It's a Big Willie Fracas

Could have turned into a melee.

June 22, 2010 at 4:27PM

It's one of those "clash-of-civilizations" situations - daytime Jerry-Springer-style talk show audiences vs. stage moms. There was a fracas! Now there's a lawsuit.

If these are those moms who primp, prep and pimp little kids to be tarted-up pedo-bait, well, it's hard to gin up much sympathy if the crowd went against them. Anyone who goes on these shows knows what they're in for, right? Even if they get booed, they get a limo ride and a catered lunch out of it, if not at night on the town. When I did the Joan Rivers to promote a book, they put me up at the Plaza hotel. I wouldn't have cared if the audience threw Spam cans at me.

By the way, if you're at work, and looking for a graphic to accompany a story, be very careful before you even think about googling "Big WIllie." Let alone Big Willie Show.

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