@@EricStevenTerry I completely disagree. Night Court was very well written, very dry, full of understated punch lines that killed. I think that was in there.
How they did that with straight face is beyond me. I wonder if some of the writers were the same as were on The Carol Burnette Show. This is a pure callback and hat tip to Tim Conway's humor.
Best part is you can hear Spiner call upon this exact same character voice in Star Trek in the one episode where Data has started intermittently taken on a southern accent, particularly in the one scene where Spot keeps jumping on his command console and he finally puts the cat down saying "Vamoose ya lil' varmint!"
Brent Spiner is always memorable as Bob Wheeler, but let's not forget the actress who played June Wheeler, his wife. Annie O'Donnell was her name, and she never failed to drive the jokes home with her dead-pan delivery!
Seeing this makes me realize that Brent Spiner was actually pretty handsome without all that chalky white makeup and creepy yellow contacts he had to wear while playing Data in Star Trek TNG.
@@menacelurkingyet8345 LOL! You have no clue, little fella. Night Court was a very popular show in the mid 80's to the early 90's. That's okay, I'm sure that humor is lost on you all the time.
@Frank I liked Jacov Smirnoff (spelling?). I remember one episode he was going to be deported, and this old Russian woman who was his only hope liked Dan. He asked Dan what she wanted, and he said DAN: "To do the mattress mombo." JACOV: "Mr Fielding, you would do that for me?" DAN: "I would rather do it WITH you." JACOV (after a moment of thought): "Well, if you think it would help..."
Like when they were all hungry but Harry would refuse to let them take a break because he was avoiding a former nun who had a crush on him. The next case was of course a duo with the last names burger and fries lol
Humanity has lost it’s Funny Bone since then - I miss Night Court - Cheers and the like - The Carol Burnett show was another one of the live presentation shows that everyone waited for crack ups in the middle of the priceless skits - It was all the straight faced timing - Being Funny is the hardest job on the Planet
I actually got to meet Spiner at the NYC Comic Con last year. I told him "You'll always be Bob Wheeler to me." He said "That's because I AM Bob Wheeler, Brent Spiner is just a disguise!"
ReptorULTRA7 Full story: I'm a fan, but nowhere near as bit as my older brother, who is a hardcore Trekkie. So I figured I'd get an autograph from Spiner for him as an Xmas gift. I was thrilled to meet him, but I asked him to make it out to Jeff, and as I was turning to walk away he said "Nice to meet you Jeff." I turned around and told him "I'm not Jeff, I'm Dan." He was totally perplexed until I explained, and then he said "BRILLIANT DISGUISE! I though you were Jeff!"
+Daniel Ryan I heard he was a clone, the real Brent Spiner is on a starship called the Church of Gail. lol, I doubt anyone knows that reference, if you know it without looking it up, you are awesome and I want to know where you learned of that crazy theory.
Roz wasn't afraid of anybody! Bull? He was the exact same way as Roz was. He could Talk to people nicely enough, but you didn't want to get him riled up. You'd pay for it, somewhere down the line!
You and me both. The religious watching as a kid, and the love of Bull and Roz, though honestly Dan was my fave. I still have much love for John Laroquette to this day.
I've always said the Brent Spiner is one of the most underrated character actors out there. *Edit* would LOVE to see the blooper reel for scenes with the Wheelers
@bonniesmith3289 And he's actually quite handsome without all that chalky white makeup and creepy yellow contacts that he has to wear while playing Data in Star Trek TNG.
Sugarsmaxx You think so? I think he’s gotten a ton. The reason there were so many episodes in TNG where he got to step out of the Data character was because the producers wanted to show his acting skills off. All those TNG actors were Shakespearean pros and I remember my friends talking about that as 10-year-olds when the show was new. If we knew how good they were at that age, then surely plenty of people are aware of how good Spiner and his peers are and were.
I dunno. There's a lot to appreciate in Data. I can't imagine it's easy to act out a character that has to be almost completely flat and emotionless yet STILL come across as oddly human because of his childlike curiosity, yet he pulls it off perfect. He just perfected the art of conveying a hell of a lot with subtly and restraint on a level a lot of actors couldn't pull off.
I'm just found out by two different sites that of course Harry's gone and then Mac is also gone and then recently Christine has just passed that show was hilarious and I watched the reruns at 5:00 a.m. in the morning start my day they may be gone but the laughter and comedy that they provided lives on
It's also the turn around. He made a disparaging remark about them being bumkins. And they turned it around and proved him wrong, then turned it right back around and proved him right. It's a comedy whiplash.
Have watched every single episode of Night Court MANY times, because it's Bloody Brilliant 👏 Truthfully never realized that Bob Wheeler was played by Brent Spiner! Now that I've watched this clip again I can't believe I missed it! 😏😏😏
Brent is so unforgettable in this role. My husband and I immediately recognized him the first time we saw him in Star Trek Next Generation. We wish they would bring him back in this role on the new ‘Night Court’ even if it is for only one episode.
Argue with me if you want but Nightcourt was one of the funniest damn shows on TV. The mix of characters ws priceless, and the writers totally brought their a-game.
I remember Data playing this role in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Fistful of Datas as the bad guy in jail on a western fantasy on the holodeck. Data took on this personality when Geordi plugged him into the computer
@@aggressiveattitudeera887 they have The Next Generation on Prime and, last I checked, Netflix too. Pluto has way too many annoying commercials and they become more frequent the longer you watch.
The best comedies knew how to blend the absurd with clever writing like Night Court, Green Acres, The Addams Family, Married with Children, Malcolm in The Middle etc. It takes the right casts, directors and writers to pull it off.
We were seduced by the glamour of it all! The delivery had me dead! 🤣💀 I love Brent Spiner! He can do comedy so well but also play an emotionless android... or an evil one. His acting range is amazing,
@@jay-day lol I have seen all the TNG episodes, I love ST. What makes me laugh the hardest is when he’s getting dancing lessons from Dr. Crusher and then she leaves and he conjures a holodeck dance partner and has that big old creepy fake smile on his face 😆
I watched this all the time as a kid with my family. It's great to go back and re-watch things I didn't always understand as a child. Anything with Brent Spiner is wonderful anyways.
