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#1 Sep 19 2013 at 12:16 PM Rating: Good
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This NJ municipal judge moonlights as a stand-up comic and part-time actor. The joking judge claimed he kept the two activities separate (ie no lawyer jokes while acting and no joking while adjudicating).

The NJ supreme court ruled the two professions were incompatible and he'd have to give one up.

Which one should he keep, which should he quit?

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Edited, Sep 19th 2013 8:16pm by Elinda
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#2 Sep 19 2013 at 12:18 PM Rating: Good
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Either way, his job is a joke.

Seems stupid he'd have to give up a hobby, but then again stupid is par for the course when it comes to politicking. It's not like he's texting his **** to people or running away to ***** random women.
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#3 Sep 19 2013 at 12:28 PM Rating: Good
When I was in middle school I was in a play about a judge who moon lighted as a pizza delivery girl. Well, rather the other way around. It was called "Order in the Court."

(She thought she failed her bar exam and resigned herself to a life of part time scrub work, and while delivering food to some desperate DAs who'd just had third third judge in a year recused/killed while trying to prosecute a gang boss, got suckered into acting as their "pretend-judge" for the case with a built in witness protection program. Silly slapstick middle school comedy ensued. I think the tiny little actress playing the pizza judge wore a Raggedy Anne wig and sunglasses in judge mode. )

It was also a musical. I can still sing some of the songs.
#4 Sep 19 2013 at 12:35 PM Rating: Excellent
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Catwho wrote:
It was also a musical. I can still sing some of the songs.
Isn't it scary how that works? I caught myself humming something the other day, from what must have been like a musical I was in around about the 4th grade. That stuff just sticks.

Elinda wrote:
Which one should he keep, which should he quit?
Go comedy, at least until he rides the jokes as far as he can. He must have a couple of good years of material built up from his time on the bench, his own case is just the icing on the cake.


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