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.
@@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.
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!
e11aguru Yes it is. I was able to watch all episodes. Especially the later seasons, the last two. I watched a few of them online at encoretv since my provider allowed access with my login credentals.
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.
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!"
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
@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..."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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!👍👏
@@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.
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.
shnoobar They are trying to be "rural" in Manhattan....of course we would make fun of that and/or be condescending..... just like I would make fun of someone from Manhattan trying to open up a classy martini bar next to my daddy's hunting camp in rural Louisiana.... it's "fish out of water" comedy :)
Just goes to show that some people will watch anything. TBBT is painfully not funny. Its seen as edgy and cool because the characters are socially dysfunctional geeks and nerds. Its a terrible show and it should be ashamed of itself.
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 😆
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🤦♀️
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?
@@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!".
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.
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.
I know it makes me sound dinosauric but this was one of my favorite shows including Taxi, Barney Miller, Columbo etc. All funny well written sitcoms. Maybe Columbo wasn’t a sitcom but Columbo was funny in an annoying way.
"JUST ONE MORE THING..."..HE ALREADY KNOWS THE ANSWER WHEN HE ASKS, LOL..HE'S JUST YANKING THEIR CHAINS BY THEN..HAHAHAHAAH! ONE OF THE 'BACKWARDS' MURDER SHOWS..IT SHOWS THE GUILTY ONES FIRST, THEN YOU WATCH HIM FIGURE OUT THE HOW AND WHY..
@Jeff not at all! That’s when networks put an effort into providing quality programming. I watch the classics because anything after 1995 is unwatchable.
"Dinosauric" is a new creation to me. What happened to 'sounding like a fossil'? Maybe what bothers me is the lack of specificity, such as sounding stegasaurical, or brontosauric? Naw, I'll stick with sounding like a fossil. It's an expression from my generation, which you most likely are a member of...and I'm a certifiable fossil.
Yeah, people do still write like that like on 'Schitt's Creek' starring Eugene Levy, and on 'Bob's Burgers' among other things, and you're out of touch with modern comedy. I get so tired of comments by people who don't really know what's available and you still want to weigh in on your uninformed view of modern tv comedy.
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@@jamescarter3196 I really don't get people like him. It's the god damn golden age of television.
My grandfather's neighbor was actually a worm farmer. Also raised pigs. Felt like I could hear the haunting strains of Deliverance every time I went to visit my grandparents.
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/
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.
"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 have a theory that the Wheeler's descendants eventually changed their surname to Soong and moved off planet. After all, who else but that family could get chased off by a giant snowflake?
@@VTX00128 What you want isn't progress. What you want, is control. You are not entitled to that which others have earned or have. No matter how special you think you are. What you want is to steal from those who have. There's nothing about that, that speaks Progress. So you can take your emotional bullshit responses, and shove them up your ass. Because they aren't worth a hill of beans in the real world. I'm not afraid of anything. Which is why I seek no masters. Nor do I make excuses for where I am in my life. Your side is full of excuses for why you don't succeed. But the truth is, you aren't willing to put the work in needed to succeed. You aren't willing to make the sacrifices, or do the things you don't like, to get ahead.
@ Socialism is doomed to fail. It goes against human nature every fucking time. All of the innovations that you enjoy. All of the benefits in society that you enjoy, is thanks to Capitalism. You'll never appreciate it unfortunately as you think you're owed something. Well you're not. You're not special. You don't deserve what others have worked for. Period. End of story. Get over yourself chicka.
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'.
Pretty much what others said. TNG made him an offer he couldn't refuse. They'd actually planned on making the Wheelers a bigger part of the show, but when they cast him as Data he couldn't commit to the role on Night Court anymore.
Noonian Singh's Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandpappy [=8 I remember seeing this episode when it first aired; no wonder Data seemed so familiar to me in _Encounter at Farpoint_.....
@@tzvikrasner6073 Yeah, the show became so much better when they focused mostly on Picard & Data, as those two were the best actors in the bunch (not saying the others are slouches). The one episode where Data is taken over by an alien archive, and he portrays multiple personalities, sometimes in rapid succession, is one of the best.
