No, that wasn’t it. I just did some Googling; it was “The Judge,” which began running in 1988. Just watched some bits of it on YouTube. My god, I wasted my youth.

I swear I was going to post this, but then I thought “Eh, nobody will get it/appreciate the reference.”

This line from your post really resonates with me: “I could not have prepared myself for the small cruelties that the battle brings and larger hollowness that the war leaves in it’s wake.”

Now we’re getting way into the weeds, but around the time of the People’s Court, there was also a fictionalized court show (can’t recall the name) that was on TV. This was way before reality TV that is staged/fictionalized was pervasive. My sister and I used to watch it as kids back in the late ’80s. It was so…

Thanks for the help. I don’t even see where/how I could email an editor, but whatever.

Hm. Strange. Seems like the system (inasmuch as it exists) is fairly random.

I still read articles there, but it definitely puts a damper on things when you can’t participate in a conversation after digesting an article.

I haven’t been posting very long in general, and pretty much as soon as I began posting on these boards, I was ungrayed (Splinter, Deadspin, Root, etc.). I think the only one I was/am gray on is Jezebel, where I haven’t posted much.

Dang. I don’t think I have ever even said anything negative about a writer on The Root or had a particularly controversial post. I am totally perplexed at how/why such a thing could have happened. Do I have any recourse to get un-banned?

Exactly what I was about to say. It’s hilarious.

You know what’s weird? I was posting on The Root and was ungrayed very early on. I posted for some fairly decent period of time and then was suddenly banned. Like, my posts don’t even appear there anymore. It’s weird. I never did/said anything controversial that I can recall.

As long as Walsh peels voters from Trump and roils his base, I’m fine with it. Hopefully this will be the impetus for a number of challengers to Trump, and they can all sling mud at each other and split votes.

I don’t know shit about Alzheimer’s, but your post is too important to be left in the grays.

Throw in some Ty Segall and a touch of The King Khan & BBQ Show and I think we’ve got somethin’ here.

I know it’s cliche at this point, but that would DEFINITELY be my band name.

The in-laws brought down a grip of bagels from NYC over the weekend.

I hear you, and I hope I didn’t come off sounding like I was judging. I find your decision admirable, for the reasons you explained. I just miss my dad, so it’s crazy for me to think about intentionally severing that relationship.

You haven’t spoken to him since the election? Damn.

Dick “Night Train” Lane, Mel Gray, Herman Moore, Dick LeBeau, and Lomas Brown were all really good. Couple in the Hall of Fame.

No use tryin’ to reason with hurricane season.