"Mother always said, 'It's always darkest just before the dawn.' Burned her retinas out, starin' into a solar eclipse." Bob Wheeler is one of the greatest comic characters ever written, and Brent Spiner's delivery is perfect! Of course, it helps to be in a room full of other great comedians who are willing to play the "Oliver Hardy" role in order to set up and respond to Spiner's "Stan Laurel" type character. I've always said that the best way to truly understand any actor's ability is to watch them in three different roles. In addition to the multiple, related roles Brent Spiner played on TNG, THIS role really helps to highlight the breadth of his skill set.
Those 2 scenes were real hilarious when Mr. Wheeler told them how his grandmother died and the look on Judge Stone's face at that response and the look on Fielding's face when the Wheelers showed them the inheritance they're Grandmother left them and Bob Wheelers response 'Nope $250,000 we ate the Necco Waffers'.
It has often been said that comedy is harder to pull off than drama. There are so many distractions. I’m so glad that actors like Brent Spiner are so dedicated to their craft, or I should say calling. Thanks to all the bit players who keep us entertained.
I never knew Brent Spiner was so funny. Seeing him in Star Trek, he could act. But never knew he did comedy too. And then to upstage Harry Anderson too.
@@tommo123456789000000 Sorry nerd, I got the name of the show wrong. To be fair to all the fanboys, I should have called it the longest hour on TV, because every episode dragged on.
@@tommo123456789000000 I obviously do not live in your world, nice pun I suppose, but I do not watch Star Trek, other than when I was a Kid, and I don't watch Anime. The point is, you knew what I was talking about, but for some reason you couldn't help calling me out on it, kind of a dick move.
I hate the fact this is buried to time. Hell, the fact they never DVD released the whole series has been a running joke on Red Letter Media for like 6 years.
@@BlazingOwnager They were going to release it on Blu-Ray a few years back, but they cancelled it for whatever reason. Hell, the page is still up. www.blu-ray.com/movies/Night-Court-Complete-Series-Seasons-1-9-Blu-ray/133915/
Plans for a reboot are now in early development. John Larroquette is going reprise his role in it and also produce. Executive Producers mentioned are Melissa Rauch (Bernadette from The Big Bang Theory) and Dan Rubin, (a writer for The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt). tvline.com/2020/12/16/night-court-reboot-john-larroquette-returning-nbc/
Michael Clark that’s the brilliance of the line! It had the same effect on me! There’s another episode with one of their kids receiving a marble at Christmas... no spoilers here, you’ve got to find it, it’s a riot!
I think it's because of how Dan's smug assertion was proven drastically wrong, enough to make him absolutely freeze, and then proven right while he's in a state he can't enjoy it.
Did you ever have to eat Necco wafers at, say Halloween? Nasty, yucky, chalky things. Funny to me because: #1 - the flavor, #2: just the name, and #3: that Grandma left them in her ‘estate’ and not knowing why she saved them. I’m betting it was because she couldn’t stand to eat them either. lol🤦♀️
I used to watch this show with my parents as a kid in the 80's, but I'm not sure if I saw this episode, so I didn't know what to expect. Being an avid Star Trek TNG fan I have to say I am now even more impressed by his role of Data having seen him in this one. Also, the more I think about it, I may have seen this over 30 years ago. Fuzzy memory.
Yeah the guy in the jail cell :) I noticed there were a few episodes where Brent was given a chance to flex his acting skills, and have a break from the monotony. Another one was Masaka.
There was also a lot of crap in the 1980s. Honestly I think the human race peaked in the 1990s. Specifically, 1993. That was the year. The focal point of it all. And the moment humanity jumped the shark. All downhill from there.
Nowadays, you've either gotta have a Woman with big breasts practically hanging out of her bra, or put up with a bunch of cussing and dirty talk. It's almost like watching softcore porn!
@@ronaldshank7589 There was all of that in the 1980's too. Night Court had all of that except the cursing in pretty much every episode. The John Larroquette character did little more than chase women and tell double entendre jokes. The extras in the courtroom always included young actresses dressed as hookers. And there was nothing wrong with that. If dirty jokes and boobs gets eyeballs on screens to keep the ratings up so the smart humor can be done more power to them. The problem with too many shows over the years is acting like doing a smart show excludes doing a show that will get good ratings.
The one funny moment was the look on Judge Stone's face when they got the answer about the death of they're Grandmother 'She died peacefully in her sleep........on the railroad tracks'.
To be honest, I would have to ask which one? There were numerous times that Tim Conaway cracked up the cast of the "Carol Burnett Show" so much so that they had to pause for the cast to try and regain their composure. And he kept a straight face the whole time! Once or twice, he and Harvey Korman lost it together, which was even more hilarious!
And he stays that way until the end of the scene - he doesn't move a muscle. This is one of the reasons he won the Emmy for the role 4 years in a row (1985-1988. In 1989 he asked not to be considered for the award.
This show and The Golden Girls never fail to make me laugh out loud no matter how many times I have seen an episode. I bought the DVDs and paid for streaming episodes so I would always have access to these shows.
Oh my God, that was funny as hell, I completely forgot about Brent Spiner playing this character, it's been so damn long since I watched Night Court, I loved that show then and I remember why now, thanks to the person who posted this!👍👏
"We ate the Necco wafer" To throw that in at the end with all of the other straight faced lines was the cherry on top. I saw Harry do his comedy/magic act at the The Comedy Underground in Seattle soon before Night Court started. He had the audience roaring with laughter.. until he stuck a foot long knitting needle through his arm.
I literally watched that last night! Haha. I'm on a Star Trek TNG kick on Netflix right now. I also like the episode where Data attempts to emulate "small talk" from watching Commander Hutchins, while the crew is in port decontaminating the Enterprise. Spiner has an ingenious way of eliciting humor from an android character. Amazing.
@@lunardelusions2657 I think Albert is referring Brent Spiner playing the Bob Wheeler character on the new version of Night Court. Harry Anderson (Judge Stone) did pass away in 2018.
I know what you mean. I am a Night Court fan and didn't realize Data was Bob Wheeler until I saw the first airing of the TNG episode "A Fistful of Datas" and recognized the Bob Wheeler voice.
