Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...homilies. But the words are not the important part. It is the tone that matters: these people are in charge, they always will be, and they will care for their own kind. Cops, too, try to shelter their own, but their authority on the street is nothing in the courtroom. For a while, Danny Ciello does indeed seem to be the prince of the city, but in the end everyone realizes that the true monarchs would never yield their power...
...courtroom door swings open to the beat of music that sounds like a cross between . the themes from Hollywood Squares and Mission: Impossible. In stride Plaintiffs Katharina and Max Binder, the angry owners of Binder's Scissor Styling. Next come the defendants, Ray Cason and his daughter Michelle, 12. At issue: $43 that Cason refused to pay the Binders for a permanent that Michelle got in their salon one afternoon. Cason claimed that the permanent failed to hold up through Michelle's birthday party that evening...
...case is a typical small-claims dispute, just one of thousands that flood into Los Angeles courts every month. But instead of fighting it out in a real courtroom, the litigants agreed to square off in a TV studio for a new show called The People's Court. The half-hour daily program will debut during the next two weeks in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 36 other cities. Created by Veteran Producers Ralph Edwards (This Is Your Life) and Stu Billett, the show presents two cases an episode, both drawn from small-claims courts...
...silver-haired retired judge whose 20-year career on the bench began with a stint in Los Angeles small-claims court. Wapner deliberates during a commercial break, then renders his judgment, which is final, since the parties on the show must waive their right to proceed in a real courtroom...
...dreamed up the basic idea, John Masterson, is no stranger to real-life programming. He is best known for the 1950s show Bride and Groom, which featured a wedding ceremony daily. Masterson passed the courtroom idea to Stu Billett who, along with Ralph Edwards, did the rest. Says Billett: "There are so many people who don't know what small-claims court is about. This show will tell them how they must prepare to tell their story." On the other hand, Billett hopes that careful case selection and a swift pace will shield his TV audience from one thing...