Talking Simpsons - The Parent Rap With Luke Savage

I knew Judge Judy would be a shitty person just like Jerry Springer, Maury, and the rest of those ghouls, but holy crap did this episode really show me how AWFUL (and extremely 90s) she is.

Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag

Rest assured there will be a few more NRBQ songs before we're truly done with Scully's seasons.

Bob Mackey

When I heard the Hang Me Dang Me song at the end I just assumed it was NRBQ. It's really weird they didn't just use Don't Fear The Reaper

While I doubt the writers intended that, your reasoning is perfect and should become the accepted meaning of the joke. - Henry

Talking Simpsons

Sweet Zombie Jesus, I just figured out why at the beginning Millhouse was so disgusted at the thought of eating Saltines as part of his free government breakfast. It's due to his father formerly being such a big deal at the cracker factory and having either a trained palate when it comes to crackers or simple family pride.

Daniel Rackley

I have to say, whenever something doesn't go my way, especially small insignificant things, I hear Marge's delivery of, "she's such a butthole." It's just the perfect little sound clip to deal with life's little inconveniences. I had a good friend in college who suffered from night terrors, and as funny as it was in this episode, it was a joke that made my friend quite angry because it made his life so difficult. In his case, he would scream and hit things, unable to wake up. Finally, I first heard the term "pillory" from an old, forgotten episode of Tales From the Crypt (Let the Punishment Fit the Crime, S06E01) staring Catherine O'Hara as a lawyer sent to (spoiler alert) hell, and Dragonslayer's own Peter MacNicol as a public defender that can only leave hell if he tricks someone into becoming his replacement. He acts as an incompetent PD trying to bait her into representing herself by putting up ridiculous defenses for minor offenses (which was her hell). One of the punishment's she (O'Hara) receives is being pilloried over her custom license plate. It's one of the better episodes (and you can see it on YT).

Bryan Field

These episodes are way better than I remember.

CMatt

Also, we would shoot every other week Tuesday-Thursday, 10 cases a day! And the Judge lived in Miami, so she would fly up Monday night, work 3 days and fly back home And the scenes with Harvey Levin talking to people on the street before they cut to commercials are done on 1 Saturday in the month.

First time commenter, but I feel like I have to join in after hearing the opening bit wondering how court shows work. I used to intern for both the Maury Show and the People's Court in NYC and can say that in fact all of the guests on both shows are real. As fas as how they find cases for the show? Every small claims court case becomes public record, so they would search thru for cases of people with the same last name, like family members suing each other, or anything with a juicy story. The show would pay their travel expenses to NYC, put them up in a hotel and give them some spending money while they were in town. The show also pays out the judgement that's decided at the end, and small claims court is 5k max in most states, so most people go on the show cause they can't afford it, and are so passionate that they are right: that's entertainment!

It's more of an execution because she was found guilty. - Bob

Talking Simpsons

Wow this really is character assassination: the episode eh?

Lockerus

I really hate Judge Constance Harm as a character. Everything about her is unpleasant, but more importantly, not in a funny way (to me.) While I still actively watched for a couple of seasons beyond this, I do think this episode was a point in my mind where the show was not showing the careful, well-crafted touch I preferred. Though--it's better than I remembered.

Jay in Madison

I know this isn’t strictly taking simpsons related but hearing Will and Luke tackle Metal Gear Solid would be a huge treat. I hope it happens!

Adam Esat

It feels to me like two writers finding the same alliteration. - Bob

Talking Simpsons

That was the first thing to my mind as well.

John Harrison

I wondered if Judge Harm's line about frogs doing fractions somehow inspired the indie game Frog Fractions, but I can't find any references connecting them.

Tyler

The protagonist of The Sun Also Rises is impotent, so the reference works on that level, too.

Tyler

I giggle like a preteen every time I hear Marge say "butthole." Julie Kavner's delivery is perfect, fed-up, mom. I know I've heard the occasional surprising expletive come out of my own mother's mouth (a certain former president made it almost routine), though I don't think I've ever heard her say "butthole." This is such a silly episode, but it works really well as just a laugh factory. I'm not particularly high on the Scully years, but this is the type of episode his team did well and it's part of a surprisingly strong start for Season 13.

Joe Hodgson