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Night Court: Poker? I Hardly Know Her

Synopsis: Dan (John Larroquette) isn't quite prepared for the outcome of his flirtation with courtroom coquette Faye (Lisa Robins). Nor is the courtroom staff prepared for the results when Harry (Harry Anderson) redecorates his office. And who among the ladies could have predicted the ramifications of the Read More

Night Court: Party Girl, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story (originally networkcast as a single hour-long installment), political consultant Johnny Dugan (Don Amendolia) talks Christine (Markie Post) into running for congress against the seemingly indomitable incumbent Louise Cahill (Nancy Marchand). Meanwhile, Mac Read More

Night Court: Undressed for Success

Synopsis: Mac (Charlie Robinson) wants to purchase a suburban home for wife Quon Le (Denice Kumagai), but he's a little short of cash (well, more than a little, truth to tell!) With this in mind, Mac is receptive to an offer to appear in an underwear commercial. Elsewhere, Dan (John Larroquette) is Read More

Night Court: Shave and a Haircut

Synopsis: As prank, a "National Lampoon"-like humor magazine offers a man-of-the-year award to Mel Torme. Unfortunately, Harry (Harry Anderson doesn't know it's a prank, and is willing to go to impossible lengths to get his idol to accept the prize. Meanwhile, Dan (John Larroquette) has teamed up with the Read More

Night Court: A New York Story

Synopsis: Angry over the demolition of his home, eccentric Mr. Willard (Stephen Root) begins buying up major New York City landmarks--including the Night Court building. When it turns out that Willard is within his legal rights, Harry (Harry Anderson) is put on the trail of a serious financial snafu made by Read More

Night Court: Party Girl, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally networkcast as a single hour-long installment), the competition heats up between congressional candidate Christine (Markie Post) and her tough-as-nails opponent (Nancy Marchand). Dan (John Larroquette) has less fun as a sexual surrogate than he Read More

Night Court: Opportunity Knock Knocks, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally networkcast as a single one-hour special), Harry (Harry Anderson) is offered several jobs, from superior court-judge to road manager for Mel Torme, before making his final decision. Elsewhere, Christine (Markie Post) rather surprisingly wins the Read More

Night Court: The 1992 Boat Show

Synopsis: Dan (John Larroquette) hopes to curry favor with gossip columnist Dermot Drake, but the scribe is interested only in the garrulous Roz (Marsha Warfield). Meanwhile, Harry wonders why ditzy court stenographer Lisette Hocheiser (Joleen Lutz) is avoiding him, unaware that Lisette has been having some Read More

Night Court: Opportunity Knock Knocks, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of the two-part Night Court series finale (originally networkcast as a single one-hour special), Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson) considers stepping down from the bench when he receives a number of lucrative (and rather offbeat) job offers. Meanwhile, Christine (Markie Read More

Night Court: To Sir With...Ah, What the Heck...Love

Synopsis: Harry (Harry Anderson) has been offered a full professorship at Koch Community College. This prompts Dan (John Larroquette) to suck up to Harry big-time, in hopes of becoming his replacement in Night Court. Meanwhile, Bull (Richard Moll) does not appreciate the "paternal" remonstrations of Read More

Night Court: P.S. Do I Know You?

Synopsis: The normally caustic Roz (Marsha Warfield) is beginning to show signs of fear and foreboding. The reason? Roz's male pen pal Alex is planning to pay a visit to the courtroom. Thing of it is, the man has formulated an image of Roz that is totally at odds with the facts--thanks to a few "tall tales" Read More

Night Court: A Guy Named Phantom, Part 1

Synopsis: The ninth and final season of Night Court begins with the first episode of a two-part story, in which Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson) and his staff awaiting word about prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette), who has been on the lam from the law since the collapse of the Phil Foundation. Read More

Night Court: A Guy Named Phantom, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of Night Court's two-part Season Nine opener, Christine (Markie Post) has been abducted from a costume party by a masked "phantom",who bears a startling resemblance to fugitive prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette). This does not rest well with Harry (Harry Anderson), who Read More

