Stop, Drop and Roll

22 March 2007 | Alameda Community | John Knox White

When I got home last night, there was an overnight package waiting….the return address was from “Judge Alex” in Houston, TX, to which I wondered “What strange legal issue is this” (it would be a second strange legal “thing” this month). I could not have guessed.

Turns out Judge Alex is a TV judge. Like Judge judy only texan and nicer (somehow the idea of Texas Justice seems to lead one to think of stockades and chain gangs, but I hear he yells less than Judge Judy). The Show isinterested in holding “howard v. white” (that’s White as in Knox White, teach me to go with a non-traditional naming convention) in their “court.”

I can’t tell you how many people have encouraged me to “go for it” but I have to say, it ain’t gonna happen (that’s Texan for “No”). I have yet to see a show like that (and I’ll admit I have yet to really see in any real detail any “real court” tv shows, I prefer my court fictionalized) in which anybody, except maybe the judge, comes out looking good.

Did anyone, back in the days of Judge Wapner, ever think that this “people’s court” concept would ever grow to the industry it’s become?

I’ve thrown up a pdf of their invite for your enjoyment. Judge Alex Invite

What a long strange trip it continues to be….