BubblingKettle

Just the other day, I watched an episode of JJ in which she denied a litigant his appearance fee because she was so disgusted by his actions. Of course, I can't remember the details of the case. But anyway, that would have been a good consequence for those lotto dirtbags.

No one in my house understood this because I guess I was speaking PTV language.... As I switched the channel from ABC's election night coverage, I said, "Oh this channel has to go -- this is too much like Harvey Levin and his street trolls." Yep, I was annoyed because they were sending their "soft news" (aka no news) anchors outdoors to ask morons lined up outside who they voted for and why. For me, election night is about hearing a team of three or four intelligent journalists report the numbers and give the reasoning while they show the map. I guess I'm old school, still expecting Peter Jennings or David Brinkley levels and not adjusting well to the street troll era of news. I guess my friends are lucky to not know about Levin, his step-stool, and his clueless streetfolk.

I couldn't roll my eyes any harder while watching the "Over the top brats fight over party expenses" case. There was so much to take in....the flyer illustrated with various poses, "the performer," her protruding tongue, the dramatics, etc. For the first few minutes, I thought the defendant was calling herself JLo. I really wish the video was better. They were both trash.

The woman really lacked common sense. Her chief complaint was the noise from the bar and its outdoor deck. Duh is right. She's the one who chose to live above the bar (and the bar's outdoor deck was one window over and one floor down). That living situation is meant for someone who wants to bend the elbow every night...or at least someone with a 'can't beat 'em, join 'em' mentality.

In the case of the two young people fighting over Nugget -- At first, I thought defendant Michael was flashing a smug grin and ...well, I don't know how to describe the way he kept putting his chin down and looking upwards -- but that looked dickish too. Then, I realized that the smug smile wasn't going away, and that's his permanent expression. I guess I'm shallow, but I wouldn't be able to deal with that face looking back at me. And I'd be afraid to be with him in public. With a punchable face like that, I'd worry about getting hit by a poorly aimed fist. Miss Calisi seemed high strung. Uhhh, and when JJ asked if her witness was her new boyfriend, Calisi couldn't say "No" fast enough but the guy kept nodding his head yes. And of course the litigants bought from a pet store. With all the time he spent at home on the couch, Mike Smug could've done a google search and gotten up to date on that situation. Poor pooch; it's not Nugget's fault. In the unpaid rent case, the plaintiff should have kept her mouth closed for several reasons. Here are a couple: "The house was not safety at all" and "I had nowhere place to go." The other reasons: those teef. She did, however, have good squatting skills.

If only every case held my attention like the one on today's rerun! I don't know why the defendant expected anyone to feel sympathy for her. Her soon-to-be ex-husband, a stay-at-home dad for their 3- and 5-year-olds, struck up a friendship with the new guy nextdoor. She was unhappy with the amount of bro time they were having, so she posted a Men Seeking Men ad on Craigslist with the title "Ex-Con Misses Jail Love" and the plaintiff's phone number. In the hallterview, she busted out yet another excuse - "I was just trying to help him find other friends." Vicious woman!

The red-haired defendant/daughter being sued by her parents -- On my court tv wish list, both JMM and Judge Greg Mathis would have been on the bench for this case. Some of JGM's "You're still using! You've got crackish ways!" was desperately needed. The case was really sad, though -- unfortunately, it's such a representation of so many families' realities. And I know about civil rights and all of that, but I wish mandatory birth control shots were imposed on some people in our society, such as those in the throes of drug abuse.

I thought they might be acting and had created a fake case for some laughs on (inter)national TV. But maybe they weren't and they're actually that annoying.

I call bullshit on the burnt couch/unpaid rent case. They didn't seem genuine to me. I was so glad when JJ told Byrd to give them the bum's rush, but that was short-lived. The other episode's case of the two girlfriends of Mr. McDonald -- One of my latest pet peeves is the use of the word "talking" to mean having s-x. Mr. McDonald's current fiancee claimed that she had been "talking to him" for a year before he moved in with her. Then, the case unfolded and testimony made it quite clear that talking wasn't the only thing on the menu. They even "talked" in his cousin's truck! Quality. His response of "I'll quit today then" (re: smoking) made me dislike him even more. Bullshitter. And the current fiancee should wipe the smile off her face -- his antics aren't amusing. Or maybe she wasn't laughing...maybe she was just trying to get a deeper breath while her Kim K-inspired skintight maternity wear gave her a tight squeeze. The defendant was so indignant, but she chose him, moved him in, and subjected her kids to all that dysfunction. And I'm not convinced that his cheating/relationship with that other woman was unknown to her all that time.

