judith sheindlin. judge judith sheindlin.u find her a little bit shrill, a little bit testy, well, she'd be very pleased. one of my favorite things i've ever seen on "60 minutes" over the years was your profile. that had a huge impact into you going into television. judy: oh, sure. morley safer: to sheindlin, justice must not only be done and seen to be done, it must be seen to be done fast. could you please move on, miss allen? i have about 20 other cases to do today, counselor. from that "60 minutes" piece, a couple of years later two of the girls from "the people's court" called me in my chambers and said, "would you ever think of doing this?" and it was from that, came-- came the show. i went out to california and larry little said, "if you sign on the dotted line i'll make a pilot." and that was it. tv announcer: you are about to enter the court room of judge judith sheindlin. the people are real, the cases are real, the rulings are final. this is "judge judy." it was a risk. it was a risk. i knew i would have to go back