Night Court: My Life As a Dog Lawyer

Synopsis: Despite his sorry mishandling of the Phil Foundation--to say nothing of his recent abduction of Christine--Dan (John Larroquette) is allowed to return to practicing law. Unfortunately, there's a price to pay: rather than being reinstated in Night Court, Dan has been demoted to dog-law court. At Read More

Night Court: Where There's a Will, There's a Tony, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, no one is fooled when Harry (Harry Anderson) feigns indifference at the prospect of Christine (Markie Post) reuniting with Tony (Ray Abruzzo). And Dan (John Larroquette) joins forces with Will Sanders (William Utay) to save the Phil Foundation, little Read More

Night Court: Mac Takes a Vocation

Synopsis: Harry (Harry Anderson) smells a rat when Mac (Charlie Robinson) is hired by Supreme Court judge Welch (Lawrence Dobkin), a man normally disclined to the notion of racial equality. It soon develops that Harry's instincts were right on target: Mac has been engaged as a mere "token", to win Welch a Read More

Night Court: Harry's Fifteen Minutes of Fame

Synopsis: "Instant" celebrity goes to the head of Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson) when a magazine article names him one of New York City's ten most interesting men. But Harry's rapidly-expanding ego is exploded by an unexpected put-down from Christine (Markie Post). Meanwhile, Dan (John Larroquette) Read More

Night Court: Where There's a Will, There's a Tony, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Harry (Harry Anderson) suffers in quiet desperation as the errant Tony (Ray Abruzzo) comes back into the life of Christine (Markie Post). And on the verge of losing everything in his efforts to "make good" for the Phil Foundation, Dan receives Read More

Night Court: Teacher's Pet

Synopsis: With a scant few days left before his wedding, Bull (Richard Moll) participates in yet one more weird ritual. It's all for the purpose of performing another "miracle"--in this case, the restoration of Bull's virginity. Meanwhile, Christine is disillusioned by the off-the-bench behavior of former Read More

Night Court: Get Me to the Roof on Time

Synopsis: The big day has arrived: Bull (Richard Moll) is about to marry Wanda (Cathy McAuley), with his mother "Hank" (Paddi Edwards) at his side and the three Del Rubios scheduled to sing. Unfortunately, it looks as though the ceremony is doomed from the start, thanks largely to the overbearing behavior Read More

Night Court: Santa on the Lam

Synopsis: Night Court's final Christmas episode finds Dan (John Larroquette) the unlikely counselor for a disillusioned department-store Santa (Hansford Rowe) who has taken him hostage. Meanwhile, Harry (Harry Anderson) has trouble shedding himself of Miss Hendley (Terri Hanauer), a lonely stranger whom he Read More

Night Court: Looking for Mr. Shannon

Synopsis: The guys get together to throw a bachelor party for Bull (Richard Moll). Alas, before the evening is over, the party is stranded in a cheap motel without money, their chartered bus has exploded, and Bull has been kidnapped. Reviewing the situation, Harry (Harry Anderson) can reach only one Read More

Night Court: Puppy Love

Synopsis: The Night Court gang is shocked to discover that abrasive court matron Roz (Marsha Warfield) has a husband. Even more shocking is the arrival of said husband, a smooth uptowner named Eugene Westfall (played by former Magnum P.I. costar Roger Mosley). But the biggest shock is reserved for Roz, when Read More

Night Court: Pop Goes the Question

Synopsis: On the anniversary of his first date with matchmaker Wanda Finn (Cathy McAuley), Bull (Richard Moll) is on the brink of proposing marriage. First, however, he is required to perform a "miracle"--and please don't ask why. As Bull prepares to pull off this phenomenon, a nervous Wanda wonders how Read More

Night Court: Guess Who's Listening to Dinner?

