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September 21, 2014 4:27 PM

Fans of nonsense will be sad to learn that there are only three episodes in the web series Drunk Judge Judy. But what episodes they are! 1, 2 and 3.
posted by jbickers (27 comments total)

I used to work swing shift and I've used a timed TV start, timed to the Judge Judy show, to scare me awake. It worked quite well. She doesn't apply anything to do with any notion of legality - it's a morality play and she is scary.

Here is a soundboard.
posted by vapidave at 4:50 PM on September 21, 2014 [1 favorite]

Those are hilarious. I kind of dig her ever-changing hairstyles from shot to shot (variations on a theme, more than anything).
posted by xingcat at 5:00 PM on September 21, 2014

Judge Judy Coast to Coast.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 5:04 PM on September 21, 2014 [10 favorites]

Oh god. This is ... this is perfect.
posted by kafziel at 5:42 PM on September 21, 2014

Are these TV court shows just legal play acting? I would think the verdicts can't result in devices like wage garnishment that give real small claims verdicts their teeth. So wouldn't most of these cases ultimately end up in real courts?
posted by dgaicun at 5:50 PM on September 21, 2014

Ha! This is great.
posted by turbid dahlia at 5:52 PM on September 21, 2014

"No smoking."

"....okay."
posted by turbid dahlia at 5:54 PM on September 21, 2014

My understanding is that those TV judge shows pay the "damages" rendered to the awarded side. Both parties get a night in a hotel and their grievances put behind them.
posted by cmfletcher at 6:09 PM on September 21, 2014 [1 favorite]

Judge Judy Sheindlin is the highest paid person on TV. $900K an episode.
posted by grimjeer at 6:11 PM on September 21, 2014 [7 favorites]

Are these TV court shows just legal play acting?

IIRC, plaintiffs and defendants have actual small claims court cases, or possibly valid disputes they've submitted to the show. If they go on the show, they drop the legal case and agree to have the dispute settled through arbitration, ie: the law show. They both get paid to be on the show, and if the plaintiff wins, restitution is usually covered by whatever the defendant was paid. The Wikipedia page for The People's Court breaks it down pretty well, I think.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 6:14 PM on September 21, 2014 [1 favorite]

dgaicun, i suspect that's addressed in the litigants' contracts with the show and the compensation they received, for which they're expected to make semi-nice with each other after they leave the set. it isn't even legal play-acting, it's a moral theater of the underclass with a judge-figure resolving. judy is a (rich) old dom, and her audience likes to watch her spank people.
posted by bruce at 6:15 PM on September 21, 2014 [8 favorites]

Also, Wikipedia for Court Show.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 6:17 PM on September 21, 2014

This is just a shorter version of regular Judge Judy.
posted by ernielundquist at 6:24 PM on September 21, 2014 [5 favorites]

My occasional viewing tells me it's more lower middle class/working class than "underclass."
posted by raysmj at 6:43 PM on September 21, 2014

* clicks tongue *

* rustles docket *
posted by boo_radley at 6:45 PM on September 21, 2014 [5 favorites]

Is it me or does Judge Judy remind anyone else of Al Pacino in drag?
posted by photoslob at 6:54 PM on September 21, 2014 [7 favorites]

Reminds me of this epic prank that some legendary hipsters pulled on JJ.
posted by dontjumplarry at 6:54 PM on September 21, 2014 [6 favorites]

Great observation in the Vice article (linked in the DM article, which has video) about how JJ likes to wear super wide-legged stonewash normcore jeans under her robe.
posted by dontjumplarry at 6:55 PM on September 21, 2014

Here is Johnny Rotten's case on Judge Judy. I am curious to see the whole episode.
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:08 PM on September 21, 2014 [2 favorites]

This is great! Not 10 minutes ago I was explaining JJ to some German law students--I think they were a little puzzled. Judge Judy is legend!
posted by orrnyereg at 7:49 PM on September 21, 2014

Reminds me of this epic prank that some legendary hipsters pulled on JJ.

The comments for that article are amazing. If you were trying to summarize the mind of the Daily Mail commenter in a nutshell, I doubt you could do much better than them believing that people can and ought to be charged with perjury for lying on Judge Judy.
posted by strangely stunted trees at 8:21 PM on September 21, 2014 [3 favorites]

"We have a video of what happened that evening."

Oh man, that was funny.
posted by SpacemanStix at 8:40 PM on September 21, 2014

Oh hey, I know the guy who did this, or I should say I know several of his siblings. His entire family is the sort that would do this type of thing, making something ridiculous even more ridiculous. I'm pretty sure he even works in television, so I guess he made the right career choice.
posted by Woodroar at 10:12 PM on September 21, 2014

None of these are as funny as the real Judge Judy episode where THE Johnny Rotten was the defendant.
posted by MeanwhileBackAtTheRanch at 10:31 PM on September 21, 2014

This is just so wonderful. Makes me think of (and deeply miss) Jandrewedits, with the Star Trek footage.
posted by DoctorFedora at 10:43 PM on September 21, 2014

Reminds me of this epic prank that some legendary hipsters pulled on JJ.

That is epic, and I don't use that word lightly! Even better than when some friends of mine bullshitted their way onto the Rikki Lake show way back when.
posted by TedW at 10:39 AM on September 22, 2014

grimjeer: "Judge Judy Sheindlin is the highest paid person on TV. $900K an episode."

Oy vey!
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 6:01 PM on September 22, 2014