It's possible he's young and only knows Ricki from her new show that just launched last year. He probably wasn't old enough to remember the 90's.
I would occasionally watch both, but I probably liked Ricki Lake better. Nowadays, you got Maury, Jeremy Kyle, Steve Wilkos and... I don't know who else. Out of those 3 Maury is the big baller.
"You don't need Jenny Jones, you need Jenny Craig!" said whenever a fat people appeared on the show. Good times.
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A friend went out with a girl that was on that show a couple weeks after he met her at Chocolate Town (R.I.P.).