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Judge Judy: Second to None

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Allumination Filmworks bring Judge Judy back to DVD with "Second to None", a compilation of ten Judge Judy cases, running a total of around 120 minutes (although the back of the box states it's only 100 minutes).

The cases featured are:

* PATTERSON VS. JIMERSON - A 16-year-old girl (Patterson) sues a prom date that didn't show up (Jimerson) for the cost of doing her hair and buying a prom outfit

* REPSHER VS. ZILE - A woman (Repsher) sues the owner of a kennel (Zile) for misrepresenting a mixed-breed dog as a Yorkshire Terrier

* CASIMIR VS. RANDOLPH - A teenage boy (Casimir) sues for an unprovoked attack by a fellow youth (Randolph); he counters with the claim that the former boy's girlfriend subsequently stabbed him in the heart, nearly killing him

* BROWN VS. PRITCHETT - A twentysomething man (Brown) sues a 13-year-old girl (Pritchett), for whom he routinely purchased alcohol, for filing a false police report

* HACKETT VS. SCHELL - A man (Hackett) sues the on-again, off-again boyfriend - and admitted abuser (Schell) - of a woman whom he was walking home with, for an unprovoked physical attack

* GALLARZO VS. COSIO - The new girlfriend (Gallarzo) of an elementary school girl's father turns up at the elementary school graduation; girl's biological mother (Cosio) is not best pleased and mounts a verbal attack on the girlfriend.

* WATTS VS. SORROWS - Purchaser of a new home (Watts) is shocked when she [allegedly] finds an unknown man having sex in aforementioned home [Sorrows] on day they were due to move in

* OSMAN VS. BENJAMIN - Teenage drama gone serious: in a lengthy (26 mins) and complicated case, Osman claims defendant (Benjamin) allowed her to be "set-up" for a physical assault

* DAVENPORT VS. FILKINS - Possibly the disc's highlights. Judy vents as eBay seller (Filkins) attempts to con buyers (including Davenport) into buying pictures of cellphones for hundreds of dollars

* DETTENHEIM VS. DETTENHEIM - A short (4 mins) open-and-shut case regarding damage to a vehicle that one sister stole from the other.

As with the 2007 release "Justice Served", each case is prefaced with a short clip of Judy espousing a moral or cautionary tale relevant to the case.

Extras include a three-minute reel of "Judyisms" (different to those "Judyisms" seen on the "Justice Served" DVD), two clips of Judy on Entertainment Tonight (one from 1997, one from 2008) and a tribute to Judy from The Montel Williams Show.

Packaging is a standard Amaray-type keepcase. There are no subtitles. The material is presented in 4:3 fullscreen, as it is aired on TV. The DVD is not region-coded.

Following the release of Judge Judy's first DVD, the hugely successful Judge Judy: Justice Served, this is the latest best-of DVD from everyone's favorite Judge. "Judge Judy: Second to None" is 1 DVD and a total of 1 hour and 46 minutes in length which also includes bonuses as well. (By the way, Judge Judy's new season begins on 9/8.)

I love Judge Judy because she's always funny and completely wise. I've watched her show for years and what I appreciate the most about her is her consistency. She treats everyone the same and doesn't put up with any garbage. I was just watching Judge Judy the other day and some lady was suing her ex-boyfriend and she tried to bring up an affair and Judge Judy said, "you want to talk about that, go somewhere else, but not here." And I think that statement really embodies what her show is about. Another reason why I enjoy Judge Judy is because she is very fair and compassionate. She doesn't come to the bench spitting ricochets. Nope. It's only after her litigants either try to lie or show their complete foolishness does she get angry. The best words to describe Judge Judy and her show are: common sense. That's her show in a nutshell because she follows the laws of the land, but she also has basic common sense, which apparently some of her litigants neglect. Judge Judy also created the entire sub-genre of arbitration TV because her show is handled much more like a binding arbitrator in that she does not bang gavels and there is less reflection on money and more reflection on people and circumstances. It's no coincidence that nearly every single other court show on American TV is patterned after and adjudicated in the same method as Judge Judy's series because she set the standard.

