demond and Angel's night of pleasure. The third plot revolves around Jerry and the show itself, detailing the difficulty Jerry faces in trying to come to terms with his rather dubious claim to fame, and the staff's utter amazement at the bizarre stories they must deal with. A minor sub-plot involves a producer on the show who mistakenly picks up one of the guests, a self-proclaimed "man-by-day-woman-by-night." Reception. The film had a generally negative reception, with Rotten Tomatoes giving it a  21% rating (with an average rating of 3.2 out of 10). The film won a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star (Jerry Springer, tied with Joe Eszterhas for his small cameo in ""). The film was a box office bomb, grossing back less than half its budget. Soundtrack. A soundtrack containing hip hop music was released on March 23, 1999 by Lil' Joe Records. It peaked at number 80 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The film also features the single "Talk Show Shh!" by Shae Jones which peaked at number 88 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. A music  video for the song was made to promote the film and featured Springer. However, the song was not included on the soundtrack album.