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Article: Chat-show host with the most; David Soul has finally laid his TV cop past to rest and transformed himself into the new Jerry Springer.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 9, 2004
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Byline: FIONA MADDOCKS
THE Jerry Springer Show? That was never my kind of TV, but I can tell you I now have a real new appreciation of it," chuckles David Soul, wryly aware that lowbrow fodder he once scorned could be his career boost.
On Monday, Soul replaces Michael Brandon in the title role of Jerry Springer - The Opera, the scurrilous send-up of the American TV chat show, which had the National Theatre in stitches and moved on to become the West End's surprise hit.
Soul had a previous encounter with the show. He turned down an invitation to play the lead role in Edinburgh two years ago. "I said, 'Jerry Springer, an opera, aw ... you're ...