The Resume

(November 15, 1919-February 26, 2017)
Original Judge on the 'People's Court' (1981-93)
Judge on 'Animal Court' (1997)

Why he might be annoying:

Many of his decisions were not based on accurate understanding of the law.
He got angry with litigants if they were not fully prepared and especially if they didn't have the proper evidence.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the first high profile TV Judge, which started a wave of copycats ten years later.
He once tried a TV case between David Letterman and Johnny Carson.
He says the value of 'The People's Court' is that people learned something about the law, but even more importantly the way to present their case.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities who Served in World War II [1939-45]
• I Attended Hollywood High School
• I Attended University of Southern California
• I Died in 2017 (Ranked: 97)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[U-Z]
• I'm Buried at Mount Sinai Jewish Cemetery [Hollywood, Ca]
• Judges
• Phil Hartman Impersonations
• Profiles 3001-3250 (Ranked: 3046)
• Satirized on Rocko’s Modern Life
• Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity
• Weird Al Yankovic References

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 18 Votes: 5.56% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 26 Votes: 19.23% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 90 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 58 Votes: 32.76% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 56 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 58.70% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 84 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 149 Votes: 48.32% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 270 Votes: 52.96% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 332 Votes: 56.63% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 695 Votes: 53.67% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1978 Votes: 60.82% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 40 Votes: 52.50% Annoying