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Dumb Is Forever: Celebrate 20 Years of ‘Judge Judy’ With Her Best Zingers
On September 16, 1996, 20 years ago to date, America was first introduced to Judge Judy Sheindlin, a notoriously tough family court judge, who taught us the legal ramifications for peeing on a person’s leg and falsely claiming that it’s raining. Sheindlin wasn’t the first TV judge, but her no-nonsense persona became the gold standard for numerous imitators… including one with a cowboy hat (Texas Justice’s Larry Joe Doherty)! Three years later, she was presiding over her own courtroom as Judge