Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (February 13, 1944 – April 27, 2023) was a television talk show host and was the mayor of Cincinnati from 1977 to 1978. Springer appeared as himself in the "Starship Poopers" segment of Treehouse of Horror IX, when the Simpsons, Kang and Kodos come on his show and try to settle Maggie's baby daddy drama. In the episode, every aspect of his show is parodied, right down to the unsupportive audience and the random bleeps inserted at certain points. He also cut the episode quite short after Kang killed off the entire audience with a disintegration ray, and ended up killed himself by a combination of Maggie biting him in the arm and being throttled by Kang and Homer. He died standing up to Kang.
Springer was also interviewed on The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!
Springer was also the journalist of WLWT (NBC affiliation) from 1981 to 1993 with Norma Rashid and the host of The Jerry Springer Show from 1991 to 2018.
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