5/14/2007 - Midget Fight On Springer

You know the term "it's like watching a train wreck"? Well, that analogy definitely applies to this next video. Fights on a Jerry Springer show is nothing unusual. In fact, I'm sure there are more episodes with fights than not. The sheer variety of them has extended to all permutations possible. There have been catfights, trans-gender fights, race wars, and those between every species of redneck out there.

This one between two dwarfs (or little people to be politically correct), however, certainly takes the cake. Just look at them go at it! The smaller one doesn't have quite the "reach" the other one has, but he makes up for it in his "pluckiness". The manner in which he manipulates himself across the floor tells me that this isn't his first brawl.

Yes, enjoying watching a spectacle like this is not a particularly admirable quality. Stuff like this is degrading to our culture and certainly does not promote brain cell activity. Why do we watch it, then? Why is it we can't avert our eyes or turn the channel? I suspect it appeals to some primordial remnant of our genetic makeup leftover from our caveman days. I'm sure that even back then there was some version of a Jerry Springer organizing versions of the fight you see in 2001: A Space Odyssey. And I'm equally sure that the surrounding cavemen were shouting "JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!"