Judge Judy and her ilk are a product of our society which demands to be entertained by people being rude and nasty to each other. I'm not sure when it started, but I noticed it first with Roseanne. Nothing more hysterical than people taking verbal shots, insulting, and making fun of each other. Wait, maybe it was Maude.

Anyway, "we" like to watch as other people get away with saying the mean and sarcastic things we, on a baser level, would LIKE to say. Don't say you've never said, "Boy, this is what I SHOULDA said to him!"

The more outrageous, the better. So it seems.