All Episodes Talk: All Rise

[OhioSongbird]

So sorry, too, config.  A good friend of mine recently lost her hubby at 52.  I see what she's going thru so I feel for ya, babe.

Trilogy of Terror!!  That little dude creeped me out.  When he ran out and stabbed her in the leg I jumped out of my chair.  Karen Black really sold that story.  Gonna have to look that up on YT.  I still think of him sometimes when I open the microwave....

Just caught the rerun of Calvin and his gravity defying hair....Mr. Fish who has the most awesome dog in the world (Flower) and his neighbor's sis who said they don't like him because he wears a kilt.   No....I think it's because he's a jerk and doesn't control his dog.

[Brattinella]

1 minute ago, OhioSongbird said:

they don't like him because he wears a kilt.

I think kilts are awesome!

[OhioSongbird]

Yes...so do I!

Scot/Irish/Brit here....

[configdotsys]

Haha! My Trilogy of Terror dude is Original Teen Mom Farrah's daughter, Sophia's doppleganger.

Thank you for the kind words. It's hell. I'm living an hour at a time. 

[OhioSongbird]

config.....ya lost me on that one.  Was that part of the original trilogy?

Edited August 9, 2016 by OhioSongbird
....always nice to spell someone's name correctly...

[Rick Kitchen]

I had to laugh at the defendants with the pregnant lady and her husband wearing matching coral pink - her maternity dress, his wrinkled dress shirt buttoned up to the top button with no tie.

[momtoall]

So sorry configdotsys, sending you a bushel of virtual hugs.

No JJ for me, Olympics are being shown on the channel her show airs on.

[Albino]

2 hours ago, OhioSongbird said:

Just caught the rerun of Calvin and his gravity defying hair....Mr. Fish who has the most awesome dog in the world (Flower) and his neighbor's sis who said they don't like him because he wears a kilt.   No....I think it's because he's a jerk and doesn't control his dog.

I have to side with the neighbor's sister on this.  Dogs should not be wearing kilts...not even a Scottish Terrier.

[OhioSongbird]

OK.......I see what I did there *giggling*.....syntax is a good thing.

[Guest]

So sorry for your loss, configdotsys. I hope Patricia Bean and the parade of JJ miscreants and malcontents can relieve some of your sorrow.

I, too, was a fan of Trilogy of Terror -- but only the Zulu devil doll episode because I have no memory what the other two were about. Karen Black's face at the end was the best and gave me nightmares for months. Thanks, ABC Movie of the Week!

I have taken to deleting mostly all of the JJ reruns from the DVR because most of them have been animal related. Am only keeping it on a "record all" in the faint hope that they'll eventually rerun Patricia Bean whose episode went missing once I switched from Verizon to Comcrap.

[OhioSongbird]

Bless you Giant Misfit! 

[funky-rat]

On ‎8‎/‎9‎/‎2016 at 10:52 AM, augmentedfourth said:

If memory serves (and I could be wrong, since I didn't see the most recent rerun, but I still remember the case), the daughter seemed like a full participant in the hallterviews. I think one of the things they were bitching about with his phone, and the daughter/sister whined something like "We just wanted to hear his voice again!" The people here pointed out that 1) if it's his phone, all you can here is his outgoing message, assuming he didn't have an automated one, and 2) they obviously just wanted his phone to see what sort of scandalous gossip they could dig up on him, because they clearly didn't give a shit about him when he was alive.

The sister made a telling slip-up in the hallterview.  I don't recall what it was specifically, but led me to believe they thought that if they could listen to his voicemails, then they might find more money.  I don't know if this episode is on the DVR or not.  If it is, Mr. Funky will likely skip it - this episode bothered him, as it's crap his family would pull (and he's going through something similar with his remaining step-sister).  As for wanting his razor, glasses, etc - who knows?  Those people had issues.

[OhioSongbird]

Just caught a rerun of the deadbeat dad with 10 kids....who were in the custody of their 20yo sister.  The 3 that were there seemed like nice kids but dad is a POS.  Rolling his eyes, talking out of turn, Mr. Too Cool for Court had to get a talking to from Byrd.  I wish he'd of popped the smartass upside the head *sigh*....happens in my mind.  Daughter gets case dismissed however.  Says dad stole the boys sneakers (why is she buying them $200 kicks on her fast food salary.  Those teens will grow out of them in 6mos-1yr!).  Anyhoo, catch it if you can. 

