Night Court

According to series creator Reinhold Weege on the season 1 DVD commentary, when it is mentioned in the first episode that Harry Stone is a Mel Tormé fan, friends and relatives of the famed jazz and pop singer called Tormé to tell him about the reference. Tormé was so flattered that when the series later contacted him about appearing on the show, he was more than happy to do so. Tormé has also stated that largely due to the "Night Court" references, he noticed that his audience at concerts started to get younger and younger, and that his newfound resurgence was because of the show.

Harry Stone never spoke of ever having kids or a family, and yet he apparently had a daughter (who if the same age as Melissa Rauch, would've been at least 4 years old at the start of the series) who followed in his footsteps for the reboot.

Featured in The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984)