I was pleasantly surprised at how great this DVD is. The format (both menus and also presentation of each case)
is great as well. The first case - a very tame one where a teenaged girl gets stood up by a date on prom night and wants reimbursement for the money she laid out for the dress - is a rather quiet preface to what's ahead.
A slimy dog breeder who sells mixed breeds while trying to pass them for pedigrees; and 18 year old bully who
has supposedly changed his ways now, but got stabbed in the heart and almost died while beating up a bystander who told him he was a wimp; a guy who walked a young mother home one night and got beat up by her boyfriend (check out how BRAIN DEAD the girl is...and Judy says "You're having a brain trauma!" Then later when Judy asks who her child lives with now, she can't even answer the question!!) Judy really socks it to the litigants, taking them fully to task and calling their trashy behavior for what it really is.

Amidst the rather routine cases, there are a couple interesting other ones - the one where a lady who just bought a new house (in Alabama or someplace hee-haw) walked in on a construction worker having sex with a lonely hooker. Even Judy's bailiff, Officer Byrd, gets in on the action here - after the construction worker relays his LAME recount of the incident, Judy asks Byrd what he thinks. Byrd: "I thought he was gonna make somethin' up!" Funny stuff. Another thought-provoking one is two 19 year old girls from cow-town Wisconsin, one of whom got beat up by a pack of lowlife girls at a gas station! She tries to blame it on the other girl, saying that it was a pre-arranged attack.

The granddaddy case of the DVD, and surely one of the best to air on Judge Judy, is Davenport vs. Filkins.
Davenport bought two cell phones from Filkins on ebay...but the ad was for two "pictures of cell phones, not actual phones." Filkins is white trash personified, proudly admitting that she has no job (her husband works and she rears the kids) and if she can make a living off others who don't read the fine print, then she's not doing anything wrong. Judy screams at her, perfectly, "YOU'RE AN IDIOT!!!! And why you chose to come here and make a fool out of yourself in front of 10 million people is beyond me!"

Judge Judith Sheindlin has no equal. She's been in the business forever, has seen it all, and thankfully,
she had the natural talent enough to make a very long-running prime-time TV show out of it.
When she came on the air in 1996, I personally rejoiced. All the other TV judges are so, so weak
compared to Judy. She tells it like it is, and she comprehends things so fast that she almost doesn't
need to think about them. Even if her "You're an idiot!!"'s don't result in the litigant changing their
ways, it'll be on their consciences forever. Now, her record might not be perfect - but her 98-99% is pretty damn good. As Judy says herself, "I help people put a period on [their cases]. Life is too short; I give people a lesson and then they can move on."

Everyone knows I won't talk to them for he hour Judge Judy is on so it isn't surprising that the DVD I purchased rates 5 stars. So come on bring out more so I can collect them.

By the way I love that Judge Judy gives a little talk before each case. Excellent

Several compelling cases from the show - I believe a couple of them were longer than shown on TV. If you like the Judge Judy show, you will love this DVD. It also includes a couple of interviews with Judge Judy on Montel Williams, Entertainment Tonight, etc. Great fun for fans of the show!

Just like on tv Judge Judy is in her prime. Extremely fast shipping bot the dvd before my debit account was charged. Good Job Amazon.com I am always happy with the everything I order from Amazon

As always, Judge Judy is the best. You will enjoy this DVD. And I only remember seeing one case on regular television that was on the DVD. Just great.

The movie was shipped quickly and in great condition. I am very happy. Thank you

Does anyone know why they are not releasing more Judge Judy? The 2 DVDs that exist were very successful and it has been a long time since anything has been released! She has done tens of thousands of cases during the course of this show not to mention that the show is not over, its still alive and well. If they could release it by season and maybe pick about 50 of the best cases and put them on DVD that would be wonderful. These 2 DVDs that are out now are great,but we want to see more! I have written to the Judge Judy website and tried to write to the company that came out with her current DVDs but I do not recieve response. I encourage anyone to write to the company, write to Judge Judy herself even! Its a disservice that we as the fans are not able to see more of these shows. She is so wonderful and the shows are so entertaining that they just suck you right in. The DVDs have 5 stars from me, but I would really love to see more of these cases released to DVD, not just 9 or so cases released. Lets get Judge Judy out on DVD so we can enjoy the show in special DVD format.

Sometimes I feel sorry for some of the clods. But mostly, I wish I could import her skills at seeing through utter nonsense to some of my day to day activities. That would be, oh, how shall I say??? A full-time job?