Trudi is attractive with brown hair and glasses. Something of a schmoozer and charmer even as a teen, Randy is prone to wax philosophical about women to the amusement of his father.In 1953, he becomes entangled with a young club dancer named Kathy Valentine after returning from boarding school. He has receding gray hair and protruding front teeth, hence his nickname that no one dares say to his face. When Ann is only frightened and turned off by his advances, he ends up holding her hostage in her own home, and later Judge Parker as well. Sam and Gloria have a friendly, sparring relationship. Ann is primarily shown demonstrating repeated poor judgment in her choice of men to romance. The Judge has been largely supplanted by cocksure attorney Sam Driver and his beautiful girl friend/now wife Abbey Spencer. But their wealthy and manipulative aunt, Rachel Cabot returned repeatedly to cause trouble. She is surprised when he shows up to visit at Spencer Farms. IMO. gform.initializeOnLoaded( function() {gformInitSpinner( 1, 'https://www.markcarlson-ghost.com/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/images/spinner.svg', true );jQuery('#gform_ajax_frame_1').on('load',function(){var contents = jQuery(this).contents().find('*').html();var is_postback = contents.indexOf('GF_AJAX_POSTBACK') >= 0;if(!is_postback){return;}var form_content = jQuery(this).contents().find('#gform_wrapper_1');var is_confirmation = jQuery(this).contents().find('#gform_confirmation_wrapper_1').length > 0;var is_redirect = contents.indexOf('gformRedirect(){') >= 0;var is_form = form_content.length > 0 && ! One of the most gripping and well written narratives was the court proceedings against the mentally unstable man who had abducted Anne. You are now leaving The Seattle Times. Despite being pre-adolescent, the two banter like potential girl friend and boy friend. Trudi once tried to kiss Sam despite her friendship with Abbey. In 2005, Riley suggested that Randy run for his fathers spot on the bench as word as gotten out that Alan Parker would be retiring soon. This long-running subplot doesnt pay off until Randy finally takes his retiring fathers spot on the bench in 2009. Neddys fashion business is literally swallowed up by a giant sinkhole. An attorney who often does legal legwork on cases with which Alan Parker become involved. 1952 Ann Parker, the Judges daughter, gets dangerously involved in one his cases. A car accident when Lauras been drinking isnt enough for Jeff to come to his senses. And this leads to a day where everything happens at once. 8/54-3/55, 7/55-12/55, 4/56-7/56, 10/56, 1/57, 4/60-7/60, 12/60-3/61, 11/62, 5/63-6/63, 11/66-3/67, 12/67, 2/68, 9/22/71-2/12/72. She toys with a department store executive but sets her sights on marrying Judge Parker who sees through her various schemes. 7/04-12/04, 11/05-4/06. 1980 Conwoman Jeannie Kelso and her brother hide out at Spencer Farms. The story of his election campaign is told sporadically during the Fall of 2006 and 2007. Abbey has a big heart and is frequently seen helping those in need. Only Honey escapes the kidnapping that Senna Lwiston enflicts on the others, but she is deeply sobered by the experience. Abbey insists he tell his mother. Once arrested, Weckler advises his attorney to pursue an insanity defense as Judge Parker called him insane during the hostage crisis. 1968 Katherine and Alan marry. The extremely wealthy and elderly aunt of Neddy and Sophie, the older sister to their mother, Victoria, whom they barely remember. Justin admits hes just been released from a mental hospital after two years. If you think I might be reading too much into his name consider that his overweight narcotics smuggler possessed a whole raft of affectations. He is often seen holding and petting his white Persian cat when he isnt swirling a glass of alcohol of one kind or another. 3/28/82-12/3/82. Gambling kingpin who enables socialite Patti Leeds to build up a huge debt in hopes of gaining a foothold in high society. (One quibble: theres no mention of The Dude.). He has her boyfriend, golf instructor Gary Jaye, savagely beaten when he begins to suspect his scheme. 9/80-3/81, 12/82-6/83. This expanse of land, the final destination of the Trail of Tears, had once been preserved for tribes forcibly "removed" from eastern North America. 1957 Wellington Marks starts high school. Isaac Charles Parker (October 15, 1838 - November 17, 1896), also known as "Hanging Judge" Parker, was an American politician and jurist. 