So What Are You Watching? Pennsylvania’s Yvonne Griffin Likes “Maury”

By Judith Brown
Fancast.com

Married and the mother of four children ranging in ages from 5 to 15, Yvonne Griffin has got a lot to take care of at home. Her one guilty pleasure, though, is The Maury Povich Show, which she watches daily, records daily, and re-watches on the weekends. [See her fascination by watching these full episodes on Fancast.) As the neighborhood hair dresser (her side profession), she also has a penchant for fashion and melodrama.

Of all shows to watch, why Maury? "Because," Yvonne says, “the talent, lack of talent, and just plain stupidity of some folks amaze me.” Regarding the talent, she can describe what the 7-year-old was wearing when she belted out the theme song from “Dreamgirls,” and why the 15-year-old’s gig shouldn’t have been aired in the first place. “That was a waste of time….Time I’ll never get back,” she likes to say when she’s disappointed after watching a silly Maury episode.

Which makes it even more bizarre that her favorite Maury shows are the ones featuring the paternity tests. [watch this unusual show about a 13 year old boy who allegedly fathered a baby]

She says nothing compares to watching those chicks show their stupidity, yelling things like, “I am one million, five hundred thousand percent sure he is my baby-daddy, Maury!” {here’s another paternity-themed full episode] The highlight of the show for Yvonne is when the paternity test comes back negative – leaving the loosy-goosey to run off the stage “like a track star!”

One of Yvonne’s favorite episodes was when a woman had eventually had the thirtieth man tested (yes, that’s 30th!) as she, of course, claimed he HAD to be her child’s father. Turns out he wasn’t the baby-daddy, either, but he was so disgusted with her loose ways, he said, “I’ll be the baby’s daddy, Maury, ‘cause this is ridiculous!”

While Maury may not be the upper echelon of reality shows, even Yvonne has her standards. “I’ll watch just about any reality show on TV, with the exception of Flava Flav, because that’s just gross!”

Wow, Maury beats out Flava Flav? Who knew?

[watch more full episodes of Maury here]