robodrolet Rest In Peace, Harry Anderson <3Night Court is one of the best sitcoms of all time and he is a big reason why. He was so funny and likable and an undervalued talent. His appearances on Cheers were also great and funny. A VERY good comedy magician as well.He starred as a Night Court judge, the youngest in the history of New York, who does magic tricks and plays pranks on people with joke shop gags etc... but he's also a fair and brilliant judge with a big heart, who is always underestimated by others and always proves them wrong.The cast around him is also awesome. Bull... three different female bailiffs who were all awesome in their own way... Markie Post... and don't forget John Larroquette who won several Emmy awards for the role he was born to play, the smooth talking, upwardly mobile, manipulative, ambitious, scumbag, womanizing assistant district attorney Dan Fielding.

calvinnme Seasons one and two of Night Court were good, but season three begins some of the best years of the show with Markie Post joining the cast as Christine, the public defender and Florence Halop replacing Selma Diamond as one of the two bailiffs - Selma died during the summer of 1985. Christine filled what was really missing from the bill that former public defender Billy just never could deliver. Christine is who we always knew was Harry's soulmate, a fact the two of them dance around for the entire duration of the series. Beautiful, compassionate, and somewhat naive, she also makes the perfect target for Dan Fielding's lechery. Harry's soulmate was something Billy just never convinced me she could be, and she simply wasn't the type to attract Dan Fielding.Season three also marks a full turn away from the "Barney Miller" style of the first two seasons as the show turns into full scale mayhem with a courtroom as just an incidental backdrop for the parade of human oddities that come before Judge Harry Stone. This is also the first year John Astin begins to make regular appearances as someone who was married to Harry's mom after she deserted him as a child. It turns out the two met in a mental institution, but - as Astin never fails to mention - "He's feeling much better now". Astin's character at first provides a link to Harry's missing years with his mother, but in a later season he is revealed to be much more than that.Another change that took place is that in season two Dan Fielding loses all of his considerable investment portfolio, when in the first season he was always going on about his substantial savings. Dan's desperation for both sex and money turn him into the ultimate greed machine, yet he still retains a likability that is comparable only to the likes of Jack Carson and Daffy Duck. No wonder John Larroquette won four Emmys for his portrayal before finally retiring his name from consideration.Quan Le returns periodically as Mac's wife. Mac is the likable and efficient clerk of the court, and Quan Le is the girl that has loved Mac since she was a girl in Vietnam and he was a soldier there. Unfortunately, she is always having troubles confusing advertising with laws - trouble that usually costs Mac money. For example she believes that "American Express - Don't Leave Home Without It" is some kind of statute.Most humor and movies from the 80's just haven't aged very well, but this show is different. It's timeless in the way that The Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges are, and I highly recommend it.

bobrobertsst I have never seen another show that made me laugh virtually every 30 seconds. Every character in Night Court is hilarious in their own individuality! Even an occasional character I don't like still makes me laugh! I suggest you find this show on the Encore network (no advertising makes watching the show even funnier because you are not stressed by boring foolish advertising). This show is not appropriate for young children, so watch it while they are asleep and enjoy all the adult comedy involved without worrying about toning down the volume occasionally. If you don't think this show is hilarious you should probably look for Napoleon Dynamite which would match your lack of humor! Watch Night Court and laugh so hard you might cry!!!

hnt_dnl NIGHT COURT (1984-92) is one of my personal favorite TV comedies. Definitely cracks my top 10. Starring magician-comedian (and Emmy nominee) Harry Anderson as enigmatic, engaging Judge Harold T. Stone, the show was a mostly outlandish, outrageous look at the shenanigans that took place at a NYC municipal courtroom. An eclectic group of characters would come in and out of Judge Stone's court, including those that worked there! In addition to Anderson, the main cast for most of the show's run included Markie Post (as sexy-goofy public defender Christine Sullivan), Charles Robinson (as reliable, wisecracking court clerk Mack), scene-stealing Marsha Warfield (as abrasive, take-no-prisoners bailiff Roz), and the two MVPs of the court: Richard Moll (as lovable giant bailiff Bull) and 4-time Emmy winner John Larroquette (as eternally sex-starved assistant DA Dan Fielding). Larroquette's Dan Fielding is an all-time great character (he'd probably make my top 10 comedy characters!).Anderson, Moll, and Larroquette were part of the original cast and were on the show for it's entire run. Robinson came in Season 2, Post in Season 3, and Warfield in Season 4. Warfield succeeded Season 1 bailiff Selma Diamond and Seasons 2-3 bailiff Florence Halop, who both passed away during the show's run). The court clerk prior to Mack was Lana (played by sultry Karen Austin) and pubic defenders prior to Christine were Liz (played by Paula Kelly) and Billie (played by Ellen Foley). Lana and Billie were potential love interests for Harry, then of course Christine became the obligatory interest when she became a permanent cast member.The standout in watching re-runs of the show is how sharp and true the dialogue feels. It's not just a set up for jokes, but characters really interact and converse with each other, which makes the punchline all the more satisfying. Pay attention to lesser comedies from that time period (and even now!) and most of them focus too much on "the joke" and not in the "getting there". And a lot of the "jokes" don't come across as cheap or one-liners. The show really did an outstanding job of casting actors to play guest roles, mainly plaintiff and defendants who would get to interact with the main cast in eps.My only gripe was the way they wrote the Harry-Christine story; this is one of the rare times when I felt that an obligatory pairing in a TV show would have worked! I didn't care for that coupling of Christine with that cop and the subsequent death knell of TV shows (the baby storyline!). Anyway, ignoring that, NIGHT COURT was a tremendous comedy and deserves a place in the pantheon of TV shows!