Jose Luis set the bar for talk show catfights. I remember when Springer first came on tv, he would let the women fight for a little while before his security guys broke them up. But he got into some trouble for allowing the fights to happen. I don't remember who it was, but I remember some official saying that Springer's security guys were mainly off duty cops. The official said the cops should have arrested the women for assault rather than letting them fight. That was the end of the good fights on Springer.
Luis, on the other hand, didn't have those restraints, so his guys let the girls go at each other for a good long time before breaking them apart.
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