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.
"Actually Captain, before doing that, there is a very large magnet over my quarters that I would like toooooooooooooooooooowwwWELCOME OUR CONTESTANTS to tonight's 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'.
But in the beginning he was a bit out of character when he showed surprise for like 10 slang words/expressions per episode and had a lot more weird facial expressions. Some forced comic relief etc.
I am sure if you look hard enough you'll find laws like that. The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) still has dueling on the books as a chargeable offense.
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.
Pretty cool. For those who don't know..... there's actually 2 Star Trek veterans in this clip. John Larroquette (guy in the gray suit) played the Klingon - Maltz in the movie "Star Trek 3 - The Search for Spock".
+M D Reverend Jim aka "Doc Brown" also played "Maltz's boss" in Star Trek III! Yep, Judge Doom himself, Christopher Lloyd played Kruge. Amazing all the comedy connections you come up with in Star Trek and its spin-offs...
+M D Reverend Jim aka "Doc Brown" also played "Maltz's boss" in Star Trek III! Yep, Judge Doom himself, Christopher Lloyd played Kruge. Amazing all the comedy connections you come up with in Star Trek and its spin-offs...
@@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.
I remember watching night court ever night when I was a kid. I might have had a tiny crush on Markie Post. What a great show, and they just don't make them like this anymore.
@@MichaelWilson-er5ht I thought this same thing. "Tiny?" Man, my crush on Markie Post back then was second only to Jan Smithers as Bailey Quarters on WKRP in Cincinnati.
@@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.
Me either...not until now, and I watched "Night Court" every night with my sisters when we were growing up. He is quite an actor!! I remember him playing that scientist in "Independence Day" too.
O.MG!!! I never knew he did that roll!! I LOVED Bob and June Weaver!!!!! This is my favorite thing to do. Watch a show or movie, then 5 years or so later watch it again. By then they have gotten famous for something completely different!! Love it!!
I didn't know either till I was watching the Next Generation episode A Fist Full of Datas and he used the same accent to play his Western character on the Holodeck and it clicked. I was like "Ohhh crap!!" lol
[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]
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.
RIP Harold, and now RIP Markie.
There was never a show like Night Court and sadly there never will be again :(
And Charles Robinson
The chemistry on this show was unforgettable. Used to watch it as a kid. RIP Harry Anderson.
"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.
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.
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
We need to petition TV land to bring Night Court back
I watch Night Court twice a day, Mon-Fri @ 5:30 and 7:30 pm Eastern, on Encore Classic. See if it's available from your provider.
Johnny Yuma I just checked, and I don't have encore, but thanks anyway!
They already did that on "30 Rock." That ep was also a "Friends" parody. Season 3, episode 3.
Johnny Yuma Encore Classic is great. They show Night Court without commercials and syndication cuts.
e11aguru Yes it is. I was able to watch all episodes. Especially the later seasons, the last two. I watched a few of them online at encoretv since my provider allowed access with my login credentals.
Makes you wonder how much was improvised on the spot with this many comedians in one spot.
The hilarious thing is my parents are named Bob and June. Haha. I rubbed it in to my mom as much as I could.
One of the reasons I watched Star Trek TNG was I found out Brent Spiner was in the cast. And Patrick Stewart from I, Claudius (Sejanus).
Those not famous cannot fathom the stress and difficulties the famous must endure...nor the degree of adoration and benefits.
Of all the shows they're replaying I REALLY WISH they start up with all the Night Court episodes! It's been way too long since they've been on!! ; D
This puts to shame most all of the so called comedy shows today.
I love how John had to turn away after the railroad track line. I think he almost lost at Brent's delivery.
They are remaking this and I just know they are going to kill it. Nothing will hold a candle to this glorious cast and guests.
"So all the would be chicks are now..."
"Quiche...yes sir"
Great acting all around.
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.
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."
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" !!
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.
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.
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: th-cam.com/video/5k8Jl2gDoZg/w-d-xo.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.
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.
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
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 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.
😭😭
"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!!
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.♥️
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.
"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!
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'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.
