Before the man who transformed “The Jerry Springer Show” into a gladiatorial showcase of the worst common denominator took over as its executive producer, Richard Dominick made his living writing headlines for Weekly World News and the Sun such as “Two-headed Man Sings in Stereo,” "Toaster is Possessed by the Devil" or “My Wild Affair with Bigfoot. ”
The weirdest ones earned him a recurring guest gig on “Late Night with David Letterman," where he’d swear with a straight face that every story was true. In the archival clips featured in “Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action,” Letterman’s audience was clearly in on the joke. Letterman’s show was a funhouse where absurdity was encouraged.
