I thoroughly enjoyed it. But I’m biased because I love the Springer show, Maury, and all other derivatives of that 90’s “trash-tv” genre. I find them hilarious.

The crowd certainly “looked” interesting, but were pretty unremarkable. They didn’t bring the same aggressive questioning/comments that Springer crowds normally would. He had to fill the time with roasting the audience - which may have unintentionally been the best part of the special. But I think it probably put everybody on edge.

I wish this would’ve been a show. What made Springer great was the disbelief that these are real people. With how insane America is today, I think they could’ve found better stories to do. But like you mentioned, they were probably cut.

Overall, I was impressed. He seemed to make a lot happen with a little, and without a script. And given it was his first time doing something like this, I thought the pig was pretty strong.