Eye for an Eye (TV series)
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Eye for an Eye is a television program
that has run in syndication since 2004.
The program is a variation on popular thirty minute Reality shows. Eye For an Eye is presided over by Judge "Extreme Akim" Anastopoulo
, with bailiff and former boxer Big Sugar Ray Phillips. The series was formerly hosted by Cheaters
host Tommy Habeeb
and Kato Kaelin
. The show is unusual among courtroom reality shows for its lack of courtroom decorum; One example is the courtroom is very brightly lit. Another example, when Big Sugar Ray Phillips instructs the audience to rise as Judge Akim enters the room carrying his bat of justice, (also unusual to have a bat for a gavel), the audience rises while cheering and chanting "Extreme Akim" repeatedly. They frequently shout remarks throughout the entire hearings. The plaintiffs and defendants have to enter ring shaped cages that have a microphone attached to them.
More unusual things are some of the rulings issued by Judge Akim. In addition to ordering how much the defendant has to pay, he also sometimes orders them to do ridiculous tasks. In one case, he ordered a man who impregnanted a girl to wear a fat suit for a month; in another, he ordered a landlord whose apartments were not suitable for living to write a new policy while sitting in a truck full of cow manure. Such rulings depend upon the fact that the show is a form of binding arbitration rather than an actual court; in normal small claims court
, the remedies available at law are generally constrained to monetary compensation for damages
caused.
In a more famous episode "The Bar Poured a Stiff One", where Dallas
based band STRANGLEWEED was sued for an unpaid bar tab. The counter claim was that the bar owner of "Jay's Lounge" stiffed the band on a "Free Bar Tab" and allegedly stole the bands mixing board as compensation. Judge "Extreme Akim" gave the "bat of justice" to Strangleweed and allowed the band to destroy the same amount that the bar owed them. They used golf clubs, chainsaws and bats until the bar and all of its liquor was demolished.
Often in such cases, an appraiser will determine the value of property. One time enough property was taken, and a table in new condition was selected as the last item, but the table's value exceeded the maximum amount in value. As a result, the table was sawed in half and only half of the table was taken.
The reason for the extreme sentencing is because the show believes that the justice system is not always fair. The series follows the Eye for an eye
system. At the end of each hearing, Extreme Akim will say "Now THAT's justice."
Eye for an Eye is shown in syndication in 69 countries.
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
that has run in syndication since 2004.
The program is a variation on popular thirty minute Reality shows. Eye For an Eye is presided over by Judge "Extreme Akim" Anastopoulo
Akim Anastopoulo
Akim A. Anastopoulo is the judge on National Lampoon's syndicated reality television show Eye for an Eye. On television he is called "Judge Extreme Akim"...
, with bailiff and former boxer Big Sugar Ray Phillips. The series was formerly hosted by Cheaters
Cheaters
Cheaters is a weekly syndicated hidden camera reality television series that documents people who are suspected of committing adultery, or cheating, on their partners. Investigations are headed by the "Cheaters Detective Agency". The show is hosted by Joey Greco, the show airs on Saturday nights...
host Tommy Habeeb
Tommy Habeeb
Thomas L. Habeeb is an American television host best known for hosting the reality TV show Cheaters, billing himself as "Tommy Grand". He hosts uncensored pay-per-view specials of Cheaters on Events iN Demand. He is host and executive producer of reality show STAG, which airs on Events iN...
and Kato Kaelin
Kato Kaelin
Brian Jerard "Kato" Kaelin is an American radio and television personality who gained fame as a witness during the 1994–95 murder trial of O. J. Simpson.-Personal life:...
. The show is unusual among courtroom reality shows for its lack of courtroom decorum; One example is the courtroom is very brightly lit. Another example, when Big Sugar Ray Phillips instructs the audience to rise as Judge Akim enters the room carrying his bat of justice, (also unusual to have a bat for a gavel), the audience rises while cheering and chanting "Extreme Akim" repeatedly. They frequently shout remarks throughout the entire hearings. The plaintiffs and defendants have to enter ring shaped cages that have a microphone attached to them.
More unusual things are some of the rulings issued by Judge Akim. In addition to ordering how much the defendant has to pay, he also sometimes orders them to do ridiculous tasks. In one case, he ordered a man who impregnanted a girl to wear a fat suit for a month; in another, he ordered a landlord whose apartments were not suitable for living to write a new policy while sitting in a truck full of cow manure. Such rulings depend upon the fact that the show is a form of binding arbitration rather than an actual court; in normal small claims court
Small claims court
Small-claims courts have limited jurisdiction to hear civil cases between private litigants. Courts authorized to try small claims may also have other judicial functions, and the name by which such a court is known varies by jurisdiction; it may be known as a county or magistrate's court...
, the remedies available at law are generally constrained to monetary compensation for damages
Damages
In law, damages is an award, typically of money, to be paid to a person as compensation for loss or injury; grammatically, it is a singular noun, not plural.- Compensatory damages :...
caused.
In a more famous episode "The Bar Poured a Stiff One", where Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
based band STRANGLEWEED was sued for an unpaid bar tab. The counter claim was that the bar owner of "Jay's Lounge" stiffed the band on a "Free Bar Tab" and allegedly stole the bands mixing board as compensation. Judge "Extreme Akim" gave the "bat of justice" to Strangleweed and allowed the band to destroy the same amount that the bar owed them. They used golf clubs, chainsaws and bats until the bar and all of its liquor was demolished.
Often in such cases, an appraiser will determine the value of property. One time enough property was taken, and a table in new condition was selected as the last item, but the table's value exceeded the maximum amount in value. As a result, the table was sawed in half and only half of the table was taken.
The reason for the extreme sentencing is because the show believes that the justice system is not always fair. The series follows the Eye for an eye
Eye For An Eye
Eye for an Eye is a Polish hardcore punk rock band founded in 1997 in Bielsko-Biała. EFAE, as it is also known, plays an old school style of punk, more along the veins of The Exploited or even, some say, Agnostic Front. The punk stylings of EFAE has been compared to fellow countrymen Post Regiment,...
system. At the end of each hearing, Extreme Akim will say "Now THAT's justice."
Eye for an Eye is shown in syndication in 69 countries.