[DebbieW]

The thing that really pissed me off about that case was the hallterview.  Scumbag douchey father says something like "you gotta remind 'em who's in charge sometimes."  That's what he took away from the whole thing.  He actually thought that JJ had ruled in his favor instead of dismissing the daughter's case (and there is a big difference, asshat.)  I wish she had found a way to give the poor girl something.

[AZChristian]

I remember this show from a previous airing.  I tend to think JJ dismissed the case because she suspected it was one of those where family members see the show as a way to get money from the production company.  In that event, I think they get the trip to California and an appearance fee, but no additional award above that.  

[configdotsys]

I had trouble understanding exactly what happened in the sneakers case. The daughter bought all three boys each a pair of Jordans and then said that the father stole them and had a message from the father that said something about the sneakers, but when one of the sons was called back in, he said they all got Jordans for Christmas. It made no sense. I missed the beginning though. Did the daughter say anything about having to buy ANOTHER three pairs of Jordans because dad stole them?

[Albino]

6 minutes ago, configdotsys said:

I had trouble understanding exactly what happened in the sneakers case. The daughter bought all three boys each a pair of Jordans and then said that the father stole them and had a message from the father that said something about the sneakers, but when one of the sons was called back in, he said they all got Jordans for Christmas. It made no sense. I missed the beginning though. Did the daughter say anything about having to buy ANOTHER three pairs of Jordans because dad stole them?

Yeah I think JJ was suspicious from the start, and when the brother said they all got sneakers at Christmas it kind of sealed the deal for her.  Daughter never said she bought more.  And JJ didn't believe she got the $600 from her mother from the get-go, IIRC.   $600 for 3-pairs of sneakers?  I get that it's Christmas, but surely some of it could be spent on something more productive than making sure the boys looked cool for school.

I'm equally suspicious of the daughter - despite the tears - and think maybe it's a case of 'like father, like daughter'.  This does not excuse the smirking father-of-ten behavior at all.

[SRTouch]

44 minutes ago, Albino said:

Yeah I think JJ was suspicious from the start, and when the brother said they all got sneakers at Christmas it kind of sealed the deal for her.  Daughter never said she bought more.  And JJ didn't believe she got the $600 from her mother from the get-go, IIRC.   $600 for 3-pairs of sneakers?  I get that it's Christmas, but surely some of it could be spent on something more productive than making sure the boys looked cool for school.

I'm equally suspicious of the daughter - despite the tears - and think maybe it's a case of 'like father, like daughter'.  This does not excuse the smirking father-of-ten behavior at all.

I deleted it this round as soon as JJ started in on Daddy for laughing about having 10 kids he didn't support. IIRC the same litigants showed on later TPC. As I remember, daughter showed up without her brothers before Judge Milian and without the brother contradicting her story she won the second time around.

[ElleMo]

On 8/13/2016 at 9:12 AM, OhioSongbird said:

Just caught a rerun of the deadbeat dad with 10 kids....who were in the custody of their 20yo sister.  The 3 that were there seemed like nice kids but dad is a POS.  Rolling his eyes, talking out of turn, Mr. Too Cool for Court had to get a talking to from Byrd.  I wish he'd of popped the smartass upside the head *sigh*....happens in my mind.  Daughter gets case dismissed however.  Says dad stole the boys sneakers (why is she buying them $200 kicks on her fast food salary.  Those teens will grow out of them in 6mos-1yr!).  Anyhoo, catch it if you can. 

She also was on People's Court and won a judgement there.  Apparently, the family is making the rounds on court TV shows.

[Trini]

My program guide says there's a new episode today, but my Directv is being iffy right now. :(

[AuntiePam]

Yep, a new episode, although the cases were familiar.  Middle-aged bachelor exchanges phone numbers with a younger woman "at her place of employment", namely, Jack-in-the-Box.  Dating ensues and money is loaned/given for moving expenses, bond, a car payment, gas, and to keep her from being fired when the cash register came up short.  JJ awarded him the first "loan", $600, which was in the form of a check, where he'd made a note "loan".  JJ declared the rest of the money "dating", which is her shorthand for Older Man Gets Foolish Over Younger Woman, or OMGFOYW.  If there was an A word for Woman, we'd have OMGFOYA, which is almost pronounceable.  

