Judge Judy & Sally Jesse Raphael

I don't remember much about Sally. Her show went off the air several years ago.

I have lost interest in most American programmes. British mysteries and Britcoms comprise more than 90% of what I watch..... But I openly admit that I adore Judge Judy. Four months ago, I returned my cable box to the company, so I no longer have any television reception. Luckily, there are many fans who upload JJ cases on YouTube. Her show is so much fun! The fact that people continue to appear on it, year after year, shows how thick some people really are (or what huge egos they have!) Understanding human behaviour fascinates the hell out of me. I find it endlessly amusing to watch Judy try, in vain, to make the litigants appreciate how idiotic they seem to everyone else.

Her show is real and not real: The cases are selected from actual Small Claims Court filings from all over the US and sometimes Canada. The litigants are paid a small appearance fee, flow out to Los Angeles, and put up in a decent hotel for a few days. If either the plaintiff or the defendant wins a judgement, the producers pay that money. I have read a few accounts from litigants that they were paid several thousand dollars even before the case was heard. I've read more accounts of the litigants explaining they were coached by the producers to bad-mouth the other party and make the case as scandalous as possible.

Judge Judy is filmed two miles from here, at Sunset Gower studios. The gallery is made up of paid seat-fillers. Casting companies pay California's minmimum wage ($8 per hour) for young, good-looking folks to sit through case after case after case, for about 9 hours. When new episodes are watched regularly, it becomes obvious that some women appear in the gallery almost constantly. "Cadaver" is a very thin young woman with a remarkably tiny mouth. She has the most followers/spotters/fans/non-fans on YouTube. A pretty brunette, sometimes called "Smirky" is always on camera. She badly overacts, trying to draw attention to herself by grinning inappropriately, rolling her eyes, craning her neck, biting her thumb, and all sorts of antics.

The Sex Pistols were on Judge Judy a few years back... John Lydon and Paul Cook... i think. something about one of them stealing the others guitar or something.

TravisTheSky wrote:

But I openly admit that I adore Judge Judy.

I can openly admit I despise that bitch. When I recently heard she's worth $95M, I despised her a little more. :shock:

I can almost guarantee I would be in contempt of court if I ever faced a (psuedo) judge like her.

Here is judy's bio:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005419/bio
we laugh at her!

ouch! watch this video
http://www.spike.com/video/judge-judy-i ... 8?cid=YSSP

Claireack wrote:

CJMST3K wrote:

We didn't like these shows 8 years ago. ...now they're dated, and they're making you guys watch them?

We also get Ricky Lake & Montel from around the same time. On some of the Sky channels I think they have Maury and a few others too. I don't have those channels.

If you see a Maury from maybe 10 years ago with a girl with dark hair who has a fear of eating in public, and Maury at the end takes her to get a steak at a restaurant... DVR it for me. That's my sister. Her friend worked for Maury, and knew my sister was a little off-center about eating in public, so voila a new guest. ...but she's no way as bad as the woman afraid of balloons.

Claireack wrote:

Claireack wrote:

...but she's no way as bad as the woman afraid of balloons.

Once saw a programme about people who got off on balloons. Which was very odd.

This movie is about people getting off to car crashes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTYkmAcsvk

evenflow wrote:

Don't forget Judge Judy is married to the original TV judge - Judge Wappner (sp?) of The People's Court fame.

What????
I don't think that's right.