Down on the bicameral floor, once again there is talk of passing a law allowing cameras in the courtrooms of our state. I mean, why not? I have always told people with nothing better to do early in the afternoon on a weekday that the finest free entertainment in town takes place in courtrooms, where cases ranging from speeding tickets, assaults, homicide, and I don't know what-all else are heard by a judge, a jury (in Circuit Court) and an appreciative audience of others awaiting their own trials, witnesses awaiting a chance to tell their stories, cops doing the same, and retirees who gave up watching Judge Judy to see the real thing. It is fascinating, and why it can't be on tv for the benefit of shut-ins and those unable to get to the courtroom is something I don't get.
It's not as if these proceedings are secret; they are covered and reported on by the news media. So why not put them on television to compete with The Talk and The Real and The View and that ridiculous Good Morning In The Afternoon, America!
Of course, if this idea becomes law, the people most affected will be courtroom sketch artists, whose charcoal renderings of miscreants from Tom Brady to Bill Cosby to John Gotti amuse us all.
Here's my idea: give them their own show, either before or after the trials come on tv, in which they draw famous people and home contestants guess who in the hell it's supposed to be!
The prize could be, the sketch artists would come to your house and draw a quick charcoal version of the winner.
They could even put THAT on tv!
I'd better go choose a tie right now.
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