OT: RIP Harry Anderson
Popular 80's Night Court actor who played Judge Harry Stone has passed.
http://www.mlive.com/news/us-world/index.ssf/2018/04/night_court_judge_…
RIP Harry
Dan: "How did you get appointed to the bench?"
Harry: "You know Dan, that's a funny story. It was the mayor's last day in office and it was a Sunday and my name was at the bottom of the list of a 1,000 candidates. So they start calling folks starting at the top of the list. You see it's Sunday and no one's home. So they keep calling down the list, name by name. No one answers. Finally, they get down to the bottom of the list and voila."
Lana: "You mean you were appointed a judge because…"
Harry: "I was home."
[later in the episode]
Harry: "My name was at the bottom of that list of prospective judges because I haven't had much experience, really. But every candidate does go through a thorough screening process. And whatever anybody thinks of that list I was on it."
I argue that this sequence is one of the two greatest lines to end our introduction to a protagonist in TV history.
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Say Hi to Mel Torme for me.
April 17th, 2018 at 10:52 AM ^
April 17th, 2018 at 11:50 AM ^
I still am a huge fan of Night Court and I have the entire series on DVD.
But really, I was a fan of Anderson's body of work. I even took up magic on an amateur level because of him.
One of the best guest spots I've ever seen anywhere. By the time Spiner got to "We ate the Necco wafers," I was falling off my chair.
Another good guest spot was Ray Walston's crazy old judge in Season Two's "Harry on Trial," when Harry's screwball antics land him in front of a review board. After Harry resigns, Walston comes by to give him a butt-chewing, and does so with this bit of wisdom that always appealed to me:
You were a breath of fresh air but you disappointed me. You had potential, but you screwed up. I quit. That, in my book, is screwing up. Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=night-court-1984&episode=s02e07
You were a breath of fresh air but you disappointed me. You had potential, but you screwed up. I quit. That, in my book, is screwing up. Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=night-court-1984&episode=s02e07
You were a breath of fresh air but you disappointed me. You had potential, but you screwed up. I quit. That, in my book, is screwing up. Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=night-court-1984&episode=s02e07
Judge: "You were a breath of fresh air, but you disappointed me. You had potential, but you screwed up."
Harry: "I quit."
Judge: "That, in my book, is screwing up."
Holy cow. I never knew those two characters were played by the same guy.
sound just like that hick couple from the Simpsons - can't remember their character names though. Very funny.
Those were nice, simpler days. I forgoth how hot Markie Post was at that time.
April 17th, 2018 at 11:19 AM ^
April 17th, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
Brought us some great laughs over the years.....
April 17th, 2018 at 11:48 AM ^