

Jerry Springer stars as more or less himself, the host of a raunchy, controversial and popular Los Angeles talk show which features everyday people with problems and who frequently vent their problems on the air.
Acting
Jaime Pressly somehow commits to this chaos.
Production
Jerry Springer playing 'Jerry Farrelly' — the denial is art.
Writing
Screenplay by Jon Bernstein, who presumably wrote it drunk.
Director
Neil Abramson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was produced by the same company that made actual Jerry Springer episodes, blurring reality and fiction until neither mattered.
Released at peak Springer saturation (1998), it tanked at $9.5M against a $20M budget — audiences preferred the real chaos for free.