Do You Swear
Jim Harbaugh, former head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, was asked his opinion on truthfulness and its importance. His response was specific. “Somebody that’s not truthful? That’s big to me. I’m a big fan of the “Judge Judy” show. When you lie in Judge Judy’s courtroom, it’s over. Your credibility is completely lost, and you stand no chance of winning that case. So I learned that from her.
It’s very powerful and true. If somebody lies to you, how can you trust anything they ever say after that?” Everyone is aware of the famous television judge and her own wise words.
White Privilege
In January of 2018 Judge Mathis claimed in an interview that Judge Judy benefited from white female privilege for all her success. Mathis cannot claim the same. He said in particular, During a January 2018 interview, “I tried to be like Judge Judy. And she was mean all the time. And then ultimately [my] producers said, ‘Well, no, an older white woman can talk to white folks like that, but a young black man can’t.’ So I learned that lesson early on.
White folks love to see black people sing and dance and crack jokes. They do not want you to be too serious and political.”
Imitated But Never Duplicated
The People's Court, Divorce Court, they've all come and gone, trying to be Judge Judy and more, but no one has ever been able to keep up. Judy has outlived all her imitators. Judge Judy now holds the Guinness World Record for longest running television show in the court genre.
It doesn't look like anyone is likely to take that crown away for a long time.
Judy Claps Back
Of course Judy had more to say for herself after Wapner publicized his latest comments.
As a young person, when I had watched The People’s Court. . . I said ‘you know what, I could do that.’ And at least as well because while Joe Wapner is a very good judge, [he] didn’t have much of a sense of humor. And I always knew from a very practical perspective that you have to marry those two things in order to be successful in entertainment," she said.
The Great Reward
In any small claims court in America there is an award limit of $5,000. That holds true in Judge Judy's television courtroom as well.
The Judge Judy producers are the ones who shell out the money to winning litigants. There is a special fund reserved for paying the winners of each case.