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| Aug 2nd, 2008 01:58 AM | ||
| Nick | They were running to an Elementary School to hide under their desk? | |
| Aug 1st, 2008 08:14 PM | ||
| Sacks | And some people do what they were taught to do all their lives. | |
| Aug 1st, 2008 03:36 PM | ||
| Kitsa | There's nothing wrong with self-preservation. I just think it's funny how, in most people, the instinctive "screw you guys, I'm going home" thing kicks in immediately when there's an emergency. Some people are leaders in emergencies, some people are frightened sheep, and some people are long-gone. | |
| Aug 1st, 2008 02:42 PM | ||
| Dimnos |
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| Aug 1st, 2008 12:59 AM | ||
| Nick |
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| Jul 31st, 2008 08:06 PM | ||
| Schimid | Yeah, how dare a woman exercise self preservation. | |
| Jul 31st, 2008 06:14 PM | ||
| Sacks | She didn't bolt she got under her desk thing so shit wouldn't fall on her. | |
| Jul 31st, 2008 06:08 PM | ||
| Kitsa |
I'd have been afraid of one of those studio lights coming down on my head. It was a little funny how quickly Judge Judy bolted...every cranky old judge for herself, I guess... |
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| Jul 31st, 2008 06:07 PM | ||
| 10,000 Volt Ghost | Was trying to figure out why the defendant and plaintiff didn't bother moving at all. Rest of the crowd bounced in a second. | |
| Jul 31st, 2008 11:19 AM | ||
| Sacks | EXTREME AKIM EXTREME AKIM EXTREME AKIM | |
| Jul 30th, 2008 08:57 PM | ||
| Tadao |
God heard your pleas. http://break.com/index/judge-judy-ro...arthquake.html |
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| Jun 29th, 2008 02:06 AM | ||
| liquidstatik |
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| Jun 27th, 2008 02:45 PM | ||
| executioneer |
what the hell are you even talking about, nobody's talking about a movie are you some sort of bot |
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| Jun 27th, 2008 01:28 PM | ||
| badboy7 | I think the best part of the movie was the story of the movie... | |
| Jun 10th, 2008 10:34 PM | ||
| Softix | I personally am fed up with these shows..ridiculous, senseless and do not make for great viewing.. | |
| Jun 10th, 2008 03:44 PM | ||
| Jeanette X | My Mom watches those shows, and I can't stand them. Such vindictive, petty people with such stupid problems. Gah. I hope I never, ever have to go to court for anything ever. | |
| Jun 3rd, 2008 02:22 AM | ||
| pac-man | All of these shows deserve mention in the "Worst TV Shows Ever" thread. ESPECIALLY Judge Judy. Judith Sheidlin is horribly impartial. The rest are knock-offs of a knock-off. The original People's Court didn't have a caricature for a judge or a bunch of fucking geetchies and rednecks as litigants. I'd totally believe that they're getting a nice monetary stipend to appear, because all of these fucking retards look like they'd suck a dick for an egg McMuffin and a ride home. | |
| Jun 3rd, 2008 01:58 AM | ||
| 25_McDoogle |
Judge Mathis all the way! Back last summer, every day at 2 P.M., a couple of friends and I watched Judge Mathis' smackdown on the people and their pitiful cases. It was great times. A year later, a couple of my friends are actually going to see Judge Mathis this Thursday. Soooo jealous that I can't go due to work. |
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| May 11th, 2008 01:36 PM | ||
| timrpgland |
Judge Judy is hilarious 
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| May 11th, 2008 10:26 AM | ||
| Kitsa |
Colonel Flagg: Absolutely. And most courtrooms just look like glorified meeting rooms with barely anyone there, and a tape recorder on the table. There are also the judge shows that have fallen by the wayside...Judge Hatchett (I think she got cancelled...dunno, don't see her anymore), and...wasn't there some "Texas Justice" one with some guy named Jim Bob or Joe Bob or something like that? I remember the interior of the courtroom looked like one of those Texas steakhouses. I half-expected to see peanut shells on the floor. Another thing I was wondering about judge shows: why is it almost always the case that the bailiff will be the opposite gender/race than the judge? Is that so they won't look like they're being prejudiced? Judge Judy: White female judge, black male bailiff. Judge Marilyn: Latina female judge, black male bailiff. Judge David Young: White male judge, black female bailiff. Judge Alex: White male judge, black male bailiff. Divorce Court: Black female judge, latino (I think) male bailiff. Judge Mathis: Black male judge, white male bailiff. Judge Joe Brown: Black male judge, latina female bailiff (used to be white female bailiff) Judge Cristina: Latina female judge, black male bailiff. That, and bailiffs on those shows are more like the Ed McMahons, especially on Judge Judy. "Ha ha ha! You are corrrrrect, your honor!" |
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| May 10th, 2008 06:04 PM | ||
| Colonel Flagg |
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What I've also learned, is that even when you think you've won, you might still lose. |
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| May 8th, 2008 03:40 PM | ||
| Kitsa |
No court proceeding I've ever been to looked anything like any of these shows. Judge Judy is the closest, but that's not really saying much. In real court situations, judges/magistrates seem to give zero shits about story. They sit there and bark out questions, God help you if you aren't succinct. You hand over your evidence, you leave, you find out what the official decision is later. At least, that's my experience. Here's an entertaining crackhead on Judge Joe Brown. |
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| May 8th, 2008 03:17 PM | ||
| Asila |
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| May 8th, 2008 03:04 PM | ||
| Kitsa |
Someone who was on one (can't remember who, but I think the show was Judge Judy) told a family member of mine that the cases are decided before the televised court thing even happens. As a matter of fact, I think they either said or insinuated that the show picks from a selection of closed small claims cases. Or people agree to appear on the show instead of going to court. I really have no idea how it works but that was the third-hand info I got. They also said that each party gets, say, $5000 to appear. Then the monetary judgment is subtracted from one and added to the other. So I guess they're just getting yelled at on TV for money and they're not really out anything, which might explain why some of them act like they aren't really that upset. I don't like Judge David Young's show either. If you have a cute dog that's like his dog, case closed. Then there's that little post-show thing where he shows off his dog to the crowd. And yes, as you said, if a litigant wants to capitalize on the minority issue, his show is the place to go. Each judge seems to have something that sets them off. Judge Mathis likes to go off on tangents about gangsta wannabes and Detroit. Judge Marilyn Milian loves to throw out Spanish phrases and ask people if they know what they mean. Judge Judy is the person to go to if you've been wronged by some dumbass kid she can yell at. Judge Joe Brown will almost always rule against guys who don't "tcb", as he says. People could probably just figure out their best odds of winning by choosing the judge who hates their opponent's "type" the most. Fun fact: Judge Joe Brown presided over one of the James Earl Ray hearings. |
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| May 8th, 2008 02:09 PM | ||
| Emu |
How much authority, if any, do these judge shows actually have? David Young irritates me because he can't seem to get over how gay he is and references it in every episode, but I was watching him the other day when there was a case of an interracial lesbian couple who had been evicted from an apartment owned by an older white man and his wife. All the couple had to do was even insinuate that the landlord was racist and/or homophobic and the judge went off on a tirade about what a racist bigot the landlord was. And then he made it very clear that his perceived bigotry affected the sentencing, because IIRC he awarded additional emotional damages to the couple, which is something a real judge wouldn't have gotten away with. |
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