3/12, 3/13, 7/13, 5/17, others. Engaged to be married to Randy Parker when she first enters the narrative, Randy brings her to his parents for help with her family. Trudi and Keith St. James were old friends of Abbeys from California who became her business partners. She has been an occasional part of the narrative ever since. Mark promptly accepts a job offer in Hong Kong. But as soon as that case is wrapped up, Gloria tells Sam that wealthy heiress Abbey Spencer wants to get a hold of him. Added complications to their relationship occur in 1997 when Mark is accepted to Harvard and in 1999 when Mark enrolls in Harvards law school. When Judge Parker is apparently targeted for assassination, Delgado poses as a detective who investigates her only hit attempt. His gang consists of a short Latio man named Pablo and his muscle, a large rather stupid fellow named Curly. Trudi St. James. Bumps and Wellington would largely disappear from the narrative. But what happened in the Judge Parker comic strip was quicker. Cal enlists Judge Parkers aid in stemming the tide of human trafficking, which led to the judge getting kidnapped by the General. 9/00-1/01. When her parents die in a car crash in 1966, Jeep is due to inherit a quarter million dollars. Camille Winters. Judge Parker. Sams old college buddy who excelled at basketball shows up at Spencer Farms and trouble related to an unresolved gambling debt follows. On the plump side, balding with a bushy mustache, Riley also is a power player in politics. This one takes place in the "Judge Parker" universe. Subject Message* Handsome young man who seeks an engineering position at Spencer Farms without a single reference. In this instance, they attempt to con a young mans mother to pay for their silence regarding an assault on Deborah that never happened. Ann Parker. As for the Judge Parker comic strip, his wife Katherine has largely been involved in domestic and romantic storylines, with no apparent career or interests of her own despite not having minor children to raise after Jeep reaches maturity. Unfortunately he has a girl friend, a snooty and aggressive bad girl named Honey Ballenger. Abbey considers adopting Lili Benson. He arranges to have a woman make recurring calls to Katherine accusing the Judge of adultery. 7/07-10/07. Despite Sams misgivings, Abbey has a good feeling about Beck and hires him anyway. Horace Riley. 43 commuted to life or lesser prison sentences by the President. When Anns boy friend gets suspicious, the police intervene, one of the officers fatally shot in the process. Mr. B. Narcotics crime boss. Randys secret agent wife April disappears for even longer, pregnant no less. Shannon is also quickly drawn to Sams sympathetic secretary, Gloria Sanchez, and she to him. Sam considers offering him a partnership in 1994 but doesnt when Randy gets a job offer from a prestigious firm in Atlanta. A rebellious teen, Mark nonetheless needs help breaking away from a gang known as the Hatchets. But when Hugo suggests replacing Jaspers image on his pill bottles with Judge Parkers new secretary, Bonnie Heath, Jasper gets resentful. Throughout this period, Sam and Randy rotated as the primary focus of the comic strip. 1953 Randy Parker returns from boarding school. One suspects readers had written in wondering whatever happened to her. Take him in context with the rest of the strips on the comic page. The trend had started way back in the early forties, when the melodramatic Apple Mary strip morphed into the Mary Worth feature known today. Dallis introduced two villains in the first decade of Judge Parker stories who I would suggest were intended to suggest the effeminacy often associated with homosexuality in the popular mind. Katherine and Alan bond over an ensuing custody battle over Jeep with the girls paternal uncle, Tom Carson. Dark-haired beauty who heads a misguided peace movement, Brothers for Peace at bucolic Peace Acres. Lu Ann of Apartment 3-G was sweet and naive, in some ways like Abbey in Judge Parker. Peter Bumps Doren. This according to Judge Parker himself, when Sam Driver asks. Former exotic dancer with severe anger management problems. Marla and Alans supposed romance never catches fire and she is quickly relegated to appearances as Bumps mother and not much else. By 2016, Marie has a steady boy friend with the unlikely name of Roy Rogers. Sam ends up giving Cory Abbeys number as shes looking for a skilled horse handler. A particularly beautiful old friend of Sams, Georgia is due to interit a fortune when her 70-year old husband, Julian Kingston, dies. 8/00), 9/05-10/05, 2/06, 5/06-6/06, (ref. Neddy, her sister Sophie and her grandfather were all squatting on Abbey Spencers ranch. Casandra Canabar. It emerges that Eric has been blackmailed into becoming part of a smuggling operation. Dennis the Squirrel Passmore. 