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Night Court
S6.E15
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The Game Show

  • Episode aired Feb 15, 1989
  • TV-PG
  • 30m
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Brent Hinkley, Richard Moll, and Lilly Lyman in Night Court (1984)
Comedy

Bull is encouraged to appear on a game show to win enough money to save his boys' club's gymnasium. To help him get over his jitters, Dan hypnotizes him, but inadvertently plants an obscene ... Read allBull is encouraged to appear on a game show to win enough money to save his boys' club's gymnasium. To help him get over his jitters, Dan hypnotizes him, but inadvertently plants an obscene trigger phrase in his mind.Bull is encouraged to appear on a game show to win enough money to save his boys' club's gymnasium. To help him get over his jitters, Dan hypnotizes him, but inadvertently plants an obscene trigger phrase in his mind.

  • Director
    • Jeff Melman
  • Writers
    • Bob Underwood
    • Reinhold Weege
  • Stars
    • Harry Anderson
    • Markie Post
    • John Larroquette
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    136
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jeff Melman
    • Writers
      • Bob Underwood
      • Reinhold Weege
    • Stars
      • Harry Anderson
      • Markie Post
      • John Larroquette
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    Harry Anderson
    Harry Anderson
    • Judge Harry T. Stone
    Markie Post
    Markie Post
    • Christine Sullivan
    John Larroquette
    John Larroquette
    • Dan Fielding
    Charles Robinson
    Charles Robinson
    • Mac Robinson
    Richard Moll
    Richard Moll
    • Nostradamus 'Bull' Shannon
    Marsha Warfield
    Marsha Warfield
    • Rosalind 'Roz' Russell
    Florence Stanley
    Florence Stanley
    • Judge Wilbur
    Robert Ridgely
    Robert Ridgely
    • Chuck Fleck
    Tony Longo
    Tony Longo
    • Chip Coderko
    Thomas F. Duffy
    Thomas F. Duffy
    • Dale Coderko
    Dee Booher
    • Nadine
    • (as Queen Kong)
    Ed Levey
    • Stage Manager
    Lilly Lyman
    • Catherine Schuster
    Brent Hinkley
    Brent Hinkley
    • Jeffrey Zane
    Peter Saputo
    • Thomas Van Doren
    • (as Peter J. Saputo)
    Marty Zagon
    • Charles Stempel
    Kathye O'Brien
    • Newscaster
    Schae Harrison
    Schae Harrison
    • Game Show Assistant
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jeff Melman
    • Writers
      • Bob Underwood
      • Reinhold Weege
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    • Trivia
      In this crossover episode, Florence Stanley appears as Judge Margaret Wilbur from the NBC sitcom, My Two Dads (1987). Richard Moll appeared in the episode Playing with Fire (1989) as Officer Bull Shannon, who was serving as a bodyguard for Judge Wilbur.
    • Goofs
      While trying to convince him to go on the show, the game show host calls Bull "Mr. Shannon" even though they had not been introduced.
    • Quotes

      Court Clerk MacIntosh 'Mac' Robinson: [Bull's in a suggestible state. Mac urges Dan to finish Bull's hypnosis] Dan you better move it before Judge Wilbur comes back and snaps your head off.

      Dan Fielding: [laughs mockingly] Judge Wilbur. I wish someone would twist that old bag's head off.

      [Bull makes a strangulation gesture]

      Dan Fielding: Or better yet stuff her down the mail chute.

      [Bull nods and goes in search of Judge Wilbur]

    • Connections
      References Deliverance (1972)

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    • Release date
      • February 15, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 9, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Starry Night Productions
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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