Entertainment 12-11-2003 who: Jerry Springer what: Admits his show is "mindless TV chewing gum" when: Yesterday snippet: "It`s not meant to be anything else. A dope could do it. The show isn`t bad. It isn`t good, either. It`s nothing," the 59 year-old host tells The Mirror. "It`s chewing gum. It won`t kill you, but it won`t make your life better. You spit it out." Rumours that Springer has political ambitions seem well founded, as he explains that he could be the voice of Middle America. "I have lived in every income level that exists in America," he says, "and it wasn`t until I became wealthy that I realised: `Oh, my God. All these things are done for me.`" [... more]

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