The second case was slashed tires after a breakup.  Thanks to a witness who saw the distinctive car that the ex-girlfriend was driving, JJ awarded the plaintiff $1200.  Defendant Surly Chick would have us believe that there were three silver Jaguars in that neighborhood.  Um, okay. 

[SandyToes]

Great recap!  I saw the descriptions, and figured they were repeats. Ha.  (My dish guide has been messed up for a year - 4 different episodes a day, but the same descriptions for all of them.  Sigh.)

LOVE the acronym!  ha!  Great one.

[SRTouch]

2 hours ago, Trini said:

My program guide says there's a new episode today, but my Directv is being iffy right 

1 minute ago, AuntiePam said:

Yep, a new episode, although the cases were familiar.  Middle-aged bachelor exchanges phone numbers with a younger woman "at her place of employment", namely, Jack-in-the-Box.  Dating ensues and money is loaned/given for moving expenses, bond, a car payment, gas, and to keep her from being fired when the cash register came up short.  JJ awarded him the first "loan", $600, which was in the form of a check, where he'd made a note "loan".  JJ declared the rest of the money "dating", which is her shorthand for Older Man Gets Foolish Over Younger Woman, or OMGFOYW.  If there was an A word for Woman, we'd have OMGFOYA, which is almost pronounceable.  

The second case was slashed tires after a breakup.  Thanks to a witness who saw the distinctive car that the ex-girlfriend was driving, JJ awarded the plaintiff $1200.  Defendant Surly Chick would have us believe that there were three silver Jaguars in that neighborhood.  Um, okay. 

 

First case was just plain silly. Dude that dumb really didn't deserve to get his money back, and only got it back because silly defendant tried to claim amnesia when asked about the check - oh no, she really doesn't know how much he gave to help with her move, and she never got a check. Then JJ does the old "let's compare the signatures" and catches her in a lie. I totally believe the new gf was playing him for a sucker from the beginning.

SECOND CASE: AH, AIN'T LOVE GRAND! Live in gf finds compromising text on bf's phone, moves out and comes back to slash his tires. Again, case is stupid, but I can't help but wonder about "the rest of the story". I wonder what the dude does for a living. Dude is obviously doing good for himself, owes the house they lived in, bought her a jag and his car must be pretty nice if he has $1500 tires on it. When they broke up he let her keep the Jag even though it's in his name. I wonder if he has her name tattooed on his body - she has his name in a heart pretty high on her chest, almost on her neck. Too bad they weren't on TPC, MM would have asked, but JJ can't be bothered to find out those important details. 

[Trini]

Okay, so my DVR did record the episode... but yeah, snooze-worthy ex-lovers in both cases. Yawn

[Guest]

OMG the Old Dude and His Jack in the Box Hottie. I have no idea how these two actually interacted at the Jack in the Box, but I refuse to believe it went down in any other way besides this*:

*For those who don't feel like watching a YouTube video, it's a sketch called "Fast Food Drive Thru." I used to listen to it on the Dr Demento Show when I was a kid back in the 80s. It involves a man who wants a double cheeseburger, onion rings, and a large orange drink ... and an intercom.

[Brattinella]

I never missed Doctor Demento!

[Guest]

Me, either!!! I recently found an old diary of sorts where I used to log the Funny Five every week. 

It's no wonder we're JJ fans -- the cumpulsion to weird things started at a young age. :) 

[OhioSongbird]

Dr. Demento rules!!!  I still have old cassettes I taped off the radio back in the '80's.  Great show.....

[Brattinella]

ARGH!  Kizzy!

[AuntiePam]

New episode today (8/17) but they shouldn't have bothered.  Both cases were a snooze.  First case -- plaintiff, who had one of the weirdest hair-do's I've ever seen -- sued neighbor after neighbor's dog dug under a fence and bit her chihuhua.  The neighbor paid the vet bill.  Plaintiff was suing to make the neighbor pay for a new/better fence, or to pay for the fence that plaintiff subsequently built -- it wasn't entirely clear to me.  JJ said that was ridiculous, that the only remedy available was paying the vet bill, which defendant had done.  Defendant had counter-sued because plaintiff was a nasty bitch who was spreading rumors at the local Home Depot. 

