I know this might've been discussed like a hundred times but I still find it amusing how routine all of this "you are/are not the father" stuff goes on Maury. It's clearly the only reason people even tune into Maury just so they can see two dumb adults arguing over who is a parent of whom and the results of what happens when they're proving to be or NOT proving to be the father. And people having a problem with people having vascetomies?!

Anyways, I just wonder what brought on this fascination... it's been going on for a while but I just wanted to know WHY lol and why it's still a popular topic?

Those people are all idiots, but it's funny to laugh at them sometimes.

Some people like watching others' hot messes. Maybe it makes them feel comparatively normal.

I've got no respect for those shows. I know for a fact some of those scenarios are fake. I used to mentor a kid whose family concocted an absurd and utterly false sister-against-sister love triangle story and landed on Jenny Jones' old show. And those show that feature real scenarios are doing nothing more than exploiting folks' dysfunctional lives, anyway. I don't find that amusing.

Timmy84 said:

I know this might've been discussed like a hundred times but I still find it amusing how routine all of this "you are/are not the father" stuff goes on Maury. It's clearly the only reason people even tune into Maury just so they can see two dumb adults arguing over who is a parent of whom and the results of what happens when they're proving to be or NOT proving to be the father. And people having a problem with people having vascetomies?!

Anyways, I just wonder what brought on this fascination... it's been going on for a while but I just wanted to know WHY lol and why it's still a popular topic?

Jenny Jones & Ricki Lake were doing this segment on there (dis)respected talk shows before Maury ever did. But on Maury's show, it almost every week that he has DNA test results.

But because of this show we have this:

tv grabs a hold of cliffhangers.

we don't know those people but after watching them talk for 20 seconds about their relationship, we are twisted enough to be intrigued where we will at least try to find out if their relationsip is indeed what they say it is.

...right after the commercial break.

it's like gossip and coke.... you know you don't give a crap about it but oh hell if some happens to fall on your tongue.

I admit, watching some idiot dance across the stage after learning he is NOT the father while a girl rolls around on the floor in dismay is a guilty pleasure of mine.

Of course, it's sad when you consider the deeper ramifications and a culture that breeds such irresponsibility and lack of self-respect. But, for that moment, it's funny as hell!

i've been in the crowd during a maury show and if u think what u see on tv makes u roll ur eyes, be in teh studio audience! i wanted 2 trip and trhro something at the stage manager who has cue cards for the guests telling them 2 stop smiling, cry, get crazy etc

but your right, the top two topics on maury are the lie detector shows (which i feel are rigged) and the baby daddy shows.

timmy as how this phenom started, i would say look at maury's most famous guest, marisol!

16 times on the show trying 2 find her baby daddy's lol

L4OATheOriginal said:

i've been in the crowd during a maury show and if u think what u see on tv makes u roll ur eyes, be in teh studio audience! i wanted 2 trip and trhro something at the stage manager who has cue cards for the guests telling them 2 stop smiling, cry, get crazy etc

but your right, the top two topics on maury are the lie detector shows (which i feel are rigged) and the baby daddy shows.

timmy as how this phenom started, i would say look at maury's most famous guest, marisol!

16 times on the show trying 2 find her baby daddy's lol

And STILL ain't finding him!

Timmy84 said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

i've been in the crowd during a maury show and if u think what u see on tv makes u roll ur eyes, be in teh studio audience! i wanted 2 trip and trhro something at the stage manager who has cue cards for the guests telling them 2 stop smiling, cry, get crazy etc

but your right, the top two topics on maury are the lie detector shows (which i feel are rigged) and the baby daddy shows.

timmy as how this phenom started, i would say look at maury's most famous guest, marisol!

16 times on the show trying 2 find her baby daddy's lol

And STILL ain't finding him!

i think she found the last one but no matter what, it's triflling! in 30 days time u can't remember who laid down with?

L4OATheOriginal said:

Timmy84 said:

And STILL ain't finding him!

i think she found the last one but no matter what, it's triflling! in 30 days time u can't remember who laid down with?

Oh yeah that's right I forgot about that lol

Timmy84 said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

i think she found the last one but no matter what, it's triflling! in 30 days time u can't remember who laid down with?

Oh yeah that's right I forgot about that lol

That whole situation is like a reverse lottery; there's a million to one chance it's you, but you pray to God it isn't.

xpertluva said:

Timmy84 said:

Oh yeah that's right I forgot about that lol

That whole situation is like a reverse lottery; there's a million to one chance it's you, but you pray to God it isn't.

Why can't motherfuckers put a condom on/get their tubes tied?!

L4OATheOriginal said:

Timmy84 said:

And STILL ain't finding him!

i think she found the last one but no matter what, it's triflling! in 30 days time u can't remember who laid down with?

No, no, no The trifling part is in 30 days time that nasty ho fucked at least 16 different men and none of them wore a condom!!!!!

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xpertluva said:

I admit, watching some idiot dance across the stage after learning he is NOT the father while a girl rolls around on the floor in dismay is a guilty pleasure of mine.

Especially when some of those chicks come back week after week with different dudes, and ALL of them are NOT the father, lol. Seriously, once chick dragged more than a dozen dudes on that show about a year ago, and NONE of them turned out to be the father, lol. I'm like... at WHAT point do you just have to admit that "YOU A HOE!", lol. And that you've just systematically proven your whoredom to the world, lol.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

i think she found the last one but no matter what, it's triflling! in 30 days time u can't remember who laid down with?

No, no, no The trifling part is in 30 days time that nasty ho fucked at least 16 different men and none of them wore a condom!!!!!

[Edited 7/24/11 10:44am]

u got a point there lol

L4OATheOriginal said:

i've been in the crowd during a maury show and if u think what u see on tv makes u roll ur eyes, be in teh studio audience! i wanted 2 trip and trhro something at the stage manager who has cue cards for the guests telling them 2 stop smiling, cry, get crazy etc

but your right, the top two topics on maury are the lie detector shows (which i feel are rigged) and the baby daddy shows.

timmy as how this phenom started, i would say look at maury's most famous guest, marisol!

16 times on the show trying 2 find her baby daddy's lol

THAT's THE ONE!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

i think she found the last one but no matter what, it's triflling! in 30 days time u can't remember who laid down with?

No, no, no The trifling part is in 30 days time that nasty ho fucked at least 16 different men and none of them wore a condom!!!!!

[Edited 7/24/11 10:44am]

I wonder if all of those guys she fucked and herself have even HEARD of a condom. Probably not.