"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 6/20/2014 12:56 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>>
>>> Ever see that stupid judge show? Judge Joe Brown? He was an actual
>>> criminal court judge in Memphis, TN. (I lived right outside of Memphis
>>> for many years). He got a TV show. The city finally asked him, do
>>> you want to be a TV celebrity or an actual judge? You can't do both.
>>> So he chose celebrity. Guess where he is now? Pretty much nowhere on
>>> both counts.
>>>
>>> I'd feel the same way about surgeons. Nope, I'm not letting you
>>> operate on me when you're thinking about tomorrow's television *script*.
>>
>> I have seen his show a few times. He is not my favorite among judges
>> who have shows.
>
> Moot point now since they cancelled his show. He went back to Memphis and
> got himself thrown in jail for contempt of court!
>
> Jill

I always got a kick out of his showboating, standing up and walking back and
forth etc., but the show with no control over his courtroom, all that
screaming which he encourgaged got old quickly.

Cheri