Second case was roommates.  Defendant moved out before the lease was up, plaintiff wanted rent for the months the room was vacant.  Since plaintiff didn't want another roommate and didn't bother to try to rent the room, JJ sent her on her way.  Defendant counter-sued because plaintiff's dog chewed up her glasses.  JJ wasn't hearing it.

Nobody got anything today, which is as it should be.

[Quof]

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Defendant had counter-sued because plaintiff was a nasty bitch who was spreading rumors at the local Home Depot. 

The best part was when JJ said (paraphrasing) "Your whole town will see this show, they'll know she's a lunatic, so don't worry about her damaging your reputation."

[Trini]

ZZZzzz on the roommate case; and I thought the first was going to be yet another boring dog case, but it turned out to be more about how nutty the neighbor(plaintiff) was, so that was a nice surprise!

[Spunkygal]

And don't forget that nutty neighbor sent her the same nasty letter ten times in 15 days!! I sure as hell would be moving if I were defendant. 

[Zahdii]

Didn't nutty neighbor threaten to call CPS?  Can you imagine the call:

Nutter:  I'm reporting my neighbor.  Get out here and take their kids.

CPS:  Why?  Is there abuse?

Nutter:  You bet your ass.  Their dog dug under the fence and bit my dog.

CPS:  Is the dog a danger to the children?  Do they appear to be afraid of it?  Do you know if it's bitten one of the children?

Nutter:  How would I know?  Their dog bit my dog and I want them to pay for a new fence.  They won't, so go take the kids.

CPS:  Ma'am, unless their dog is a danger to their children, we don't have any reason to investigate.  If the dog is running the neighborhood biting people, you need to call Animal Control.  We can only intervene if the dog is a danger to their children.

Nutter:  Animal Control won't do squat.  Their dog has its shots and they fixed the fence and paid my vet bill.  But they won't pay to build a new fence to my satisfaction.  So go grab those kids.

CPS:  Ma'am, let me transfer you to Mental Health.

Nutter:  It's not that I wouldn't love to see them hauled off to the psych ward, but how can I get them to pay for the new fence if they're locked up?  You just go take the kids, and I'll tell them that I'll let them have the kids back when I have my new fence.

CPS:  I see what you mean.  However, I think that bringing Mental Health in on this would be beneficial for all involved.

Nutter:  I get it.  Yeah, let's get Mental Health in on this.  A threat to put them away and take the kids should get them to pay up.  Yeah, lets do this!

CPS:  I'm transferring you now.  Make sure you let them know everything you've told me, don't leave out a thing.

[AuntiePam]

Zahdii, the best part of a call to CPS would have been their response -- the neighbors had protective custody of two kids in their house, so they'd already been vetted. 

[SandyToes]

I loved that that fact came out!  Sure, call CPS.  They know aaaaallll about us....

Today's evicted roommate case (the only one I saw) : "It's like she intentionally wanted me to  move out!"  The whole world: "Well, duh!" 

I usually don't mind defendants filing counter claims on this show - they are going to court, often sued by a lunatic, so why not give it a shot. May catch Judy on a good day .  Speaking of which - The Giant FlySwatter made an appearance!  Woo hoo!

[Jamoche]

$1100 for damage to a fence with no visible damage? From that tiny firepit? My guess: there's an ongoing feud, Mountain Man Beard saw the fire pop, as fires do, and saw an opportunity.

[AuntiePam]

That was weird.  I saw warping in one photo, but not in the other.  JJ didn't like defendant anyway, because of the drinking and driving.  But plaintiff was an a@@hole for moving his dock so that defendant couldn't use both sides of his dock.

[Jamoche]

Yeah, plaintiff really didn't prove anything, and I think JJ was jumping to the "drinking and driving" conclusion. OK, the defendant's friends came over to his house after they'd been to the bar, that does not mean they were throwing them back constantly afterwards; I can totally see a group of people hitting the bars then going over to a friend's house to keep hanging out and sober up before the drive home.

