late-night TV

[cellio]

While setting a videotape I caught a bit of a show I hadn't previously heard of, Eye for an Eye. Initially it looked like any other court-with-actual-people show (Judge Judy et al). The first clue that this was not the case was that the judge goes by the name "Extreme Akim". The second was his verdict in the custody dispute over a parrot: whichever litigant eats more worms in the courtroom obviously loves the bird more and so will win custody. I can't make this stuff up. (I also didn't continue watching after that, but I assume the plan was to carry out the verdict immediately.)

Comments

[siderea]

What, the bailiff didn't have a sword to cut the bird in half with?

[grouchyoldcoot.livejournal.com]

Well, of course it could be normal American culture. We shouldn't rule out the possibility that it was a sketch from Saturday Night Live or Mad TV, though. When was it on?