Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Best movie ever!

Beautiful, moving film.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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.

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!

Those of you who loved Night Court as I did have already given excellent testimony to the wonderful humor and heart embodied by this show. I just need to respond to one overall glowing review that included the comment that the character of Mac was not an essential element of the show.Not so! Mac was, simply, US. He was the observer, the witness to all of the craziness going on night after night in that courtroom. His reactions of disbelief and, at times, disapproval (Dan Fielding usually the target of same, of course) were our own reactions...and they were always tempered by an inexplicable fondness for this group of wing nuts. Mac was the "normal one", the shining spot of sanity in the loony bin. He was one of my favorite characters in the show. (And he always wore cardigans, just like my dad.)

This show was really a funny sitcom. Harry Anderson led an extremely talented cast. It's setting, the night court in New York City Richard Moll was great as Bull Shannon, court clerk. Harry was Judge Harry T Stone. John Larouquette was the DA whose sex machine designs on Markie post made things go.There was the deadpan comedy of Selma Diamond & when she died her replacement Marsha Warfield didn't skip a beat. Some great guest stars livened up the series too including John Astin as Harry's Dad Buddy.The writing was very good on this show & with the talented cast it couldn't help but be a very good show for quite a few bright years on NBC.