Judging Judy #17 - Dents and Sensibility (a comedy podcast)

We return this week to a time when Independence Day was the biggest movie and Jewel’s music was new: that’s right, it’s 1996 on Judging Judy, the only podcast that turns the tables on America’s least favorite favorite TV judge.

Our first case has an old crotchety TV repairman going to battle with two longtime customers of his, but not about a TV: they’re fighting about a car! He convinced them to sell it to them, only to try to back out of the deal after his wife told him it was a piece of junk. Now they won’t give him his money back and he’s real mad! Judy will have to decide he if deserves the $4,200 or if this is one mess that won’t be fixed.

In our second case, two conniving teenagers abuse the trust of an older friend by spending over $2,300 on a calling card she let them use. If that isn’t a jolt of nostalgia, I don’t know what is! They claim she never set any limits on how many calls they could make and they tried to set up a payback schedule, but she wasn’t interested in piecemeal payments. She says she only did it because she felt bad for them, but will Judy feel bad for her?

Or will Judy decide that she ought to have known better than to let these two known long-distance miscreants get anywhere near her phone bill?

Those, of course, are all interesting question, but the most interesting question we answer each week is, Did Judy do her job? If she did, she’s innocent. If not, she’s guilty! We take our duty to Judge Judy pretty seriously.

Judging Judy is a popular comedy podcast dedicated to reexamining the famous TV judge by taking her episodes and turning them upside down. Yes, we review the cases with a detailed play-by-play, but then we judge the Judge herself. Did she provide justice? Was she fair? Though Judging Judy is hilarious and full of laughs, it’s also interested in a careful, thoughtful reconsideration of the cultural impact Judge Judy had and the role she had in our public discourse.

In the spirit of other fan-favorite podcasts like the Doughboys, Cinephobe, Comedy Bang Bang and All Fantasy Everything, Judging Judy is a nostalgic, spirited and one-of-a-kind pop culture infused look at society yesterday, society today and society tomorrow. With a new episode every week and decades of Judge Judy to pull out of the archives, Judging Judy promises to bring you something you’ve never heard before.