Product Description

Judge Harry T. Stone presides over the New York City night court. The cases that come before Judge Stone are always a little bit silly, but it's up for debate whether his motley crew of staff or the criminals for whom he dispenses justice are more bizarre. Enjoy the chaos that made this hilarious 80s sitcom one of the top shows of its time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55441 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2006-02-28
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 144 minutes

Amazon.com
This "Television Favorites" compilation offers a sampling of Night Court, one of the zaniest and bawdiest shows to hit network primetime in the 1980s. In the pilot, we meet the Mel Tormé-loving, joke-playing, too-young judge Harry Stone (Harry Anderson) presiding over the night beat of New York. Joining him are lecherous assistant district attorney Dan (John Larroquette), bald Bunyanesque bailiff Bull (Richard Moll), and uptight court clerk Lana (Karen Austin). The other five episodes are all from later seasons (4-6) when the series was at its peak. The cast solidified with court clerk Mac (Charles Robinson), sexy public defender Christine (Markie Post), and dry-as-a-martini-wit bailiff Roz (Marsha Warfield). In "Her Honor," Harry is removed from the bench and replaced by Christine, leading to the memorable image of him riding roller skates wearing a jet pack. Unfortunately, the two episodes included here ended season 4, but not included are the two episodes that opened season 5 and finished the story line. Bull is struck by lightning in "Death of a Bailiff," Dan is tempted by a young Teri Hatcher in "Who Was That Mashed Man?" (both from season 5), and a disaster threatens both the courtroom and Dan's political campaign in "Fire" (season 6).

While most of Warner's "Television Favorites" releases have been single-disc samplers to gauge the market for a full-season release, Night Court is different because the complete first season was previously released on DVD (the pilot is on both releases, but with a commentary track only on the full-season release). Presumably, slow sales on the initial DVD set prompted this release as a test case for the viability of future seasons. It's a bit like apples and oranges, however, as the later seasons were much better than the first. Fans want those seasons in full, of course. Unfortunately, if they decide to boycott the Television Favorites disc on principle, the slow sales might mean the last eight seasons of Night Court will never make it to DVD at all. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

Why not Season 2?
Night Court is a very funny show, and I will not stand to see a classic go down the drain! A BEST OF dvd should not be the answer for bad sales on Season 1! Everyone knows that the better, more memorable episodes occured after the first season. Why couldn't Warner Bros just come out with Season 2, and consider what they should do from those sales? I'm sure all Night Court fans are as disgusted as I am to see such horrible treatment being done to such a classic. Anyone who feels the same should give a 1 star for this dvd with a review explaination that we want a SEASON 2 DVD set!!!!! Believe me, I am not going to spend my own money on such an unappropriate bestof dvd.

What the #*&$ is this $#!+ !!! ... An apeal to WBHV.
Dear WBHV-

I applauded you when "The Treasures of the Sierra Madre" was released. I thrilled when you came out with "The Gangster Collection". I gave a standing ovation when you released the 1932 version of "King Kong". Now you wanna go and do this? I'll tell you what this is. This is worse than what TCFHV did with the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" (they went something like 2 or 3 years before they would release season 2 because of poor sales - but at least they didn't insult our intellegence by releasing a cheap "best of" type video of all the seasons combined (that's only "best of" in the eyes of the executives at WBHV), just season 1). If you're not going to release the entire catalog of Night Court, then at least release the ones with Selma Diamond in it (she must be rolling in her grave at what you did). Please consider it. In the meantime, I will NOT buy this cheap substitution.

-Bobtec.

Addendum: (as of 4/30/09) Thank you!!! Any Markie Post fans there that are thinking of making a 3rd season set?

We Need ALL Seasons
I am in total agreement with Greg Davis.
Except that I want ALL THE SEASONS completely.