Little known fact: nearly every single one of the school commercials I have produced over the years has aired in “The Jerry Springer Show”. To me, Jerry is the patron saint of my industry. When I found myself standing alongside Jerry outside a casino in Vegas, I was completely flummoxed! Part of me wanted to run up and gleefully tell him that he gives me job security, but figured that would take too long to explain. So I chatted him up about Vegas and hosting multiple shows and-so-forth-and-so-on.

I’m glad I saw him first because 30 seconds after this pic was taken, he was MOBBED by his legions of fans. Vegas is RIFE with humanity. Once they found out the leader of their deranged free world was around … they wanted to be near him. Jerry is about as real as they come. He’s one part-host, one part stand-up comedian, one part therapist and one part troublemaker. Now who does that remind you of? It was like looking in a mirror.