"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.
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 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
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. :)
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.
🤣
"We were seduced by the glamour of it all....."
It was like all the pasta you ever ate in your life comin' back to _get_ you.
.......BWAHAHAHAHAHA
"The godawful smell of meringue, blood-curdling peeping"
🤣🤣
@@stephanginther9051 🤣🤣
I heard that part as well.
Spiner is one of the great acting talents of our time
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.
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
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!😆
The casting and writing for Night Court was just great - right up there with Barney Miller.
I was thinking the exact same thing!!
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!👍👏
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.
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.
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
"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!
NOBODY and I mean NOBODY writes like this anymore. No poo jokes, no filth, just great writing and bolstered by expert comic timing.
Nope just a bit of classism, prejudice towards rural people or southerners... And a bit of condescending attitude :D
shnoobar
They are trying to be "rural" in Manhattan....of course we would make fun of that and/or be condescending..... just like I would make fun of someone from Manhattan trying to open up a classy martini bar next to my daddy's hunting camp in rural Louisiana.... it's "fish out of water" comedy :)
clit_niblr036 Big Bang Theory DREAMS of being as funny as Night Court. Its nowhere near this.
Just goes to show that some people will watch anything. TBBT is painfully not funny. Its seen as edgy and cool because the characters are socially dysfunctional geeks and nerds. Its a terrible show and it should be ashamed of itself.
Overblown sense... what the hell are you talking about? TBBT sucks, and that's that. No more discussion needs to be had over it.
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?"
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.
"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🤦♀️
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?
"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 illegal detonation of poultry...me:🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
His comedic timing is flawless
And his dead pan testimony!
"My timing is digital."
@@5610winston indeed
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.
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."
I know it makes me sound dinosauric but this was one of my favorite shows including Taxi, Barney Miller, Columbo etc.
All funny well written sitcoms. Maybe Columbo wasn’t a sitcom but Columbo was funny in an annoying way.
I liked columbo too, a funny thing about it was you always knew who the guilty one was because they always tried to help columbo solve the case.
"JUST ONE MORE THING..."..HE ALREADY KNOWS THE ANSWER WHEN HE ASKS, LOL..HE'S JUST YANKING THEIR CHAINS BY THEN..HAHAHAHAAH! ONE OF THE 'BACKWARDS' MURDER SHOWS..IT SHOWS THE GUILTY ONES FIRST, THEN YOU WATCH HIM FIGURE OUT THE HOW AND WHY..
Luckily I am still able to watch Barney Miller every night FETV. It is a nice way to relax before going to bed. It is happy fun.
@Jeff not at all! That’s when networks put an effort into providing quality programming. I watch the classics because anything after 1995 is unwatchable.
"Dinosauric" is a new creation to me. What happened to 'sounding like a fossil'?
Maybe what bothers me is the lack of specificity, such as sounding stegasaurical, or brontosauric?
Naw, I'll stick with sounding like a fossil. It's an expression from my generation, which you most likely are a member of...and I'm a certifiable fossil.
Night Court was so damn good.
+" Worm farming. We was seduced by the glamour of it all!" Nobody writes like that anymore. Pity.
Yeah, people do still write like that like on 'Schitt's Creek' starring Eugene Levy, and on 'Bob's Burgers' among other things, and you're out of touch with modern comedy. I get so tired of comments by people who don't really know what's available and you still want to weigh in on your uninformed view of modern tv comedy.
@@jamescarter3196 I really don't get people like him. It's the god damn golden age of television.
Night court was such a great show. There were a lot of great comedies in the 80s.
@Alan Cogan aluminium is the best xD
My grandfather's neighbor was actually a worm farmer. Also raised pigs. Felt like I could hear the haunting strains of Deliverance every time I went to visit my grandparents.
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/
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
"Stampede" And another computer monitor covered in tea...
😆😂😆😂!
"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'.
I have a theory that the Wheeler's descendants eventually changed their surname to Soong and moved off planet. After all, who else but that family could get chased off by a giant snowflake?
@Richard Hunt Said but true and nobody in power DNP/GOP will do anything about it. Except a small few Progressive/Independents.
