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Saturday 24 September 2016

The Best People's Court Ending Ever

"Defendant Joe Somar, of the band 'The Fugue', on People's Court, explaining why his life is hard."

From Joe Somar himself:
"The story behind the court appearance was back when I lived in Brooklyn, I worked for a crappy bike shop in New York City. Not going to plug their name because that place sucks. This guy brings in this lemon of a electric bike and demands me fix it. We tell him we can't but he won't let us give it back. I tried to call him over and over for months, telling him to take the turd back but no dice. Finally, I just chuck the thing out.

A few months later I get served court papers but they're not just any court papers, they're PEOPLE'S COURT papers. My boss told me not to anything to embarrass him on TV. I immediately began to write out a huge list of ways to embarrass him on TV.

I had initially planned to rip my shirt off and do a huge WWE-style interview if I won challenging the plaintiff to take me on in other courts (Divorce Court, Night Court, a basketball court) but i kind of blanked out and just pulled that speech out of my ass. I have no idea why I said I felt emancipated. I probably got it from watching too much Law & Order. No wait, there is no such thing as too much Law & Order.

To be honest, I never expected any of it to pop on YouTube. It was a pretty popular clip for a little bit but I'd be lying if I said it actually made me famous or anything. I didn't so much as get a handjob out of it and that's how I measure fame."