# Okay, I'll start it: The Night Court Appreciation Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981 "2005-08-14T17:41:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/1 "2005-08-14T17:41:26Z")
The marathon is on TV Land right now. I’d forgotten how funny this show is. It’s so over the top ridiculous, but they _knew_ it was over the top ridiculous, so they could have fun with it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/2 "2005-08-14T17:49:17Z")
Grossly underrated as far as 80’s TV goes. It was always overshadowed by Cheers & Cosby. The first season was a bit bumpy, but once they found their groove, it was hilarious. It’s out on DVD now, but it doesn’t have the unaired pilot (featuring Shelley Hack). I just transferred my old copies onto DVD (and then they release it, of course), but I would have bought the first season set if it included the pilot. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/3 "2005-08-14T17:50:26Z")
My favorite episodes were the ones with the hapless Wheelers. One of the rare times the whole family laughed their butts off over the same stuff. I always thought they could have had their own show. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/4 "2005-08-14T18:21:02Z")
Of course, Larroquette’s sexist comedy routine probably wouldn’t go over real well these days, but he did win 4(?) Emmy’s for the role. The Wheelers…wasn’t the husband played by Brent Spiner? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/5 "2005-08-14T18:24:20Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Of course, Larroquette’s sexist comedy routine probably wouldn’t go over real well these days, but he did win 4(?) Emmy’s for the role. > > The Wheelers…wasn’t the husband played by Brent Spiner? Yep. The best part of the Wheeler’s visits was the way they’d tell Harry why they were in court. The story would start out okay, but get more and more bizarre. I think Spiner would have done more, but he got the Star Trek gig. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/6 "2005-08-14T18:31:43Z")
I liked Season One’s Karen Austin. She was puuuuuurty. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/7 "2005-08-14T18:42:29Z")
Watching the marathon, I’m wondering what jokes I didn’t get as a kid that I get now. Probably most relating to Dan Fielding. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/8 "2005-08-14T19:16:56Z")
Dan Fielding: “The defendant was seen wielding a shotgun…” Def: “It was just a little one!” DF: "The term is _sawed off!!!_ " ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/9 "2005-08-14T19:29:49Z")
Fielding (after humiliating himself in front of everybody): “What’s the matter? You’ve never seen a _wimp_ before?” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/10 "2005-08-14T19:35:09Z")
Do you think the show “jumped the shark” after Christine got pregnant? I remember losing interest in the show after that point. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/11 "2005-08-14T19:53:46Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Of course, Larroquette’s sexist comedy routine probably wouldn’t go over real well these days, but he did win 4(?) Emmy’s for the role. Didn’t he withdraw himself from consideration after that? Really strong cast on that show. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/12 "2005-08-14T20:23:42Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Do you think the show “jumped the shark” after Christine got pregnant? I remember losing interest in the show after that point. Yes, but I’m feeling MUCH better. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/13 "2005-08-14T20:33:27Z")
Ohhh-kay. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/14 "2005-08-14T21:31:44Z")
I thought about starting a similar thread last night, when I first discovered the marathon! I loved _Night Court_, and it’s been fun watching it on and off today. 🙂 > [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Yes, but I’m feeling MUCH better. Actually, you’re feeling MUCH better _now_. 😉 The episodes with John Astin are among my favorites! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/15 "2005-08-14T21:34:50Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I thought about starting a similar thread last night, when I first discovered the marathon! I loved _Night Court_, and it’s been fun watching it on and off today. 🙂 > > Actually, you’re feeling MUCH better _now_. 😉 The episodes with John Astin are among my favorites! Bull: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/16 "2005-08-14T21:45:03Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Didn’t he withdraw himself from consideration after that? Well, that’s what the little pop ups say, so I would assume so. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/17 "2005-08-14T21:54:33Z")
It was a great show for many years, but that last season was stiff, stiff, STIFF! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/18 "2005-08-14T21:56:54Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > It was a great show for many years, but that last season was stiff, stiff, STIFF! It wasn’t supposed to exist. It was a last minute decision and the writers had to scramble to fix the continuity from the end of the 8th season. ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/19 "2005-08-14T22:57:06Z")
I used to watch it when I was a kid. I’m totally regressing this weekend, curled up in my apartment watching it. There were definately a lot of those jokes that went way over my head when I first watched it at like 7 or 8. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981/20 "2005-08-14T23:03:34Z")
I love Night Court. The actor who played Mac, Charles P. Robinson, also played the villain in a 1975 Blaxploitation film, _The Black Gestapo_. That made it a particularly interesting watch. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-start-it-the-night-court-appreciation-thread/316981.md?page=2)