@@VTX00128 Progressives should never have any amount of power in America, EVER.
@@JustinStrife what are you afraid of? Oh that right progress for everyone not just for the 1/10 of the RIch 1% like you.
@@VTX00128 What you want isn't progress. What you want, is control. You are not entitled to that which others have earned or have. No matter how special you think you are. What you want is to steal from those who have. There's nothing about that, that speaks Progress. So you can take your emotional bullshit responses, and shove them up your ass. Because they aren't worth a hill of beans in the real world. I'm not afraid of anything. Which is why I seek no masters. Nor do I make excuses for where I am in my life. Your side is full of excuses for why you don't succeed. But the truth is, you aren't willing to put the work in needed to succeed. You aren't willing to make the sacrifices, or do the things you don't like, to get ahead.
@ Socialism is doomed to fail. It goes against human nature every fucking time. All of the innovations that you enjoy. All of the benefits in society that you enjoy, is thanks to Capitalism. You'll never appreciate it unfortunately as you think you're owed something. Well you're not. You're not special. You don't deserve what others have worked for. Period. End of story. Get over yourself chicka.
Brent Spiner is hilarious - the timing of every line in this scene is nothing short of brilliant.
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'.
How Bob Wheeler didn’t become a spin-off series I don’t know.
Blame Gene Roddenberry.
All those special effects for the catastrophes would have been too expensive.
That, or they tried to but the film set burned down.
Star Trek the next generation happened
Pretty much what others said. TNG made him an offer he couldn't refuse. They'd actually planned on making the Wheelers a bigger part of the show, but when they cast him as Data he couldn't commit to the role on Night Court anymore.
The Wheelers worked best in small doses.
This is quite funny. I see why Mr Plinkett is so eager to get his VCR fixed.
Came here to say that, well done.
Who's playing his wife? because she is hilarious LOL
Annie O'Donnell, according to Spiner.
Brent and June always brought a ray of sunshine to Night Court.
He used that same voice in Fistful of Data's
Old habits die hard?
I was JUST rewatching that episode and came across this clip
+Kalidam “Djzoro” Zoro except for bruce willis
When I saw that ep the night it aired I was like "I know that voice?" and when it clicked I was like "Ohhh crap!" lol
that was Lore on night court, not Data
sure it wasn't Before?
It was actually Noonan Singh
Noonian Singh's Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandpappy [=8
I remember seeing this episode when it first aired; no wonder Data seemed so familiar to me in _Encounter at Farpoint_.....
not to me
years before i realized it
Before BEFORE
I believe Brent broke John with the railroad track comment, much in the manner of the unforgettable, much missed Conway-Korman nexus of comedy.
Honestly, I think the entire reason Data kept getting possessed was just so they could take advantage of Brent's skills.
I so miss the Carol Burnett Show. Good times.
@@tzvikrasner6073 Yeah, the show became so much better when they focused mostly on Picard & Data, as those two were the best actors in the bunch (not saying the others are slouches). The one episode where Data is taken over by an alien archive, and he portrays multiple personalities, sometimes in rapid succession, is one of the best.
@@erichurst7897 The episode is called "Masks" and Spiner was spectacular in it.
Yeah there was no way John was gonna be able to hold back his laughter on that one.
"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.
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! 😏✌️
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.
Geordi, would you please take Mr. Data down to engineering and give him a level three diagnostic? He seems to be having a dreadful malfunction.
Date spent to much time around the Irish folk in _Up the Long Ladder._
Actually I was reminded of his old-west accent from "A Fistful of Datas"
Stoopid Pursun level 3? No level 1
"Actually Captain, before doing that, there is a very large magnet over my quarters that I would like toooooooooooooooooooowwwWELCOME OUR CONTESTANTS to tonight's show!!"
Role that made him famous?? You need to check your data. :~D
Type bob and june into google and the first suggestion at the top of the list is bob and june wheeler.
So I'd say pretty famous.
Never seen that before. I've seen Star Trek TNG and moveis though.
+Dr. Awkward: I see what you did there. B-)
I didn't say that I was...
ha ha. i see what you did there 😀
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'.