Well I didn't realize Han Solo and Indiana Jones were the same guy til I was like 12. Cause Indy has a whip and Han has a blaster, which are 2 totally different things...
@@ramairgto72 I made it a game to identify guest stars in Trek and name other Trek series they were in. It was especially fun when a main or recurring actor in one series did a guest spot in another series.
Music Power Yeah, you could say that she was. But then you could ask Bill Clinton too. Remember a story about Bill sneaking out of the White House hiding under a blanket in the back seat of a car? Good authority (FBI White House security) says he was going to visit someone,..... guess who?
I used to stay up all night as a kid to watch this show. I laughed even though I didn't know all the jokes, the laugh track helped. As an adult, my God, are these jokes perfectly written and delivered.
[uncontrollable gleeful chortles to be heard through out the house] Thank you. I sincerely needed that bit of silliness right now. Loved Night Court anyway, but the guest stars were just sooo yummy! [chortles some more]
@@Dargonhuman Frasier was such the superior show over Friends its ridiculous. I still don't get how Friends ever got that popular its so generic. Frasier I feel is getting more appreciation as it ages and deserved all the Emmys unlike a lot of comedies that win a bunch yet people barely know or watch them.
@@kendallrivers1119 Friends appealed to the lowest common denominator, meaning lots of crude body humor, one-dimensional, braindead and/or borderline psychotic characters and the comedy comfortably seated in a non stop rain of one-liners and catch phrases. Frasier was far more intelligent and genuinely witty, with the comedy coming from the actual situations the characters found themselves in (which is the sit- in sit-com) and often the funniest scenes involved very little dialogue. The characters are so well written and developed that all they have to do is look at each other for a moment to get the entire joke out. More simply, Friends is the kind of show that spells everything out for the audience, making it easy for low-IQ people to "get it", whereas Frasier makes the viewer have to think about the joke, which the average TV watcher doesn't want to do.
@Dargonhuman And from all the interviews I've read or watched from various cast members and writers\producers etc. that was the exact intention Frasier as a show had. To do what they called 10 percenter jokes which is not being afraid to do jokes that only 10 percent of the audience would get but having the confidence that the other 90 would laugh at something else because the show was very, very layered. Frasier was intelligent and sophisticated but also balanced that out with good old fashioned slapstick and the working class\quirky characters to balance out the two wealthy super intellectual psychiatrists Frasier and Niles. Very diverse in its humor and that's why truck drivers and other every day people laugh and love it as much as the intellectuals. Another brilliant sitcom I feel is underrated is Barney Miller, a superior sitcom to most of the lot indeed.
Harry Anderson played judge Stone on Night Court. Brent Spiner played Data on Star Trek: Next Generation. Night Court was a great show with plenty of laughs, never a dull moment. 👍😂🤣
Saw him on Broadway after STNG ended, doing a lead role in “1776”. Was his last performance and the rest of the Cast and the Audience gave him an inspiring and loving send off. Not only did he perform well Comedic and Serious Acting, he sang and danced very, very well. Man, he could do everything well. So, so intelligent too. Better Actor than Sir Patrick.
Omigawd! That was one of THE BEST comedy ensembles ever. Their timing was flawless, and the person with the 'straight man' lines always changed. On our way to class the next day my best friend and I would repeat our favorite lines and laugh hysterically; we always got side eye looks from the people who would pull up next to us at stop lights.
I never made the connection! Loved his portrayal as Data and definitely loved Night Court. Loved this recurring couple but had no clue it was Brent Sooner.
@@BioGoji-zm5ph Actually, I think they stole that from a Rocky & Bullwinkle show. They bought a worm ranch, and in one scene the ground starts shaking, they start vibrating, and Bullwinkle yells out "Stampede!".
The Dead Pan delivery is what sells it !! A buddy of mine used to just ask flat out , without emotion " are farts wet ?" and go about his business !! It was priceless .
"We were seduced by the glamor of it all."
Flawlessly done.
That had to be improv. Who on earth would think to put that in a script?
@@EricStevenTerry I completely disagree. Night Court was very well written, very dry, full of understated punch lines that killed. I think that was in there.
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So FINE!!!!!!
How they did that with straight face is beyond me.
I wonder if some of the writers were the same as were on The Carol Burnette Show. This is a pure callback and hat tip to Tim Conway's humor.
Best part is you can hear Spiner call upon this exact same character voice in Star Trek in the one episode where Data has started intermittently taken on a southern accent, particularly in the one scene where Spot keeps jumping on his command console and he finally puts the cat down saying "Vamoose ya lil' varmint!"
He also grew up in Houston, so it’s not much of a stretch for him.
"Y'all must be mistaken."
A Fist Full of Data. I love that episode. "Y're as handy witha shootin' iron as ya are witha woman's heart."
Brent Spiner is always memorable as Bob Wheeler, but let's not forget the actress who played June Wheeler, his wife. Annie O'Donnell was her name, and she never failed to drive the jokes home with her dead-pan delivery!
Seeing this makes me realize that Brent Spiner was actually pretty handsome without all that chalky white makeup and creepy yellow contacts he had to wear while playing Data in Star Trek TNG.
Here she is on the Big Bang Theory: ua-cam.com/video/5k8Jl2gDoZg/v-deo.html
@@oneeyedman99 I'm confused. Your clip to TBBB doesn't feature Annie O'Donnell. The two women in that scene are Laurie Metcalf and Mayim Bialek.
Brent is Larry, Darrell and Darrell all rolled into one set of shabby clothes.
Yeah, you're right, or their OLDER BROTHER!
@@nealbradleigh5069 I was going to say "cousin," but then I realized that in their family tree, cousin and sibling might be the same thing.
Why is it I got a Bob & Tom "Orange Barrel" reference reading that? Lol
@@nealbradleigh5069 and @mark glass Clearly, we've all watched some great tv in our times. Sure brings back the memories.
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I met Brent at the Boston Fan Expo a couple of years ago. I recited the lines spoken by Judge Harry and without missing a beat he answer as Bob.
What a treasure!😁🍦
Well of course he was ready fast, 0.1 second is an eternity to an android.
Bob Wheeler ? Was that his name on that Night Court crap ? He should be embarrassed he was on that junk, only lucky not many people ever saw it.
