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07-16-2001, 08:08 PM
Moral Court" To "People's Court" Case
(Sony's Columbia Tri-Star Television owns "The People's Court" and Warner Bros owns the canceled show "Moral Court")
Excerpt from: "The People's Court" Monday July 16, 2001 at 10:27 AM
HARVEY LEVIN: The litigants for the next case on their way into the courtroom right now.
ANNOUNCER: This is the plaintiff, Henry Polanco of Brooklyn, New York. He claims he was such a close friend of the defendants, he agreed to fly to Los Angeles to appear as his witness on the TV show "Moral Court." They were supposed to split whatever the plaintiff was awarded. Then, after all he did for his good buddy, the guy refused give him a red cent. He's suing for $250, his half.
ANNOUNCER: This is the defendant, Alan Barcoff. He says he never would've taken the plaintiff as his witness in the first place if he'd known the guy would freeze up on the show. He was supposed to support the racially charged case brought against him by another friend, but the plaintiff did nothing to help. And, in fact, cost him. He's accused of "not paying up." The defendants filed a countersuit for $500, the amount he believes he's out.
BAILIFF: All parties, please raise your right hand.
HARVEY LEVIN: Welcome back to "The People's Court." Next case on the docket -- the defendant appeared on the TV show "Moral Court" and won $500. But he says he would've won four times that if his witnessed hadn't partied the night before and zoned out in court. Now the witness is suing for the fee he was promised. Does he lack appeal? In the case of "From 'Moral Court' To 'People's Court.'"
BAILIFF: Your honor, the litigants have been sworn.
JUDGE MILIAN: Thank you, Davey. All right, Mr. Polanco, you are suing Mr. Barcoff because he agreed to pay you half of his winnings for you testifying on his behalf on the show called "Moral Court and now he refuses to pay you. And, Mr. Barcoff, you refuse to pay because you say that his poor performance as a witness actually stopped you from winning more money. All right. "Moral Court" is a show where two people who have not a legal conflict but a moral conflict go before a judge. And you have a friend who sued you -- who took you to "Moral Court." Okay, before "Moral Court's" judge. And your friend -- boy, you got a lot of friends. You gotta get a new set of friends. Your friends are suing you left and right. So you were taken to "Moral Court" why?
MR. BARCOFF: Because I'm white and Jewish, and I hang around mostly with black and hispanic people, in black clubs. And I deal mostly with black people. This friend of mine a long time said I had changed, that my demeanor was different, I dressed differently. Blah, blah, blah. And he didn't like it. So he said he was gonna take me to "Moral Court" so the whole world would see it. And he lost. He was proven wrong because his case was not right. He asked me what the term "wigger" meant.
JUDGE MILIAN: What the term what? And what does it mean?
MR. BARCOFF: A white man trying to act like a black man.
JUDGE MILIAN: So the two of you fly to L.A. to film "Moral Court." And the night before, you say that he was partying.
TVTalkShows.com Webmaster Trevor Rieger
(Sony's Columbia Tri-Star Television owns "The People's Court" and Warner Bros owns the canceled show "Moral Court")
Excerpt from: "The People's Court" Monday July 16, 2001 at 10:27 AM
HARVEY LEVIN: The litigants for the next case on their way into the courtroom right now.
ANNOUNCER: This is the plaintiff, Henry Polanco of Brooklyn, New York. He claims he was such a close friend of the defendants, he agreed to fly to Los Angeles to appear as his witness on the TV show "Moral Court." They were supposed to split whatever the plaintiff was awarded. Then, after all he did for his good buddy, the guy refused give him a red cent. He's suing for $250, his half.
ANNOUNCER: This is the defendant, Alan Barcoff. He says he never would've taken the plaintiff as his witness in the first place if he'd known the guy would freeze up on the show. He was supposed to support the racially charged case brought against him by another friend, but the plaintiff did nothing to help. And, in fact, cost him. He's accused of "not paying up." The defendants filed a countersuit for $500, the amount he believes he's out.
BAILIFF: All parties, please raise your right hand.
HARVEY LEVIN: Welcome back to "The People's Court." Next case on the docket -- the defendant appeared on the TV show "Moral Court" and won $500. But he says he would've won four times that if his witnessed hadn't partied the night before and zoned out in court. Now the witness is suing for the fee he was promised. Does he lack appeal? In the case of "From 'Moral Court' To 'People's Court.'"
BAILIFF: Your honor, the litigants have been sworn.
JUDGE MILIAN: Thank you, Davey. All right, Mr. Polanco, you are suing Mr. Barcoff because he agreed to pay you half of his winnings for you testifying on his behalf on the show called "Moral Court and now he refuses to pay you. And, Mr. Barcoff, you refuse to pay because you say that his poor performance as a witness actually stopped you from winning more money. All right. "Moral Court" is a show where two people who have not a legal conflict but a moral conflict go before a judge. And you have a friend who sued you -- who took you to "Moral Court." Okay, before "Moral Court's" judge. And your friend -- boy, you got a lot of friends. You gotta get a new set of friends. Your friends are suing you left and right. So you were taken to "Moral Court" why?
MR. BARCOFF: Because I'm white and Jewish, and I hang around mostly with black and hispanic people, in black clubs. And I deal mostly with black people. This friend of mine a long time said I had changed, that my demeanor was different, I dressed differently. Blah, blah, blah. And he didn't like it. So he said he was gonna take me to "Moral Court" so the whole world would see it. And he lost. He was proven wrong because his case was not right. He asked me what the term "wigger" meant.
JUDGE MILIAN: What the term what? And what does it mean?
MR. BARCOFF: A white man trying to act like a black man.
JUDGE MILIAN: So the two of you fly to L.A. to film "Moral Court." And the night before, you say that he was partying.
TVTalkShows.com Webmaster Trevor Rieger