Night Court: Season 4 (4 Disc)

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Great 80’s show

I suppose there are a few people out there who have never heard of the comedy series, Night Court, which ran from 1984 to 1992. But for those unfortunate few, they truly do not know what they are missing.Night Court broke the usual comic mold. Most comedies are centered around a “normal” central character witnessing the madness around him or her. With Night Court, everyone is nuts, including Harry Anderson, who plays a judge, a figure society assumes is as solid as a rock.What made this show so darn funny was clever, well-written scripts, the right combination of identifiable personalities (I mean, who does not know a person like Dan Fielding or Christine Sullivan?), and the choice of actors perfectly suited to match their characters, giving performances of the roles of their careers.There was also an incredible range in its humor. While most comedy series usually find one level of banality and stay there, the comedy in Night Court covered a greater spectrum. Thus, the humor was sometimes poignant, sometimes philosophical, sometimes slapstick, farcical, or even downright dumb, many times in the same episode. The humor, though, was never boring. The humor was intelligent, smart, ... and just darn funny.The show never really “jumped the shark,” even when it easily could. In the eighth season a new character, a ditzy Court Reporter, was introduced. So now there are two comic relief characters in the Courtroom, the Court Reporter and one of the Bailiffs, Bull Shannon (Richard Moll.) While introducing a new character to an established routine is usually fatal to the over-all chemistry of the cast, this new character, through deft comic script-writing, fits right in, adding, not hindering, the comic effect.Recurring actors include John Astin, of Addams Family fame, Yakov Smirnoff, and Mel Torme, who shows incredible acting flair as Harry’s idol.For all those who have not seen this series, check it out.

Night Court seasons 4, 5, and 6 are IMHO the best in the series. With the introduction of Roz Russell (played by Marsha Warfield) as the new bailif the cast is finally set. Season 4 starts out not only with her introduction but also the recurring character Buddy Ryan (played by John Aston) who starts out as the husband to the late mother of Harry Stone but is later revealed to be Harry's biological father. The humor also becomes more about the staff of the court than the people on trial, Season 4 starts a tradition in the episode "A Day in the Life" where the court has to get through 200+ cases in one night. The latter ones come with all kind of weird reasons as too why they do this, but these episodes are honestly some the funniest and most memorable in the entire series. Other highlights include Bull writing an unintentional scary children's book, Mac and his wife Quon-Lee having a baby and.Quon Lee goes into labor ihas she is about to be sworn in as an American citizen and Mac has needs to have his appendix removed. .This season ends on a cliffhanger where NYC is looking to appoint some new judges and constant suck-up Dan Fielding thinks he's got it in the bag only to learn that Christine Sullivan becomes a judge and Harry loses his job and sets out to create the prank of the century.

Man I love Night Court. It's one of those few shows that I grew up watching that I can watch today and still be highly entertained. The same can't be said about many other 80's "classics". I should have left those memories golden. But oh well, on to business.Enter Roz. Don't get me wrong, I loved Selma and loved Florence even more, but Roz was the final, essential ingredient for the perfect Night Court cast. There is a general consensus that season four begins the shows golden era. I'm inclined to agree. By this point all the kinks are worked out and the delivery spot-on. I can't say that there is a single episode in the whole season that I didn't like.As many of you already know, the season four set is manufacture on demand and has seen it's share of audio and video problems. After the onslaught of negative feedback, I read that Warner listened and finally fixed all the issues, so I figured I'd take the chance. I'm very pleased to report that I didn't experience one single problem with this set, and I'm now eager to pick up season five. I sincerely hope that Warner will release the remainder of the show. I really don't see why they wouldn't release the rest, if it's manufacture on demand I don't see how they can lose money. Somebody tell disney that little bit of info. Maybe one day I'll finally get to complete my Gargoyles collection.

By this time one season flowed into another in all the right ways. The chuckles never let up. But the heart of the show let some humanity shine through without becoming sappy. That is a tightrope few writers can walk once, much less on a weekly basis. The whole thing strikes me as a bit of a miracle. Maybe that's why it stayed on so long. And we are delighted it did.

Season 4 of Night Court really stands out because usually by Season 4( if a TV series lasts that long)the chemistry between the characters starts popping and the characters really bond through that chemistry and it shows . Each character stands out , but Judge Harry and Dan really stand out because both characters really are that good at being funny.In comparison Night Court reminds of John Cleese's Fawlty Towers because each character can stand on their own, but mix them with the rest and you have a very powerful formula for hi octane fuel tomfoolery.I highly recommend this series especially if you are a Dan Fielding groupie because he truly shines bright in Season 4.

Great fourth season of this magnificent comedy series. I originally ordered just the first season but ended up purchasing all 9 seasons. Excellent comedy and well worth owning when very funny sitcoms made their mark in this pre-millenium era.

Received two days after estimated arrival time. Program was among the very best of the 80's comedies. I saw it during the original run. What makes it so good are the real personal stories of the characters spiced up by moments of comedy. There are many recurring roles that deserve mention - Buddy (John Astin) Harry's slightly unhinged dad, the Wheeler family from West Virginia (Brent Spiner and company), Art the maintenance man of questionable competence. As for the regular cast - surely Dan can't be the total sleeze that he appears to be and one waits for the occasional moments of compassion. One also waits for "goody-two-shoes" Christine to let her hair down. One can only admire Harry's running of his court and the judgements passed. I did like the first clerk Lana (Karen Austin), too bad it was for such a short time (the first season).

Good to revisit this crazy classic 80s sitcom. One of the better seasons with lecherous lawyer Dan Fielding (John Larroquette), tough bailiff Roz Russell (Marsha Warfield) and doofus bailiff Bull Shannon (Richard Moll) hitting their stride.

I really do not understand why this show is being manufactured to order. It's the best comedy from the 80's and one of the best EVER!! Few shows could consistantly make me laugh my butt off like this one.Harry,Dan,Bull,etc. are characters pretty much everyone knows and there hasn't been the like before or since. Is there any wonder John Larroquette won four Emmys doing Dan,then took his name out of contention to be fair???? The performances are outstanding and I so love the interactions between Harry and Dan- so funny yet at times touching. The picture quality isn't the best but not the worst either. It's so sad that there are no extra features! Bring on Season 5 and give it the treatment a classic,one-of-a-kind,hilarious show like this deserves!!!

If you have fond memories of Night Court that aired after Cheers at 9:30, this is one of the seasons you want to get. This is the first year of Roz, the deadpan bailiff that replaced the dear ladies that preceded her. She is, like her predecessors, a nice, low energy force to offset the over-the-top antics of the rest of the cast.There are no extras to speak of, but each episode looks and sounds decent. I, for one, am just glad that they released season 4. It makes me confident that I will soon own the entire series on DVD.