THE PEOPLE'S COURTROOM

THE PEOPLE'S COURT 1981-1993

THE PEOPLE'S COURTROOM
Cracked #195, July 1983
a: Bill Ward

Daytime courtroom drama that differed from other coutroom dramas in that it was a reality show, with an actual case tried on television in a TV courtroom presided by a real judge. The names and likenesses aren't used here in the Cracked parody but are in the Bananas one following it.

In every courtroom spoof, or every comic with a gavel for that matter, the gavel is always used to crack walnuts.

THE REAL PEOPLE'S COURT Bananas #65, circa 1983
w: Robert Leighton
a: Samuel B. Whitehead

The show was hosted and narrated by Doug Llewellyn, and the cases were presided over by Joseph Wapner, a real judge.

The jury and audience are made up of people in costumes as if this is a game show like Let's Make a Deal.