@@menacelurkingyet8345 LOL! You have no clue, little fella. Night Court was a very popular show in the mid 80's to the early 90's. That's okay, I'm sure that humor is lost on you all the time.
Loved night court.
RIP Harry Anderson. Night Court was such a fun show with a great cast and colorful recurring characters.
"O-o-o-kay." -- Bull 😀
He was awesome on Cheers.
@Frank I liked Jacov Smirnoff (spelling?). I remember one episode he was going to be deported, and this old Russian woman who was his only hope liked Dan. He asked Dan what she wanted, and he said DAN: "To do the mattress mombo."
JACOV: "Mr Fielding, you would do that for me?"
DAN: "I would rather do it WITH you."
JACOV (after a moment of thought): "Well, if you think it would help..."
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Only misspelling is in his first name. It's Yakov. Last I heard, he had his own theater in Branson, MO.
@@TheCaveman46 he does, I've seen it, and it's a LOT like the jokes were on here. They're good, but USSR heavy.
RIP Harold, and now RIP Markie.
There was never a show like Night Court and sadly there never will be again :(
And Charles Robinson
Spiner is one of the great acting talents of our time
What I loved about Night Court was how you could see the jokes coming a mile away, and yet it somehow made it funnier when they arrived.
Like when they were all hungry but Harry would refuse to let them take a break because he was avoiding a former nun who had a crush on him. The next case was of course a duo with the last names burger and fries lol
Humanity has lost it’s Funny Bone since then -
I miss Night Court - Cheers and the like - The Carol Burnett show was another one of the live presentation shows that everyone waited for crack ups in the middle of the priceless skits - It was all the straight faced timing - Being Funny is the hardest job on the Planet
It's like - DON'T DO IT! DON'T DO IT! DON'T DO IT!
THEY DID IT!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAgaspHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
@@camiforsell683 Carol coming down the balcony wearing the curtain and rods might be the funniest moment of tv ever.
Unfunny dumbass Night Court show DAMN well did not make him "famous" !!
I actually got to meet Spiner at the NYC Comic Con last year. I told him "You'll always be Bob Wheeler to me." He said "That's because I AM Bob Wheeler, Brent Spiner is just a disguise!"
Daniel Ryan Brent Spiner is a funny guy in real life with loads of humor. However, as an actor he will always be Lt. Commander Data to us Trekkies.
Please tell me he said that to you in Bob's voice
ReptorULTRA7 Full story: I'm a fan, but nowhere near as bit as my older brother, who is a hardcore Trekkie. So I figured I'd get an autograph from Spiner for him as an Xmas gift. I was thrilled to meet him, but I asked him to make it out to Jeff, and as I was turning to walk away he said "Nice to meet you Jeff." I turned around and told him "I'm not Jeff, I'm Dan." He was totally perplexed until I explained, and then he said "BRILLIANT DISGUISE! I though you were Jeff!"
+Daniel Ryan I heard he was a clone, the real Brent Spiner is on a starship called the Church of Gail. lol, I doubt anyone knows that reference, if you know it without looking it up, you are awesome and I want to know where you learned of that crazy theory.
+Daniel Ryan so this is super freaky. My first and middle names are Daniel Ryan, and my older brother is named Jeff.
I watched this show religiously as a kid. Bull and Roz were my favorite characters.
Roz had some great comedy lines .
Her looks in the delivery of those lines were classic deadpan !!!
Roz wasn't afraid of anybody! Bull? He was the exact same way as Roz was. He could Talk to people nicely enough, but you didn't want to get him riled up. You'd pay for it, somewhere down the line!
You and me both. The religious watching as a kid, and the love of Bull and Roz, though honestly Dan was my fave. I still have much love for John Laroquette to this day.
I had a crush on Markie Post.
Markie Post was my favorite tv babe from the 80s. She still looks great at age 70
I've always said the Brent Spiner is one of the most underrated character actors out there.
*Edit* would LOVE to see the blooper reel for scenes with the Wheelers
I'd love to see the blooper reels too.😊
Me Too!
Dido 😊
Not only is he underrated as a character actor, he is also a talented singer.
@bonniesmith3289 And he's actually quite handsome without all that chalky white makeup and creepy yellow contacts that he has to wear while playing Data in Star Trek TNG.
Brent Spiner has never got enough recognition for his acting skills.
Sugarsmaxx You think so? I think he’s gotten a ton. The reason there were so many episodes in TNG where he got to step out of the Data character was because the producers wanted to show his acting skills off. All those TNG actors were Shakespearean pros and I remember my friends talking about that as 10-year-olds when the show was new. If we knew how good they were at that age, then surely plenty of people are aware of how good Spiner and his peers are and were.
he;s a one hit wonder.
My favorite TNG character, and that's saying a lot considering Patrick Stewart is phenomenal.
He can't act
What skills
I dunno. There's a lot to appreciate in Data.
I can't imagine it's easy to act out a character that has to be almost completely flat and emotionless yet STILL come across as oddly human because of his childlike curiosity, yet he pulls it off perfect. He just perfected the art of conveying a hell of a lot with subtly and restraint on a level a lot of actors couldn't pull off.
Night Court will forever be one of the best comedys from the 80's shows lineup.
i loved NIght court
Comedies.
Bull yes
I think it surpassed many that came later
Loved that show but didn’t know of Brent Spiner until STNG. I’m from the era of the original Star Trek, but liked Next Gen so much more.
I’m laughing and crying at the same time… Rest In Peace Markie Post…
And Harry and Anderson.
And dom delouise.
I was always thinking she would show up again on Chicago PD, even after Lindsey was gone.
I thought I recognized her! Knew her from her part in Hearts Afire.
@@cliffordhamm6700 Harry Anderson is one person.
I'm just found out by two different sites that of course Harry's gone and then Mac is also gone and then recently Christine has just passed that show was hilarious and I watched the reruns at 5:00 a.m. in the morning start my day they may be gone but the laughter and comedy that they provided lives on
Jfc this was only mid 80s .and they are all dead?. all those drugs. 80s life was hard.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. We ate the Necco Wafers." The delivery is what made that innocuous line so perfect.
