Night Court revival

[valkyrie013]

Welp, first episode done. Had some laughs. Agree with the above in that the writers seem to be trying to hard to be zanny .. But its only the first episode, can't expect comedy gold on the first at bat.

Plus you can't get away with half the stuff they pulled in the 80s now. Sad really..

 

[Christopher]

So did Harry remarry or are they ignoring the 30 Rock stuff?

There's no reason to expect them to acknowledge something that was done by a different show as a tribute/tie-in. Revivals or followups to an original tend to ignore what other side works have done in the meantime -- for instance, the recent Willow TV series ignores the Chris Claremont novel sequels, and the various Knight Rider revivals have always ignored the previous revivals.

 

[Forbin]

Thanks for the update. Care to tell us what you had for breakfast?

(No one cares how you watched a show.)

Then why the fuck is everyone mentioning how to watch it? IT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. And why do people who stream think they're so fucking special and act like elitist fuckwads? And what the fuck is wrong with watching live TV when it's fucking broadcast?

 

[TRON JA307020]

Welp, first episode done. Had some laughs. Agree with the above in that the writers seem to be trying to hard to be zanny .. But its only the first episode, can't expect comedy gold on the first at bat.

Plus you can't get away with half the stuff they pulled in the 80s now. Sad really..

It's getting better by the 3rd episode. Setting up a mentor/father type relationship between Dan and abbey. In the original show Dan and Harry were actually good friends so it makes sense. Also it is getting funnier.

 

[SantaEddie74]

Yeah, the 30 Rock bit was cute but it wasn't happening in-universe as a canonical event between the two characters so I wouldn't feel obliged to honor one episode of another sitcom that doesn't even take place in the same fictional universe. Besides, with Markie now gone it opens up the door for recasting or even a completely different wife, assuming Harry even wed somebody.

 

[Christopher]

Yeah, the 30 Rock bit was cute but it wasn't happening in-universe as a canonical event between the two characters...

Oh! I was assuming that the episode brought the cast members back in character as Harry and Christine and established they'd gotten married after the show ended. But I just read the summary of the plot, and you're right -- it was just one 30 Rock character's fantasy ending that he convinced Harry Anderson, Markie Post, and Charles Robinson (playing themselves) to act out on tape for him. So it wasn't real even in the story. It was a fictional character's Night Court fanfic.

 

[Guy Gardener]

If Melissa and Abby share a birth year, then she was 4 years old when Night Court started, so the relationship with the mother was over before the show started.

 

[valkyrie013]

If Melissa and Abby share a birth year, then she was 4 years old when Night Court started, so the relationship with the mother was over before the show started.

Hate for them to do a "missing father" type of thing.. I despise that trope.
She recalls times spent with him, so at a guess she was born after, and there just fudging her age.

 

[wayoung]

Hate for them to do a "missing father" type of thing.. I despise that trope.
She recalls times spent with him, so at a guess she was born after, and there just fudging her age.

Yeah they've made with clear he was a big part of her life, up until her own issues. They're just fudging the timeline, like I posted above. It's a 42 year old actress playing an (at most) 28 year old with two judgeships under her belt. There's no way they can make any of it make sense. So they aren't going to try. Which is absolutely fine.

 

[Amaris]

Yeah they've made with clear he was a big part of her life, up until her own issues. They're just fudging the timeline, like I posted above. It's a 42 year old actress playing an (at most) 28 year old with two judgeships under her belt. There's no way they can make any of it make sense. So they aren't going to try. Which is absolutely fine.

Yep, and the original played fast and loose with the whole idea, too. Harry got the job because he was the one who answered the phone when they were trying to find a replacement judge. Silly reasons for how the characters got to where they are is part and parcel of the series.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Yeah they've made with clear he was a big part of her life, up until her own issues. They're just fudging the timeline, like I posted above. It's a 42 year old actress playing an (at most) 28 year old with two judgeships under her belt. There's no way they can make any of it make sense. So they aren't going to try. Which is absolutely fine.

There was a line I found weird.

"My Dad was a judge here back in the 90s."

Maybe Harry found out he had a daughter when she was a tween?

Faith Ford is playing her Mother.

Meanwhile I noticed that Pamela Aldon played Bull's daughter in a second season episode. Not biological daughter, but the "big brother like" relationship may have continued for long enough to still be relevant today.

 

[The Naughty List]

There's no reason to expect them to acknowledge something that was done by a different show as a tribute/tie-in. Revivals or followups to an original tend to ignore what other side works have done in the meantime -- for instance, the recent Willow TV series ignores the Chris Claremont novel sequels, and the various Knight Rider revivals have always ignored the previous revivals.

And that's fine. Was just a bit confused at first.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

It seems like that bakery has been in business a long time. I wonder if it's also the same one from Friends that made the x-rated birthday cake for Emma. Either that or there are lots of those bakeries in NYC.

 

[Christopher]

Either that or there are lots of those bakeries in NYC.

That seems likely. It's a big city.

 

[Morpheus 02]

This just popped up in my YouTube feed.

Sounds like Brent Spiner was interested in being a part of the Njght Court revival... talked about plans that were interrupted by TNG...might be worth coming back to...

 

[Scrooge McTall]

I watched a bunch of Night Court. I don't think I ever saw it in re-runs in the last 30 years. The only reason that the pool ball story landed for me was because YouTube (very intentionally I now realize) served up the original scene for me.

So I'm wondering other than the surviving cast, what are viewers going to be wanting to revisit? (GREAT BIRD! That was TERI HATCHER?!?) I mean sure, that was Brent Spiner. Are Night Court fans who are NOT Star Trek fans wanting to see Hillbilly Data again?

 

[Christopher]

Are Night Court fans who are NOT Star Trek fans wanting to see Hillbilly Data again?

I obviously don't fit that category, but Spiner certainly made quite an impression on me as Wheeler well before he became Data, so I think that even if he hadn't gotten a Trek role, I'd still be open to seeing the Wheelers again. I was actually a little disappointed that his Trek role meant that Bob had to disappear. I mean, they'd just set him and June up as the new owners of the concession stand in the dining room, so that they would've been at least semi-regulars the following season, and then Trek called and the Wheelers just vanished without explanation.

 

[Scrooge McTall]

"Your loan was approved" is never far from my mind. I don't even usually remember what it was from!

 

[SantaEddie74]

The actor who played Art the courthouse maintenance man is still alive but now that they have the new Eastern European maintenance guy I don't know if they'd have an excuse to bring Art back into the show. But then fiction doesn't require a strictly logical reason to bring past characters back in new stories, does it?

 

[Guy Gardener]

The actor who played Art the courthouse maintenance man is still alive but now that they have the new Eastern European maintenance guy I don't know if they'd have an excuse to bring Art back into the show. But then fiction doesn't require a strictly logical reason to bring past characters back in new stories, does it?

30 years ago, he hid 50 bucks worth of cigars in a vent, and he's going to pull Night Court apart until he finds them.