User Reviews

Zhu didn't see the show at its best. Sally has been on longer than most other talk shows and is sadly being removed from the air now due to the fact that she can't and **won't** stoop to the sideshow tactics used by others in the business. The fact is that when she isn't force to do sensationalist shows, she shows a great deal of heart and tackles major issues. She does great celebrity interviews and has a wonderful sense of honor. I, for one, will truly miss her and wish her luck. Hopefully she will find her way back onto television again in the near future.

I will admit I am not a huge fan of talk shows. There are one or two exceptions, but overall I find the guests rude and the audience unsympathetic especially on Maury, Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos. Sally Jessy Raphael mayn't be high art or anything, but it was one of the better talk shows for me.

The main reason why this is so is Sally herself, she offered very good advice and was very genuine about what she says, it was these two things that make her likable. Also the audience was much more toned down here, on talk shows like Maury they boo, jeer and swear at someone who's cheated or denied their child but here they didn't prejudge the guests as much. And while there have been some horrible guests, there were also some inspirational ones which was refreshing to see.

Of course Sally Jessy Raphael didn't really cover new ground in terms of what is talked about on the show, but there was more variety than there is on Maury or Jerry Springer, which feels like the same thing over and over. Overall, thanks to a great host this is for me one of the better talk shows and I miss it. 7/10 Bethany Cox

I really miss this talk show. First off, I must say that it was a pretty good talk show. Also, I haven't seen every episode. However, if you ask me, it was still a good show. I know some of the theme song by heart, too. Even so, it was fun to see people get busted. In addition, I really enjoyed watching wild teenagers get reformed by Sergeant Darrell Julu of the United States Army. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that I'll always remember this show in my memory forever, even though I haven't seen every episode. Now, in conclusion, if some network ever brings it back, I hope that you catch it one day before it goes off the air for good.

In 1999, Sally, invited Manuel Diaz, The Mexican Wolfman to appear on the show, in an episode titled "Odd Odd News." I went along as an interpreter. Sally was a perfect host, especially to Manuel. Where others were afraid to approach him because of his exotic appearance, Sally walked right up to him, and they shared a nice conversation. Manuel, who is now in Mexico, always remembers with fondness, his trip to New York, and meeting Sally Jesse Raphael.

I miss Sally Jessy Raphael with her glasses and her mannerisms. She came before Oprah Winfrey's success in 1986. I liked her and the show because she dealt with difficult teens and issues like Satanism, homosexuality, transgender, cannibalism, cults, etc. I was really upset that they canceled her show because she was one of the most genuine talk show hosts around who really cared about her guests and audiences. She always wore those red eyeglasses and showed genuine emotion. During the 1990s, the talk show craze included Sally who deserved a lot of praise for her performance. She wasn't Oprah nor did she try to be Phil Donahue. She was Sally and we still miss her show even five years later.

Sally Jessy Raphael show is coming to an end. My afternoons will never be the same again. Sally Jessy Raphael will be missed by all her fans in the United Kingdom where the show is shown twice a day it is that popular. I hope Sally enjoys success where ever the rest of her life takes her.

Sally has been shown on SKY One for as long as I can remember and it will be hard for another show to fill that void.

The main appeal of this dreck is that Sally herself, in her sixties, takes on troubled teens (exclusively females) by pretending to stand up and take their fits of adolescent anger. While a nice trick, it doesn't stand up to reality: Sally could act as 'powerful' as she wanted while her two bouncers sit in the audience, ready to bound at the teen if the teen actually knocked her false teeth out.

And that is the show. A lot of yelling and fake threats and men in fatigues screaming at teens and claiming it 'cures' them. And lording over it all is a former welfare mother who claims to be at the top of her own crap factory.

Watch only if you want to see how badly a "Springer" ripoff is when it pretends to have a moral center. Sadly that a MST3K clone hasn't found the comedic potential in these wastes of time and effort.

My mother has been watching this show since I was only five years old. They have people come on the show and fight. Just like Jerry Springer. They have people like instructors and recruits from Boot Camp. Nick is right. This show is annoying. Plus they have pregnant women come on the show. My father watches this show too.

TV sure has changed now that Sally's not on anymore. The only episodes I really liked were the wild teen episodes where they got sent to boot camp or jail or wherever. (You can currently see that on "Maury", by the way.) But nowadays, when I look back on those shows, I sometimes wonder if any of them were for real. Remember how Sgt. Julu used to scream his head off about a millimeter away from those kids' faces? Or how he had them lean against the wall, scoot down halfway, stand on their toes and hold their hands out? And Pat Ferrari stood there enjoying the kids' misery? In real life, if anyone tried to put a kid through that, the kid would fight back. What do you think?

The best daytime talk show ever on television. And Sally's best guest ever was con man Steve Comisar (aka Brett Champion) who not only conned the entire studio audience but he also got into huge fight with one of the other guests. After Comisar took all the audience members credit cards Sally announced she was running away with the Comisar. Now those were the days of exiting daytime television! Come back Sally! Now would be the perfect time for a newly revamped Sally show! There's literally nobody else on daytime television as good as Sally Jessy Raphael. She is funny, witty, and who doesn't love the trademark red glasses!