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We welcome back Luke Savage, writer for Jacobin and the cohost of the podcast Michael And Us, just in time for this ep inspired by Judge Judy! Bart gets in trouble, but it's no longer "boys will be boys" under Judge Constance Harm. Somehow that all leads to the use of fiberoptics, tethers, and pillories in this very wacky ep that ends Mike Scully's era as showrunner. Listen now before your night terrors begin!

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Boyd Adkins IV

This means nothing to anyone, but the next day after watching this episode my friends and I would poke each other in the eyes three stooges style and yell "Cobra!" Why did we do this? To have a reason to run around it circles screaming "Ah! Cobras!". We were definitely weird little middle schoolers.

Paul

Completely nuts to me that Judy was appointed by Ed Koch, because you know who they made the star of The People's Court when it was brought back in 1997? Ed Koch!

Alex Irish

It’s interesting how one simply airs the technical last Mike Scully episode in production order weeks before his tenure actually ended with The Blunder Years. So despite the description, we still haven’t seen the last of the Mike Scully years.

Cossover

Judge Steve Harvey is on now or was

Harry Thornton

As a kid from NZ who had never heard of Judge Judy, this episode always stuck out to me because its premise was really horrifying to my younger self. With how harsh and mean both Constance Harm and the punishment was, it was such a relief when Judge Snyder came back at the end, even though (as you two pointed out) they do have to now rewrite him as the nicest judge ever.

Mimi Kenny

I remember this episode being pretty bad but I was pleasantly surprised upon rewatch. The plot is inane and the transphobic stuff…yeesh. But I laughed out loud a number of times and it’s nice to see Marge actually have a personality again

Gayest Episode Ever

I wonder how many people my age got to BOC because of Scream. There is a sexy(?) acoustic cover of Don’t Fear the Reaper that plays during a scene with Neve Campbell and Skeet Ulrich, and my obsessive Scream fandom led me to discover that that was another reference to Halloween, where it’s also played. They played my county fair in high school and me and other nerds knew them from that. BTW, “Burning for You” is another song of theirs, and maybe their greatest jam?

Frank Grimes

Our simpsons affiliate would play this often, part of their "new" episode package. I think this was the first ep they joked about Homer's night terrors then later made into a full episode

Joe Hodgson

I giggle like a preteen every time I hear Marge say "butthole." Julie Kavner's delivery is perfect, fed-up, mom. I know I've heard the occasional surprising expletive come out of my own mother's mouth (a certain former president made it almost routine), though I don't think I've ever heard her say "butthole." This is such a silly episode, but it works really well as just a laugh factory. I'm not particularly high on the Scully years, but this is the type of episode his team did well and it's part of a surprisingly strong start for Season 13.

Tyler

The protagonist of The Sun Also Rises is impotent, so the reference works on that level, too.

Tyler

I wondered if Judge Harm's line about frogs doing fractions somehow inspired the indie game Frog Fractions, but I can't find any references connecting them.

Adam Esat

I know this isn’t strictly taking simpsons related but hearing Will and Luke tackle Metal Gear Solid would be a huge treat. I hope it happens!

Jay in Madison

I really hate Judge Constance Harm as a character. Everything about her is unpleasant, but more importantly, not in a funny way (to me.) While I still actively watched for a couple of seasons beyond this, I do think this episode was a point in my mind where the show was not showing the careful, well-crafted touch I preferred. Though--it's better than I remembered.

Lockerus

Wow this really is character assassination: the episode eh?

Albert Skoglund

First time commenter, but I feel like I have to join in after hearing the opening bit wondering how court shows work. I used to intern for both the Maury Show and the People's Court in NYC and can say that in fact all of the guests on both shows are real. As fas as how they find cases for the show? Every small claims court case becomes public record, so they would search thru for cases of people with the same last name, like family members suing each other, or anything with a juicy story. The show would pay their travel expenses to NYC, put them up in a hotel and give them some spending money while they were in town. The show also pays out the judgement that's decided at the end, and small claims court is 5k max in most states, so most people go on the show cause they can't afford it, and are so passionate that they are right: that's entertainment!

CMatt

These episodes are way better than I remember.

Bryan Field

I have to say, whenever something doesn't go my way, especially small insignificant things, I hear Marge's delivery of, "she's such a butthole." It's just the perfect little sound clip to deal with life's little inconveniences. I had a good friend in college who suffered from night terrors, and as funny as it was in this episode, it was a joke that made my friend quite angry because it made his life so difficult. In his case, he would scream and hit things, unable to wake up. Finally, I first heard the term "pillory" from an old, forgotten episode of Tales From the Crypt (Let the Punishment Fit the Crime, S06E01) staring Catherine O'Hara as a lawyer sent to (spoiler alert) hell, and Dragonslayer's own Peter MacNicol as a public defender that can only leave hell if he tricks someone into becoming his replacement. He acts as an incompetent PD trying to bait her into representing herself by putting up ridiculous defenses for minor offenses (which was her hell). One of the punishment's she (O'Hara) receives is being pilloried over her custom license plate. It's one of the better episodes (and you can see it on YT).

Daniel Rackley

Sweet Zombie Jesus, I just figured out why at the beginning Millhouse was so disgusted at the thought of eating Saltines as part of his free government breakfast. It's due to his father formerly being such a big deal at the cracker factory and having either a trained palate when it comes to crackers or simple family pride.

Parker Thompson

When I heard the Hang Me Dang Me song at the end I just assumed it was NRBQ. It's really weird they didn't just use Don't Fear The Reaper

Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag

I knew Judge Judy would be a shitty person just like Jerry Springer, Maury, and the rest of those ghouls, but holy crap did this episode really show me how AWFUL (and extremely 90s) she is.