Thank you, SRTouch, for explaining the details of the lottery case. I wonder if the defendant pulled other lotto scams....I remember seeing a Dateline NBC that busted store cashiers/lotto sellers who were scammers. After drawings were held, customers would come in with their unchecked paper tickets, and they'd ask the cashiers to run them through a scanner that detects winning tickets. The cashiers see the "winner" messages, but the customers don't, so the cashiers tell customers that the tickets are all losers. They offer to throw away the "losing" tickets for the customers. Then, they sneak them into their pockets and cash them in. I found it! Here's a clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hYt8MYgsC4

This really makes me think of Bosom Buddies. I think Buffy and Hildy lived in the Susan B. Anthony.

Whoa - a hallterview bomb was dropped today in the final case of the first episode - the former best friends who were arguing over a car. I was busy, so I hardly listened to the case itself. I had my ears fixed on the hallterview, though! When the woman with the braces said the other litigant became angry after she "slept with her man -- that's her cousin," I said, 'wait a minute -- what?' Then Braces further clarified -- her former bestie is dating her own first cousin. Eww. Second episode - I can't imagine what is so alluring about Ryan Garcia. Is it his manicured eyebrows? Maybe it's his smooth rollerskating skills? Maybe his mom's house (where he lives) is really nice?

I missed the first few minutes of the first case, and I had a hard time grasping the main problem. So, is this the way it went down? She had the cashier run her chosen numbers (before the lotto drawing on TV) She didn't have enough money while in the store, so she only bought some of the tickets She said she was going to run to her bank's ATM to get money to buy the remaining tickets The TV drawing happened while she was making the ATM run for more money, and she discovered that tickets that she had been able to purchase before the ATM run were winners She came back the next day to try to pay for her lotto tickets that were "on hold," and the owner told her to tip his son, the cashier The police report noted that the store owner took those winning tickets and cashed them at two different stores Is that right? I think I'm confused because tickets (or sodas, donuts, etc.) don't belong to a person until she pays for them. Even if the withheld tickets had winning numbers on them, they still weren't her possession -- she didn't pay for them. I must be missing part of this story. And aside from all of that the store owner was a snake for cashing them himself. The plaintiff's daily lotto addiction reminded me of a documentary I watched out of boredom on Netflix. It was all about the lottery systems taking advantage of people of meager means. The documentary placed blame on the lottery programs -- and not enough blame on the people choosing to waste their money every day IMO. Really, the lottery ticket situation is probably the least of her problems -- that goiter in her neck is asking for a doctor to check her thyroid.

This commercial cracks me up. Plus, I've always loved the song.

And, if the defendant is to be believed, the hooker would make some easy money -- Robert just wants someone to lie next to while watching TV. Hahahaha. Come on, Robert.

Robert the plaintiff had the guts to go on The People's Court with a suit about veiled prostitution, but then he clams up when asked for the website name? The cat was already out of the bag, really. The defendant, with her dramatic hair-play and head-cocking, was clearly looking to be discovered by a casting director. And then the plaintiff rattled off the excuses he heard from her after he asked to go steady...so busy with lots of family engagements and then "She helps her mother at the church." Hhahahaa. Oh, Robert.

The girl who bought the car without test driving and having it checked was trying so hard to squeeze out some tears. Then she went from meticulously dabbing her dry eyes with a tissue to wildly talking a mile a minute. I think she intended to play out the nervous/trembling/emotional/crying/innocent act, but she just couldn't stick with it. And even though JMM isn't my favorite, I did love when she told the defendant, "Irregardless is not a word." La'Queta's skin tag got threaded off by Pretty Jain!!! Frankly, I think Pretty did La'Queta a huge favor. I don't have skin tags, but I have some keloid scars on my back (from biopsies) and an ugly mole on my arm -- if threading would make them go away, I'd head right over to the salon!

Maybe her outlook has taken a turn for the worse now that she realizes that she missed out on all of those sweet college scholarships for NAs. She thought about the money she could have saved. Then she thought about the money she just shelled out to ancestry.com, and her outlook plummeted further. And a single tear ran down her cheek.