The delivery is what makes all of his lines perfect. Brilliant comic timing.
It's also the turn around. He made a disparaging remark about them being bumkins. And they turned it around and proved him wrong, then turned it right back around and proved him right. It's a comedy whiplash.
@Amy Sternheim And terrific performers that had some pretty good timing !!
I believe I am in agreement.
Timing is the essence of comedy!!
The chemistry on this show was unforgettable. Used to watch it as a kid. RIP Harry Anderson.
Have watched every single episode of Night Court MANY times, because it's Bloody Brilliant 👏
Truthfully never realized that Bob Wheeler was played by Brent Spiner! Now that I've watched this clip again I can't believe I missed it! 😏😏😏
Brent is so unforgettable in this role. My husband and I immediately recognized him the first time we saw him in Star Trek Next Generation. We wish they would bring him back in this role on the new ‘Night Court’ even if it is for only one episode.
@@mebpratt859 I was a Next Generation Junkie! HOW did I manage to miss this? I'll never understand it! 😏✌️
Brent and June always brought a ray of sunshine to Night Court.
Argue with me if you want but Nightcourt was one of the funniest damn shows on TV. The mix of characters ws priceless, and the writers totally brought their a-game.
@@retropyro "Do you see a 6 foot pink lizard in the corner?"
"No."
"Good, neither do I."
@Retro Pyro, I agree with you and a time when sense of humor was a thing.
It is totally underrated. I watched it every day after school. It was raunchy af!
I watch it every morning out hear in Arizona. Makes my day.
agreed
My dad LOVED this show. When it was in syndication, he watched it EVERY NIGHT after work. Seeing this show will forever make me think of him. :)
I remember Data playing this role in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Fistful of Datas as the bad guy in jail on a western fantasy on the holodeck. Data took on this personality when Geordi plugged him into the computer
I was just looking at that episode on Pluto.
@@aggressiveattitudeera887 they have The Next Generation on Prime and, last I checked, Netflix too.
Pluto has way too many annoying commercials and they become more frequent the longer you watch.
"Ya'll must be mistaken."
He then took on Pa , and every other character on the Holodeck
Eli Hollander was the name of the bad guy in jail in that particular episode if I remember correctly!😆
His comedic timing is flawless
And his dead pan testimony!
"My timing is digital."
@@5610winston indeed
This is a near perfect combination of absurdity with the exact right cast to bring it all to life.
The best comedies knew how to blend the absurd with clever writing like Night Court, Green Acres, The Addams Family, Married with Children, Malcolm in The Middle etc. It takes the right casts, directors and writers to pull it off.
RIP Harry. You gave us laughter. As long as we watch your performances and enjoy them , you live on. Thank you for all of these great shows.♥️
We were seduced by the glamour of it all!
The delivery had me dead! 🤣💀 I love Brent Spiner! He can do comedy so well but also play an emotionless android... or an evil one. His acting range is amazing,
watch the tng episodes where data is trying to learn comedy - with whoopi goldberg as his tutor 😆😂🤣
@@jay-day lol I have seen all the TNG episodes, I love ST. What makes me laugh the hardest is when he’s getting dancing lessons from Dr. Crusher and then she leaves and he conjures a holodeck dance partner and has that big old creepy fake smile on his face 😆
I guess I just have the knack for....(Wait for it!)...Animal husbandry!😂
@@jay-day Just saw that the other day.. -that holodeck comic was pretty cringeworthy though...
"Ok. What happened to the worms?"
RIP Charles “Mac” Robinson
Hadn't heard he passed when did it happen?
@@JohnSmith-ni7um July 11, 2021
@@TheWinstonSlip thank you I didn't know that he had passed away he was a very underrated actor
Oh man, that sucks. He was one of my favorites.
😭😭
"We were seduced by the glamour..." is one of the best lines that I've heard, especially as Spiner seemed to deliver it as fact.
But have you ever looked at a compost pile?! It is seducing 😂😂😂 also I’m a gardener.
@@williamaguilar7788 They say if you do what you love, it never really feels like work. Glad I watched this again.
I actually got to meet him a couple of years ago at Atlanta's Dragon Con! He's a really sweet guy!
@@zarachastellaris9016 which is why Lore, Data's evil twin was unconvincing. He's too nice in real life.
@@gameblor right!
"You Yugoslavian recidivist knuckleheads!"
In the history of the English language, I don't think that phrase has ever been uttered more than once.
And never will again in US television... Americans barely know two of those words..
Yeah, well, and it's not even funny. This is also a standard mode of comedy, some can do it spontaneously.
I’m going to yell it at Spiner the next time I see him at Star Trek Con.
I'm sure it was said like a hundred times because the judge couldn't say it without dying of laughter
@@andrewfrank7222 I wouldn't be so sure of that.
The casting and writing for Night Court was just great - right up there with Barney Miller.
I was thinking the exact same thing!!
I watched this all the time as a kid with my family. It's great to go back and re-watch things I didn't always understand as a child. Anything with Brent Spiner is wonderful anyways.
"Mother always said, 'It's always darkest just before the dawn.' Burned her retinas out, starin' into a solar eclipse." Bob Wheeler is one of the greatest comic characters ever written, and Brent Spiner's delivery is perfect! Of course, it helps to be in a room full of other great comedians who are willing to play the "Oliver Hardy" role in order to set up and respond to Spiner's "Stan Laurel" type character. I've always said that the best way to truly understand any actor's ability is to watch them in three different roles. In addition to the multiple, related roles Brent Spiner played on TNG, THIS role really helps to highlight the breadth of his skill set.
I also recommend his role as the french emu farmer in Dude, Where's My Car? genuinely hilarious guy.
Not to mention Doctor Okrun in the Independence Day movies!
@Patricia A Turner Oh! That’s right! I had forgotten that Brent Spiner had played Dr. Okrun in Independence Day!
I don't have anymore info on this, I just remember it. He had a cameo in Cheers.
He also appears in 'The Aviator'.
"We ate the Necco waffers." Brilliant. A lesser writer wouldn't have added that on.
Comedy gold!
I'm dying here-!😂🤣😂🤣
Delivered perfectly.
Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if that was improvised.
