This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

The movie is surprisingly subdued in its pacing, its characterizations, and its go-for-broke sensibilities.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Judge Harold T. Stone (Harry Anderson) is at times a silly and fun guy who presides over NYC's "Night Court". It's a petty court that deals with petty criminals in the dead of the night. The only reason Harry got the job is because nobody was at home to pick up the phone as each candidate was called. Yes the reason he got the job was because he was home. Dan Fielding (John Larroquette) is the womanizer prosecutor. Mac Robinson (Charles Robinson) is the court clerk. Bull (Richard Moll) and Selma Hacker (Selma Diamond) are the bailiffs. Roz Russell (Marsha Warfield) replaces Selma after her death. Billie Young (Ellen Foley) is the defense attorney for the first season and replaced by Christine Sullivan (Markie Post).The best part of the show is the motley cast of characters who works the night court. It's a great group. Despite losing Selma and Billy, the show's chemistry is never lost. It's too bad that Ellen Foley got dropped. Billie has some fun romantic build-up with Harry. There is no doubt that Markie Post is an upgrade. This is a fun mid-level 80s comedy show.

Night Court had some fine episodes, but Danny Got His Gun is not one of them, and it is not three of them, either. The three part series, "Night Court: Danny Got His Gun," trots out every stereotype imaginable and unimaginable, whether applicable to Eskimos, Aleuts, First Nation, Indian, Native American or whatever. This would be OK for a sitcom like Night Court, which is not legally bound by the constraints of reality or good taste, if they were funny. Which they are not. The acting on these three episodes is definitely sub par. John Larroquette seems to be phoning it in. Is this his punishment for asking for a raise: Kill off his character at the end of the season, then resurrect him if he capitulates, and make him act in a gawdawful script? So, in the end, he's alive and attends his own funeral, a cliché ever since Mark Twain invented the joke long before the invention of television. But the writers don't do anything clever or funny with this device.Dan Fielding meets a beautiful "Eskimo" in the frozen Arctic whose dream is to visit The Big Apple. Does Fielding bring her back with him? No, he does not. Now this would have been interesting, and potentially very funny. Heck, an Eskimo girlfriend in NYC could have had long running humor possibilities. But it would have required genuine creativity, something the series seemed to be running out of, rather than relying on cheap one-liners, like a cameo bikini bottom.Instead, what he does return to New York with is a seal, who has a crush on him. 6/10 for the series. This ain't MASH, but there are plenty of good to excellent episodes.The first two seasons are especially interesting for Selma Diamond, whose history goes way, way back, including writing for Sid Caesar's Caesar's Hour, but also radio and New Yorker cartoons before that! You need to read the Wikipedia entry to get it all, including that she was the inspiration for the Sally Rogers character on the Dick Van Dyke Show. And perhaps a character on The Simpsons named Selma? Or perhaps two characters: Patty and Selma Bouvier?. Look at the season one ender, Honey, I'm Home, and say Selma Diamond isn't The Simpson's Selma. Florence Halop did an amazing job of filling Selma's shoes when she died, at least until Florence died, both of lung cancer. The producers made a wise choice in Marsha Warfield to replace Florence. She is the female bailiff most viewers remember now.Of course, Night Court wouldn't have been anything without Harry Laverne Anderson.

This show had a lot of cast changes during its first one or two seasons. Then it settled into a groove until the last season where it just got very strange and then had one of the worst finale episodes ever. Still, it was funny as Harry Anderson as the judge, John Larroquette as Dan the womanizing D.A. and Richard Moll as the dense, but good hearted Bull the bailiff were like the only three cast members to be in the show during its entire run and were the best characters. Mac, played by Charles Robinson and Markie Post as the public defender would also settle in and do well. The show had its problems with the second bailiff during its early run losing two older actresses as I believed both passed away, they would finally go with someone different in the form of Marsha Warfield. The show was simply about a court that operates at night (duh), and at times some very crazy things happen, near the end these things would get a bit to crazy. However, for the most part the show was funny as I tend to gravitate towards shows that revolve around a job or place of business more so than to a show that is about a family. A good show that was really funny during the middle stretch, but it did have a hard time getting out of the gate initially and kind of stumbled near the end.

this show was funnier. I'm quite amazed that they've only released 1 season of this show on DVD in its 8 year run. You younger users out there are really missing out on a fantastic 80's sitcom. If Dan Fielding isn't the Kramer of the 80's, I don't know who else coulda been . John Larroquette was just a comedy master.This show had an excellent example of what they call, and "ensemble cast". Everyone had a role and they played it perfect. They held their own alongside Cheers for 8 yrs and left w1 year before Cheers did with just as good ratings but it seems, Night Court has fallen off the DVD Release planet. Where are you NBC? Get off your butts and get us more seasons of this show to buy. You remember ratings right?