I didn't love the constant talk of being fat and having a fat-ranking in the neighborhood. Personally, I think Katy Mixon is a very pretty woman, and I realize that physicians' guidelines probably chart her at 'overweight,' but I think she's pretty. I hope the writing doesn't make her confidence waver IRL. I was heavy when I was younger, so maybe my perspective is skewed. Another thought I had -- I hope it doesn't turn into a Rico Rodriguez situation (Manny, Modern Family) in which the talent remains at a certain size, even if they'd personally consider making a change, because they believe it's job security due to their character's portrayal. (Background: I read an article a few years ago about Rico R's parents discouraging him and his actress sister from losing weight because of their penchant for getting cast as the 'chubby misfit child' or 'sassy fat friend.') I have to admit that I did laugh when she said that Spanx-enhanced boobs are 1/3 gut. Gotta love my Spanx. I got some Alex P. Keaton vibes from the son. I could have lived without the daughter peeing in the yard and the dad on the toilet toilet scenes. I'm so not into bathroom humor. I'll keep watching and see how it goes -- I do like the adult actors/actresses in the show.

The landlord-tenant fistfight case felt like such a huge waste of time after it was over. Neither side had sufficient evidence (the plaintiff tried to prove one month's excessive AC use by showing several months' electric bills that hovered around the same amount, and the defendant didn't bother to bring anything), and the damages for both sides sounded slight but inflated. The plaintiff shouldn't have been so butthurt about the movie posters...the posters and the plastic frames looked like Dollar Store or Walmart items -- crap that's not worth suing over. Tile cleaning or re-grouting is a simple DIY and not worth thousands. And I'm betting the wallpaper was past its expiration date, too. If the plaintiff wants a very clean home, then he might as well stop taking tenants. I could be wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if the defendant was a bit messy...his fiancee was slovenly, and well, sloppiness (or not minding sloppiness) can be a pattern with some people. And someone needed to get some caffeine for the young Asian man over the defendant's left shoulder. Donna from the second case sure kicked up a lot of dust for a contract that said "as is" all over it. I turned the show off for the third case about the cat who lost his life in a pitbull attack.

The case of the Bennetts fighting over the dog -- First of all, what an odd couple. Secondly, I wish people would get their dogs spayed and neutered. I'm not entering the pitbull debate by saying this, but the two plaintiffs need to find another form of additional income that doesn't involve bringing another Cane Corso Pitbull into existence. When I was looking to adopt my second dog, I went to the animal shelter, and the place was was loaded with pits. And if Mr. Bennett didn't even have the sense to take his dog to the vet and give the dog monthly heartworm tablets, then they really shouldn't be bringing more dogs into the world. In the case of the women fighting over the car -- my word, the plaintiff's hair was such a fright! I couldn't focus on anything else.

When JJ asked, "Why wouldn't she take the whole $750?" I also thought that it was because $713 was all there was to take. But if Kadeesha had admitted that, it would have negated the next statement she was cooking up, "it's not like I didn't have the money...I had the money for her." I kept wondering why she gave the landlady her PIN. I don't know why she thought that would be a good idea.

Kadeesha Fong's neck tat, creatively placed over the thyroid, looked like someone attempted to correct it. Something was up with those two middle b's in Bobby. Maybe the tat was originally for Barry or Billy. Or maybe it started out as a type of 'name necklace' type of tat, and it used to say Bossy or Bully. She's another litigant who threw the race card in the hallterview! Kadeesha alluded to her "purge list" and our need to see the movie. So, is there a movie in which a character has a purge list, or is Kadeesha saying that she's producing a biopic and we should wait anxiously for it to come to the big screen? Give me strength.

Either I wasn't paying attention, or the show hasn't explained it ---- what was Ava's plan for the sandwich bag of Morgan's meds that she brought to S & C's? I wasn't sure if she was going to put them back in Morgan's pill bottle, or if the show was reminding us that Morgan is taking sugar pills. Re: the odd (non) chemistry between BM and KeMo --- didn't they date a year or so ago? I remember seeing smoochy beach photos or something. I don't know their status, but maybe it adds a bit of awkwardness to their scenes (?) Jane Elliot's hair is so shiny and beautiful.

In today's early rerun case that dealt with a woman who was bitten by a dog before going to a baby shower, JJ kept stating that the "bite" was 2 centimeters long. JJ consistently pronounced it as "sonntimeter" (the first part rhymed with Don, and the other part sounded like the end of the word centimeter). I'm intrigued -- I wonder why she says it that way.