@Woody Last Name - dammit! I meant to say "wouldn't be surprised." LOL
I fixed it!
Night Court was so damn good.
Those 2 scenes were real hilarious when Mr. Wheeler told them how his grandmother died and the look on Judge Stone's face at that response and the look on Fielding's face when the Wheelers showed them the inheritance they're Grandmother left them and Bob Wheelers response 'Nope $250,000 we ate the Necco Waffers'.
It has often been said that comedy is harder to pull off than drama. There are so many distractions. I’m so glad that actors like Brent Spiner are so dedicated to their craft, or I should say calling. Thanks to all the bit players who keep us entertained.
Brent Spiner is hilarious - the timing of every line in this scene is nothing short of brilliant.
That show was comedic gold.
His delivery and timing are fantastic! What an actor!
"What happened to the worms?"
"Stampede."
I LOST MY SHIT
"That's it? She was just sleeping peacefully?"
"Yes, on the railroad tracks."
Teh0Wolf0Man aa
Wulf-359 I thought that maybe Granny had been cremated and the coffee can contained the cremains ! Glad it was $$$.
a worm stampede comes directly from a classic episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle
I thought it was going to be a stampede of cattle or something that trampled the worms or something.
Dan's reaction when they open the can, shows why John deserved his Emmy's.
Brent deserved one for this role too.
His reaction got me 😂
Dan’s reactions thru this whole skit were good.
I know! He was so delightfully venal, underhanded, and self-serving in this show. A real treasure of an actor.
one of my favorite shows, RIP Harry Anderson and Markie Post
I never knew this little gem existed till today. WOW...just WOW.
If you're talking about the Brent Spiner character, he made six appearances.
I never knew Brent Spiner was so funny. Seeing him in Star Trek, he could act. But never knew he did comedy too. And then to upstage Harry Anderson too.
Holy shit, I'm 45, I watched Nightcourt growing up, then Enterprise, and never put this together, wow, gotta love the internet. Great job Spiner.
to be fair to you, brent was not on enterprise, he was on st tng so you never had anything to put together
@@tommo123456789000000 Sorry nerd, I got the name of the show wrong. To be fair to all the fanboys, I should have called it the longest hour on TV, because every episode dragged on.
@@JJ-ub3mw no, the show where every episode dragged on, was drag on ball z. which was still fun.
@@tommo123456789000000 I obviously do not live in your world, nice pun I suppose, but I do not watch Star Trek, other than when I was a Kid, and I don't watch Anime. The point is, you knew what I was talking about, but for some reason you couldn't help calling me out on it, kind of a dick move.
@@tommo123456789000000 He was on Enterprise in the Augmented story arc in season 4.
Night Court, Barney Miller, WKRP, Taxi, Cheers, good writing, good actors and a country with a sense of humor.
I miss those days.
Yes, this country has gone down the drain so much that this kind of show would never exist anymore.
@@fullmoon1072 Sad, isn't it?
Lodka and His wife Simpka on Taxi, PRICELESS!!
Oh yeah, let's not forget All in the Family!
You just named some of my favorites.
We just lost Markie Post today. From cancer, she was 70. Another Night Court talent gone, but never forgotten. May she R.I.P. 😔😢
One of history's greatest shows. We'll never see another like it. RIP Harry Anderson.
I hate the fact this is buried to time. Hell, the fact they never DVD released the whole series has been a running joke on Red Letter Media for like 6 years.
@@BlazingOwnager They were going to release it on Blu-Ray a few years back, but they cancelled it for whatever reason. Hell, the page is still up.
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Night-Court-Complete-Series-Seasons-1-9-Blu-ray/133915/
They show it all day on a channel called LAFF
I'll remember him as Harry the Hat. Although after seeing this, I really want to watch Night Court now.
Plans for a reboot are now in early development. John Larroquette is going reprise his role in it and also produce. Executive Producers mentioned are Melissa Rauch (Bernadette from The Big Bang Theory) and Dan Rubin, (a writer for The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt). tvline.com/2020/12/16/night-court-reboot-john-larroquette-returning-nbc/
"We ate the Necco wafers"
Why was that line so hilarious, I'm still chuckling
Michael Clark it was funny because Data said it, BUAHAHAHAHA
Because it was. 😆
Michael Clark that’s the brilliance of the line! It had the same effect on me! There’s another episode with one of their kids receiving a marble at Christmas... no spoilers here, you’ve got to find it, it’s a riot!
I think it's because of how Dan's smug assertion was proven drastically wrong, enough to make him absolutely freeze, and then proven right while he's in a state he can't enjoy it.
Did you ever have to eat Necco wafers at, say Halloween? Nasty, yucky, chalky things. Funny to me because: #1 - the flavor, #2: just the name, and #3: that Grandma left them in her ‘estate’ and not knowing why she saved them. I’m betting it was because she couldn’t stand to eat them either. lol🤦♀️
I used to watch this show with my parents as a kid in the 80's, but I'm not sure if I saw this episode, so I didn't know what to expect. Being an avid Star Trek TNG fan I have to say I am now even more impressed by his role of Data having seen him in this one. Also, the more I think about it, I may have seen this over 30 years ago. Fuzzy memory.
"Stampede."
Years later, Brent Spiner brought a version of that accent back for one of the "holodeck episodes" of Star Trek TNG. It had a Wild West theme.
I loved that episode! XD
Worf may have been the hero but the true star of that episode was Brent.
I remember that!!!
Scott Anthony "A Fist Full of Datas". Win!
Yeah the guy in the jail cell :)
I noticed there were a few episodes where Brent was given a chance to flex his acting skills, and have a break from the monotony. Another one was Masaka.
He really did shine in "Masks."
You can tell when some things are unscripted. Pure genius of the cast. What a gem to watch again after sooooo many years
Damn, how did we go from that comedy gold to what we have today. Man I miss the '80s.
There was also a lot of crap in the 1980s. Honestly I think the human race peaked in the 1990s. Specifically, 1993. That was the year. The focal point of it all. And the moment humanity jumped the shark. All downhill from there.
Nowadays, you've either gotta have a Woman with big breasts practically hanging out of her bra, or put up with a bunch of cussing and dirty talk. It's almost like watching softcore porn!