[Brattinella]

Judy!!  You need to HANDLE this plaintiff, pulling all those screwy faces, dropping her mouth open with "astonishment", acting all innocent!  Bullshit!  You DID throw cat shit over the fence, you KNOW you did!

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

Aaah, Diana Ross and the Delusional Sisters of Cat Poop were back on my screen again. I particularly like the male defendant sharing how Diana laid on the sidewalk to reenact her "shove" to the ground. And Diana apparently had her some old cerebral hemorrhages which might have been why she had that big ass wig on. I did flash on an image of the delusional cat-hoarding sister and tried to figure out her hairdo - she had some kind of wig thing on but what that curley thing in the middle of her forehead real or Memorex?

Y'all, tomorrow I have an interview with Home Depot so I can rule the world and write letters to scare people with my haughty position and orange apron with my name written on it with their special Sharpie.  Watch out. 

[Guest]

39 minutes ago, ItsHelloPattiagain said:

Y'all, tomorrow I have an interview with Home Depot so I can rule the world and write letters to scare people with my haughty position and orange apron with my name written on it with their special Sharpie.  Watch out. 

Why look at ITSHELLOPATTIAGAIN - puttin' on airs and all that. 

Next thing you know she'll be wanting her neighbor to pay for a six foot wooden fence.  LOL

[Guest]

On August 18, 2016 at 10:49 PM, Jamoche said:

 

$1100 for damage to a fence with no visible damage? From that tiny firepit? My guess: there's an ongoing feud, Mountain Man Beard saw the fire pop, as fires do, and saw an opportunity.

 

Exactly. He saw an opportunity. I even freeze-framed the largest JJ photographic exhibit ever brought to court and could see absolutely no damage to that fence. Duck Dynasty Dick Move Dude seemed like Douchelord Neighbor from Hell and totally believed the Defendant when he said the wife would regularly lean over that fence and start screaming at him. 

What I found odd was the Defendant was a real estate agent and couldn't figure out how to handle the land issue locally. 

[configdotsys]

Trying on my new avatar and delivering a gift (an audio excerpt) to you all: Bean

Edited August 21, 2016 by configdotsys

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

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Why look at ITSHELLOPATTIAGAIN - puttin' on airs and all that. 

Next thing you know she'll be wanting her neighbor to pay for a six foot wooden fence.  LOL

Don't try me lol. . . . You go about melting mah fence I'm going to pull out my Home Depot Stationery and use my lofty position to. .  take. .  you. . . . dowwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. . .

Configdotsys. . . I bow down before the altar of your Avatar. . .. P. Bean 4 Evah. . . 

[Guest]

14 hours ago, ItsHelloPattiagain said:

Don't try me lol. . . . You go about melting mah fence I'm going to pull out my Home Depot Stationery and use my lofty position to. .  take. .  you. . . . dowwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. . .

 

Home Depot stationery?  Okay, you win.  I'm well out of my league.

[ElleMo]

Oops, never mind.  I was commented on the wrong case

Edited August 22, 2016 by ElleMo

[Brattinella]

TWO new episodes coming up today!!

And where is Angela?

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

Whoo doggies, that plaintiff in the first case (about the fundraiser) was giving me some serious Casey Anthony vibes. I'm wondering if the family of that poor little kid with cancer were out spending that fundraising money on tattoes and Lime-a-Ritas. 

[AuntiePam]

I thought the fund-raiser case was another instance of JJ being unfamiliar with the real world.  It's not rare for families to have memorial events for years after someone dies, and for funds to be raised for all kinds of things -- none of them scammy.  Neighbors whose teenage son was killed in a car accident have a motorcycle "fun run" to support a scholarship in their son's name.  My husband's son has a fund set up in his daughter's name (died at four months of a heart ailment) to help families with sick children pay for medical expenses, transportation, etc.  A nearby town has sponsored a golf tournament for twenty years, as a memorial for a popular resident who died of cancer -- funds go to different charities each year.  And that's not to mention all the legitimate GoFundMe events.

JJ -- just because someone has medical insurance doesn't mean all medical expenses are paid! 

That said, I think there was more to the story.  Why did the organizer bow out at the last minute?  What did he actually do, and did they use any of the vendors he lined up?  And why separate GoFundMe accounts for the same beneficiary?