Talk Soup
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Talk Soup was a television show produced for cable network E! which debuted on December 26, 1991 and aired up until 2003. Talk Soup aired selected clips of the previous day's daily talk shows—ranging from daytime entries like The Jerry Springer Show and to celebrity interview shows like The Tonight Show—surrounded by humorous commentary delivered by the host. Although Talk Soup poked fun at the talk shows, it also advertised the topics and guests of upcoming broadcasts of them. Hosts included Greg Kinnear (1991-1995), John Henson (1995-1999), Hal Sparks (2000-2001) and Aisha Tyler (2001-2002). Kinnear won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1994 for his involvement with the show, and Talk Soup won an Emmy in 1995 for Outstanding Special Class Program, and was nominated for an Emmy in 1996 for Special Class Writing and Special Class Program. Talk Soup was also nominated in 1996 for the CableACE Award for Outstanding Magazine Show, Series or Special; John Henson nominated for Entertainment or Variety Show Host.
"Weird Al" Yankovic recorded a song entitled Talk Soup for his album Alapalooza. The lyrics describe a man who is desperate to appear on some of the talk shows whose clips appeared in Talk Soup. The song ends with a sample of the E! sound clip played at the end of the television show's end credits.
In 2004, E! revamped the show and brought it back as The Soup with actor Joel McHale as host and co-writer.