Synopsis: A nervous Dan (John Larroquette) wants to break off his relationship with Mary (Teresa Parente), the daughter of mob boss Joseph Schiavelli (played by Broadway headliner and versatile cartoon voiceover artist Tony Jay). But first, Schiavelli makes Dan an offer he can't refuse: an invitation to Read More

Night Court: With a Little Help From My Friends

Synopsis: To get over her divorce, Christine (Markie Post) has been attending a "happy therapy" group. Alas, when Roz (Marsha Warfield) joins Christine for a session, "happiness" is not the operative word. Meanwhile, Dan (John Larroquette) goes pro-environmental with a vengeance; and Marty Griffin (Mart Read More

Night Court: Mama Was a Rollin' Stone

Synopsis: Upon learning that the late derelict Phil Sanders was actually an incognito Wall Street millionaire, Dan (John Larroquette) is thrilled with the news that he has been named sole heir in Phil's will. Unfortunately for Dan, Mr. Sanders' $8.5. million fortune is to be invested in its entirety in Read More

Night Court: Presumed Insolvent

Synopsis: Dan (John Larroquette) suddenly sees Phil Sanders (William Utay), the wine-sodden derelict who hangs around the courtroom as something of a general factotum, in an entirely new light after a man (Eric Christmas) who was wiped out in the S&L crisis is hauled into court. Thinking quickly, Phil saves Read More

Night Court: Bringing Down Baby

Synopsis: Billy Cohen appears as Billy MacDonald, a spoiled-rotten child star who runs roughshod over everyone while filming a TV pilot episode in the courtroom. The kid's coworkers are clearly unwilling to curb his obnoxious behavior, and Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson) isn't about to say anything Read More

Night Court: Attachments Included

Synopsis: Though Harry (Harry Anderson) is in love with Margaret Turner, he balks at the notion of moving in with her. Meanwhile, Bull (Richard Moll) arranges for matchmaker Wanda Finn (Cathy McAuley in her first series appearance) to find him a wife--in the classified ads--while Christine (Markie Post) Read More

Night Court: To Sleep, No More

Synopsis: Dan is suffering the torments of the damned--not to mention several sleepless nights--because he has been misappropriating the funds for the Phil Foundation. When the late Phil Sanders (William Utay) and the un-late Bert Parks begin showing up in Dan's nightmares, it's obviously time for an Read More

Night Court: Hey, Harry, F'Crying Out Loud--It's a Wonderful Life...Sorta

Synopsis: Night Court bows to 1990s sitcom tradition with this extended spoof (replete with black-and-white sequences) of the classic 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. In the throes of despondency after being dumped by Margaret Turner, Harry (Harry Anderson) expresses the wish that he'd never been born. Read More

Night Court: Alone Again, Naturally

Synopsis: Harry (Harry Anderson) stuns his staff when he announces his intention to marry Margaret Turner (Mary Cadorette). Actually, he's waiting for Margaret to pop the question--it sure seems like that's what she's planning--but the basic outcome is the same, isn't it? The rest of the episode is given Read More

Night Court: Can't Buy Me Love

Synopsis: Dan (John Larroquette) is cockier than usual when he is chosen as a "prize" in a bachelor auction. But cockiness turns to craven terror when the highest bids are offered by a woman who, according to Dan, "looks like Eleanor Roosevelt." Meanwhile, Christine (Markie Post) takes out her frustration Read More

Night Court: Death Takes a Halloween

Synopsis: In this Halloween episode written by series star Harry Anderson, a defendant claiming to be the Spirit of Death (Stephen Root) is put behind bars by Judge Harry T. Stone (Anderson). Weirdness ensues when, during incarceration, several people survive accidents that would otherwise be fatal. Though Read More

Night Court: Crossroads, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single hour-long "special"), the Night Court staff is quarantined in the courtroom building when a toxic experimental virus is accidentally spilled. Forced to share close quarters, the staffers begin to recall the separate turning Read More

Night Court: A Family Affair, Part 1

Synopsis: Season Eight of Night Court goes into session with the first episode of a two-part story, as Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson) learns that, thanks to an unforeseen technicality, he must get a high-school diploma if he wants to keep his job. At the same time, public defender Christine Sullivan Read More

Night Court: A Family Affair, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of Night Court's two-part Season Eight opener, court bailiff Dan (Richard Moll) is in hot water with prosecutor Dan (John Larroquette) after allowing Dan's promiscuous sister Donna (Susan Diol) to seduce him. Also, Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson) may not get his belated Read More

