Your honor

You probably know the guy in the picture.

After decades of hosting one of our most pungent pieces of TV trash, Jerry Springer is going straight. Well, sort of straight. He's negotiating to be the judge on a TV court show. Yeah, we're talking about Judge Judy Jerry. Sadly, I bet there are lots of people who can't wait to have their cases heard by Your Honor, Judge Gerald Norman Springer.

In a more respectable side of his career, Jerry's got an extensive background in our little genre. Most notably, his Baggage reruns still bounce around GSN on weekends, and he does many installments of The Price is Right's ever-touring live show. I even remember him trying his best on Celebrity Name Game, except he couldn't quite get the hang of it.

The best thing you can say about Jerry is that he can no longer be in it for the money. Unless he's the worst financial manager this side of the federal government, he must be a zillionaire many times over. The genuine explanation seems to be more psychological: the guy just has to be on camera. I never watch TV court shows, so it's no skin off my nose if he ends up on one.