RIP Judge Joseph Wapner

Published: February 27, 2017
Categories: News

As reported by The New York Times and others, Judge Joseph A. Wapner died on Sunday at the age on 97. Wapner was a real judge, but he was of course best-known as the star of the TV show The People’s Court.  That’s what led to his Muppet connection: In 1996 he appeared on the Whoopi Goldberg episode of Muppets Tonight, in a sketch based on the premise that before she was famous, Whoopi Goldberg took Miss Piggy to court over some hairstyling trouble.

The sketch can be seen around the 3:30 mark of this video:

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by Ryan Roe – Ryan@ToughPigs.com

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