Night Court: When Harry Met Margaret

Synopsis: Mary Cadorette) makes her first appearance as aggressive, self-assured court reporter Margaret Turner. Judge Harry (Harry Anderson) is smitten by Margaret, but she barely acknowledges his existence. In desperation, he turns to notorious womanizer Dan (John Larroquette) for advice on how to woo and Read More

Night Court: Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore

Synopsis: Harry (Harry Anderson) blanches in fear as Terry Benoon (Don Gibb), the bully who made Harry's childhood miserable, is brought into court as a defendant. When Terry swears vengeance for a long-ago "betrayal", Harry tries to recuse himself from the case, but is unable to escape his destiny when his Read More

Night Court: Jail Bait

Synopsis: Down in the dumps over her marital woes, Christine (Markie Post) is quite receptive to the charms of her newest defendant Ian McKee (Bill Calvert), a street artist who's been arrested for defacing public property. Meanwhile, Dan (John Larroquette) is smitten by a fast-food waitress named Pam Read More

Night Court: It's Just a Joke

Synopsis: This episode was clearly inspired by the brouhaha stirred up when controversial comedian Andrew Dice Clay) hosted Saturday Night Live in the spring of 1990. The "Clay" character in this instance is stand-up comic Monte Potter (Louie Mustillo), whose profanity-laden monologues have raised a Read More

Night Court: Crossroads, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single hour-long "special"), the Night Court staffers are still quarantined in the courtroom as the result of an accidental toxic spill. They are also still reminiscing on the events in the past that changed their lives. For example Read More

Night Court: Day Court

Synopsis: A temporary personnel shortage requires the Night Court staff to take over the duties of Day Court. This has a strange effect on acerbic court matron Roz (Marsha Warfield), who transforms into the personification of effusive cheerfulness. Not quite so cheery is Christine (Markie Post) who in a Read More

Night Court: A Night Court at the Opera

Synopsis: Determined to woo journalist Margaret Turner (Mary Cadorette) away from Harry (Harry Anderson), Dan (John Larroquette) escorts her to the opera. It is Dan's intention to make his romantic overtures in a fortissimo fashion--but Harry is still several notes ahead of him. And back in court, a group Read More

Easy Wheels

Actors: Paul Le Mat, Eileen Davidson, Marjorie Bransfeld, Jon Menick, Mark Holton

Synopsis: Advertised as a parody of cheapo-sleazo biker flicks, Easy Wheels looks so much like the real thing that one wonders whether or not we were originally supposed to take the whole megillah seriously. Biker Bruce (Paul Le Mat) and She Wolf (Eileen Davidson) forget their mutual animosity long enough Read More

Twice Dead

Actors: Tom Breznahan, Jill Whitlow, Jonathan Chapin, Chris Burgard, Sam Melville

Synopsis: A family inherits an old, broken down mansion and when they move in, discover that not only does a gang of malicious teens hang out there, but so does the angry spirit of a deceased actor, and they are in for a battle in this horror film. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Nightmare on Drug Street

Frankenstein General Hospital

Actors: Mark Blankfield, Leslie Jordan, Jonathan Farwell, Kathy Shower, Irwin Keyes

Synopsis: Dr. Bob Frankenstein (Mark Blankfield) is the great-great grandson of his legendary relative Victor in this horror spoof. He uses the basement of General Hospital for his experiments to create what he hopes will be the perfect human. Kathy Shower plays the female psychiatrist Alice Singleton, with Irwin Keyes Read More

Outtakes

Actors: Forrest Tucker, Bobbi Wexler, Joleen Lutz, Curt Colbert, Marilyn Abrams

Synopsis: Actor Forrest Tucker is the host of this Tunnelvision/Groove Tube-type film that spoofs television shows. Included are parodies of the Phil Donahue Show, a slasher Santa Claus and goofy late-night news reports, among others. Started in 1983, this film was finished in 1984 but not released until Read More

Night Court [TV Series]

Actors: Harry Anderson, Richard Moll, John Larroquette, Markie Post, Paula Kelly

Synopsis: Introduced to NBC's Wednesday-night schedule as a mid-season replacement on January 4, 1984, the weekly 30-minute sitcom Night Court quickly built a large and appreciative audience, enabling the series to remain on the network for nine seasons. Harry Anderson, a comedian who had established his Read More