@@ronaldshank7589 There was all of that in the 1980's too. Night Court had all of that except the cursing in pretty much every episode. The John Larroquette character did little more than chase women and tell double entendre jokes. The extras in the courtroom always included young actresses dressed as hookers.
And there was nothing wrong with that. If dirty jokes and boobs gets eyeballs on screens to keep the ratings up so the smart humor can be done more power to them. The problem with too many shows over the years is acting like doing a smart show excludes doing a show that will get good ratings.
They say if you didn't remember the "80's, you didn't live in them truly??
That comedy crap ? Unfunny dumbass Night Court show ?
The one funny moment was the look on Judge Stone's face when they got the answer about the death of they're Grandmother 'She died peacefully in her sleep........on the railroad tracks'.
How could he have kept such a straight face while doing those lines? Now THAT's acting!
Like with Tim Conaway in the famous Carol Burnett sketch, where they had to keep pausing to laugh.
exactly! Has anyone seen Brent's webseries "Fresh Hell"? it's pretty good!
To be honest, I would have to ask which one? There were numerous times that Tim Conaway cracked up the cast of the "Carol Burnett Show" so much so that they had to pause for the cast to try and regain their composure. And he kept a straight face the whole time! Once or twice, he and Harvey Korman lost it together, which was even more hilarious!
Since you know the show well, I can say "Fnork!" That is the one I meant.
Michael Janavel LMFAO...OMG...OK...YES!!!! I had almost forgotten that one! Oh geez...now that is going to be on my mind all day! LOL
That look on Dan's face when he said 250k was priceless....rofl
And he stays that way until the end of the scene - he doesn't move a muscle. This is one of the reasons he won the Emmy for the role 4 years in a row (1985-1988. In 1989 he asked not to be considered for the award.
That would be over $600k today.
This show and The Golden Girls never fail to make me laugh out loud no matter how many times I have seen an episode. I bought the DVDs and paid for streaming episodes so I would always have access to these shows.
I had forgotten just how much I loved Night Court!!!
Harry Anderson doesn't get the credit he deserves as a comedian, an actor OR a magician
Met him a few years ago in Asheville where he had a small store downtown, passed away last year I think.
He did shows at an opera house near me, but I never got the chance to see him.
@@mcasteel2112 2 years ago to be exact. He played also the role of the adult version of Richie 'BEEP BEEP' Tozier in the 90's miniserie 'IT'.
He was my hero growing up in the 80’s
His hatpin through the arm trick is legendary. RIP Harry
Oh my God, that was funny as hell, I completely forgot about Brent Spiner playing this character, it's been so damn long since I watched Night Court, I loved that show then and I remember why now, thanks to the person who posted this!👍👏
"We ate the Necco wafer" To throw that in at the end with all of the other straight faced lines was the cherry on top. I saw Harry do his comedy/magic act at the The Comedy Underground in Seattle soon before Night Court started. He had the audience roaring with laughter.. until he stuck a foot long knitting needle through his arm.
I have the DVD series, and Brent always cracks me up.
How come I feel like watching “A fistful of Data’s” right now
I literally watched that last night! Haha. I'm on a Star Trek TNG kick on Netflix right now. I also like the episode where Data attempts to emulate "small talk" from watching Commander Hutchins, while the crew is in port decontaminating the Enterprise. Spiner has an ingenious way of eliciting humor from an android character. Amazing.
Vamoose, ya little varmint!
@@jonnavdpas one of the best lines in all of tv.
@@zachmorgan7718 I'm attempting to fill a silent moment with non-relevant conversation. Perhaps it was a little too.. non-relevant.
A man goes to da doctah's office, doctah tells him he's sick! The man says he wants a second opinion, the doctah says okay you're ugly too! Badombom!
I love this show so much. And it was always a special treat when the Wheelers showed up in court! RIP Harry and thanks for all the laughs!!
I can only hope we see him reprise this character in the new Night Court series.
He died like 5yrs ago.
@@lunardelusions2657 I think Albert is referring Brent Spiner playing the Bob Wheeler character on the new version of Night Court. Harry Anderson (Judge Stone) did pass away in 2018.
@@dover-eyotapublicschools ah.
Yes Brent Spiner is very not dead and was just in season 3 of Picard. Harry Anderson and Markie Post have both passed from the original series.
The new night court sucks.
Never seen this show before, but I was immediately blown away by all the straight-faced delivery!
My God. I watched both shows a lot as a kid, and I never recognized that this was Spiner.
I know what you mean. I am a Night Court fan and didn't realize Data was Bob Wheeler until I saw the first airing of the TNG episode "A Fistful of Datas" and recognized the Bob Wheeler voice.
Well I didn't realize Han Solo and Indiana Jones were the same guy til I was like 12. Cause Indy has a whip and Han has a blaster, which are 2 totally different things...
I spotted TIM RUSS from other ST, before he was on Voyager.
@@ramairgto72 I made it a game to identify guest stars in Trek and name other Trek series they were in. It was especially fun when a main or recurring actor in one series did a guest spot in another series.
Brian Vercetti Neither did I
Markie Post, most underrated hot babe of the 80's.
That's hot.
LOL!
Music Power Yeah, you could say that she was. But then you could ask Bill Clinton too. Remember a story about Bill sneaking out of the White House hiding under a blanket in the back seat of a car? Good authority (FBI White House security) says he was going to visit someone,..... guess who?
lllpatricklll1 xx
Can you blame him?
I used to stay up all night as a kid to watch this show. I laughed even though I didn't know all the jokes, the laugh track helped. As an adult, my God, are these jokes perfectly written and delivered.
Have you watched the new 'Night Court' yet?
I watched the first 2 episodes. It's hard to watch as I'm mentally expecting Harry.
Oh my goodness that was hilarious!!!
Thank you for sharing! I never knew Brent Spiner was on Night Court!
"I'm Larry, this is my brother Data, and this is my other brother Data"
fwtx3x hih *Lore. Or Daryl.
But still, 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Newhart meets Star Trek TNG!
You mean Lore.
Lore? What about B4? 😀
fwtx3x hih
Underrated comment
I grew up watching night court and star trek and I had no idea until just now that he played data... Mind blown!
