There is a plethora of judge shows out there in daytime television. On the whole, I have to admit to enjoying the genre. It’s like Cops — stupid people being stupid on national television for the most part. If I’m home in the late afternoon, I’ll often tune into one of the two “big” judge shows, either The People’s Court or Judge Judy. Earlier in the day both Judge Mathis and Judge Joe Brown have been mainstays for years. I’m not as enthralled about many of the new ones on the market. I was liking Judge David Young until …
He went all Maury Povich on us with this latest season. You see, Young’s original hook was that he’s gay. He was supposed to be “justice with a snap” and oh-so compassionate and all that jazz. Last year he garnered himself a daytime Emmy nomination with that persona and this season, WHAM. It’s not the same show at all.
I really think we have enough shows out there concerned with “who’s your baby’s daddy?” My gosh, if you don’t know whom you’ve had sex with when, exposing your slutty sleep-around lifestyle on national television just doesn’t seem the way to go. At least, not for me anyway. I just don’t get it. Where is their self respect? Not only do these women in this predicament trash their own images in front of the world, it also has to be the ticket for psychiatric intervention for the poor children sometime down the line.
Oh, please, Judge David Young … heed my plea — get rid of the DNA stuff. Leave it to Maury or that bodyguard-bouncer dude from The Jerry Springer Show. It’s trashy and lowlife. Sure, the judge show genre in and of itself is a bit trashy and lowlife, but need it be slutty, too? Trash that new “DNA” part of the slogan and go back to “snap.” Snap, I thought it was going to be a show I enjoyed.
That said, it looks like Fridays this month may be enjoyable. I haven’t caught an episode yet, but there is a feature called “Thank Dog it’s Friday.” Dog cases are always a good romp in the park. That is, unless it’s “who’s the daddy of my litter?” Now, will there be doggy DNA cases with the Pomeranian unsure whether it was the Doberman or wiener dog who fathered her pups? Or could it have been the pit bull? He’s such a dawg, y’know.
I guess I’ll just go back to the more judgmental Judge Judy.
Clacked by Jackie Schnoop 
on Nov 14, 2008 @ 09:00 EST5EDT
Well said