11/92-5/07, 4/10-10/10, 3/13-pr.. Sophie Barton Spencer. An aspiring theatre actress, she and Ralph, her scientist husband, are on the verge of divorce when Jeep is injured by a hit-and-run driver and they recommit to their marriage. 1996 Keith St. James romances Abbey, Trudi disapproves. Katherine Cory, Jeeps aunt, writes Judge Parker with the news and states that Jeep wants to see Parker. In 1999, Randy is best man at Sam Drivers wedding to Abbey Spencer. Another reoccurring character, Horace Riley, was an eccentric client of Randy Parkers. First Willson also defies the shady and dangerous owner of the Platinum Pussycat Lounge, where he becomes infatuated with beautiful belly dancer Donna Laval. Neddy is going to forgo her plans to attend art school in Paris to stay with Bob, but Sam convinces the young man to persuade Neddy to follow her dreams instead. Originally working as a temporary assistant at Driver and Parkers law office, April remains there until 2006, postponing her plans to accept a job at the CIA for several weeks. 12/55-4/56. More often than not they turned out to be conmen or dangerous criminals. 11/92-3/93. She graduated with a nursing degree but is rarely shown utilizing it. He was wiser than his years in observing the foibles of others but rather foolish in navigating his own affairs. Keith St. James. The original Judge Parker, a fit widower in his middle forties, as the narrative begins. Clearly some powerful literary archetypes were at play. meets and falls in love with his handsome, non-criminal son, Tony. Lavender was a marker of androgyny in popular culturehalfway between the blue of boys and the pink of girls. Sophie seeks out guitar lessons from Derek and promises him a very expensive electric guitar when they are finished. 1967 Financial consultant Preston Palmer secretly romances both Ann and Katherine. Unfortunately, Shore also has a problem with alcohol. Early in 2017 Hank must return to his new job in Alaska without Neddy. With Woody Wilsons retirement as only the second writer of Judge Parker in 2016, some dramatic changes were made in the narrative, the repercussions of which are still being felt. Went to law school with Sam and the two were apparently involved. Comments on The Phantom page suggest that Sunday Phantom artist Jeff Weigel is now doing the dailies. He is often seen holding and petting his white Persian cat when he isnt swirling a glass of alcohol of one kind or another. 9/95, 5/96-10/96, 8/01,7/02-11/02, 6/03, 10/03, 11/03-3/04, 7/09, 10/09, 12/09-2/10, 8/11, 12/11-1/12. 12/54-3/55, 7/55-12/55, 4/56-7/56, 10/56, 1/57, 6/63. Is April Parker lurking around her (ex) husband's house, and if so, why? Preston Palmer. 8/54 and sparodically thereafter, 12/66-3/67. Judge Parker is still featured in many a newspaper comic strip section, but readers might be forgiven for wondering why it still has that name. Each of us is the main character of our own life. Senna Lewiston. 1993 Abbey clashes with Rachel Cabot. Cory Duncan, and his troubled son Mark, moved onto Spencer Farms to tend the grounds and horses. Thereafter, she and her husband move out of town with Jeep. This new Marie is freckled and a little plump. 2013 The elder Parkers join Randy and April on a cruise ship headed to their wedding. 1986 Top exec Heather Warner wants a divorce and a new romance with Sam. Jeannie ultimately elude capture in 1981 by leaving Tim in the dust as she escapes in their getaway car. Gloria and Alexis childhood is now portrayed as one of privilege, growing up as the daughters of a Panamanian general who attended American schools, learning four languages in the process. Handsome and good-humored doorman at the country club on Cabot Island. 6/68-10/68. 1956 The insanity trial of Stanley Weckler, who held Ann hostage, unfolds. Laura and Jeff are old friends of Abbeys. He even shows her the orchids that he raises. Twin brothers in their forties, the Gardias are Roma gypsies and arms dealers who worked for the Romanian government. 11/77-3/78. Alexis Sanchez. 6/06-11/06. April admits to Randy that she is a spy in July 2013. The trial, which plays out over three months of the narrative, serves as an interesting exploration of the pros and cons of the insanity defense. Enter Sam Driver. Gloria fought her way out of the ghetto to earn a college degree, then returned to help her others in need at Legal Aid. Passmore has a handsome son, Tony, who is uninterested in his criminal enterprises and a huge, good-hearted henchman named Charley. In its early years, the comic strip could just as easily have been called Judge Parkers Family. Honorable Isaac C. 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