[uncontrollable gleeful chortles to be heard through out the house]
Thank you. I sincerely needed that bit of silliness right now. Loved Night Court anyway, but the guest stars were just sooo yummy! [chortles some more]
Omg...now all of Data's perfectly timed non-jokes make a lot more sense. He's incredible. ❤️🔥
Spiner is outstandingly Talented and woefully underrated as an actor.
Why can't more "comedy shows" be this funny? And the acting--not a single crack-up! Fantastic, absolutely fantastic!
Well for every Night Court there's a dozen Full Houses, and it's not just true now, but in case you've forgotten, it was true then too.
@@medexamtoolsdotcom Sad but true. We had Frasier in the 90's but also a dozen clones of Friends in the same era.
@@Dargonhuman Frasier was such the superior show over Friends its ridiculous. I still don't get how Friends ever got that popular its so generic. Frasier I feel is getting more appreciation as it ages and deserved all the Emmys unlike a lot of comedies that win a bunch yet people barely know or watch them.
@@kendallrivers1119 Friends appealed to the lowest common denominator, meaning lots of crude body humor, one-dimensional, braindead and/or borderline psychotic characters and the comedy comfortably seated in a non stop rain of one-liners and catch phrases.
Frasier was far more intelligent and genuinely witty, with the comedy coming from the actual situations the characters found themselves in (which is the sit- in sit-com) and often the funniest scenes involved very little dialogue. The characters are so well written and developed that all they have to do is look at each other for a moment to get the entire joke out.
More simply, Friends is the kind of show that spells everything out for the audience, making it easy for low-IQ people to "get it", whereas Frasier makes the viewer have to think about the joke, which the average TV watcher doesn't want to do.
@Dargonhuman And from all the interviews I've read or watched from various cast members and writers\producers etc. that was the exact intention Frasier as a show had. To do what they called 10 percenter jokes which is not being afraid to do jokes that only 10 percent of the audience would get but having the confidence that the other 90 would laugh at something else because the show was very, very layered. Frasier was intelligent and sophisticated but also balanced that out with good old fashioned slapstick and the working class\quirky characters to balance out the two wealthy super intellectual psychiatrists Frasier and Niles. Very diverse in its humor and that's why truck drivers and other every day people laugh and love it as much as the intellectuals. Another brilliant sitcom I feel is underrated is Barney Miller, a superior sitcom to most of the lot indeed.
"Stampede" And another computer monitor covered in tea...
😆😂😆😂!
They just don’t write sitcoms like this anymore..... sooo good
Who ever found that clip thank you! I loved Night Court......Brent Spiner was pricless.......I never made the connection he was in this show.
This scene is perfectly paced.
Night Court was such gold. Need more shows like this.
Harry Anderson played judge Stone on Night Court. Brent Spiner played Data on Star Trek: Next Generation.
Night Court was a great show with plenty of laughs, never a dull moment. 👍😂🤣
Night Court, Taxi, Cheers. They don’t make um like this anymore.
And Barney Miller...
When New Yprk City was funny, now its pathetic.
@@tomb4575 cheers wasn’t New York.
Spin City, Just Shoot Me,
@@rjb7569 I was going to say the same, gotta like Fish and Wojo
This show will always be legendary to me.
Absolutely iconic.
Oh wow! I’d completely forgotten all about this! Love it 💗💗💕💗💗
1 of my favorite childhood shows, this show and cheers back to back was a guaranteed hour of laughter
I went to high school with Brent. He was terrific in Moliere’s “The Imaginary Invalid”. So this is what he’s been up to since then.
Super Fly omggg thats awesome
And he was on some kind of spacey sci-fi show for a while too.
Harmonic What a way to disrespect Star Trek.
@@agumisael7533 it's a joke using understatement.
jsquared1013 Wasnt sure of that, thank you anyways
The one thing one could never do while watching 'Night Court'?
Breathe. 😂😂😂😂
"She was just sleeping peacefully?" "Yes. On the railroad tracks." I blew Mt. Dew out of my nose the first time I heard that.
Saw him on Broadway after STNG ended, doing a lead role in “1776”. Was his last performance and the rest of the Cast and the Audience gave him an inspiring and loving send off. Not only did he perform well Comedic and Serious Acting, he sang and danced very, very well.
Man, he could do everything well. So, so intelligent too. Better Actor than Sir Patrick.
I am always in awe of how great Brent Spiner’s acting skills are.
Night Court has to be one of my top 10 tv shows ever.
Omigawd! That was one of THE BEST comedy ensembles ever. Their timing was flawless, and the person with the 'straight man' lines always changed. On our way to class the next day my best friend and I would repeat our favorite lines and laugh hysterically; we always got side eye looks from the people who would pull up next to us at stop lights.
I never made the connection! Loved his portrayal as Data and definitely loved Night Court. Loved this recurring couple but had no clue it was Brent Sooner.
Speaking as someone who has never seen a single episode of Night Court, this is one of the funniest damn things I've seen in years!
I watched it as a child, now you can catch it on "Antenna TV" Thats where I catch the reruns.
It’s worth watching if you come across some episodes.
Best of times
@@nukedukem1 I don't agree...it was very funny (not EVERY) episode but most of them were good.
If you torrent the series, get Roseanne while you're at it, and Married With Children. Those are the best, those 3.
"What happened to the worms?"
"Stampede."
Bwahahaha!
JustWasted3HoursHere like all the pasta you ever ate... comin’ back to get yeh.
I take it that's not a reference to Tremors (1990), though, is it?
@@BioGoji-zm5ph No this was season 4 and it premiered from 1986 to 1987; so if anything it's the other way around.
@@MetalHeadbanger7 Ah. Okay then.
@@BioGoji-zm5ph Actually, I think they stole that from a Rocky & Bullwinkle show. They bought a worm ranch, and in one scene the ground starts shaking, they start vibrating, and Bullwinkle yells out "Stampede!".
The Dead Pan delivery is what sells it !!
A buddy of mine used to just ask flat out , without emotion " are farts wet ?" and go about his business !!
It was priceless .
Harry Anderson was a dear family friend. Miss him so much.
Rest in peace Harry Anderson, I will always love you for the roll of Judge Stone.
Or the role!