The one thing one could never do while watching 'Night Court'?
Breathe. 😂😂😂😂
who saw him in the role and said "lets make him an emotionless, but complex android with glittery skin"?
billyblackattacks it's a good thing he got the part. Data was one of the few characters on TNG who wasn't an asshole in the first two seasons.
But in the beginning he was a bit out of character when he showed surprise for like 10 slang words/expressions per episode and had a lot more weird facial expressions. Some forced comic relief etc.
Star Trek producer Rick Berman. He's a big Night Court fan.
Just listening to Brent Spiners voice as Bob Wheeler reminds me of a stoned version of Puck from Gargoyles
billyblackattacks: social justice warriors
"The illegal detonation of poultry"
You know that law IS on the books somewhere.
***** And thus begins one of the greatest stories ever told.....
"There I was, no bullshit, Inverted........."
I am sure if you look hard enough you'll find laws like that. The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) still has dueling on the books as a chargeable offense.
Article 114 is a bitch!
NorthForkFisherman Stalin himself wrote it, to subdue the free spirit of the American people.
Scherbenkacks OK - this I GOTTA SEE - citation please! - And Art 145 sucks ballz too - it's a catch all, if I remember correctly.
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 ?
Pretty cool. For those who don't know..... there's actually 2 Star Trek veterans in this clip. John Larroquette (guy in the gray suit) played the Klingon - Maltz in the movie "Star Trek 3 - The Search for Spock".
Tobias Chance Seriously? I never knew that!!! No, I have to go watch again!
+KoolCat ! Actually, 3. Annie O'Donnell (June Wheeler) appeared in an episode of DS9.
+M D Reverend Jim aka "Doc Brown" also played "Maltz's boss" in Star Trek III!
Yep, Judge Doom himself, Christopher Lloyd played Kruge.
Amazing all the comedy connections you come up with in Star Trek and its spin-offs...
+M D Reverend Jim aka "Doc Brown" also played "Maltz's boss" in Star Trek III!
Yep, Judge Doom himself, Christopher Lloyd played Kruge.
Amazing all the comedy connections you come up with in Star Trek and its spin-offs...
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.
@@medexamtoolscom 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.
These two damn repairmen finally fixed my VCR so I can watch my Night Court tapes!
That show was comedic gold.
You can tell when some things are unscripted. Pure genius of the cast. What a gem to watch again after sooooo many years
Never realized that was Commander Data, Brent Spiner. Night Court was really funny.
silly boy that is Lore on night court
If you've never heard the Night Court theme in your head at some random point....
You've never seen Night Court
@@darrelljohnson1319 No, that's clearly Noonian Soong.
Same here until I googled him! He was a gem on night court!
@@debraj.thomas661 , You see shades of this character several times during TNG.
I remember watching night court ever night when I was a kid. I might have had a tiny crush on Markie Post. What a great show, and they just don't make them like this anymore.
You mean funny? I agree.
“Tiny” crush?? Ha
@@MichaelWilson-er5ht I thought this same thing. "Tiny?" Man, my crush on Markie Post back then was second only to Jan Smithers as Bailey Quarters on WKRP in Cincinnati.
Bud, we ALL had a crush on Markie Post!
......isn't she a lesbian ?
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.
Hehehehe! I remember these characters, I just never realized Spiner played him!
Me either...not until now, and I watched "Night Court" every night with my sisters when we were growing up. He is quite an actor!! I remember him playing that scientist in "Independence Day" too.
O.MG!!! I never knew he did that roll!! I LOVED Bob and June Weaver!!!!! This is my favorite thing to do. Watch a show or movie, then 5 years or so later watch it again. By then they have gotten famous for something completely different!! Love it!!
Role.
I didn't know either till I was watching the Next Generation episode A Fist Full of Datas and he used the same accent to play his Western character on the Holodeck and it clicked. I was like "Ohhh crap!!" lol
See?
This show will always be legendary to me.
Absolutely iconic.
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.
one of my favorite shows, RIP Harry Anderson and Markie Post
[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]