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Pop Culture Addict
Teal'c and Jerry Springer: a match made in heaven? Evidence suggests that it's possible.
Teal'c
originally feared the people of his adopted planet. His earliest exposure
to Earth culture was a not the most friendly introduction possible: during
"Cold Lazarus," he turneds on his
new television and began flipping through the channels, seeing, in succession:
police fighting rioting in the streets ("no word yet on any casualties");
traders on the stock market floor ("the bull was violated today by
bears leaving a sea of red behind them"); a chaotic heavy metal music
video; and scenes from Middle East warfare ("and no one can say how
it started in the first place"). He then told Daniel and Sam that
"Your world is a strange place," to which Daniel replied: 
"So's
yours." Later that episode, he refused to leave his staff weapon
behind when going into town because "I have seen your world. I will
need it."
Slowly, Teal'c began to get used to
the Tau'ri. During "Bane" he was confronted
with some bewildering street slang courtesy of a gaggle of street kids,
but had other things on his mind. He showed signs of acclimation by the
end of the episode, however, when he engaged in a water gun fight. The
first time he showed a strong interest in Earth culture is "Window
Of Opportunity" while looping with Jack. This may be partially
attributed to the fact that his only alternative was mind-numbing 
boredom
only broken by the occasional indignity. Whatever the reason, he got to
learn to juggle and play a few rounds of golf, in full attire.
"Point of No Return" had him fascinated with the vibrating "magic fingers" bed; after demanding more quarters from Jack, he lay back with a huge grin on his face as the bed shook. He was also shown reading the Whistle Blower tabloid magazine. In "The Curse," Daniel caught Jack reading an issue of a different tabloid, Glimmer, and Jack explained himself by stating "It's, um... Teal'c's into this stuff," revealing that Teal'c is a regular reader.
"Ascension"
was where his fascination with pop culture really became full blown. Jack
told Sam that Teal'c had seen Star Wars 8 times and was eagerly anticipating
a 9th viewing. Teal'c wore an extremely cheesy cowboy outfit, complete
with ten-gallon hat, and told Jack that he had "read of a place where
humans do battle in a ring of jello." Clearly by this point the infection
was full blown.
Teal'c's
questionable taste in casual clothes also manifested itself in "Wormhole
X-Treme!" with some rather... fruity patterns. Though technically
he was undercover, it's apparent that the costuming was left up to him.
Pink from the neck down, with a gold ring in one ear and a fruit-laden
bandana on his head, Teal'c was somewhat less than subtle in his choice
of costume.
Given that Teal'c professes great interest in jello wrestling, cowboy outfits, cheesy supermarket tabloids, pop science fiction films, and some extremely ugly clothing, it's not much of a leap to consider that he would be very interested indeed in such things as afternoon talk shows. Teal'c has never shown interest in or referred much to American television on the show however (apart from his initial fearful viewing), so while he is certainly very involved with pop culture, any specific quirks past what has been shown are the inventions of the writers.
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